These are typed from photographed copies of many obituaries and death notices that I have in my collection. For many of them there is no indication of what newspaper they came from nor is a year indicated for some of them. Photo copies are sometimes hard to read or are damaged. Also, some of the obits and death notices may not be complete. I will be spending time searching out the complete documents and their location, as well as continuing to search for more obituaries and death notices to add here. I always strive for correctness.
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MRS. LAURA M. THURBER ROASA
Services were held at the Granger Presbyterian Church, Sunday, in charge of Rev. Jas. L. Stone for Mrs. Laura Roasa.
Laura M. Thurber, daughter of William and Kesiah Langley Thurber, was born December 21, 1865. She departed this life at an Ottumwa hospital September 15, 1944, at the age of 78 years, eight months and 25 days. She was one of seven children, all of whom preceded her in death.
She married Albert Roasa at Carthage, Illinois, on December 4, 1888. To this union were born six children: Gladys J., Carl A., Hollis G., Hubert L., Minor C., and Floyd H. She moved to Missouri about 50 years ago and has resided in and near Granger for the last 40 years.
She joined the Baptist Church when a child and lived a Christian life.
She is survived by these children: Mrs. Createn Barr, of near Kahoka; Hollis Roasa, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Lt. Hubert Roasa, stationed at Salina Kansas; Minor Roasa, of Granger and Sgt Floyd Roasa, stationed somewhere in England. One son Carl Roasa, died in France in January, 1919, at the age of 22 years. There are nine grandchildren: Rosemary Barr, Glen Barr, Betty Barr, Joan Barr, Marilyn Roasa, Dickie Roasa, Willa Roasa, Luther Roasa, and Janis Roasa.
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SERVICES FOR EX-RESIDENT HELD IN TEXAS
Mrs. Phigenia Robard’s Body To Be Buried Here.
Mrs. Phigenia Robards, a former resident of Kirksville, died Sunday morning at a hospital in San Antonio, Tex., following an emergency operation.
Funeral services were held this morning in San Antonio, and the body will be brought here for burial. It is expected to arrive Tuesday night and will be taken to the Summers & Powell Funeral Home. A brief service will be held there at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon and the body will be buried in the Highland Park cemetery.
The deceased was born near Kirksville and spent her early life in Kirksville, living with an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Meeks. She was married to Jesse Robards, a government veterinarian, who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Mrs. Alice Foncannon Deegan and Mrs. Dorothea Foncannon Grim. She is survived by two sons, Eugene Robards, an engineer in Cuba, and John Dean Robards, with the secret service in San Antonio.
She became a member of the Presbyterian Church in Kirksville in her early years.
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ALVA R. ROBB, AGE 47, DIES AT NOVINGER
Funeral To Be Held There Saturday Afternoon.
Special to The Daily Express.
Novinger, Mo., Feb. 5—Alva Richard Robb, 47 years old, better known as Jim Robb, died at 8:15 o’clock last night at his home. He had been in failing health for several years and a few days ago became ill with influenza and pneumonia.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the Baptist Church.
He was born Jan. 27, 1890, in Pittsburgh, Pa., and came to Missouri with his parents when a child. He has lived in Novinger for many years. One daughter, Alice, by his first marriage, lives in Moberly. He was married to Miss Ethel Floyd on Jan. 2, 1917, and to this union four children were born and they survive. They are Kenneth, Donald, Harold and Dorothy, all at home. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Minnie Branaman, step-father, Elmer Branaman; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Cross and Mrs. Ruth Frye, of Des Moines, Ia. His father, two brothers, Jack and Mat, and one sister, Belle, preceded him in death.
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MRS. AMANDA ROBBINS, AGED 76, DIES HERE
Funeral To Be Held Thursday At Graysville.
Mrs. Amanda Isabelle Robbins, 76, who has been living with a daughter, Mrs. J. T. McFarland, at Brashear, died last night at 9:18 o’clock in a hospital here.
The funeral is to be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the United Brethren Church at Graysville. Burial will be made in the Rose Cemetery. The body is lying in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home here.
Mrs. Robbins was born March 15, 1866 in Putnam County, a daughter of Bluford and Susan West. She was married to John A. Robbins, who died eleven years ago.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Audrey Minear, Kirksville; Mrs. N. L. Tietort, Graysville; Mrs. C. E. Templeman, Bastrop, Tex., and Mrs. McFarland at Brashear. One son died thirty-four years ago.
Mrs. Robbins was a member of the United Brethren Church.
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Funeral Tomorrow for Boyd Lee Robbins
Funeral services for Boyd Lee Robbins, of Queen City, who died in a Kirksville hospital yesterday morning, will be held in the Methodist Church at Queen City Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. J. T. Quigley. Interment will be in the Queen City Cemetery.
He was the son of John and Emma (Wellman) Robbins and was born in Schuyler County Jan. 21, 1882. He was married to Myrtle Walters and three children were born to them.
He is survived by his wife, two sons, Reuben of Ottumwa, Ia., and Glen of Queen City, one daughter, Virgie, of the home and one brother, George, of Queen City.
One brother, Reuben, died several years ago.
Mr. Robbins, a farmer, has lived in Schyler County all his life.
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OLDEST NATIVE SCHUYLER MAN DIES, AGED 90
George Robbins Succumbs at Queen City; Funeral Today.
Special to the Daily Express.
Queen City, Mo., Dec. 23—George Henry Robbins, 90, oldest native born Schuyler County resident and pioneer church builder, died at 1 o’clock this morning at the home of his son, Carl, in Queen City.
Mr. Robbins was 90 years, three months and twenty-three days old when death, attributed to infirmities of old age, occurred.
Mr. Robbins had been bedfast most of the time for the past five years. He lost his sight about five and a half years ago and had been almost totally deaf for the last 20 years.
Funeral services will be at the the [sic] Queen City Christian Church Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock and burial will be in the Queen City Cemetery. The pastor of the church, the Rev. Perley M. Lind, will conduct the ceremonies.
Mr. Robbins, the son of Greenberry and Sarah Robbins, was born Sept. 1, 1849, on a farm about two miles south of Lancaster. When Mr. Robbins was three years old his father died and his mother died when he was nine.
On Oct. 5, 1871, he married Miss Thursy A. Roberts, a Schuyler County girl. Three daughters and three sons were born to this union. Minnie S., Eva B., Luella Mae, Elbert Perry, and Henry Clarence, all preceded their father in death. His wife died on Sept. 5, 1918.
Mr. and Mrs. Robbins bought a farm about a mile and a half southwest of Julesburg, in Schuyler County, and lived there for 45 years. In the spring of 1914 the family moved to Queen City. Since the death of his wife, Mr. Robbins has made his home with his son, Carl, and family in Queen City.
Mr. Robbins was a charter member of the old Christian Church which was organized at the old Linn Grove School House, northwest of Queen City. He also helped to organize the Antioch Church, three and a half miles northwest of here, and was a member of the church as long as it existed.
When the Christian Church, the first one to be constructed in Queen City, was being built Mr. Robbins was active in hauling rock from his farm for the foundation. He was a faithful worker in that church as long as his health permitted.
He is survived by his one son and five grandchildren. He outlived two sisters, Louisa McDowell and Nancy Downing and one brother, J. M. Robbins.
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Death of A. J. Roberts
A.J. Roberts, whose death was reported in last week’s Democrat, was a son of John and Elizabeth Roberts. He was born in Pendleton County, Kentucky, December 27, 1847, and died Tuesday, March 20, 1934, aged 86 years.
He was united in marriage to Agnes A. Pruett, February 7, 1875, who preceded him in death April 7, 1920. To this union was born eleven children, six girls, and five boys, five of whom have preceded him in death; namely, Mrs. Rosa Sweet, William J., Clarence L., Lucy Catherine, and Claud C.
Those remaining are O. L. Roberts of Keokuk, Iowa; Mrs. Myrtle E. Burrus of Memphis; Mrs. Addie Wright of Burlington, Iowa; John C., of Fulton, Missouri; Mrs. Alpha Stone of Greensburg, Mo., and Mrs. Mae Meador of Chillicothe, Missouri. Besides the above named children, he leaves thirty-seven grandchildren, twenty-six great grandchildren, and a host of friends.
He united with the Greensburg Christian church in early manhood, moved his membership to Bible Grove and was a living test for his savior to the end.
He was a kind and loving husband, a fond father and was adored by his grandchildren.
Although he had been a sufferer for many years, he was always cheerful and patient, ever thinking of the comforts of those who cared for him. He will be greatly missed by his friends, old and young, especially in the home where he passed his last illness.
A. J. Roberts, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 29 Mar 1934, p. 2, col. 4
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Albert Roberts Dies in Buhl, Idaho
Albert Roberts who was born and reared near Clay, and a member of a well known Adair County family, died yesterday at his home in Buhl, Idaho, after an extended illness. He was 59 years of age. Funeral services and burial will be held in Buhl.
Mr. Roberts left Adair County about forty years ago, but had visited here frequently. He leaves his wife and two sons, Billie and Thane, of Buhl; his mother, Mrs. Alice Roberts, of near Memphis, Mo., and the following brothers and sisters: D. E. and Amos Roberts and Mrs. Charity Dunham, of Kirksville; Harve and Reul Roberts, of Clay; Lee Roberts, of Donnelly, Idaho, and Mrs. Ross Craven, of near Memphis.
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Adair County Pioneer Dies
Funeral and burial services were held at Girard, Kansas, for Andrew Roberts, former resident of Adair county, who died Thursday at his Alliance, Nebr., home. Death was caused by a paralytic stroke suffered on January 14. Mr. Roberts was a member of a pioneer family moving to this county before the civil war. He moved to Nebraska several years ago after being reared in this community. Three daughters and two sons survive him. His wife preceded him in death less than a year ago.
Andrew Roberts, Brashear, Missouri, The Brashear News, 30 Jan 1936, p. 1, col. 5
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OBITUARY
Benjamin Roberts, son of Andrew and Elizabeth Roberts, was born in Larkshupe, Washington County, O., April 17th, 1844, and departed this life on Sunday morning, January, the 11th, 1920, at 6:20 a.m., aged 75 years, 8 months and 24 days. He came with his parents to the State of Missouri when 7 years of age, having settled at St. Francisville, moving from there to Adair county in 1858. At the age of 17 years he volunteered to the service of his country, serving for three years and 2 months. Being honorably discharged on February the 8th, 1865.
At the age of 23 years, he was converted and baptized in the Methodist church. He was also a member of the G. A. R. He was united in marriage to Alice May Harris on April 18th, 1869. To this union were born twelve children, three of which died in infancy. They were James R., Elizabeth J., and Andrew Ohio. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife, seven sons and two daughters, and four grandsons; two sisters and four brothers. The sons are A. L., and B. F., of Roseberry, Idaho; A. D. of Buhl, Idaho; D. E. and A. W. of Kirksville, Mo.; H. L. and Reul, who are at home. The daughters are Mrs. Charity Dunham, of Buhl, Idaho, and Miss Lucy, who lives at home with her parents. The brothers and sisters are: Aaron Roberts, of Colorado; John H. Roberts, of Adair County; Andrew Roberts of Girard, Kas., and Dan Roberts of this community. Father Roberts believed to have friends one must show himself friendly, and to prove this his home was always open to his friends and any and all who passed his way. He was a lover of nature and enjoyed out door life. Funeral services were conducted at Center M. E. Church, South, by Rev. W. D. Merryman, of Oskaloosa, Ia. Scripture for text was Rom. 14; 10-12. For lesson 1 Cor., 15, 23, 35, 49; Ps. 91. His body was laid to rest in East Center cemetery to await resurrection morning.
A loved one from our Home is gone.
A voice we loved is stilled;
A vacant place is in the heart,
Which only Christ can fill.
Benjamin Roberts, From Unknown Newspaper, 23 Jan 1920
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FORMER ADAIR CO. SHERIFF, 76, DIES AT FULTON
Charles Roberts Ill Several Months; Funeral at Mt. Carmel.
Charles N. Roberts, former sheriff of Adair County, died last night in a hospital at Fulton, Mo., at the age of 76 years. He had been in ill health for several months.
The body was brought to the McCollum Funeral Home at Gifford where it will lie in state until time for the funeral. Plans have not been completed for the funeral, but it is thought the services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Mt. Carmel Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Mr. Roberts was born in Macon County, Feb. 1, 1862. His mother died when he was seven years of age. Soon after her death he moved with his father to Adair County where he lived the remainder of his life. He was married to Ella M. Hays, March 9, 1886. To this union nine children were born, two dying in infancy. Those surviving are: Mrs. Laura Pickens, Tulsa, Okla.; Everett Robert [sic], Yarrow; Mrs. Florence Amspach, Ethel; Mrs. Leona Williams, LaPlata; Samuel H. Roberts, Youngstown; Clyde Roberts, Yarrow; and Marie Prentice, Monte Vista, Colo. He also leaves seventeen grandchildren, two sisters and one brother.
Mr. Roberts was active in county affairs, having served as sheriff for two terms.
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DAN ROBERTS IS KILLED BY A LIGHTNING BOLT
Prominent Farmer Hit as He Stood in Doorway Watching Storm
Dan Roberts, one of the best known and most progressive farmers in the county, was struck by lightning and instantly killed during the heavy storm which visited Adair county late yesterday afternoon. From all appearances Mr. Roberts was standing in the doorway of his son’s barn, a half mile west of his own home, in the Center church neighborhood, watching the storm, when the lightning bolt struck him.
That death was instantaneous was indicated by the fact that he had his hand in his trousers pockets when his body was found and his position showed that he had been hit while standing at ease and had fallen backward in the doorway, without a change in expression.
Mr. Roberts had been helping his son in the field and when the storm came up all went to the barn. His son and another man went on into the house after putting up their horses, but Mr. Roberts did not follow them, but busied himelf [sic] at something in the barn.
The storm broke immediately afterwards and his son supposed Mr. Roberts was waiting for the rain to slacken before coming on into the house. About 6 o’clock he began to wonder why his father did not come in and went out to the barn, and found the body in the doorway. He evidently had been killed before the heavy rain started as his clothing was rain-soaked where the rain had blown into the doorway.
H. C. Wilson, the undertaker, stated today that he had prepared for burial the bodies of three men killed by lightning in somewhat similar manner, and that in the case of all three, the lightning bolt had first struck them in the left temple. The skin on Mr. Roberts’ temple was cut slightly, and from this opening, the course of the electricity could be traced down the body. From the temple to the neck there was a brown streak, as if the flesh had been scorched.
The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock at Center Church.
Besides his wife, Mr. Roberts leaves the following children: Miss Inez Casey and Mrs. Aves Elsea, of Greentop, Miss Mabel Roberts, who lives at the family home; Mrs. Vida Sykes, of Kirksville, Liel Roberts and Edwin Roberts of the Center neighborhood and Melvin Roberts, of Greentop.
Dan Roberts, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 02 Jun 1920, p. 1, col. 7, Wednesday
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Effie Roberts Services held At Brock
Effie Elma Storer, daughter of Oliver and Emily Bull Storer was born January 24, 1881, near Memphis, Mo., and passed away July 27, 1961, at the William Glover home, where Mrs. Glover had given her kind and loving care for the past ten months, at the age of 80 years, six months and three days.
She was married to Clark Southmayd January 26, 1898, who departed this life May 4, 1904. After his death Effie moved home with her parents.
On October17, 1909 she was united in marriage to John Roberts. To this union three daughters and one son were born. Her husband passed away June 24, 1926.
She is survived by three children, Mrs. Lesco (Lucille) March of Edina, Mo., Mrs. Ted (Elma) Robinson of Memphis, Mo. and Ernest Roberts of Avon, Ill., nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and an infant daughter.
Effie was a loving mother, a devoted grandmother and a good friend to all who knew her.
Funeral services were held from the Brock M. E. church Saturday, July 29 at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. Frank Barnett. Burial was in the Brock cemetery.
Body bearers were Clark Eggleston, Paul Westhoff, Usa Bissell, Perle Biggs, Eddy Harvey and Olin Hauk.
Effie Elma (Storer) Southmayd Roberts, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 3 Aug 1961
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Former Resident Dies At Bryant, Illinois
Esta Roberts, age 77, died at his home at Bryant, Illinois, after an illness of one year. He had lived in the Lawn Ridge Community as a boy.
He was a member of the Bryant Christian Church, a retired coal miner and a veteran of World War I.
Born in Fulton County, Illinois, July 3 1890, the son of John and Ellen Pollitt Roberts.
November 4, 1920 he was united in marriage to Ethel Ritchey. To this union four children were born, Donald of Bryant, James of Havana and Norma of Glasford. Juanita died at the age of nine.
He leaves to mourn, his wife, three children, nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, mother, father, brother and sister, also four half-sisters and three half brothers.
The funeral was held Sunday in the Bryant Christian Church by Rev. Darrell Harrison. Burial was in the Maryville Cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Vic Patton and Mrs. Ted Robinson attended the services.
Esta Roberts, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 18 Jan 1968
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DIED AT FULTON FRIDAY
Services for John C. Roberts at Bible Grove Sunday
John C. Roberts, 49, died at Fulton, Mo., last Friday, May 4. The body was brought to Memphis and short services were held at the Gerth & Baskett chapel Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, after which the body was taken to Bible Grove where services were held at the Church of Christ church, conducted by Rev. W. E. Longstreth. Interment was in the Bible Grove cemetery.
Miss Faye Chappell and Mrs. Elza Burns sang. Pall bearers were Leland McRobert, Harry Shultz, Floyd Dunn, Harold Stone, Robert A. Norton and Harold Dunn.
John Clark Roberts was a son of A. J. and Agnes A. Roberts. He was born in Scotland county, Missouri, June 12, 1895.
He was the youngest son of a family of eleven children. Most of his life was spent in or near Bible Grove. He was never married and lived with his parents during their lifetime.
He is survived by one brother, O. L. Roberts of Rockford, Ill., and four sisters, Mrs. Myrtle E. Burrus, Mrs. Addie Wright, Mrs. Alpha Stone, of Greensburg, and Mrs. Mae Meador of Chillicothe, Mo.
He united with the Church of God in Kansas City when he was twenty-two years of age.
John Clark Roberts, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 10 May 1945, p. 1, col. 5
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JOHN F. ROBERTS IS DEAD
Final Summons Comes at Ottumwa Hospital Wednesday
Word was received here last Wednesday afternoon after The Democrat went to press of the death of John F. Roberts, well-known farmer of Scotland county, who passed away at the Ottumwa hospital Wednesday afternoon, June 24.
The body was brought to his home north of Memphis and funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at the Brock church at 2 o’clock, conducted by Rev. A. M. Hadley, pastor of the Cantril Christian church, assisted by Rev. C. V. Bittiker. The Masons had charge of the service at the Brock cemetery.
The pall bearers were Usa Bissell, O. A. Barnes, John Troth, Bail Troth, Arthur Jones and John Eggleston.
The singers were Mrs. Mary Bissell, Mrs. Bert Mankopf, Miss Lorene Kutzner, W. E. Lawrence, E. A. Kutzner, Herbert Eggleston, with Miss Geneva Summers playing the piano accompaniments.
John F. Roberts was a son of John and Ellen Roberts. He was born near St. David, Fulton county, Illinois, June 12, 1887.
He came with his parents to Scotland county, Missouri, at the age of six years, where he has since resided.
He was married October 17th, 1909, to Miss Effie Southmayd. To this union four children were born, Lucille and Ernest at home, Mrs. Ted Robinson, who lives near home and an infant daughter who preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife and children; two grandchildren, Bobby and Vera Eulene Robinson; one brother Esta Roberts of Bryant, Illinois; also two half-brothers and five half-sisters.
He was a public spirited man, always anxious to help with the support of the church and any community enterprise.
John F. Roberts, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 2 Jul 1936
Editor’s Note: John Frank Roberts’ FindAGrave.com memorial page indicates his birth year, per his WWI draft registration and 1900 census, was 1888 not 1887 as on gravestone and obituary.
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JOHN L. ROBERTS DIES AT HOME OF SON IN CALLAO
Kirksville Man to Be Buried at Cemetery at St. Joseph
John L. Roberts, 76, of this city, died at the home of his son, L. D. “Bob” Roberts at Callao, Mo., this morning at four o’clock.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Lucille Duvall, of Buffalo, Wyo., one son L. D. “Bob” Roberts, of Callo [sic]; one grandson, M. J. Duvall in the Marine Corps at San Diego, Calif., three granddaughters, Mrs. Lucille Strosser, of Buffalo, Wyo., Jerry Kay and Barbara Elaine Roberts, and one step-granddaughter Donna Marie Buck, all of Callao; three sisters and one brother all residing in Iowa. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Viola Roberts, and two grandsons.
The body will lie in state at the Edwards Funeral Home in Bevier until time for the funeral. The funeral arrangements are incomplete pending arrival of the daughter from Wyoming. Interment will be made in the Mt. Auburn Cemetery in St. Joseph, Mo.
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Lee P. Roberts
It is with sincere regret we chronicle the passing of the senior editor of our contemporary- the Democrat- at his home in this city on Wednesday, Dec. 24. Mr. Roberts had been sick for several years, but the last few months only was he confined to the house. We had hoped that he might be spared for the town and the community can ill afford to lose such men as he.
It was during the last nine years the writer knew him best and during that time the relations between two printing offices was all that could be wished for.
Bro. Roberts was the same all through life. In his church he was one of the leading members, faithful to every trust imposed upon him- an officer in that organization for years, as well as superintendent of the Sabbath School. Possessed with a good voice, each Sabbath found him in the choir, doing service for his Master according to the qualifications accorded him.
Impressive funeral services were held at the Christian Church in this city on Friday, Dec. 26, conducted by Elder S. Lolin Eaton, his pastor, assisted by Elder Nicoson and Dr. Holoway. A crowded building showed the tribute paid the dead by Bro. Eaton- an opinion concurred in by all who had the pleasure of being his friend.
Lee P. Roberts, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 8 Jan 1920
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Lila Roberts Services Held At Downing
Lila Roberts, daughter of John Quincy and Ida Snow Dorothy was born June 27, 1882 at Blakesburg, Iowa and passed away suddenly at her home in Downing on April 4, 1966 at the age of 83 years, eight months and seven days.
On March 18, 1912 she was married to Paul H. Roberts at Des Moines, Iowa and to this union one daughter, Jean was born.
Mrs. Roberts was a member of the Blakesburg Christian church.
Surviving are her husband, Paul, a daughter, Mrs. Jean Rose and on son-in-law, Ray Rose of Oskaloosa, Iowa, four grandchildren, Mrs. Kaye (Sharon) Check and Phyllis Rose, Mrs. Ted (Shirley) McCauley, Dr. Dennis Rose, five great grandchildren, one brother, Bert Dorothy of Palm Springs, Calif. and other relatives.
She was preceded in death by her father and mother, four sisters and two brothers.
She was a good wife, a kind and loving mother and grandmother and will be sadly missed by all.
Funeral services were conducted Thursday, April 7 at 2:00 p.m. at the Downing Christian Church by Rev. Kenneth Campbell.
Music was furnished by Neva Lewis and Marjorie Balley accompanied by Virginia Lewis.
Body bearers were Dutch Winn, Dale Wine, Icley Gale Ruth, Junior Comstock, Jacob Blessing and Chas. Dawson.
Burial was in the Downing cemetery.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Moore Funeral Home.
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MRS. MARY S. ROBERTS DIES AT LANCASTER
94-Year-Old Daughter of Pioneers Came to Missouri In 1851.
Lancaster, Mo., Aug. 3 (UP)—Mrs. Mary Susan Roberts, who had lived most of her 94 years in Schuyler County, died this morning at 8 o’clock at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Raymond Badger in Lancaster.
Mrs. Roberts fell twelve years ago, fracturing her right hip. Since that time she had been unable to walk and was confined to her bed and chair.
She had made her home with her granddaughter for the past five years, but had lived until then with her son, D. A. Roberts, since her husband’s death about 35 years ago.
Mrs. Roberts was born Oct. 11, 1844, in Kentucky. When seven years old her parents brought her to Missouri where they settled in Schuyler County about six miles southwest of Glenwood. There Mrs. Roberts lived most of her life, being married there to Camden Roberts on May 10, 1866. Their five children were born on the same farm.
Four of the five children survive their mother, Mrs. Lee Gales, Kansas City; Mrs. J. E. Alexander, Glenwood; D. A. Roberts, Gravity, Ia.; and E. T. Roberts, Lancaster. Phoebe, the eldest, died when seven.
Mrs. Roberts moved to Lancaster about 20 years ago. She was a member of the Bethel Methodist Church, about 6 miles from Glenwood.
The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at Bethel Cemetery. The Rev. T. M. Walton, of Lancaster, will conduct the ceremonies.
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M. T. ROBERTS, 78 YEARS OLD, DIED MONDAY
Kirksville Man Was At Home of Son, Near LaPlata.
Moses T. Roberts, of 1015 S. Franklin, died Monday night at the home of his son, Elmer, LaPlata route 2.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock by Rev. W. R. Kornegay, pastor of the Nazarene Church. Interment will be in Highland Park Cemetery.
Mr. Roberts, the son of Samuel and Jeannette Taylor Roberts was born at Macon, Mo., Feb. 29, 1863. He was married to Rebecca Jane Tuttle near Nind, on March 4, 1893. Four sons were born to this marriage.
He is survived by his wife, three sons, Emitt Virgil Roberts, La Plata route 3, Elmer Daniel Roberts, La Plata route 2, Roy Lee Roberts, Los Angeles, Calif.; three half-brothers, Allen, of Des Moines, Ia., Grover, of Colorado and Artie, address unknown; one sister, Mrs. Laura Lucas, Macon and one half-sister, Mrs. Lidia Dogett, of Oklahoma; nine grandchildren and one great grandchild.
He was preceded in death by one son, Earnest, who died in infancy; two brothers, one half-brother, three sisters and one half-sister.
Mr. Roberts spent most of his life in Adair County and for a number of years lived in Kirksville.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
The pallbearers will be Dr. Fred Still, Dr. R. H. Still, Guy Barnett, Fred Kob, Robert Love, Jr., and Harold Barrickman.
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Mrs. Doug. Roberts died of consumption at her home near Bible Grove last Monday. The funeral occurred the next day.
Mrs. Doug Roberts, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 14 Nov 1889, p. 3, col. 4
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MRS. EMITT ROBERTS DIES AT LA PLATA
Services This Afternoon for 51-Year-Old Woman
Mrs. Emitt Roberts, 51, died early Saturday morning at her home in LaPlata.
She was born Sept. 9, 1901, at Galesburg, Ill., and was a daughter of David N. and Bertha Viola Marquith.
On March 2, 1920 she was married to Emitt Virgil Roberts. Three daughters and two sons were born to them, all of whom survive. They are: Mrs. Cleo (Joan) Gilliland, of New London, Ia.; Mrs. Arlis Stickler, of Burlington, Ia.; Twila Roberts, of the home; Emitt Ray Roberts, of Ft. Burlington Wood, and Gordon Lane Roberts, of Woodstock, Ill.
She has four grandchildren, Helen Gilliland, and Stephen, Tommy, and Linda Stickler.
Also surviving are four sisters and a brother: Mrs. Emery (Fern) Saffell, of Waterloo, Ia.; Mrs. Marie McGuigan, of New London, Ia.; Mrs. Olin (Vera) Hall, of LaCrosse; Mrs. Everett (Ruby) Billings, of LaPlata, and Wilton Marquith, of Rawlins, Wyo.
Her parents and two sisters preceded her in death.
She was a member of the Illinois Bend Christian Church and had lived most of her life near La Plata and Kirksville.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at two o’clock at the Christian Church in La Plata, with the pastor, Rev. R. L. Prather, in charge of the service. Interment will be in the LaPlata cemetery. The body is at the Wilson Funeral Home.
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Word was received last week by relatives of the death of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Roberts and their nineteen year old son, Charles, all of Grand Island, Neb. They were killed Monday, June 28, when their car was struck by a train. Mrs. Roberts was the former, Miss Nona Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wilson, and lived here until after her marriage. She is a sister of Mrs. Paul Hougland, who went to Grand Island and attended the funeral, Wednesday.
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S. H. ROBERTS DIES HERE OF CRASH WOUNDS
Nind Man, 47, To Be Buried Sunday At La Plata.
Samuel Harrison Roberts, better known to his friends as Mike Roberts, died yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock in a local hospital, following an automobile collision Wednesday with a car driven by Ralph Simler. Mr. Roberts was 47 years old, and had lived most of his life in Adair County.
Mr. Roberts, who lived in the Nind community, about fifteen miles southwest of Kirksville, had been road overseer for two years and now held that position in his district.
Short funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Dee Riley Funeral Home and burial is to be at the La Plata Cemetery. The Rev. Pyron McMillen of the Kirksville Presbyterian Church, is to conduct the funeral ceremonies.
Pallbearers will be Arlie Pifer, Cecil Pifer, Emil Haberstitch, Willie Love, Carl Noel and Elmer Steel. Honorary pallbearers will be Horace Mills, Warner Mills, Bob Sangster, Joe Johnson, Grover Bellfield and Bert Elsea.
Mr. Roberts was born March 12, 1894, at Yarrow, the son of Charles N. and Ellen M. Roberts. His father served two terms as sheriff of Adair County. Both of his parents preceded him in death.
He married Miss Beulah Webber on Sept. 23, 1914. They made their home on a farm southwest of La Plata for three years, and then moved back to Adair County, where they have lived since that time.
Mr. Roberts is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Berne Wright, of Gary, Ind., one son, Hollis Roberts, of the home, and an adopted son, Cleo Greenstreet, now in training at Camp Robinson, Ark.; two brothers, Everett Roberts and Clyde Roberts, of Yarrow; and four sisters, Mrs. Lora Pickens, Tulsa, Okla., Mrs. Floyd Anspach, Ethel; Mrs. William Williams, Atlanta; and Mrs. Caryle Prentice, Monte Vista.
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Bob Roberts Back From Services Held For His Mother.
Bob Roberts, of Kirksville, has returned from Burlington Junction, Mo., where he attended the funeral services held Thursday for his mother, Mrs. Viola A. Roberts, 70, who died suddenly last Monday. The services were conducted by the Rev. F. J. Smith. Interment was made in the Mt. Auburn Cemetery at St. Joseph.
Mrs. Roberts had not been in ill health preceding her death, which was attributed to a heart failure. When Mr. Roberts arose Monday morning, he was unaware that anything was wrong with his wife. He called to her and getting no response, went to the bed to awaken her. When he raised her head from the pillow, Mrs. Roberts gasped a few times and was dead.
In addition to her husband, John L. Roberts, Mrs. Roberts is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Lucille Clayton, of Buffalo, Wyo.; a son, Bob Roberts, of Kirksville; two grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts spent three months here with their son about a year and one-half ago.
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SGT. WILLARD WAYNE ROBERTS, 24, KILLED
Died January 14; Son of Mrs. Nancy Roberts, of Here.
Staff Sergeant Willard Wayne Roberts of the Army Air Corps was killed in action January 14, according to a telegram just received by his mother, Mrs. Nancy Roberts, of 315 E. Normal avenue. Sgt. Roberts preciously had been reported missing in action.
The telegram received by Mrs. Roberts is from Adjt. Gen. Ulio and is as follows:
I am deeply distressed to inform you that corrected report just received states your son, Staff Sergeant Willard W. Roberts, who was previously reported missing in action was killed in action on fourteenth January in Pacific Ocean area. The Secretary of War asks that I express his deep sympathy in your loss and his regret that unavoidable circumstances made necessary the unusual lapse of time if reporting your son’s death to you. Confirming letter follows.”
Mrs. Roberts has not yet received the letter and has no information other than the telegram.
S/Sgt. Roberts was serving as a radio operator on a B-29 and reports from Tokyo, later confirmed by Admiral Nimitz, stated that Flying Fortresses were bombing Formosa on the date given in the telegram.
Sgt. Roberts enlisted Dec. 8, 1942, and was 24 years old.
Mrs. Roberts has two other sons in the service. Lieut. Henry A. Roberts in now serving in Germany, Lieut. (jg) Ray Roberts is serving in the Navy amphibious forces in the Pacific.
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MRS. EMMA J. ROBERTSON, OF BRASHEAR, DIES
Had Been Ill Four Months; Rites Sunday Afternoon.
Mrs. Emma Jane Robertson, 81 years old, of Brashear, died this morning at 10:10 o’clock in a hospital here. She had been bedfast four months due to a kidney ailment.
The funeral is to be held at the Brashear United Brethren Church Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Paul Thompson. Burial will be in the Brashear Cemetery, will [sic] the following persons as pallbearers: Elmer Patterson, Elza Walters, Elmer Skinner, Lee Smith, Francis Henry and Clarence Hancock. Her body is to lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home here until time for the funeral.
Mrs. Robertson was born Aug. 28, 1859 in Ohio and moved in girlhood to North Dakota, where she was married May 23, 1883 to James H. Robertson. They moved to Ohio, then came to a farm one and one-half miles southwest of Brashear fifty-one years ago. They lived on the farm until Mr. Robertson’s death Aug. 1, 1930, where upon Mrs. Robertson moved to Brashear.
Nine children were born, seven of whom survive. They are: Mrs. Mabel Stroud, Brashear; Fred Robertson, Baring; Frank Robertson, Starks, La.; Clarence Robertson, Brashear; Mrs. Robert Hendricks, Moline, Ill.; Mrs. C. A. Wallace, St. Louis, and Mrs. Charlotte Gatton, Kirksville.
There are three brothers, George, Frank and Jim Croop, all of Ravanna, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Irene Bates and Mrs. Jennie Lawver, also of Ravanna; seventeen grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
One son, George William Robertson, died Nov. 13, 1902 at the age of 18 and another, Charles E. Robertson, died Nov. 30, 1929.
Mrs. Robertson was a member of the United Brethren Church.
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GRANGER WOMAN IS DEAD
Mrs. Noah Robertson Had Been Ill Several Months
Mrs. Noah Robertson, 54, a resident of Granger, died at 9:30 o’clock Wednesday morning in a Keokuk hospital where she had been a patient for the past week. She had been in ill health for several months.
Georgia F. Holmes was a daughter of Joseph and Belle Boone Holmes. She was born in Clark county, Mo., on Feb. 4, 1890, and was married at Kahoka on March 2, 1907, to Noah Robertson. She was a member of the Cedar Grove Baptist church.
Surviving are her husband; two sons, Pvt. William B. Robertson, stationed in the Hawaiian Islands and Calvin a home; six daughters, Mrs. Leota Kirchner and Ola Mae Robertson, both of Kahoka, Mrs. Velma Marsh of Williamstown, Mrs. Crystal Morrison of Wyaconda, Mrs. Ella Curtwright of Kansas City and Miss Martha Robertson, at home; and one brother, Virgil Holmes of Kahoka.
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HURDLAND MAN DIES TODAY IN HOSPITAL HERE
Noah Robertson Funeral to Be at Kahoka, Mo.
Noah Robertson, 65, of route 3, Hurdland, died this morning in a Kirksville hospital.
Mr. Robertson was the son of James and Mary (Cook) Robertson and was born in Clark County August 28, 1884. He was married to Georgia Frances Holmes and to this marriage nine children were born.
He was preceded in death by his wife, one daughter and three brothers.
He is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Leota Teneyke, Kahoka, Mrs. Mabel Asher, Wyaconda, Mrs. Crystal Kirtwright, Edina, Mrs. Ola Mozingo, Hurdland, Mrs. Emojean Kirtwright, North Kansas City, and Mrs. Velma Sylvester, Burlington, Iowa; two sons, William of Louisiana, Mo., and Calvin of Novelty; one brothers, David, of Cedar Rapids, Ia., and one sister, Mrs. Ella Penrod, St. Louis, and 22 grandchildren.
Mr. Robertson was a member of the Baptist Church.
The body was taken from the Dee Riley Funeral Home this afternoon to the Karle Funeral Home at Kahoka, where services will be held.
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Mrs. Fred Robertson Services Held At Lancaster
Vice Pauline Robertson, daughter of David and Mary Katherine (Mock) Watkins was born in Schuyler County on May 18, 1903. She departed this life on Wednesday morning, June 21, 1972, in the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri. She was 69 years old.
On September 8, 1923? she was married to Fred J. Robertson. To this union three sons were born. Mrs. Robertson graduated from the Lancaster High School with the class of 1922. She was a graduate of the Northeast Missouri State Teachers College and had taught in the Elementary Schools of Schuyler County for 27½ years. She also taught two years in Havana, Illinois, three years in LaGrange, Missouri, and one year in Rutledge, Missouri. She was a member of the Christian Church at GlenWood [sic], Missouri. She will long be remembered by her teacher friends and a host of students.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two brother[s], Jennings Bryan Watkins and Dorsey Watkins.
She is survived by her husband Fred and three sons, Paul Winfred of Cuba, Illinois, Donald Dean of Kincheloe Air Force Base Kincheloe, Michigan, and John Wm. of Casper, Wyoming. Ten grandchildren; one brother Wilson Watkins of Lancaster, Missouri; and a half-sister, Mrs. Bessie Sylvester of Homer, Illinois; three daughters-in-law; Marilyn, Mary and Alice Robertson; nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and many friends who will miss her many deeds of kindness. She was always willing to lend a hleping [sic] hand to neighbors and friends as long as her health permitted.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, June 25, 1972, at 2:00 p.m. in the Christian Church in Lancaster, Missouri, by Rev. Kenneth Campbell, of Memphis, Missouri.
Music was furnished by Mrs. Pauline Whitlow, soloist with Mrs. Maureen Watkins at organist. Selections were “Whispering Hope” and “The Lord is My Shepherd.” Pallbearers were Guy Kerby Jr., Ronnie Long, Rex Kerby, Charles Fremon, Rex Yates and William Fremon. Flower bearers were Glenna McClain, Eileen Graves, Dorothy Thompson, Daisy Simmons, Lula Thompson, Alice and Mary Porter. Interment was in the Glenwood I.O.O.F. Cemetery at Glenwood.
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Died In Kansas
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, September 3, at 2 o’clock for Mrs. Ada Robinson, who died at Meade, Kansas, Thursday, August 29. Services were conducted by Rev. J. E. Clark of Cantril, and burial was in the Prairie View Cemetery.
Mrs. Robinson was born in La Harpe, Illinois, September 19, 1877.
Ada Robinson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 5 Sep 1946
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Died At Meade, Kansas
Mrs. Wert Robinson was Mother of Fourteen Children
Mrs. W. Robinson, formerly lived in Scotland County, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Riddle at Meade, Kansas, on Thursday, August 29. The body was brought to this county and funeral services were conducted at the Prairie View church Tuesday afternoon, September 3, by Rev. J. E. Clark. Her sons were pall bearers. Keith Gaston sang.
Ada Mae was a daughter of William and Luticia Hardy. She was born September 19, 1877, at La Harpe, Illinois.
She came with her parents to Missouri at the age of three years and joined the Methodist church at Mt. Olive when she was 14.
She was united in marriage to Wert Robinson, January 23, 1895, who preceded her in death on February 19, 1934.
To this union was born 14 children, two of who died in infancy. One son, Lloyd, was killed in World War II in the Normandy invasion in July, 1944.
She leaves eleven children, Merne, of Larned, Kans.; Clark of Canrtil, Iowa; Roy and Ted of Memphis, Guy of Victoria, Ill.; Burr of Stratton, Colo.; Basil of Arnold, Nebr.; Earl of Cozad, Nebr.; Chloe Riddle and Violet Geisinger of Meade, Kans.; and Iva Hayes of Seibert, Colo.; 27 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Popejoy of Fairfield, Iowa, and Mrs. Mary McGee of Rocky Ford, Colo.; one brother Fred Hardy, of Ontario, Calif.
Ada Mae Robinson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 12 Sep 1946
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MRS. ADDIE ROBINSON DIED
Had Been Ill at Her Home Near Memphis Three Months
Mrs. Addie Robinson, well known woman of the northwest of Memphis community, died at the Laughlin hospital, Kirksville, last Friday, Dec. 30.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday, Jan. 1, at the Memphis Baptist church by Rev. Luther E. Schudle, assisted by Rev. J. Purd Hays, pastor of the church. Interment was in the Friendship cemetery.
Pall bearers were grandsons, Harold Gene Robinson, James Mathes, Arthur Reed Robinson, Harold Mackie, Ray Baker, Kenneth Lee Robinson, Rufus Barb and Wayne Baker. Singers were Mrs. Sidney Moore and Mrs. Vernon, Frogge, accompanied by Mrs. W. M. Frogge.
Mrs. Robinson was born in Scotland county on Sept. 14, 1869, being 80 years of age. Her maiden name was Adaline Howard. She was married in this county on Feb. 28, 1892, to Samuel Drummond Robinson, who died, January 11, 1901–49 years ago.
She is survived by four sons–Arthur M., Everett H. and Hubert H. of Memphis, and Willie S. of Winnetka, Ill.; one brother, J. B. Howard of Memphis, and one sister, Mrs. Jennie Howard Phelps of Chicago; twelve grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
She was a member of the Little Zion Baptist church, a former school teacher and Sunday school teacher.
Among those from a distance for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Howard, Mrs. Georgia Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mackie, Arthur Reed Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Robinson, all of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Howard of Quincy, Clarence Howard and mother, Mrs. Frances Howard, Huntsville, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. Vance Phelps, …
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The community was shocked Friday morning when word went out from the Laughlin hospital that C. A. Robinson, one of Kirksville’s oldest and most prominent merchants, was dying. It will be remembered, as told in last week’s Graphic, that his hand had been mangled in a corn shredder at work on his farm two miles east of town. He was taken at once to the hospital, where, at his earliest request an attempt was made to save his hand. But the hand was so badly mangled that blood poison developed and the arm was amputated Thursday night, and his death followed the shock of amputation. Mr. Robinson had been one of Kirksville’s most prominent merchants for forty years, and his entire business career had been characterized by square dealing with all. During the forty years of business with the Graphic he had never published a line of deceptive advertising to increase his sales. Mr. Robinson was an ideal business man and as a citizen, none stood higher. He was born in Winchester, Virginia and came to Kirksville when twenty-five years of age and at once began a business career that won the confidence of all. Mrs. Robinson, who had gone to Florida for a three weeks visit arrived home Sunday evening. Besides his widow there are three surviving sons, Chauncey, Clarence, Jr., and Harold Robinson, and two sisters, Mrs. J. L. Robinson, of Winchester, Va., and Mrs. G. W. Tull, of Indianopolis [sic], Ind. Hunter Robinson, of Kirksville, and Senator W. T. Robinson, of LaPlata, are cousins. The funeral took place from the home Monday afternoon at 2:30. The funeral service was conducted by his pastor, Rev. R. A. Waggoner. Burial in Highland Park cemetery.
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C. A. Robinson Dead
C. A. Robinson, for 40 years a merchant of Kirksville and known to people all over northeast Missouri died at his home Friday, largely due to shock caused by catching his hand in a corn shredder while working at his farm east of Kirksville a few days before.
Mr. Robinson was about 65 years old and came from Winchester, Va., when a young man. He leaves a widow and three sons, Chauncey, Clarence Jr., and Harold. Hunter Robinson of Kirksville and Sen. W. T. Robinson of LaPlata, are cousins.
C. A. Robinson, Brashear, Missouri, The Brashear News, 09 Mar 1923, p. 1, col. 5
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DAVID T. ROBINSON DIES HERE
Lived 40 Years On Farm West Of Atlanta.
David T. Robinson, 73 years old, who had lived the past forty years on the same farm west of Atlanta, died here yesterday afternoon in a hospital where he had been under treatment a week. He had been in impaired health the past several years and seriously ill about fifteen days.
The funeral is to be held Monday at the Hopewell Church and burial will be made in the churchyard cemetery. His body was taken to his home yesterday evening, where it will lie in state until time for the funeral.
Mr. Robinson was born and reared in the Atlanta vicinity. He was married March 26, 1893 to Viola Shain. Surviving are his wife, who is a sister of Ed Shain here, two daughters, Mrs. Opal Grubb and Mrs. Loraine Eitel, both of Atlanta; four grandchildren; two brothers, Willie and James Robinson, Atlanta; and two sisters, Mrs. Alice King, Bucklin, and Mrs. Nannie Russell, Atlanta.
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Funeral Held Friday For Mrs. Robinson
Mrs. Edith May Robinson, 81, a Scotland County resident of many years, died at the Grim-Smith Memorial hospital Wednesday at 9:20. She had been making her home for some time with her daughter, Cristel Robinson, of 1502 N. Elson street, who is evening supervisor at the Grim-Smith Memorial hospital in Kirksville.
The body was taken to the Gerth & Baskett Funeral Home in Memphis and funeral services were held Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the Brock church, seven miles north of Memphis on Highway 15. Interment was in the Brock cemetery.
She was the daughter of Austin and Emily (Drake) Eggleston and was born June 22, 1871, in Winnebago county, Wisconsin. She was married to Nelson Franklin Robinson who preceded her in death May 31, 1946.
She is survived by two daughters, Cristel Robinson, of Kirksville, and Mrs. Grace Hoskinson, of Cantril, Iowa; two sons, Dee and J. Bence Robinson, both of Cantril, Iowa; ten grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; two sisters, E. G. Bull [Myrtle], of Memphis, and Mrs. Maude Rosenberger, of Cantril, Iowa; and one brother, John Eggleston, of Memphis.
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MRS. EMILY K. ROBINSON, 96, DIES HERE
Was Living with Daughter; Rites To Be Thursday
Mrs. Emily Kohlmyer Robinson, 96, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cordelia Pickard, 1015 S. Florence, today at 12:15 p.m.
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o’clock at the Davis Funeral Chapel, corner of Washington and Marion streets. Interment will be in the Shaver cemetery near Millard.
The twin daughter of Jacob and Delia Karns, Mrs. Robinson was born Dec. 1, 1852, at Princeton, Ill. when a child she came with her parents in a covered wagon to Iowa, where she grew to young womanhood. She was married to John Kohlmyer at Bloomfield, Ia., on Mar. 19, 1877, and after her marriage she came to Millard, Mo. to make her home.
To this marriage four children were born, William J. Kohlmyer, of Walla Walla, Wash., Mary Ann who died in 1898, and Arthur B. Kohlmyer, of Ventura, Calif., and Mrs. Cordelia M. Pickard, Kirksville. Her husband died Mar. 7, 1895.
On Nov. 23, 1926, she was married to William Robinson, of West Grove, Ia. Mr. Robinson died in April, 1942. She then came to Kirksville to make her home with her daughter.
She is survived by her daughter, and two sons, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She is also survived by four step-children, Marion Robinson, Charles Robinson, Mrs. Iva Mullins and Mrs. Ida Sprouce; fourteen step-grandchildren and fourteen step-great-grandchildren, all of Iowa.
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MRS. CHAUNCEY W. ROBINSON DIES TODAY
Funeral Services at 2 p. m., Friday at Presbyterian Church
Mrs. Chauncey W. (Gladys) Robinson, 44, of 416 N. Baltimore street, died at 5:10 this morning in a Kirksville hospital.
Funeral services will be held at the Presbyterian Church Friday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. Russell E. Otto, pastor of the church. Interment will be in Maple Hills Cemetery.
Mrs. Robinson was the daughter of A. W. and Ida E. (Sides) Collins and was born at Atlanta, Mo., Aug. 12, 1902. She was married Oct. 7, 1922 to Chauncey W. Robinson and to this marriage one daughter was born.
She is survived by her husband, daughter Mrs. Eugene (Nadine) Lake, of Jefferson City, Mo., one granddaughter, Rebecca Dean Lake; her mother, Mrs. Ida E. Collins, of La Plata; two brothers, A. F. Collins, Kirksville, and Coates W. Collins, Atlanta; and one sister, Mrs. Lowell (Hazel) Elliott, of La Plata. Her father and one sister preceded her in death.
Mrs. Robinson was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home until 12:30 p. m. Friday when it will be taken to the church. The pallbearers will be: Charles Truitt, Archie Truitt, C. Hunter Robinson, Ivan Hayden, Allen McClelland and Howard Watson.
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MRS. GRACE ROBINSON DIES THIS AFTERNOON
Had Been in Failing Health For Two Years
Mrs. Grace Robinson, 74, 416 N. Baltimore street, died at 1:20 o’clock this afternoon at a Kirksville hospital, following an illness of two years.
No funeral arrangements have been made. The body will be at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
Mrs. Robinson, one of the widely-known women of this city, was born in Illinois on Nov. 9, 1874. She was married to C. A. Robinson here in August, 1898, and to them three sons were born. They are Chauncey W. and Harold V. Robinson, of Kirksville, and Clarence A. Robinson, of Winchester, W. Va. There are also five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Mr. Robinson, a former business man of Kirksville, died March 2, 1923.
Mrs. Robinson had lived in Kirksville all her married life and was prominent in Republican politics, was a charter member of the P.E.O., a member of the O.E.S. and a member of the Presbyterian Church. She also was a member of the registration board of this city.
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MRS. P. C. ROBINSON DEAD
Well Known Gorin Woman Succumbs at Columbia, Mo.
Mrs. Jennie Robinson of Gorin died at a Columbia, Mo., hospital at 9 o’clock Friday night, Jan. 16.
Mrs. Robinson had been ill for several months, and was a hospital patient for three months before her death. With her husband, Peter C. Robinson, who preceded her in death in February, 1947, Mrs. Robinson had operated the Gorin Telephone company office for 25 years.
Mrs. Robinson was born near Azen in Scotland county, May 15, 1892. She lived in that community until she married Peter C. Robinson of Arbela on Sept. 26, 1909.
Last August she sold her telephone exchange and went to Wyaconda to live with her daughter. She became ill in about three weeks and was taken to Columbia for treatment.
Surviving are one son, Robert C. Robinson, of Gorin, one daughter, Mrs. C. W. Parrish, Wyaconda, and five grandchildren.
Mrs. Robinson was a member of the Gorin Christian church and the Royal Neighbors and Rebekah lodges in Gorin.
Funeral services were conducted at the Gorin Christian church Sunday afternoon by Rev. J. S. Laws and Rev. G. V. Baskett.
Music was furnished by Mrs. W. E. Shannon, Miss Mae Holt, Mrs. R. E. Shacklett, Carl Pryor and Mrs. Virginia Hohn. Noel Pryor sang “The Lord’s Prayer”. Mrs. C. T. Frazee accompanied at the piano.
Pall bearers were W. H. Williams, Henry Meyer, Hatton Hustead, Karl Klopfer, R. E. Shacklett and Claude Frazee.
Interment was in the Gorin cemetery.
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J. Bence Robinson Services Held December 21
Joseph Bence Robinson, 76, was found dead in a field on his farm five miles southwest of Cantril Sunday evening, December 19, 1971.
He was born August 6, 1895 in Scotland County, Missouri the son of Nelson and Edith Eggleston Robinson. On November 29, 1916 he married Thelma Shipley who survives, two sons, Ward Robinson of Cantril and Douglas Robinson of Arbela, nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; two sisters Grace Hoskinson of Cantril and Cristel Robinson of Memphis, Missouri.
Services were held Tuesday at Cantril Methodist Church with Rev. Dale Church officiating.
Pall bearers were Larry Lathrop, Russell Shipley, Steven Robinson, Dennis Robinson, Stanly [sic] Robinson and Eugene Robinson. Interment was in the Maple Grove Cemetery at Cantril Iowa.
Joseph Bence Robinson, From Unknown Newspaper, 30 Dec 1971
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DIED.
Josiah Robinson, father of C. A. Robinson, died yesterday at Winchester, Virginia.
Josiah Robinson, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 26 Jun 1906, p. 4, col.3
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BURNS FATAL TO WOMAN
MRS. HUBERT H. ROBINSON DIED AT KIRKSVILLE HOSPITAL
Mrs. Hubert H. Robinson of west of Memphis died Sunday morning at 5 o’clock following severe burns she suffered at their home about 10:30 Saturday morning.
Mrs. Robinson had some grease on an oil stove. This grease boiled over it is said and ran down into the stove, connecting with the flame. The flame shot up, fire got into the tank of the stove, which exploded. This threw fire all over the room and into other rooms of the house. Mrs. Robinson’s clothing became ignited and she was soon in flames. Her screams were heard by Louise Hays, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Hays, who lives near the Robinson residence, Mr. Hays ran to the house and assisted in putting out the fire in Mrs. Robinson’s clothing and in the house.
Mr. Robinson and their three sons were not at home at the time, they having gone for Mr. Hays’ sister, as Mrs. Hays was very ill.
Mrs. Robinson was brought to the office of Dr. A. M. Keethler in Memphis who gave first aid treatment. She was taken to the A. S. O. hospital at Kirksville where she suffered from burns which extended almost over her entire body, being a 95% case it was said at the hospital.
Mrs. Robinson was taken to the hospital by Callie Stewart and Mrs. Lee Hardman. Mr. Robinson, her mother, Mrs. R. F. Baird, and Mrs. Everett Robinson were at the hospital and were with her when she passed away early Sunday morning.
The house was badly damaged by the fire and their household goods were practically a complete loss, it is said.
Funeral services were conducted at the Christian church in Memphis Monday afternoon by Rev. Dan Newland and Rev. W. R. Macdowell. Mrs. Marion Billups and son Lee Billups, sang, accompanied by Mrs. Dan Newland. Interment was in the Friendship cemetery.
Pall bearers were Okla Lancaster, Green Kirkland, Jas. Kincheloe, Thos. Crawford, Grover Woods and Lee Hardman.
Mrs. Robinson’s maiden name was Mary Leona Baird. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Baird of west of Arbela. She was born near Arbela on March 12, 1906, 37 years ago the 12th of last month.
On October 13, 1922, she united with the Christian church in Memphis and retained her membership in the church here.
On August 22, 1928, she was married to Hubert Robinson, who survives, together with their three sons, Kenneth Lee, Donald Eugene and Gerald Dean. aged 13, 8 and 6 years, respectively.
She is also survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Baird, two sisters, Mrs. Edith Johnson of Memphis and Mrs. Sylvia Shoop of Quincy; one brother, George Baird of Memphis, and a grandfather, George Overfield of Memphis.
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FUNERAL TODAY FOR MRS. CLYDE ROBINSON
Edina Woman Died Sunday In a Kirksville Hospital.
Edina, Oct. 28. (Special)—Mrs. Clyde Robinson, who had been seriously ill the past week at the Grim-Smith Hospital in Kirksville, died Sunday, Oct. 26. The body was brought to her home here and funeral services were held this afternoon at the Bee Ridge Church.
Burial was in the Bee Ridge Cemetery.
Mrs. Robinson was 58 years old.
She is survived by her husband and three daughters, Edna, of La Plata, Opal of St. Louis, and Helen at home; two brothers and two sisters, Jake and John Kennedy and Mrs. Homer Mitchell, of Edina, and a Mrs. Marquardt, of Hedge City.
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MRS. HUNTER ROBINSON DIES IN VIRGINIA
Funeral Services to Be Held at Winchester, Va., Today.
Mrs. Hunter Robinson, a former resident of Kirksville, died Saturday morning at her home in Winchester, Va., following an illness of short duration. She suffered an attack of influenza last spring and about a week or ten days ago suffered a stroke.
Funeral services are to be held in Winchester today.
Mrs. Robinson was born in Lewis County and came to Kirksville when quite young. She was married to Hunter Robinson and two children were born to them, Charles Hunter, of this city, and Virgil D., at home. She is survived by two sisters, Misses Margaret and Ada Ewing of this city. She was preceded in death by her brother, former Mayor Leo M. Ewing. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
The Robinson family went to Virginia about ten years ago and then returned here and lived on a farm near La Plata. They sold this farm and returned to Virginia about three or four years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hunter Robinson and Miss Ada Ewing left for Winchester as soon as they were informed of Mrs. Robinson’s serious condition.
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NELSON F. ROBINSON DEAD
Was Born in Scotland County 77 Years Ago, January 12
Nelson F. Robinson, who lived in the northeast part of Scotland county, died at his home near Mt. Olive church on Friday, May 31, at 4 o’clock p.m.
He was born in Scotland county on January 12, 1869, being 77 years of age last January.
Funeral services were conducted at the Mt. Olive church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by Rev. A. M. Hadley of Milton. Interment was in the cemetery there.
Pall bearers were eight grandsons–Stanley Robinson, Ward Robinson, Eugene Robinson, Douglas Robinson, J. C. Hoskinson, Gordon Hoskinson, Paul Hoskinson and Earl Lathrop.
He had been in failing health for the past seven years.
Mr. Robinson was a son of Marshal and Sarah Robinson. He lived his entire life on the farm on which he died, with the exception of thirteen months, which were spent in Cantril, Iowa.
He was married October 9, 1889, to Edith May Eggleston of the Brock community. To this union five children were born–Dee of Cantril, Lona, who preceded him in death at the age of five years; J. Bence of Cantril, Cristel of the home, and Mrs. Grace Hoskinson of Cantril.
He leaves his devoted wife and four children, ten grandchildren, and two great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Lydia Hyde of Belton, Kansas, and Mrs. Ada Stockdale of Stover, Mo.
He was a member of the Mt. Olive church the past fifty-four years and a faithful attendant. He was a useful citizen of the community, public spirited and interested in all public affairs.
Nelson F. Robinson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 6 Jun 1946
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N. F. Robinson, Well-Known Farmer, Dies at Home Friday Aft.
Nelson Franklin Robinson, well-known resident of the Mt. Olive neighborhood died at the Robinson home at 4:00 o’clock, Friday afternoon, May 31, 1946 at the age of 77 years, foul [sic] months and 19 days. He had been in failing health for the past seven years, bearing each year with outstanding patience.
Mr. Robinson, a son of Marshal and Sarah Robinson was born in Scotland County, Mo., near the Mt. Olive church. January 12, 1869 and lived his entire life on the farm which he died with the exceptions of 13 months which was spent in Cantril, Iowa.
He was married October 9, 1889 to Edith May Eggleston of the Brock community. To this union five children were born; Dee of Cantril, Ia.; Lona, who preceded him in death at the age of five years; J. Bence of Cantril; Cristel of the home and Mrs. Grace Hoskinson of Cantril.
He leaves to mourn his death his devoted wife and four children, ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren; two sisters Mrs. Lydia Hyde of Belton, Kas.; and Mrs. Ada Stockdale of Stover, Mo., besides a number of nephews, nieces and friends.
Mr. Robinson was a great lover of his home; enjoyed to the fullest his family, grandchildren and especially the great grandchildren. Always happy when they were near. He was filled with joy when the last of his four grandsons returned from their years of service in the past war.
He was a member of the Mt. Olive church for 55 years and always a faithful attendant as long as his health permitted. He was a useful citizen of the community public spirited and interested in all public affairs.
Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. A. M. Hadley of Milton, Ia., Sunday afternoon, …
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ROBINSON RITES AT BROCK
Was Killed in Action One Month After Landing in England
Staff Sergeant Noah Lloyd Robinson was the youngest son of Wert and Ida Robinson. He was born April 28, 1916, near West Plains, Mo., where he lived until January, 1930, when the family moved to near Memphis.
He was untied in marriage, Feb. 21, 1942, to Miss Ida Eggleston of Memphis. To this union one son, Richard John, was born.
He entered the armed forces on March 23, 1942, and after two years training in the states, was sent overseas. He spent a short time in England and was then sent to France, where he landed in the Normandy invasion in June, 1944.
He was killed in action on July 23, 1944, just a few days over a month from the date of his landing.
He leaves his wife and little son, eight brothers and three sisters, Merne of Larned, Kansas’ Clark of Cantril, Iowa; Roy and Ted of Memphis, Earl of Cozad, Nebr.; Guy of Victoria, Ill.; Bail [sic] and Mrs. Jim Hayes of Seibert, Colo.; Mrs. Chloe Riddle, Mrs. Violet Geisinger and Burr of Meade, Kansas.
Funeral services were held at Brock, followed by burial in the Brock cemetery, Rev. G. Lolin Eaton, pastor of the Memphis Christian church, officiating.
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NOAH LOYD [sic] ROBINSON
The body of Pvt. Noah Lloyd Robinson, who died in action, in France, on July 23, 1944, will arrive here tomorrow morning from a military cemetery at Blosville, France, according to word received here this week.
Born on April 28, 1916, the son of Mrs. Noah Robinson, he attended school in south Missouri and lived in this county twelve years.
He was married to Miss Ida Eggleston of February 20, 1942, to which union a son was born.
Before going overseas on March 20, 1944, with Company F, 358th Infantry, 90th Division, he was in training at Camp Barkeley, Texas and Ft. Dix, N.J. He was in the same division of which S. Sgt. Max H. Pulliam, whose body arrived here this morning, was also a member.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. at the Brock church, with burial in the Brock cemetery.
Members of the VFW will attend in a body.
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Clark Robinson received word, Monday evening that his brother, Staff Sgt. Lloyd Robinson, 28, of the 98th division of U. S. Infantry, was killed in action in France July 23. His widow, Mrs. Ida Robinson and their seven months old son, Richard John, live with her father, John Eggleston at Memphis, Mo. Sgt. Robinson’s last visit at his home was when on furlough seven months ago when their son was born. His mother lives at Meade, Kansas.
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Services Held for Ted R. Robinson
Ted R. Robinson, son of Wert E. Ada Mae (Hardy) Robinson, was born October 18, 1913, near West Plains, Howell County, Missouri. He departed this life at his home, near Memphis, Missouri, on July 16, 1967, at the age of 53 years, 8 months, and 28 days.
On April 6, 1933, he was married to Elma Roberts. To this union three children were born, Robert L. of Huxley, Iowa, Eulene of Memphis, Missouri, and Ellen of Fort Madison, Iowa.
Survivors include his wife, Elma; son Robert and wife, Maxine; daughters, Eulene and husband, Donald Norton, and Ellen, and husband, Harold Towery. Twelve grandchildren, Rex, Danny, Cindy, Wendy, Wanda, and Randy Norton, Dianna, David, Scotty and Luana Robinson, and Rene and Wane Towery; five brothers, Clark of Cantril, Iowa, Roy of Memphis, Missouri, Guy of Victorio, Illinois, Earl of Cozad, Nebraska, Bail [sic] of Commerce City, Colorado; three sisters, Chloe of Meade, Kansas, Iva of Branson, Missouri, Violet of Meade, Kansas.
He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Merne, Burr, and Lloyd.
He also leaves to mourn his death numerous cousins, nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
He was a highly respected citizen of the community and his humorous personality endeared him to all.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 19, 1967, at 2:00 p.m., at the Brock Methodist Church. Rev. Barbara Barnett officiated. Burial was in Brock Cemetery. Body bearers were Milo Morgan, Chan Bull, Eddie B. Harvey, Austin Eggleston, Paul Westhoff, and Herbert Kenslow.
Ted R. Robinson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 27 Jul 1967
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W. A. ROBINSON DIES AT HOME NEAR GIFFORD
Was Well-known as Farmer, Stock Raiser In This Vicinity.
W. A. Robinson, 83 years old, died at his farm home near South Gifford last night at 9:15 o’clock following a long illness. He was a well-known farmer and one of the larger stock raisers and breeders of Adair and Macon Counties.
Mr. Robinson located in Adair County, Walnut Township, in 1891. In 1911 he moved to Macon County near South Gifford where he was active in business until his health failed over a year ago.
He is survived by his wife and three children. The children are: William Robinson, who recently moved from his home in Adair County to his father’s home to help care for him; Esther Robinson, of New York City, and Isabelle Robinson, of Canyon, Texas.
Funeral arrangements will not be completed until the daughters arrive. The body is lying in state at the McCollum Funeral Home South Gifford.
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William Andrew Robinson was born in Van Buren County, Iowa, January 15, 1849, and departed this life of pneumonia after a ten days illness on February 27, 1909, aged 60 years, 1 month and 12 days.
Deceased moved to Scotland County with his parents in 1854 and has lived here ever since that date. He was united in marriage on December 18, 1878, to Emma J. Kuntz. To this union nine children were born – two dying in infancy. Mr. Robinson leaves to mourn his departure a wife, seven children – Mary, Rachel, Michael K., Harrison, William, Ezra, Esther and Hester and a host of friends.
At the age of eighteen years deceased professed conversion and united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and lived in that faith until 1899 when he placed his membership in the M. E. Church, South. He was a devoted Christian, always loyal to his church and ready at all times to lend a willing hand to his fellow men.
Funeral services were held at Oak Chapel on Sunday, February 28, at 2 o’clock p.m., Rev. V. O. white of Memphis officiating.
William Andrew Robinson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 4 Mar 1909, p. 2, col. 3
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OBITUARY
William Avery Robinson was born Sept. 6, 1861 in the small Ohio River town of Murraysville, in the part of Virginia which is now West, Va. He was the eldest child of John DeWitt Robinson and Lydia Salome Barrows Robinson. In 1872 the Robinson family moved from Jackson county, Va., to Sullivan county, Mo.
On May 8, 1889, W. A. was married to Georgia L. Hall, also of Sullivan county. A few years after they were married, they moved to a place in Adair county which he developed and called Eagle Ranch. It was here that he became a successful stockman, and later expanded his influence into the banking business. He was widely known as a judge of character, which was highly appreciated among his many friends and business associates. His strait-forward character and frank expression gained for him the admiration and respect of everyone who knew him. In 1911 he and his family moved to a farm near South Gifford, Macon county, where he spent the rest of his life.
Of his seven brothers and sisters, only two survive, Dr. T. L. Robinson of Ponka City, Okla., and John Stark Robinson of Long Beach, Calif. He leaves, besides his widow, three children—Esther of Scarsdale, N. Y., Isabel of Canyon, Texas, and William H. of Yarrow, Mo., also four grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
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WILLIAM N. ROBINSON DIES AT LA PLATA
Had Been Ill for 2 ½ Years; Funeral Tuesday.
Special to The Daily Express.
La Plata, Mo., Jan. 10—William N. Robinson died at his home here Sunday night at 12 o’clock, following an illness from pneumonia. He had been in failing health for the past two and one-half years, the result of a heart attack.
The funeral is to be held at the Presbyterian Church tomorrow, conducted by the Rev. Fred L. Hudson. Burial will be in La Plata Cemetery.
William Newton Robinson, son of Creed and Menia Robinson, was born August 24, 1867, in Macon County, east of Gifford. Eight sisters and brothers preceded him in death.
He was married to Ella Hawkins in 1891. To this union was born a daughter, Mrs. Fred H. Aye, of Kansas City, who with his widow, survives.
Mr. and Mrs. Robinson lived on a farm at Newburg, Mo., for thirty-six years, except for seven years in La Plata. They moved from the farm to La Plata a second time about two years ago.
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Former Kirksville Man Dies in Wreck
Frank Robison, former Kirksville resident, was killed Sunday morning in East St. Louis, when the fire truck on which he was riding as a volunteer fireman, collided with an automobile and truck while en route to a fire. The fire chief and two other firemen were injured.
Robison, who was 34 years old, was born in Novinger, but lived for several years in Kirksville where he attended the public schools. He was a driver for the Rogers Laundry in the ‘thirties’ and drove a cab for Sid Lyons at one time. He also was a paper carrier. He left about 1937 to serve I the army.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. in the Prospect Park Methodist church in East St. Louis, and burial will be in the Greenwood cemetery. He leaves his wife, Dorothy Smith Robison, and two children, Diane Kay and Gregory Frank, and his parents, Mrs. Mary Morris, of Belleville, and Frank Robison, Sr., of Kansas City.
Frank Robison, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 14 Oct 1952, p. 1, col. 1
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MRS. THOMAS ROBINSON [ROBISON] DIES AT FARM HOME
Mrs. Ida May Robinson [Robison], 52, wife of Thomas Robinson [Sic], died Saturday night about 10 o’clock at her home a short distance west of Kirksville.
Mrs. Robinson [sic] was born June 24, 1884, a daughter of John and Vesta Skinner.
Two sons, living in California, were en route here today to attend the funeral. A daughter from Chicago already is here.
Mrs. Robinson’s [sic] death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage. Her body is lying in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home. The funeral probably will be held Wednesday.
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MRS. NANCY F. ROBUCK DIES AT ATLANTA
Former La Plata Resident Succumbs at Age of 86.
Special to the Daily Express.
La Plata, Mo., Oct. 7—Mrs. J. J. Robuck, 86 years of age, died Monday morning at 7:30 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mayme Lynch in Atlanta. She had been in failing health since April.
Mrs. Robuck, whose maiden name was Nancy Emmaline Farmer, was born Feb. 19, 1855, in Macon County. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. John Farmer. She was married on Sept. 4, 1873, to J. J. Robuck, who died July 14, 1925. There were five children born to this marriage, one dying in infancy. Those who survive their mother are J. W. Robuck, Atlanta; Everett Robuck, Memphis; Omar Robuck, La Plata, and Mrs. Mayme Lynch, Atlanta.
After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Robuck lived on farms in Macon County and then lived for a number of years in LaPlata. For the past eleven years Mrs. Robuck had made her home in Atlanta with her daughter. She was the last of a family of five children.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Community Presbyterian Church in La Plata, conducted by Rev. Fred L. Hudson. Burial will be in the LaPlata cemetery.
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JOE ROCK, 68, DIES HERE YESTERDAY
Services to Be Held at St. Rose Catholic Church Monday.
Joe Rock, 68, of Novinger, died Thursday afternoon in a Kirksville hospital.
Funeral services will be held at the St. Rose Catholic Church in Novinger, Monday morning at 10 o’clock conducted by Father P. J. Barrett. Interment will be in the Novinger cemetery.
Mr. Rock was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clement Rock and was born in Italy, July 31, 1876. He came to this country in 1901.
He was married to Giovannia Ronchetto in Kirksville, Jan. 31, 1906. Three children were born to them. Clementino Rock, and Mrs. Norma Ronchetto, of Novinger and Cadet Virgil Rock, of Camp Lee, Virginia.
Besides his three children he is survived by his wife, four grandchildren and one half-sister in Italy. One half-brother preceded him in death.
Mr. Rock operated a meat market in Novinger for a period of 33 years. He was a member of St. Rose Catholic Church at Novinger.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
The pallbearers will be John Anesi, Modesta Gay, Joe Ronchetto, Jim Revetto, Jim Nardini and Pete Cherry.
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Noah Rockhold Passed Away November 4
Noah Leonard Rockhold was born June 28, 1906 near Wyaconda Missouri, Clark County. He was the son of Samuel and Bessie Mae (Russell) Rockhold. His father and one brother preceded him in death.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Fred Ferris of Plymouth, Ill.; one brother Moore Rockhold of Ft. Madison, Iowa; two sisters, Sylvia Stive of Mission, Kansas, Thirzie Grunnell of Hamburg, Ia. and his wife of the home, Beulah P. Rockhold.
Noah and Beulah were united in marriage July 1st, 1926 at Memphis Methodist Church parsonage by Reverend Custer. They made their home in Granger for several years. To this union nine children were born: Ethel Pauline Erwin of Ft. Madison, Ia., Elva Ilene McCracken of St. Louis, Mo., Virgil LeRoy Rockhold of, Memphis, Mo., Ila Mae Biggs, of Keosauqua, Ia., Martha Lou James of Ft. Madison, Ia., Ruth Ellen Sears of Memphis, Mo., Clayton Eugene Rockhold of Arbela, Mo., Lilly Alice Powel of Memphhis [sic], Mo., Carol Ann Fugate of Ft. Madison, Ia. There are 21 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, all of which he was very proud.
As a young man he worked on the C. B. & Q. Railroad for 17 years. Then they moved to the farm and he farmed until his death. He liked dogs and was a coon hunter.
He passed away November 4, 1971 about 5 p.m. at his farm home near Arbela, Missouri.
Services were from the Methodist Church in Arbela, Missouri Saturday, November 6, 1971 at 3:30 p.m. with the Rev. Darryl Ridgely officiating. Burial was in the Granger Cemetery.
Body bearers were: Freddie Hauk, Gerald Brunk, Leland Harvey, Richard Stevenson, Alva Sears and Floyd Tague.
Noah Leonard Rockhold, From Unknown Newspaper, 11 Nov 1971
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A. J. Rockwell, Hit by Car, Dies of Injuries
Albert J. Rockwell, of 1502 E. Patterson, died last Friday afternoon in a Kirksville hospital from injuries suffered when he was struck by an automobile shortly after noon at the intersection of Mulanix and Scott streets. Driver of the car was David L. Watt, 18 on near Kirksville. Mr. Rockwell was 69 years old.
An inquest was held Friday night, and the jury held that the accident was unavoidable. Watt testified that he was driving about 20 miles per hour on Mulanix street when his attention was attracted by a young people’s band. When he looked ahead at the Scott street intersection, he saw Rockwell step in front of his car, but it was too late for him to stop.
Mr. Rockwell received a broken right leg, several broken ribs, and other injuries.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. T. E. Spurling, of Shelbyville. Interment was in the Highland Park cemetery.
Mr. Rockwell was born in Ohio April 9, 1879, son of Madison and Sarah (Glaze) Rockwell. He was married to Lulu Wright in Macon county, and eight children were born to them. Surviving are his wife; four sons, Madison, of Atlanta; John, Sterling, Ill.; James, of Callao, and Gail, Kirksville; two daughters, Mrs. Raymond Glidewell and Mrs. Herman Wellborn, Kirksville; a twin sister, Mrs. Charlie Stevens, Kirksville; two half-brothers Abe Walls, Brookfield, and Charlie Walls, Pebles, Ohio; fourteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
He was a member of the Friendship Christian Church in Macon county, where he lived before coming to Kirksville.
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JOHN R. RODGERS IS DEAD
Was at Veterans’ Hospital at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
John Rodgers, son of Mrs. Wm. H. Rodgers of Memphis, died at the Veterans’ Hospital at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Monday night, June 19th, at 6:40.
He was taken to the hospital there about a month ago for treatment.
His body was brought back to the Gerth & Baskett funeral parlors. Funeral services were held from there yesterday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W. M. Feay.
The pall bearers were George Nichols, Earl Daniels, Ross Morgan, Guy Oliver, Otis Murphy and Ed. Benson. Mrs. Elza Burns and Miss Faye Chappell sang. Interment was in the Pleasant Hill cemetery.
John Riley Rodgers was born in Scotland county on July 28, 1888.
In addition to the mother, Mr. Rodgers leaves two brothers, Alfred Rodgers of Carmen, Okla., and Charles A. Rodgers of near Memphis. His father died a few years ago.
He lived for about twenty-five years in Idaho and served 22 months over seas in the World War. Since the death of his father, he has made his home with his mother in Memphis.
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MRS. WM. H. RODGERS DEAD
Succumbs at Her Home on South Knott Street Sunday
Mrs. Miranda E. Rodgers, 82, widow of the late Wm. H. Rodgers, died at her home, 333 South Knott street in Memphis on Sunday, June 1.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. G. L. Eaton, pastor of the Christian church, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Gerth & Baskett chapel. Interment was in the Pleasant Hill cemetery northwest of Memphis.
Pall bearers were Wm. Morton, Wayne Buckley, Ed. Wolfert, Paul Morrison, Ed. Morrison and Geo. Morrison.
Music was by Miss Faye Chappell and Mrs. Elzie Burns, accompanied by Miss Juanita Griffith.
Mrs. Rodgers was a daughter of John H. and Sarah Ray. She was born in Scotland county, October 25, 1864.
She was married July 20, 1882, to William Henry Rodgers. To this union was born four children, two of whom with the husband preceded her in death. She leaves two sons, Alfred D. Rodgers of Carmen, Okla., and Charles A. Rodgers of Memphis; eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
With the exception of two years spent in Kansas, Mrs. Rodgers lived all her life in Scotland county. She was the last of ten children.
She was for many years a member of the Pleasant Hill church.
Those here from a distance for the funeral were A. D. Rodgers and Mrs. Florence Holder, Carmen, Okla.; Mrs. Marcella Rodgers and son, Davis, Enid, …
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FUNERAL TO BE TODAY FOR ALBERT E. ROE
Greencastle Man Accidentally Fell Upon Knife Recently.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon at the Methodist Church in Greencastle for Albert E. Roe, age 73, of Greencastle who died Friday evening in a Kirksville hospital. Mr. Roe, who was a brother of Mrs. Clyde Bachman, of Kirksville, had been a patient in the hospital for several days following an accidental fall upon a knife while he was visiting north of Greencastle.
The son of John and Milly Roe, who preceded him in death, Mr. Roe had spent his early life in Pennville but had later lived in Greencastle. He married Sarah Dixon and after he death he married her sister, Ann Dixon, who also preceded him in death.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Ira Llewellyn, of Newton, Ia., and Mrs. Guy Billington, of Greencastle; two brothers, Lemuel Roe, of Iowa, and Frank Roe, of St. Louis; two sisters, Mrs. Clyde Bachman, of Kirksville, and Mrs. Carl Bachman, of Greencastle; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. One daughter, Mrs. Edna Young, preceded him in death.
The body will lie in state at Kent’s Funeral Home in Green City. Burial will be in Greencastle cemetery.
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A. N. ROGERS, GAS STATION OWNER, DIES
Heart Attack Fatal At Home Near City on Highway 63.
Albert N. Rogers, 69, died suddenly at 11:25 o’clock last night following a heart attack at his home two and one-half miles south of Kirksville on Highway 63. Mr. Rogers had been in failing health since last March when he suffered a heart attack, but he had done his usual day’s work yesterday at the service station which he owned.
Born May 28, 1874, in Schuyler County near Downing, Mrs. Rogers was the son of Lewis and Tobitha Rogers. He grew to manhood in the vicinity of Downing and on March 4, 1916, in Danville, Ill., he married the former Emma E. Kunzeman. The couple lived in Indiana for a few years before returning to Missouri. Mr. Rogers built the service station on highway 63, 13 years ago and had owned and operated it since that time.
A member of the Baptist Church, Mr. Rogers formerly held membership in the Odd Fellows Lodge, Masons, Rebekah, Eastern Star and Modern Woodmen of America.
Besides his widow, he is survived by one son, Gordon Rogers, of Los Angeles, Calif.; a granddaughter Betty Jane, also of Los Angeles; two brothers, Marine Rogers, of Beardstown, Ill., and Dee Rogers, of Bluffs, Ill.; a cousin, Mrs. Anna Rogers, of Downing, who is making her home here with the Rogers for the present time, and several nieces and nephews. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements will not be completed until Mr. Rogers’ son arrives from California.
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Frank Rogers Dies In Anaheim, Calif.
Frank Rogers, about 62 years old and a former resident of Adair County, died suddenly Sunday at his home in Anaheim, Calif. His wife died last July.
He was a brother of Mrs. Ed Brooks of Greentop and a brother-in-law of Moss Rigdon of Brashear.
He has a son, who has been in Africa as a missionary and is expected to arrive home next Tuesday. Funeral services have been postponed pending arrival of the son.
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Frank Rogers, Once County Judge, Dies
Frank Rogers, farmer living five miles northeast of Kirksville, died at his home today at noon from pneumonia.
He was a former county judge.
The body is lying in state at the Davis & Wilson Funeral Home. Funeral plans had not been completed this afternoon.
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F. L. ROGERS FUNERAL TO BE THURSDAY
Had Served County as Judge for Three Terms.
Funeral services for Frank L. Rogers, well known farmer and former county judge, who died at his home five miles northeast of Kirksville of pneumonia at noon yesterday, will be held at 2:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the Refuge Church. Burial will be in the nearby cemetery.
He had been in declining health for several months because of heart trouble and last Friday night he became ill with pneumonia.
Judge Rogers was born in Oswego, N. Y., June 29, 1861, and came to Adair County with his parents when 12 years old and he has lived in the community where he died ever since then with the exception of three years spent in Chicago. He served as a member of the county court for three terms.
He was married to Miss Mary Crist about 45 years ago and she and one son, Fred Rogers of Kirksville, survive. There are six grandchildren living. One son, William, preceded his father in death.
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Mrs. Harriet Rogers Dies
Mrs. Harriet Rogers, mother of Frank L. Rogers, of near Kirksville, died in the State Hospital at St. Joseph yesterday morning.
Undertaker J. H. Davis will leave tonight for St. Joseph to ring [sic] the body to Kirksville.
Rogers, Harriet, Kirksville Daily Express, 16 Feb 1920, p. 6, col. 6 & 7, Monday
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MRS. IDA OTTO ROGERS DIES IN CALIFORNIA
Mrs. Ida Otto Rogers, 63, formerly of Adair County, died suddenly at her home in Lagunda Beach, Calif., on July 13. She was born in this county Oct. 1, 1876, and was married to Frank Rogers on Jan. 3, 1900. They went to California in 1902. She is survived by two sons, Lloyd of Garden Grove, Calif., and Raymond of Congo Belge, Africa, two brothers and four sisters, one of them being Mrs. Clara Rigdon of Kirksville.
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MRS. THOMAS ROGERS DIES AT GIFFORD
Had Been Seriously Ill for 4 Weeks; Funeral Tuesday
Mrs. Thomas (Mary Ann) Rogers, 79, died at her home in South Gifford, Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock following a serious illness of four weeks.
Funeral services will be held in the Christian Church at South Gifford Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. C. E. Davis, pastor of the South Side Baptist Church of Kirksville. Interment will be in the Yarrow Cemetery.
Mrs. Rogers was the daughter of David and Maggie (James) Carter and was born in Iowa on Sept. 7, 1869. She was married to Thomas Rogers and twelve children were born to them. Two daughters and two sons preceded her in death.
She is survived by her husband and five daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Maggie) Stewart, Mrs. Abbie (Anna) Wood, Mrs. Estal (Clara) Epperson, all of Kirksville, Mrs. Otto (Della) Sullivan, LaPlata, Mrs. William (Lissie) Gunnels, of Gifford, and three sons, T. J. Rogers, of Kirksville, Charles and Lacy Rogers, both of Gifford; 27 grandchildren and several great grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Birdie Delos, of Fieldon, Ill.
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MRS. MATILDA ROGERS DIES IN HOSPITAL HERE
Funeral Services Tomorrow for 82-Year-Old Woman
Mrs. Matilda E. Rogers, 82, of 413 W. Scott, died in a Kirksville hospital Sunday morning at 1:50.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock from the Memorial Chapel of the Robert B. Davis Funeral Home, where the body will lie in state until the funeral hour. The services will be conducted by Elder J. W. Neilson and Elder J. H. Green assisted by Bruce Leavitt, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Interment will be in Highland Park cemetery.
Mrs. Rogers was teh [sic] daughter of Daniel and Nancy (Mahoney) Hetrick and was born in Pike county on Sept. 11, 1868. She was married to George A. Rogers on June 23, 1886 in Downing. Seven children were born to this marriage. One son, one daughter, her husband and parents preceded her in death.
Surviving are two sons, Gilbert Rogers, of Marshall, Mo., and Frank Rogers, of LaGrange, Ore.; three daughters, Mrs. Opal Winn, of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. T. W. (Lillie) McCollum and Miss Helen Rogers, both of Kirksville; two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Harris and Mrs. Kate Mullikin, both of Kirksville, several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Mrs. Rogers had been a member of the Methodist Church since 1908.
Bearers will be: Noble White, Clifford White, Clifford James, Deon Perry, Johnny Jackson, Joe Jackson and Herb Franklin.
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Mr. And Mrs. Sam Rogers Are Burned To Death
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rogers were burned to death by the explosion of a gasoline stove in their home in California. Particulars are lacking but it is reported that Mr. Rogers was burned while trying to extinguish the flames which were taking the life of his wife.
The body of the wife was brought to her former home in Texas for internment and the body of Mr. Rogers was brought to family burial grounds at Mt. Sterling where funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at the Christian Church with Rev. Rogers officiating.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Rogers and grew to manhood on the farm near Mt. Sterling, being familiarly known as “Sammy.” His age was thirty-two. The accident in California occurred Sunday, September 21. – Bonaparte Record
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Rogers, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 9 Oct 1930, p. 3, col. 2
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A three year old child of Wm. Rollins, of near Bible Grove, died last Friday and was buried in the Bible Grove cemetery.
Child Rollins, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 13 Aug 1896, p. 3, col. 2
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DAVID C. ROLLINS DIED ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24
David C. Rollins a highly respected resident of Memphis, died of a complication of diseases at the family home on Saturday, November 24, 1915.
Deceased was a pioneer resident of Scotland County. For many years he resided on a farm northwest of Memphis. He retired from active labor about four years ago–bought property in Memphis where himself and wife lived in comfort until his demise. Mr. Rollins was a man honored and respected by his fellowmen and his death is deeply regretted.
Funeral services were held at the family home on Monday, November 29, at 1 p.m., conducted by Rev. E. B. Thompson, pastor of the First M. E. Church of this city, assisted by Rev. H. H. Fletcher.
This paper join friends in extending sympathy to the bereaved.
David C. Rollins, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 2 Dec 1915, p. 1, col. 5
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David C. Rollins died at his late home in Memphis, early Friday morning, November 26, 1915. The funeral was held from the family residence Monday at noon, after which the body was taken to Brock and was buried in the cemetery there.
David C. Rollins was the son of Aaron and Sarah Rollins, born in Stephensport, Breckenridge County, Kentucky, June 4, 1837. In March 1857 he came to Scotland County, Missouri in company with an elder brother. The two brothers came up the Mississippi River and disembarked at Canton, and drove across the country from that place to Memphis.
In the year 1860 Mr. Rollins was married to Miss Emma Webber of this county. A few years of their young married life was spent in Macon County, but they returned in 1871 and bought the 120-acre farm which was their home ever after until his retirement and moving to Memphis a few years ago.
They were the parents of one son and three daughters, namely: George A. Rollins, of Colorado; Frances, who lives in Washington; Ethel of California; and Viola, or Mrs. S. A. McClellan of Granger. He is also survived by the wife and many relatives and friends.
Mr. Rollins was a good citizen and a splendid Christian gentleman. His death is deplored by all.
David C. Rollins, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 2 Dec 1915
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J. P. ROLLINS, 93 YEARS OLD, IS DEAD HERE
Funeral Today for Kirksville Resident Of Many Years
Joseph Procter Rollins, 93, a resident of Kirksville for many years, died at 12:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon in a Kirksville hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in the Memorial Chapel of the Robert B. Davis Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. C. E. Davis. Interment will be in the Highland Park cemetery.
Mr. Rollins was a native of scotland county, having been born near Memphis on Nov. 8, 1855. He was a school teacher and farmer, but had lived a retired life for many years. His wife died in 1923.
He is survived by two sons, Lee and John Rollins, of Kirksville, and four daughters, Mrs. Anna Parker, of Glendale, Calif., Mrs. J. J. Mullins of New York City, and Mrs. Frank Caudron and Mrs. Frank Truitt of Kirksville.
The pallbearers will be Neal and Richard Caudron, Jack and William Collins, Charles Truitt and John Ben Rollins.
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Root– Valentine Root, a former resident of this county, died of flux, July 30th, 1885, at the residence of his daughter in Lancaster, Mo. Deceased was an honored and respected citizen, and will be missed by his many friends in this and Schuyler County.
Valentine Root, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 6 Aug 1885, p. 3, col. 3
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Mrs. Nancy Rorabaugh died at at [sic] the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Overfelt, in Clarance [sic], Tuesday, December 23, aged 75 years. The body was brought to Kirksville and the funeral was held at Davis and Wilson Funeral Home Thursday morning at 11 o’clock.
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S. J. RORABAUGH IS DEAD
Funeral Services Were Held Sunday Afternoon at Pleasant Hill
Sidney J. Rorabaugh of Downing died at his home there Thursday afternoon, Aug. 14, at 5 o’clock. Mr. Rorabaugh returned home from a Kirksville hospital the week before.
He conducted a real estate business in Memphis from the office of the Riley-Eager agency and a few weeks ago became ill. The latter part of July he was taken to a Kirksville hospital, suffering from a heart ailment. He remained in the hospital until August 8th when he was brought back to his home.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from Pleasant Hill church and burial was in the Pleasant Hill cemetery.
Pall bearers were Eugene Poe, Paul Kelso, Chalmer Staten, Willie Curtis, Oscar Reed and Emory St. Clair. Flower girls–Patty and Jeanine Shaw, Donna and Dixie Hunt, Carolyn Nighswonger and Ila May Arnold.
Mr. Rorabaugh was well known here. He was reared on a farm northwest of Memphis and was in the resturant [sic] business in Memphis in the 1910s.
He was born June 22, 1885, the son of Marion and Sarah Rorabaugh. He spent his entire life in Scotland county and Schuyler county.
He was united in marriage with Nora Barr on March 8, 1905. To this union one daughter, Edith, was born. His wife died April 16, 1918. He was united in marriage with Bessie Muir on December 23, 1919. She passed away in February, 1931. He was united in marriage with Sylvia Seamster on November 30, 1936.
He leaves his wife, Sylvia; his daughter, Mrs. Edith Woods, son-in-law, Louie Woods; four grandchildren, one brother, Clair, two sisters, Mrs. Nina Printy and Mrs. June Grabowski.
Relatives and friends from a distance who attended the funeral Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. …
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Nora Belle Barr was born in Scotland County, Missouri, April 24, 1888, and died in the hospital at Centerville April 16, 1918, aged 84 years, 11 months and 23 days.
She was married to Sidney G. Rorabough on March 8, 1903. To this union one daughter was born.
She united with the Methodist Church in early life at South Bethel and tried all her life to be a faithful follower of the Christ. She was a faithful wife, a loving and devoted mother and a true friend. A few hours before she passed away she said to her husband that she was going home to Heaven and not to grieve for her.
She leaves to mourn, her husband and daughter, Edith Belle, father, mother, three sisters and one brother and a great host of relatives and friends.
The funeral service was held at Pleasant Hill church, conducted by Elder M. J. Nicoson. Interment in the cemetery by the church. The bereaved ones have the sympathy of the entire community in this their great sorrow.
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ROSE
Comfort Rose died at Alexandria, Feb. 16, 1913, at the age of 70 years, 9 months and 21 days. The funeral services were held at the Christian church Tuesday at 10 a.m. Interment in the Frazee cemetery.
Comfort Rose was a native of Canada but had been a resident of Alexandria since 1858.
He was a veteran of the Civil war, having enlisted in Co. E. 7th Iowa Inft., in 1861.
He was married to Miss Becky Brown who survives as well as four children who were born to them.
Comfort Rose, Kahoka, Missouri, The Clark County Courier, 21 Feb 1913
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MRS. FRANK ROSEBERY DIES AT FARM HOME
Funeral To Be Held Thursday at Shibley’s Point
Mrs. Frank Rosebery, 71, died at her home near Shibley’s Point Tuesday evening at 9 o’clock, the third member of her family to die in a little over eight months. She had been ill several months.
The funeral will be held at the church at Shibley’s Point Thursday at 1 p.m., with Elder Sam Pettis, of Macon, conducting services.
Mrs. Rosebery, nee Margaret A. Collins, was married to J. Frank Rosebery in Kansas and last year they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Two children were born to them, Dalton C. Rosebery and Mrs. Clyde Johnson, both of whom live near their parents.
Besides the husband and children, Mrs. Rosebery is survived by five grandchildren, six great grandchildren, one brother and three sisters. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church.
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MRS. WM. ROSEBOROUGH SISTER OF C. C. FOGLE, DIES NEAR DOWNING
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fogle, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Fogle and Miss Lulu Fogle attended the funeral services over the remains of Mrs. William Roseborough, which were held at Pleasant Hill church, six miles northeast of Downing, Friday afternoon, July 8. Mrs. Roseborough being a sister of C. C. Fogle.
Mrs. Roseborough died Thursday morning, July 7, aged 80 year[s], and with the exception of a few years residence in Illinois, had lived in the Pleasant Hill vicinity since 1851. She was the eldest daughter of Samuel N. Fogle and Matilda Smith Fogle, and was born in Hardin county, Kentucky, near Elizabethtown. Family emigrated to Missouri, landing at Canton 1851 and took up their residence in Scotland County. Sarah Elizabeth Fogle was the oldest child in a family of nine–five girls and four boys. She was first married to Franklin Howard, and has one living child by this marriage, Douglas Howard, living at Memphis. She was later married to William Roseborough and two children were born to this union, one of whom died about a year ago, and the other, Sylvester Foster surviving, with the husband.
Her father, Samuel N. Fogle died in 1857 and her mother died in 1877, both being buried in the Mt. Pleasant cemetery near Downing.
Of the brothers and sisters living there are Mary J. O’Brien of Cripple Creek, Colo., Diane Benson and Amanda Holt of Memphis, Mo., and Matilda Crook living ten miles north of Memphis, C. C. Fogle of Lancaster and Wm. H. Fogle of Memphis, Mo.
Funeral services were conducted at Pleasant Hill church by Reverend Johnson of Macon County, Friday, July 8, and interment was made in the cemetery near by. –Lancaster Excelsior.
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WILLIAM ROSEBOROUGH
William Roseborough was born in Ohio, November 4, 1838[.] He came to Iowa with his parents when a boy.
He was married to Harriet B. Fitzgerald on October 18, 1860, and to this union there were born five children: Mrs. Selpha Shawley of Scotland county, Missouri; Samuel Roseborough of Weiser, Idaho; W. A. Roseborough of Memphis, Missouri; Manda and Anna Roseborough both of whom died in infancy.
On October 15, 1873, his wife, Mrs. Harriet Fitzgerald Rosebourough died. On June 4, 1874, he was married to Sarah E. Fogle. To this union there was born three children: Matilda Foster of Scotland County, Mo.; Julia Martin, now deceased, and a baby boy who died in infancy.
In early life Mr. Roseborough united with the Methodist church in which communion he remained throughout his life.
He passed away at the advanced age of 87 years at Farmington, Mo., on July 22, 1925. His funeral services were conducted by Dr. I. Cochrane Hunt, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Memphis, Mo. at the Pleasant Hill Presbyterian church on Friday, July 24, 1925.
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CHRLES [SIC] ROSS, 93, IS BURIED AT LA PLATA
Queen City, Mo., Aug. 1. (Special)—Charles Ross, 93, died in a hospital in Kirksville last Thursday following a long illness. Mr. and Mrs. Ross moved to Queen City several months ago from La Plata.
His wife, one son, Edgar Ross, of La Plata, and a brother, E. Ross, of Gibbs, survive.
Funeral services were held at the Christian Church in La Plata Friday afternoon with burial in the La Plata Cemetery. Relatives who attended the funeral from Queen City were Mrs. Martha Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Cassidy and Ewell and Edgar Cassidy and families.
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Clifford Ross Dies At Age Of 85
Clifford Isiah Ross, son of Samuel P. and Sina Shinkle Ross was born Sept. 30, 1879 at Felicity, Ohio in Clermont County and passed away at the K. O. hospital July 21, 1965 at the age of 85 years, nine months and 21 days.
Mr. Ross came to Schuyler county at the age of five years and spent the rest of his life there, most of it being on a farm southwest of Downing.
He was united in marriage to Lettie Ashworth, February 14, 1900 and to this union one daughter, Bessie was born.
He became a member of the Coffey Christian church early in life. In 1958 they moved to Downing to be near their daughter and husband to be cared for. The past three months he had spent at the home of his daughter so she could care for him.
He was preceded in death by his wife, one sister, two brothers and two half brothers.
He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Virgil (Bessie) Hocker and son-in-law, Virgil Hocker, several nieces and nephews, and other relatives and a host of friends.
He was a kind and loving father, very devoted to his family and no sacrifice would have been too great for him to make for them. He was a true friend and a good neighbor.
Funeral services were conducted Friday, July 23, at the Moore chapel at 2:00 p.m. by Rev Kenneth Campbell.
Music was furnished by the Coffey choir consisting of Dorothy Jackson, Wilma Lee Baxter, Vada Fogle and Mary Baxter, accompanied by Louise Pryor.
Body bearers were Lloyd and Claude Weilbrenner, Chas. Dawson, Frank Snowbarger, John Edwin Waide and Herschel Edrie.
Burial was in the Downing cemetery.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Moore Funeral home.
Clifford Isiah Ross, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 29 Jul 1965
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GEORGE CALVIN ROSS, 67, DIES IN BRASHEAR
Seriously Ill For Past Week; Funeral Monday
George Calvin Ross, 67, died at his family home in Brashear at 2:30 Saturday afternoon. He had been in failing health for the past two years and seriously ill for the past week.
The funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock from the United Brethren Church in Brashear and conducted by Rev. G. D. Hammontree, assisted by Rev. W. J. Cox. Burial will be in the Brashear Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home, and pall bearers for the services will be Homer Conkle, Elza Walters, Wayne McGrath, Roy Lancaster, Lewis Hartsock and Clyde Schrage.
He was the son of James and Malissa (Morrow) Ross and was born August 22, 1880, near Hurdland. He was married September 20, 1904, to Miss Rosa Pinkston and to this marriage three sons were born, Lester, Russell of Kirksville and Leonard of Brashear. His wife and all of his sons survive him; also one brother, Charles, of Hoquiam, Wash., one sister, Mrs. Allie Graham of LaPlata; half-sister, Mrs. Bertha Graham also of LaPlata and five grandchildren.
Mr. Ross lived on a farm near Brashear all of his married life until last February when he moved to Brashear.
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HENRY H. ROSS, 81, DIES IN DOWNING
Funeral Services To Be Held There Fridy Afternoon.
Funeral services for Henry Hamilton Ross, 81, who died at his home in Downing Wednesday evening, will be held Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the Baptist Church in Downing, conducted by Rev. J. M. Dawkins, of Kirksville. Interment will be in the Downing Cemetery.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home until 7 p. m. Thursday at which time it will be taken to the family home in Downing. Friday at 12:30 p. m. the body will be taken to the Baptist Church in Downing where it will lie in state until the funeral hour. The casket will be closed at the beginning of the service.
Henry Hamilton Ross, son of William H. and Vian Lucas Ross, was born March 14, 1864, near Feesburg, Brown County, Ohio. He moved with his parents to the Downing area when in young manhood.
On April 8, 1891 he was married to Martha Jackson in Schuyler County. To this marriage three children were born, Leo L. Ross, of Downing, Elmer D. Ross, of Memphis, and Zora Edwin Ross who preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife, two sons, and one brother, Oliver P. Ross, of Keosauqua, Ia. He was preceded in death by one brother and two sisters.
Mr. Ross was a member of the Baptist Church in Downing. In early days he was interested in farming and the raising of fine quality tobacco.
The pallbearers will be Wayne Giles, Garrett Morgan, Dee Rife, Raymond L. Patton, Jess Ross and Clifford Ross.
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HENRY M. ROSS FUNERAL WILL BE TOMORROW
LaPlata Man Died Here Yesterday; 77 Years Old
Services for Henry Melvin Ross, 77, of LaPlata, who died in a Kirksville hospital yesterday, will be held tomorrow at two o’clock in the LaPlata Baptist Church with the Rev. C. E. Thompson officiating. Interment will be in the LaPlata cemetery.
The body is at the Christie Funeral Home.
Mr. Ross was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Ross of Audrain county, and attended the Kirksville Normal School and the Chillicothe Business College.
He was married November 14, 1897, to Matilda Magers at the Mount Carmel Church. Three children were born to this marriage, Mrs. Velma Bruce of LaPlata; Mrs. Maudie Trader of Yarrow, and Harvey Ross of Columbia, Neb.
He is survived by his wife and children; one brother, Joe Ross, of Weatherford, Okla.; three half-brothers, Will of Elmer, Carl of Gifford, and Milt of Goldsberry, and two half-sisters, Lula Mitchell of Ethel and Maude Hawkins of Elmer.
He was a teacher by profession and was a deacon and teacher for many years at the Baptist Church.
Mr. Ross was a member of the Rebekah and Odd Fellows Lodges, and was city judge and treasurer of the Santa Fe Lake Board.
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HOOKER ROSS, AGED 81, DIES NEAR GIBBS
Aged Farmer Had Been In Poor Health Past Few Years.
La Plata, July 15. (Special)—Hooker Ballard Ross died at his home seven miles northeast of La Plata at one o’clock July 14, aged 81 years. He had been in poor health for some time and death resulted from a complication of diseases.
Mr. Ross was the son Erastus and Julia Ross, born may 9, 1861, near Carthage, in Hancock County, Illinois. At the age of ten years he moved with his parents to a farm near La Plata and for the remainer of his life he resided in Macon and Adair counties. He married Miss Addie Mills, who preceded him in death sixteen years ago.
He is survived by one son, Leslie, of the home, two grandchildren, Lena Fae and Glen Raymond Ross, two sisters, Mrs. Charles Winn, Clearwater, Kan., Mrs. Anna L. Reyner, Knoxville, Tenn., four brothers, Frank, Gibbs, Mo., John, of Hellene, N. M., E. B., of Gibbs, A. T. of Oakland, Calif., and a large number of nieces and nephews.
Three brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
Complete arrangements for the funeral services have not been made at this time, pending word from relatives, but will be held at the Christian Church in La Plata. Burial is to be in La Plata Cemetery.
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MRS. MARTHA ROSS DIES AT QUEEN CITY
Funeral Services Friday Afternoon at That Place
Queen City, Mo., April 16. (Special)—Mrs. Martha Ross, 84 years old, died at noon today at the home of Mrs. Fannie Glaspie where she has been making her home.
She was a daughter of William and Martha Haynes and was born near Queen City on May 12, 1858. She was married to Joe Cassady, who died 30 years ago. Three children were born to them but one daughter, Anna, preceded her in death. She is survived by one son, Levi Cassady, west of Queen City, and one daughter, Mrs. Lydia Stephens, who lives in the State of Washington, and one sister, Mrs. Sophia Ratcliff of Queen City.
A few years after the death of her first husband, she was married to Charles Ross of LaPlata, where she lived until five years ago. After the death of Mr. Ross she moved to Queen City. She has been suffering with heart trouble.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Christian Church. Burial will be in the Parr Cemetery west of Queen City.
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MILO P. ROSS OF HURDLAND DIES, AGED 66
Farmer and Carpenter Succumbs Here After Being Ill a Week.
Special to The Daily Express.
Hurdland, Mo., Aug. 10—Milo P. Ross, well known farmer and carpenter of Adair and Brashear, died at 11:50 o’clock this morning at a Kirksville hospital. He had been ill only a week and death was attributed to uremic poisoning. He was 66 years old.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Hurdland Baptist Church and burial will be at the I. O. O. F. Cemetery.
The Rev. J. H. Lane will conduct the ceremonies. The body will lie in state at the family home, at the edge of Hurdland, until time for the funeral rites.
Mr. Ross was born April 10, 1873, in the Adair community, the son of Enoch and Albina Townsend Ross.
He married Miss Margaret Ann Breen on May 29, 1906. Five children were born, one dying in infancy.
Mr. Ross lived in the Adair community where he was known as a farmer and carpenter until 20 years ago. Then he bought a farm adjoining the town of Hurdland.
He is survived by his wife; four children, Mrs. Opal Brenner, Eldon; Mrs. Beulah Whitaker, Wayland; and Harold and Earl of the home; one brother, Byron Ross, of Kansas City; and two sisters, Minnie, Portland, Ore., and Dora, Los Angeles, Cal.
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Mrs. Sam Ross Dies in Jefferson City
Word was received yesterday by Kirksville friends of the death of Mrs. Sam Ross, a former Kirksville resident, in St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City at 5:30 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be at Jefferson City at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross were residents of Kirksville for several years and he was employed by the state as a bank examiner. About ten or twelve years ago, Mr. Ross was called to Jefferson City in the central office of the State Finance Department and recently has been chief clerk in the State Treasurer’s office.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Ross leaves a daughter, Roberta.
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MRS. OLIVE C. ROSS, OF NEAR GREEN CITY DIES
Succumbs at Home Of Sister, Mrs. Lea Cassidy, Trenton
Green City, Mo., June 18—Mrs. Olive Cavey [Seavey] Ross, 59, of near Green City, died Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the home of her sister, Mrs. Lea Cassidy, at Trenton.
Mrs. Ross, who suffered a stroke on March 2, was in a Kirksville hospital for several weeks before being taken to her sister’s home where she was cared for until her death.
Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Glenn E. Kent Funeral Home here, conducted by the Rev. E. V. Campbell, pastor of the Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery, east of Green City.
Mrs. Ross, a daughter of David G. and Martha Ratliff Cavey, was born Oct. 26, 1889, near Winigan. She was married to Hosey [Hosea] Ross, who preceded her in death. There were no children born to them. She lived in Sullivan county all her life.
She is survived by her sister in Trenton and a brother in Unionville.
Olive Seavey Ross, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 19 Jun 1949, p. 6, col. 3, Sunday
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MRS. GEORGE ROSS, OF NEAR HURDLAND, DIES
Had Been Invalid 7 Years; Funeral To Be Sunday.
Special to The Daily Express.
Hurdland, Mo., June 7—Mrs. Priscilla Ross, wife of George Ross, of five miles south of Hurdland, died in a hospital at Kirksville at 8 o’clock this morning.
An invalid seven years, she was taken to the hospital Monday, where she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage which caused her death.
The funeral is to be held Sunday morning at 11 o’clock at the Nazarene Church at Hurdland, conducted by the Rev. Gerald Patterson, of Kirksville. Burial will be in Mt. Tabor Cemetery. The body is lying in state at the Easley Funeral Home at Brashear, where it will be until time for the services.
Pallbearers will be her nephews, William Shearer, Charles McGlothlin, Roy Turner, Calvin Ross, Emmett Brown and Joe Smith.
Mrs. Ross had lived all her life in the same vicinity, spending forty-seven years at the farm which was her home at the time of death.
She was born April 27, 1873, a daughter of William B. and Louisa Stacy Sparks, and was married May 10, 1891 to George Ross. Three children were born, all of whom preceded her in death.
Surviving are her husband, one sister, Mrs. Thomas McGlothlin, of Ft. Madison, Ia.; one brother, Thomas J. Sparks, of Ft. Madison; one half-brother, Charles L. Turner, Kirksville. The late William E. Sparks, of La Plata, who died Sept. 10, 1936, also was her brother.
She united with the Holiness Church 45 years ago, and had been an active church worker.
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Cleon Rothert Died Suddenly in Iowa
Cleon Rothert, 52, son of Dr. and Mrs. H. Rothert of Carthage, Illinois, died suddenly at a Ft. Dodge, Iowa, hospital Monday, November 3rd. Mr. Rothert was district manager of the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company.
Cleon was born in Illinois and moved to Scotland county with his parents about 1910. He graduated from Memphis high school in the class of 1917, and was a graduate of the University of Kentucky.
Cleon is survived by his wife, his parents, two brothers, William of West Point, Miss., and Herman of Carthage Ill., and one sister, Mrs. Julian Harfield of Jackson, Miss.
Funeral services were conducted last week at Carthage, Illinois.
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F. ROTHSCHILD, ILL TWO YEARS, DIES; AGED 82
Heart Attack Yesterday Proves Fatal; Funeral Friday.
Ferdinand Rothschild, 82 years old, died at his home in the Adams Apartments on North Franklin Street here early yesterday morning.
He had been in an impaired state of health for the past two years, following a stroke of paralysis. He became ill recently with pneumonia but had recovered from that ailment. Strain on his heart, however, is believed to have precipitated an attack which caused his death.
Funeral and burial services are to be held tomorrow afternoon at 1 o’clock at Keokuk, Ia.
Mr. Rothschild was born at Owwenbach [Offenbach], Germany, Jan. 1, 1853, a son of Abraham and Esther Meyer Rothschild. He migrated to America when 18 years of age. He clerked in the store of a relative at Salisbury, Mo., for four years, then went to Columbia, Mo. He and his family moved to Kirksville from Allerton, Ia., 25 years ago. Mr. Rothschild was agent for the Homesteader’s Life Association of Des Moines for 23 years.
He was married to Miss Bertha Fels, also a native of Germany, and four children were born. Mrs. Rothschild preceded him in death several years.
Surviving are the children, Felix Rothschild, director of the Kirksville Junior High School; Miss Florence Rothschild and Norman Rothschild, Kirksville, and Mrs. Minnie Meyer, Hot Springs, New Mexico.
As a boy in Germany, although not yet of the age for compulsory military service, Mr. Rothschild enlisted in the German cavalry and served in the Alsace-Lorraine drive of the Franco-Prussian war in 1870-71. He was in several battles but was unhurt.
Mr. Rothschild’s mother lived to be 101 years old. His father died at the age of 98.
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FUNERAL FOR MATTIE ROUND ON WEDNESDAY
At Dee Riley Funeral Home; Interment in La Plata
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Round, 79, of 1012 W. Locust street, who died in a Kirksville hospital Monday afternoon, will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. Mrs. Stella Bachman. Interment will be in the La Plata Cemetery.
Mrs. Round, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lethcho, was born in Macon County, Mo., April 12, 1868. She was married to Edward Round and to this marriage eight children were born. Her husband, two children and one half-brother preceded her in death.
She is survived by four sons, Joe, of St. Louis, Victor and James, of Tulare, Calif., and Charles, of Kansas City, Mo.; two daughters, Mrs. Vervan Smith, and Mrs. Bonnie Beall, both of Kirksville; two brothers, John, of Kansas City and Mike, of Archie, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Libbey George, of Des Moines, Ia., and Mrs. Clara Hendricks, Newtown, Mo.; thirteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Mrs. Round was a member of the Baptist Church and for the past twenty-four years has lived in Adair County.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
Mattie Round, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 30 Dec 1947, p. 5, col. 1 & 2, Tuesday
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DIES AFTER HEART ATTACK AT CAR WHEEL
J. R. Rouner Pulled Car to Side of Road Before Collapse.
Stricken by a heart attack while driving a motor car home from the J. J. Minor service station at 1606 North Green Street Friday evening, J. R. Rouner died a few minutes later. He was 60 years old.
Mr. Rouner and his wife have operated a rooming house at 201 East Jefferson Street the past four years. He worked three hours daily at the Minor service station. He started home about 6:45 o’clock. A few minutes later his automobile was found on the shoulder of the road, with the front bumper against masonry of the underpass of the O. K. Railroad. It was believed he felt the illness developing and pulled the car on the shoulder himself. There had been no crash, neither the car nor underpass showing scars.
Mrs. Rouner said yesterday her husband had been in declining health the past six months but had never been bedfast.
Some boys found him slumped over the steering wheel, and ran to the Salter service station nearby to get help. An ambulance was called and Mr. Rouner taken to a hospital but he was found dead upon arrival.
The funeral is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Ralph M. G. Smith, pastor of the First Baptist hurch [sic]. The body is lying in state at the family home. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Rouner, whose full name was James Rowley, was born March 15, 1879, near Newark, Knox County, Mo., a son of William N. and Mary S. Rouner. He was married Feb. 13, 1901 to Laura Mae Morrey, at her home near Bethel, in Shelby County, and they lived on a farm in the Plevna vicinity until they came to Kirksville seventeen years ago.
Immediately after coming to Kirksville, he clerked in the Shumate grocery store and later in the P. C. Bowling grocery.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Laura M. Rouner; two sons, Noble G. Rouner, of Plevna, and Charles N. Rouner, principal of the high school at Mendon, Mo., three daughters, Mrs. Mary Ellen Leas, Chatfield, Minn.; Miss Josephine Elizabeth Rouner, nurse at the Laughlin Hospital, and Miss Doris Rouner, sophomore in the Teachers College. Miss Josephine became a registered nurse the day of her father’s death. Mrs. Leas’ husband now is in a hospital for treatment of an infected eye.
Ther are five grandchildren and three sisters, Mrs. W. L. Poore, St. Louia; Mrs. L. E. Poore, of Newark, Mo., and Mrs. Nannie Marquette, Newark. One brother, H. H. Rouner, of Plevna, died two years ago, and a sister, Mrs. Lucy Poor, of Bethel, died several years ago. Three of his sisters married brothers.
Mr. Rouner was a member of the Baptist Church and formerly was an active member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
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NOBLE ROUNER, 41, DIES HERE THIS MORNING
Intestinal Influenza Fatal; Service Set for Saturday.
Noble Rouner, 41, son of Mrs. J. R. Rouner, 116 E. McPherson Street, died at 6:30 o’clock this morning at a local hospital where he had been a patient the past two weeks. Mr. Rouner, who lived at Plevna had suffered an attack of intestinal influenza.
The body will lie in state at the family home in Plevna until the funeral services which will be held at 1 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the Mt. Salem Church. Interment will be in the Maple Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Rouner was born Dec. 10, 1901, at Newark, the son of J. R. and Laura (Morrey) Rouner. He attended the public schools at Newark and was graduated from the Shelbina High School. On Dec. 24, 1921, he married the former Pauline Hunter. Mr. Rouner was a farmer and International Implement dealer at Plevna.
Surviving besides his wife and mother, are two daughters, Dorothy and Della Mae; a brother, Charles Rouner, of Plevna; three sisters, Mrs. C. A. Leas, of Chatfield, Minn.; Mrs. E. G. Pfautz, of Columbia, Penn., and Mrs. R. J. Pickhart, of Logansport, Ind., all of whom were with him at the time of his death. Mr. Roner was preceded in death by his father who died four years ago.
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Mrs. Caroline Rouse Buried at Morelock
Funeral services for Mrs. Caroline Virginia Rouse, 87, who died Monday at the home of her son, Floyd, near Stahl, were held Tuesday afternoon at the Morelock Church, conducted by the Rev. Lem Pierce. Burial was made in the Morelock Cemetery.
Mrs. Rouse suffered a stroke two weeks ago.
She was born in Virginia in 1853, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Poland. She came to Missouri at the age of nine and was married in 1880 to Harrison Rouse, who died in 1936. To them were born seven children. One daughter and tree sons preceded her in death.
Surviving are two sons, Floyd and Pearly, of Stahl; one daughter, Mrs. Delia Bradshaw, Esterville, Ia.; twenty-seven grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren.
She was a member of the Woods Methodist Church.
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Mrs. Effie M. Rouse, Age 69, Dies Today
Brashear, Mo., Dec. 6 (Special)—Mrs. Effie M. Rouse, 69, wife of Riley Rouse, died at the family home north of Hurdland this morning at 10:20. She had been in failing health eighteen months and confined to her bed the past eleven months.
Funeral services will be held at the family home Sunday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. Dan Moore, pastor of the Assembly of God Church, in Edina. Interment will be in the Linville Cemetery in Edina.
Effie M. Sams, daughter of Calvin and Sarah (Simmons) Sams was born Dec. 22, 1877 near Hurdland. She was married to Riley Rouse on Feb. 22, 1895. Three children were born to this marriage, one daughter Mrs. John Benstine died Feb. 13, 1920 at age of 20.
She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Arles (Myrtle) Lingenfelter, one son Roy Rouse, of Kansas City, Mo., and two grandchildren: four sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Boggess, of Sheridan, Wyo., Mrs. Elva Woodsmall, of Big Horn, Wyo., Mrs. Lulu Marsh, of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Della Waggener, of Edina; two brothers, Ernest and Floyd Sams, both of Gillett, Wyoming.
Her parents and four brothers preceded her in death.
Mrs. Rouse was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Edina.
The body will lie in state at the family home.
The pallbearers are: Harry Swank, Henry Cruse, Pearl Miller, Louis Millmeyer, Levi Woodward, Fred Witherow.
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Former Canton Judge Harry S. Rouse Dead
Canton, Mo., April 10—Harry S. Rouse, 83, Canton attorney and former circuit judge, died Sunday night about 8:30 in his home here.
He filled out the unexpired term of Judge Paul Higbee.
Mr. Rouse was born at Deer Ridge, Aug. 2, 1867, a son of James M. and Thulda Rouse. He was graduated from the old Western academy at LaBelle, and after graduation went into the office of Frank Marchand of Monticello to read law. He went into practice with Mr. Marchand about 1900. He was circuit judge from 1933 to 1937. He married Lola Ellison at LaBelle, June 3, 1889.
Surviving are the widow: a daughter, Mrs. Ruby Flattau of New York City; two sons, H. Seaman Rouse of Denver, Colo., and George E. Rouse of Canton; three brothers, J. M. Rouse of Canton, William J. Rouse of Norman, Okla.; three sisters, Mrs. Jennie Buckley of Bakersfield, Calif., Mrs. Matty Pool of Wynnewood, Okla., and Miss Anna Rouse of Norman, Okla., and two grandchildren, Harry S. and Paul Rouse of Denver.
Funeral plans are waiting the arrival of relatives.
Judge Harry S. Rouse, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 10 Apr 1951, p. 1, col. 3, Tuesday
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Services Monday For John Rouse
Green City, Mo., March 27, (Special)—Funeral services for John William Rouse, 87, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Dolly Sears, Thursday afternoon, will be held at the West Pentecostal Church in Pennville, Monday afternoon at one o’clock. Services will be conducted by Rev. Guy Clark. Interment will be in the Pennville Cemetery.
The son of Harry and Louise (Liley) Rouse, he was born in Macon County, Jan. 1, 1862. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Rummely. Five children were born to this marriage. Mrs. Rouse died several years ago. Later he was married to Mrs. Minnie Akers, of Green City, and she preceded him in death several years ago.
He is survived by two sons, Noah and Neal Rouse, of Green City, and three daughters, Mrs. Powell Shaver, Mrs. Robert Shaver and Mrs. James Carr, all of Green City.
Mr. Rouse lived most of his life on his farm in the Pennville community until a few years ago when he retired from farming and came to Green City to spend the remainder of his life.
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Rouse Funeral Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Amanda Rouse, who died at her home two miles north of Stahl Sunday morning, will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Morelock Church instead of Tuesday afternoon as stated yesterday.
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MRS. JOHN ROUSH, AGED 77, DIES HERE
Funeral Tuesday; Burial at Jewell Cemetery.
Mrs. Sidney Ellen Roush, 77, widow of John Roush and a resident of the vicinity for 38 years died at 12:45 o’clock yesterday morning at her home, 514 West Walker Street. She had been in failing health for several years and had been bedfast for the past five months.
Mrs. Roush was born on a farm at Exline, Ia., which adjoined the Adams estate homesteaded by her grandfather, John C. Adams, Sr., shortly after he came to this country. She received her education in the rural school taught by her father, John C. Adams, Jr. When she was six years old, her mother died. She was also preceded in death by her father, an older brother, Lee, who died at his home in Corning, Ia., April, 1929; a sister, Ida Irelan, who died in Centerville, Ia., Feb. 1920, and her youngest, brother, Martin Adams, who died in April, 1935.
March 27, 1887, she was married to Allen J. Stokesberry who died in 1893. To this marriage four children were born. John died in infancy and Robert died at the age of six. Surviving are Mrs. Mary Wheeler, of Kirksville and Miss Anna Stokesberry, of St. Joseph.
She later married John Roush. Three children were born to this marriage, Mrs. Charles Vice and Mrs. W. S. Fletcher, of Kirksville and Asa Roush, of St. Joseph. Also surviving are five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; three step-children, Bassie and Clarence Roush, of Worthington and Howard Roush, of Centerville, Ia.; three half-brothers, Emmit Adams, of Aberdeen, Wash., Mark and Ollie Adams and one half-sister, Viola Smith.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home until the funeral, which will be held there at 1 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. The Rev. Ralph M. G. Smith will officiate. Interment will be in Jewell Cemetery.
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JOHN ROVETTO DIES SUNDAY EVENING
John Manual Rovetto, aged 58 years, died Sunday night at 10:00 o’clock at his home here, from complicated illness. He suffered many years with rheumatism, having been a cripple twenty-three years caused by it.
Mr. Rovetto, a native of Italy, came to this country in 1902, where he worked in the coal mines several years later, doing carpenter work.
He was born September 2, 1879, at Chiesa, Italy, the son of Dominic and Mary Chiarottino Rovetto. In 1904 he was married to Catherine Giachino and two children were born to them.
Surviving is one son, Maggio, of Novinger; one daughter, Mrs. Minnie Zampese, of Novinger; one brother, Jim, of Novinger; four sisters, Mrs. Victor Massolio of Chicago, and Mary, Jennie and Catherine in Italy and two grandchildren.
Mrs. Minnie Zampese, and husband of Frankfort, Ill., came to Novinger about a year ago to care for Mr. Rovetto.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from St. Rose’s Catholic church with Rev. Fr. P. J. Barrett of Kirksville officiating.
Interment was in the Novinger Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Arthur Nardini, Johnnie Giovannini, John Giachino, Virgil Bock, Baptiste Transano, and Charles Formento.
Flower girls included Mrs. Adelaide Baiotto, Rosa Baiotto, Mrs. Katherine Jackson, Jr., Mrs. Hester Baiotto, Miss Abbie Getto, Miss Lucille Getto, Miss Angela Georgetti and Miss Rose Ronchetto.
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(Oct. 15, 1940)
Mrs. Amanda Rowe, 84, was found dead in her bed Sunday morning, October 13, by her niece Mrs. Anna Shaw, when she called her for breakfast about 6 o’clock. She was in her usual good health when they went to bed about 10 o’clock. Her son, Ed. of Holyoke spent the night with them. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Christian church. Burial in Cone cemetery, northwest of town.
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(May 6, 1941)
Az Rowe, 87, died May 3rd, 1941, at 6 o’clock p.m. at the home of his son, Ernie Rowe and wife west of Downing. Funeral services for Mr. Rowe were conducted by Lloyd Moore at the funeral chapel Sunday afternoon. Mrs. H. E. Gerwig and Harry West sang. Burial was made in the Downing cemetery by the side of his wife who passed away 13 months ago. He is survived by two sons, Ernie and Everett Rowe, and one daughter, Mrs. W. H. Cook of Downing. He was in his usual health and up doing the chores until a few minutes before his death.
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DIED SUDDENLY ON FRIDAY
Downing Lumber Dealer at His Place of Business that Day
(By Our Downing Reporter)
Everett Rowe became ill a few minutes after his return from the lumber company Friday evening and died in a short time.
Funeral services were conducted at the Moore funeral parlor by Rev. L. E. Schudle Sunday. Burial in Downing cemetery.
Everett Rowe was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Azariah Rowe. He was born near Downing, Sept. 8, 1875, and passed away at his home, Dec. 1. He lived his entire life in Downing.
He was married to Etta Figge, Feb. 7, 1900, and to this union one son, Forrest, was born. His wife preceded him in death, Jan. 28, 1930.
April 11, 1931, he was married to Mrs. Martha Robinson, who survives.
In 1911 he became associated with the Downing Lumber Co., and later his son, Forrest, operated the company as a partnership which continued until his death.
He had been in failing health for the past two years, but continued to go to the office each day. He leaves his wife, Martha Rowe; son, Forrest and wife Ruth, step-son, John Robinson and wife, Mary; two step granddaughters, Marilyn and Carolyn Robinson; one brother, Ernie Rowe, one sister, Mrs. Carrie Cook, all of Downing.
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DIED AT FAIRFIELD, IOWA
Fred H. Rowe Was a Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Rowe, Memphis
Fred H. Rowe, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Rowe of northwest of Memphis, died suddenly at Fairfield, Iowa, last Friday, Oct. 7. Funeral services were conducted there Monday.
Fred Harold Rowe was born July 18, 1912, at Memphis. He was the only child of Jessie D. and Lucy (Black) Rowe, who live near Memphis. He was graduated from Memphis high school in 1929. He joined the Baptist church in 1931.
He was united in marriage on Oct. 26, 1946, to Dorothy Brobston. He had lived in Fairfield since 1941. For the past 16 months he had been employed by the Watson Bros. transfer line and prior to that, had been a driver for the Merchants Transfer Co. for 9 years. He also did landscaping work.
Besides his wife and parents, he is survived by the following children Patricia Ann, Bonnie and Michael Dee by the second marriage.
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ROWE
Isaac Rowe was born in Liverpool, Pa., Feb. 20, 1839, and died at his home in Luray, Mo., Feb. 22, 1923, at the age of 84 years, and 2 days.
He was united in marriage August 18, 1859, to Miss Louisa Miser, who preceded him in death June 17, 1898. To this union were born four sons and two daughters, five of whom survive: Emanuel of Des Moines, Iowa, Theares, Alvanes and Sadie of Topeka, Kansas, and Thomas of Luray, Mo., one daughter dying in infancy.
Mr. Rowe had been a resident of Luray since 1879, having moved from Pennsylvania in 1877, to Mt. Sterling, Iowa, residing there one year, after which he moved to Luray where he has been a highly respected and honored citizen.
Feb. 28, 1865, he enlisted in Co. H. 192d Reg. Penn. Vol., serving until he was honorably discharged August 24, 1865, at Harper’s Ferry.
Father Rowe will be missed by all who knew him, his cheerful disposition, the pleasant greeting and sunny smile, expressions of the soul that dwelt in the “temple of clay.”
It was the privilege of the writer to know him and visit him in his afflictions, and read to him the comforting words of our Lord in John 14, and talk to him about the mansion house of God, the home of the soul. He assured us he was ready to meet death, triumphant in the faith of the risen Lord he closed his eyes to scenes earthly and without a tremor the light waned and flickered, and went out. The soul was with God.
Saturday at 2 p.m., we placed the casket with the beautiful floral tribute, at the altar in the M. P. church. The funeral services were conducted by the pastor. Text used, Prov. 14:32: “The righteous hath hope in his death,” (it being the text used by Rev. W. C. Herdman at Mrs. Rowe’s funeral in 1908.), after which four of the old comrades of ’65, as honorary pall bearers, and six veterans of the world war as pall bearers, we consigned his body to the ground, to sleep by the wife and mother, ’til that glad morn when the “dead in Christ shall be raised and shall be like him.”
He leaves to mourn their loss, besides his sons and daughter, nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren, and a host of friends.
The filial devotion shown him by his children was beautiful to behold and shows them possessed of that noble trait of character that will be rewarded both here and in the life to come.
W. M. H.
Isaac Rowe, Kahoka, Missouri, The Clark County Courier, 2 Mar 1923
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Funeral services for little Sandra Verlee, 1-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rowe of near Darby were held Sunday afternoon at the Darby church by Lloyd Moore. Music by Mmes. Bessie Gerwig, Neva Lewis, Ruth Rowe and Thelma Schupbach with Lula Rife at the piano. She took sick Friday night with an unusual ailment and passed away Saturday morning. Burial was in the Darby cemetery.
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Mrs. Rowland Killed In Accident Monday
Mrs. Ava B. Rowland, 65, Kahoka, was fatally injured in an automobile accident about 10 a.m. Monday near Red Oak, Iowa. She was taken to Red Oak hospital but never regained consciousness and died six hours after the wreck.
Ernest Forbes, also of Kahoka, who was driving the car in which Mrs. Rowland was riding, suffered cuts and bruises from the accident bit was released from the hospital after treatment.
Forbes was trying to make a left turn from the highway into a filling station, when his car was struck on the right side by a car traveling from the opposite direction. Forbes’ car was badly damaged.
The other car, driven by Dean Richter, 18, Manitowoc, Wis., was also damaged considerably. A passenger in Richter’s car, Donald Rang, 17, also of Manitowoc, received serious head injuries including the loss of one eye and possibly the other.
When the accident occurred, Mrs. Rowland and Forbes were enroute to Council Bluffs to get his mother back to Kahoka, after she had been visiting in the home of Mrs. Lowell Todd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hurst, of Kahoka.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Mrs. Rowland was the former Miss Ava McEldowney, of near Granger. She married Benjamin H. Rowland about 34 years ago. The couple had no children.
Mr. Rowland was killed in a similar accident Oct. 19, 1949.
He was riding in a car driven by John A. Evans, 78. The two had been attending the funeral of Mrs. W. A. Adams at Granger. Evans was making a left turn onto Highway 4 from the road leading to Granger, when hit by a loaded gravel truck, driven by Billy Ball, Kahoka, approaching from the east.
Sheriff Clyde Evans said that the truck and car skidded 205 feet after the colision [sic]. Rowland was killed instantly and Evans lived less than two days.
An ambulance from Gutting funeral home came for Rowland’s body, prior to funeral services Oct. 27, 1949, at Granger Methodist church. The Gutting ambulance also brought Mrs. Rowland’s body to Kahoka Tuesday where it is being held awaiting funeral arrangements.
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RITES FOR AUTO VICTIMS
John A. Evans Dies at Keokuk Hospital Friday Morning
John A. Evans, 79, of Kahoka, died Friday morning about 6 in St. Joseph hospital at Keokuk of injuries sustained Wednesday afternoon when his car was rammed by a gravel truck on Highway 4 at the Granger intersection.
Benjamin H. Rowland, 61, Kahoka, was killed instantly in the same accident.
Funeral services for Rowland were held Sunday afternoon at 2 at Granger Methodist church.
Benjamin H. Rowland was born near Granger, March 9, 1882, a son of Mayfield and Margaret Rowland. He was married to Ava McEldowney of near Granger about 31 years ago. The couple had no children.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Ava Rowland, four brothers, Earl Rowland of Kahoka, George Rowland of Ft. Madison, Roy Rowland of Granger and Dewey Rowland of Sumner, and a sister, Mrs. Ruth Sparks of Corydon, Iowa.
John Aaron Evans was a son of Owen and Susan Gilbert Evans. He was born one mile south of Granger, Dec. 6, 1869.
On Sept. 29, 1892, he was married to Shelia M. Lewis of Granger, who died Oct. 1, 1930. To this union three children were born, Owen Evans, Arthur Evans and Mrs. Mildred Lipps.
He spent his entire life in Clark and Scotland counties, living the past nineteen years with his sister in Kahoka. He was a member of Eldorado Masonic lodge at Luray and the Royal Arch of Kahoka and devoted the later years of his life to Masonic work.
Those surviving are his sister Miss Mildred Evans, Kahoka, a son, Arthur Evans of Revere, a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Lipps of Wyaconda and two grandchildren, , Owen Evans, Guam, and Susan Evans, Coatesville, Pa.
Music was by Mrs. Graydon Harkness. Services conducted by Rev. R. P. Sharp from the Kahoka Presbyterian church, Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
Interment was at Granger with Masonic rites at grave.
Pall bearers were Ed. Zinnert, Charles Snyder, Newton Waples, O. L. Inlow, F. M. Story and Harry Muhrer.
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J. R. ROWLAND, EX-RESIDENT, DEAD IN ACTION
In Navy Medical Corps, Youth Dies In Southwest Pacific
James Russell Rowland, 23, a former resident of Kirksville who enlisted in the medical corps of the Navy four years ago last May, was killed in the Southwest Pacific, according to word received here by Mrs. Ed Barton, 515 W. Pierce Street, a friend of the family. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivin Rowland, who formerly lived at 513 W. Pierce Street, but moved to Los Angeles, Calif., about a year ago. The telegram giving the news of his death was received in Kirksville last week, this being the town where he enlisted. Mrs. Barton forwarded it to the family without opening and they wrote back what was in it.
Rowland was a graduate of the Kirksville High School. Besides his parents he leaves his wife, the former Lorene King, of Springfield, now of Vallejo, Calif.; a brother, Warren who is in the Army and believed to be overseas, and a younger brother, Layton, who is with his parents.
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Mother Tries To Kill Son and Drown Self
Center, Tex., March 18 (UP) Seven year old Bryant Rowland told officers today that his mother tied his hands behind him with a towel, threw him into a well, and then jumped in the well. The mother, Mrs. Jane Rowland, 40, was drowned.
Bryant was rescued from the well by Tom Sample, son of Sheriff J. B. Sample.
He kept his head above water by climbing up on his mother’s body after he saw that she was dead.
Jane Rowland, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 18 Mar 1938, p. 6, col. 8, Friday
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FUNERAL SERVICES MAY 23 MRS. ROWLAND
Funeral services were held at the Granger Methodist church on May 23 at 2:00 p.m., for Mrs. Mary M. Duncan Rowland, conducted by the Rev. J. I. Johnson. Singers were Mrs. J. I. Johnson, Mrs. Joe Reed, Clark Kennett and Lester Davis with Mrs. Elmer Weyand at the piano. Bodybearers were Chas. Kennett, Albert Fairchild, Robert Jones, Albert Jones, Henry Kuntz, and Joe Mendenhall.
Mary Margaret Duncan Rowland, daughter of Thomas and Nancy Duncan was born in Scotland county, Missouri, near Upton, Ia., October 8, 1863 and passed away at a Keokuk hospital, Keokuk, Ia., May 21, 1945.
She was converted to Jesus Christ and was baptized becoming a member of the Granger church in 1900 and continued her membership until her death.
She was united in marriage to Mayfield Rowland, September 4, 1881 and lived in or near Granger. To this union was born six children, five sons and one daughter: Roy Rowland of Granger; Mrs. Gilbert Sparks, Brownsdale, Minn.; Harrison Rowland, Kahoka; Earl Rowland, of Tingley, Ia.; Dewey Rowland, Sumner, Mo.; and George Rowland of Ft. Madison, Ia. Brothers, Dick Duncan, Luray; and James Duncan of Kahoka. Seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Mrs. Rowland was left a widow many years ago and it fell upon her to finish raising her children and she did her very best for them. She leaves to mourn her passing her six children, seven grandchildren, eight great grandchildren; two brothers and other kindred and many friends.
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C. ROWLINSON [ROWLISON] DIES SUDDENLY HER FRIDAY
Funeral Services at Pleasant Ridge Monday P. M.
Clyde Rowlinson, 46 years old, of 220 E. Patterson Avenue, died suddenly late Friday afternoon, while talking to a man near the Laughlin Hospital. Death was due to heart trouble from which he had been suffering since 1935. He had driven his car to the place where the man was unloading coal at the hospital and wanted him to bring a load of coal to his home when an attack seized him and he died almost instantly.
Rowlinson and his family had moved here from Gibbs on Aug. 30.
He was born near Adair on Aug. 26, 1897, and was a son of William and Docie Doss Rowlinson. He was married to Miss Ruth Scott on Oct. 20, 1920, and eleven children were born to them, one dying in infancy. They lived on a farm near Brashear for most of their married life, and later lived at Millard.
Surviving are his widow and the following sons and seven daughters, Mrs. Wilma Fortney of Kirksville, Miss Helen Rowlinson of Cumberland, Md., and those at the home are Icea, Herman, Carol Jean, Lavere, Dean, Shirley Kay and Nora Ann, A granddaughter, Sandra Kay Fortney. There are also one brother and three sisters, Everett Rowlinson, Mrs. Alice Brown and Mrs. Ethel Barnes of Baring and Mrs. Nora Bradley of Wall, S. D. Mrs. Alice Tull of this city is an aunt.
Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Pleasant Ridge Church, three miles west of Greensburg, with the Rev. Hollis Bowen of Queen City officiating. The ladies quartet of the Christian Church at Gibbs will provide the music. Burial will be in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.
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MRS. EVERETT ROWLISON, OF BARING, DIES
Had Been In Impaired Health Five Months.
Mrs. Essie Maurita Rowlison, 52, wife of Everett Rowlison of five miles west of Baring, died at 4:30 o’clock yesterday morning in a hospital at Macon. She had been in impaired health five months.
The funeral is to be held Friday morning at 10 o’clock at the Pleasant Ridge Church, conducted by the Rev. Edward Willey, of Eldon, Ia., and burial will be at the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Pallbearers are to be Joe Reardon, Henry Hickey, Ira Perry, Charles Moore, Alva Slocum and John Dye.
Mrs. Rowlison was born July 25, 1890 in Knox County, a daughter of David and Sarah Brown. She was married to Everett Rowlison De. 23, 1909 and six children were born.
Surviving are her husband, three sons and three daughters, Verlee and Maurita at home, Mrs. Edith Rosenberger, St. Louis; Richard, Roland and Ernest of Baring; one sister, Mrs. Chet Cooper, Brashear; four brothers, Ezra Brown, Baring; Lafayette Brown, Baring; Ed. J. Brown, Hurdland, and John R. Brown, Indianola, Neb.; two grandsons, several nieces and nephews.
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Brother of Gorin Man Dead
The body of a Santa Fe railway signal tower operator west of Atherton, Mo., was found Thursday night on the banks of the Missouri River north of the tower. His absence had halted a freight train for two hours.
Roy D. Rudd, 58 died of a heart attack, according to R. P. Jones, a deputy coroner. He had asked for and was given permission earlier to leave the tower to recover a ladder observed in drift-wood near the river.
Rudd had been employed by the Santa Fe about 40 years. Survivors include his wife, and a daughter, Mrs. Eva Lee Duncan of Kansas City, and a brother, Howard Rudd of Gorin, Mo.
Roy D. Rudd, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 20 Sep 1951, p. 1, col. 4
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H. C. RUDDELL DIES HERE IN HOSPITAL
Funeral Services Will Be Held Saturday Morning
Harrison C. Ruddell, 58, of 616 N. Elson street, died Wednesday evening in a Kirksville hospital where he had been a patient since Nov. 15.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Saturday morning at 10:30 conducted by Rev. Harvey Hill, pastor of Free Will Baptist Church in St. Louis assisted by Rev. Marie Hyatt, pastor of New Harmony Free-Will Baptist Church. Interment will be at Macomb, Ill.
Mr. Ruddell was the son of George and Susan (Badger) Ruddell and was born in Carthage, Ill., Sept. 8, 1889. He was married in Greentop, Mo., Jan. 1912 to Nettie Mikel and to this marriage one son was born.
He is survived by his wife, and son, Henry, of Kirksville; one brother, Leslie, of Carthage, Ill.; five sisters, Mrs. Annie Smith, Carthage, Ill., Mrs. Clio Morgan, Tennessee, Ill.; Mrs. Dean Shores, Mrs. Nellie Rich and Mrs. Mae Jackson all of Macomb, Ill.; three grandchildren, Marjorie Ann, Mary Jane and Carol Jean Ruddell. He was preceded in death by one sister.
Mr. Ruddell was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church, New Harmony, west of Greentop. He moved from Illinois about thirty years ago, settling near Greentop where he resided until about one year ago whn [sic] he moved to Kirksville.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
The pallbearers will be: Gene Mikel, Cecil Peterson, Richard Talbert, Glen Peterson, Don Wayman and Junior Peterson.
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JOHN RUDDELL, AGED 83, DIES AT QUEEN CITY
Funeral and Burial Services Held This Afternoon.
Special to the Daily Express.
Queen City, Mo., Sept. 25—Funeral services for John Nile Ruddell, 83 years of age, who died suddenly Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock, were held this afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Christian Church with the Rev. Horace Bowen officiating. Burial was made in the Queen City cemetery.
Although Mr. Ruddell had been blind for the past five years he had been in good halth [sic], and his death, believed to have been caused by a heart attack, came as a shock to members of his family and friends. He had made his home for several years with Mrs. Eunice Barker in Queen City.
He is survived by two daughters, the Misses Hazel and Beulah Ruddell of Kansas City, and one brother, George Ruddell of Queen City.
Mr. Ruddell was born in Illinois, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John McCamie Pennington Ruddell. He came with his parents to Missouri when he was 8 years old and has resided in Schuyler County ever since. He was married to Alice May Myers who with on daughter, preceded him in death.
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W. F. RUDDELL, 76, OF GIBBS, DIED OCT. 29
Funeral Services To Be Held There Saturday Morning.
William Francis Ruddell, 76 years old, died yesterday morning at his home in Gibbs after a several months illness.
He was born in Blandinsville, Ill., July 25, 1860, and later lived in Iowa for several years. He was married to Miss Cora Jane Langford at Van Buren, Iowa, about 45 years ago. They came to Missouri about 33 years ago and lived at LaPlata until four years ago when they moved to Gibbs.
He is survived by his wife and four children, who are Mrs. Roxie Beryl Stribling of near Gibbs, Mrs. Zola Mae Stewart of Gibbs, and Keith Francis and Dorsey Irene Ruddell at home. There are two brothers, John Allen Ruddell of Gibbs and James Myron Ruddell of near Kirksville. He was a member of the United Brethren.
Funeral services will be held at the home at 10 o’clock Saturday morning conducted by the Rev. E. V. Havlghurst of LaPlata, after which the body will be taken to Mr. Sterling, Iowa, for burial.
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MICHAEL RUDDY RITES MONDAY AT NOVINGER
Died Friday at Home Of Daughter in Springfield
Funeral services for Michael Ruddy, 70, of Novinger, who died Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lillian Flavin, in Springfield, will be held at the St. Rose Catholic Church in Novinger Monday morning at 9:30 o’clock. Rev. Father J. F. Kenny, pastor of the church, will conduct the services. Interment will be in the Novinger cemetery.
Rosary will be said at the Dee Riley Funeral Home this evening at 7:30 o’clock.
Mr. Ruddy was the son of Patrick and Brigdit [Bridgett] (Franey) Ruddy and was born April 11, 1879, at Sharon, Pa.
He was married at Milan, July 22, 1905, to Kathryn Sullivan, and to this marriage eight children were born.
He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Harold (Lillian) Flavin, Springfield, Miss Muriel Ruddy, St. Louis, and Mrs. H. R. (Evelyn) Merryman, El Monte, Calif.; two sons, Thomas J., of Springfield, and Edward, of Farmington, Mo.; one brother, Joseph, Denver, Colo.; one sister, Mrs. Alice Qualls, St. Louis, and seven grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by three children, five brothers and one sister.
Mr. Ruddy was a member of the St. Rose Catholic Church in Novinger.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home. Bearers will be: Other Perry, Frank Bortz, Luther Harris, Carlos Jones, Hoyt Davis and George Vuchinioch.
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Albert Rude of Granger died suddenly Tuesday night at his home in Granger about 10 o’clock. Mr. Rude was said to have been ill only about 30 minutes.
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SERVICES AT MT. MORIAH
Albert Rude Had Lived in Scotland County Many Years
Funeral services for Albert Rude, who died suddenly at his home at Granger Tuesday of last week, July 18, were conducted at the Mt. Moriah church Thursday afternoon by Rev. W. E. Longstreth and interment was in the cemetery there. Music was by a trio of ladies.
Albert Rude was a son of Israel and Emily Cotton Rude. He was born August 27, 1882, on a farm north of Granger. He had been in failing health for several years.
He was married to May Smith February 25, 1903, in Granger. They moved to a farm north of Cantril, Iowa, where they lived for 30 years and moved to Granger five years ago.
Mr. Rude united with the Mt. Moriah church during the ministry of Rev. Edgar Sexsmith in 1900, and was a member of this church at the time of his death.
He is survived by his companion, May Rude, and by one daughter, Mrs. Bessie Heath of Mt. Sterling, Iowa; by a granddaughter, Mrs. Bertha Wood of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and by two great grandchildren, Delbert and Nona Wood.
His brothers surviving are Harvey and Charles Rude of Granger and George Rude of Memphis. His sisters are Mrs. Charlie Selby of Granger and Mrs. F. W. Davis of Arbela.
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MRS. LULU RUDE, 63, DEAD
Last Rites Performed Sunday At Granger Church
Mrs. Lulu Catherine Rude, 63, Memphis, died at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 12. She had been ill five months.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, July 13, at Granger Methodist Church, Rev. W. E. Longstreth officiating. Pall bearers were Glen Selby, Claude Selby, Leslie Evans, Clarence Rude, Felix Jansen, and Raymond Losey. Burial was in Ashton Cemetery.
Mrs. Rude was born in 1885 in Clark county near Luray, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Anderson. In 1906 she was married to Perry Rude, Granger, and had lived in Scotland county ever since. She was for several years the telephone operator at Granger. She was a member of Mt. Moriah Methodist Church.
She is survived by her father, a brother, Thomas L. Anderson, Idaho; a sister, Mrs. John Smith, Kahoka; four sons, Ernest, Israel, Paul, and Eston Rude; three daughters, Mrs. Anna Mae Salyers, Mrs. Leona Neese, and Mrs. Mary Everman; 24 grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
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PERRY RUDE DIED TUESDAY
Had Been Ill at His Home in Granger Several Days
Perry Rude, who had been ill at his home in Granger several days, died on Tuesday, Dec. 24.
Funeral services are to be held at the Granger Methodist church this afternoon at 1:30 p.m., conducted by Rev. W. E. Longstreth of the Memphis Methodist church. Interment will be in the Ashton cemetery.
Pall bearers will be Len Bourn, Gordon Evans, Mack Ketchum, Lester Davis, Rex Sample and Charles Johnson.
Mr. Rude was born in this county on April 21, 1855, being 91 years of age last april [sic].
He was a well known man of the eastern part of the county.
Perry Rude was a son of Israel and Emily Cotton Rude.
Perry Rude and Lulu Catherine Anderson were united in marriage March 18, 1906, at the bride’s home near Luray. To this union eight children were born, One child died in infancy.
He is survived by his wife, Lulu Catherine Rude, and by sons and daughters: Ernest, Israel, Anna Mae Salyers, Paul, Eston, Leona Neese and Mary Aldridge. His brothers and sisters are Mrs. Anna Selby, Harve Rude, Charles Rude, Laura Davis, Albert Rude and Judge George Rude.
He united with the Christian church in Granger in early life. He was a fine neighbor and friend.
Perry Rude, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 26 Dec 1946
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Charles D. Rudy died of la grippe at his home in this city Friday, January 25, 1890, after an illness of less than a week, aged 33 years, 6 months and 7 days.
Deceased was born in Holmes county, Ohio, July 16, 1855. He came with his parents to this county in 1869, and received a fair education. At the age of 16 he accepted a position with H. G. and A. H. Pitkin as a clerk and remained with them for 13 years. He became a member of the firm of Bennett and Rudy, family grocers, in 1886, and at the time of his death was a member of the firm of Rudy Bros. and Williams, an accessor in the business. April 25, 1888, he was united in marriage with Miss Allie Williams, who survives him, and who, together with father, mother, sisters and brothers, mourn his untimely death. He had an enviably reputation in this community for his sterling integrity, energy and business capacity, and his premature death is a serious loss to the town as well as to the friends and relatives. It was not generally known that he was dangerously ill, hence the intelligence of his death was a great surprise to some of his most intimate friends and nearest neighbors. He was a member of Scotland Lodge No. 104 I.O.O.F. of this city, and after funeral services at the Presbyterian church on Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. C. L. Hogue, the body was taken in charge by the order and laid to rest in the cemetery east of town with beautiful and impressive ceremony, surrounded by a large concourse of sympathizing friends.
Charles D. Rudy, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 30 Jan 1890
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MRS. ESTER RUDY, 73, DEAD
Funeral Services to be Held in Memphis This Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Ester Rudy, 73, who died at her home four miles northeast of Memphis yesterday morning, April 10, at 2:30 o’clock, are to be held at the Payne chapel this afternoon, conducted by Rev. Wilbur E. Longstreth, pastor of the Memphis Methodist church.
Interment will be in the Brock cemetery beside her husband, John Ira Rudy, who died several years ago.
The pall bearers at the funeral were Van Gardner, Don Gardner, George Cross, George Garrett, C. F. Austin and Grant Tuck.
Mrs. Rudy has been in failing health for several years and was seriously ill a few days before her death.
Mrs. Rudy’s maiden name was Ester Hyde. She was born in Scotland county, near Brock, on January 10, 1867, being 73 years of age last January. She lived in this county all her life and for the past 51 years on the same farm.
She was married at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Hyde, near Brock on October 27, 1889, to John Ira Rudy, who preceded her in death, August 8, 1913.
She is survived by two sons, George W. Rudy of Memphis and Parley B. Rudy, who lives north of Memphis; three grandchildren, George F. Rudy, Betty Jean Rudy and Nelda Joyce Rudy. She also leaves four brothers, Walter Hyde, Reuben Hyde and Horace Hyde of Memphis, and Dr. Frank Hyde of Eminence, Mo., who is here for the funeral.
Mrs. Lucy Hiatt, 93, of Memphis is an aunt of Mrs. Rudy’s, and Dr. J. A. Curtis of Memphis and Dr. Homer Curtis of Kansas City are step brothers.
Mrs. Rudy was a member of the Bethel M. E. church near her home.
She was a fine woman and a good neighbor, and while her death was not altogether unexpected, it is greatly regretted by her many friends and neighbors.
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George Rudy is Dead
Passed Away in Quincy Saturday Evening
Body Brought Back to Memphis and funeral Held Monday at Mrs. Bennett’s Residence at 2
The death of George Rudy occurred at Quincy, Illinois, Saturday June 3rd, at 6 o’clock p.m. The body was taken to an undertaker’s establishment, where it was prepared for shipment to Memphis.
On Sunday the remains arrived in Memphis, accompanied by Mrs. Pitkin and Mrs. Bennett, sisters of deceased, also by William Bibb, who had been taking care of Mr. Rudy while he was in Quincy.
The body was taken to the home of Mrs. P. H. Bennett, where it lay in state until Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock, where the funeral was held at the Bennett home. The services were conducted by Rev. J. R. Findley, pastor of the Presbyterian church, after which the body was taken in charge by the members of Murray Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and taken to the cemetery, where burial took place.
Mr. Rudy was at one time a prominent business man of Memphis, having been associated with David Secord for a while in the clothing business. He had been a Federal soldier in the Civil War, was since that time a useful citizen of this community and was a clever, genial gentleman.
The family and other relatives have the sympathy of all our people in their bereavement.
George Rudy, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 8 Jun 1916
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Parley Rudy Services Were Held Here
Parley Bennett Rudy, son of Ira and Esther Hyde Rudy was born October 27, 1893 in Scotland county and passed away at the Laughlin hospital December 22, 1965, where he had undergone emergency surgery.
He was united in marriage to Grace Cunningham on June 3, 1930. To this union two daughters were born.
In early manhood he united with the Bethel Methodist church and was a faithful member, as long as the church existed. Later, he attended the Memphis Methodist church with his family.
He was a loving, devoted husband and father, whose interests were in his home, relatives, friends and community. His entire life was spent at the farm on which he was born.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his only brother, George W. Rudy and by an infant daughter, Marilyn.
He is survived by his wife, Grace, his daughter, Nelda Rudy Ebling, his son-in-law, Kenneth Ebling, and other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held in the Memphis Methodist church, December 24, 1965 at 2:00 o’clock, conducted by Paynes with Rev. John Gooch officiating. Body bearers were William Glover, Dennis Tippett, Mansel Garrett, Hubert Boise, Hugh Speagh and Lowell McConnell. Interment was in the Memphis Cemetery.
Parley Bennett Rudy, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 27 Dec 1965
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EVA STUCK RUGG BADLEY HURT IN CALIFORNIA
Mrs. Eva Stuck Rugg of Oakland, Calif., a former resident of Kirksville, who was seriously injured in an automobile accident in which her husband, Ray B. Rugg, was killed, on Dec. 27, is confined to a hospital in Oakland, according to a letter received here yesterday morning by Mrs. C. C. Gardner. She has a broken arm, a broken leg, and a broken collar bone, in addition to cuts and bruises. At the time the letter was written she was improving, but her condition was so serious at first that it was several days before she was told of her husband’s death.
Mr. and Mrs. Rugg were on their way from their home in Oakland to Pasadena to see the Tournament of Roses when their automobile crashed into a trailer-truck when the driver of the truck attempted to make a U turn in the road. Mr. and Mrs. Rugg were pinned under the wreckage. Mr. Rugg died on the way to a hospital.
Mrs. Rugg was formerly Eva Stuck, daughter of Mrs. Hester Stuck of Kirksville. She had taught for several years in Oakland before her marriage to Mr. Rugg four years ago. She has many friends in Kirksville who will be sorry to learn of her misfortune.
Ray B. Rugg, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 7 Jan 1940, p. 5, col. 2
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Mrs. James Ruggles, of Sidney, Buried
The funeral for Mrs. Arminta Ruggles, 75, who died at her home in the Sidney vicinity 21 miles northwest of here Saturday, was held Sunday at the family home. Burial was made in the Cox Cemetery.
Arminta Elizabeth Palmer, daughter of Felix and Lyda Palmer, was born June 12, 1864. On Sept. 7, 1887, she was married to Jacob Henry Sholly. Eight children were born, Aura, Leigh, Dalton, Lee, Ila, Claudie and two infant daughters. All except one son, Dalton, preceded her in death. Her Husband died Dec. 19, 1906. On May 12, 1908, she was married to James A. Ruggles.
Surviving are the husband, son, Dalton, one son-in-law, Clyde Rouse, and six grandchildren.
Mrs. Ruggles joined the Church of Christ at an early age.
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Derald Dee Ruggles
(By Our State Line Reporter)
Funeral services conducted by Rev. Dan Newland were held at Richland church Sunday afternoon for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ruggles. Mrs. Will Rullman and Mrs. Crawford McWilliam sang, accompanied by Mrs. Dan Newland at the piano. Pall bearers were Harry Fryrear, Durward Burton, Kinney Cossel and Henry Reed. Interment in Richland cemetery.
Derald Dee Ruggles, only son of Guy and Mary Ruggles, was born April 11, at their Home near Hitt and died at the St. Joseph hospital in Ottumwa April 15.
He leaves to mourn his passing his parents, two sisters, Helen and Doris; grandparents, Mrs. Etta Ruggles, and Mr. and Mrs. Will Phillips, also three uncles and three aunts.
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GUY M. RUGGLES, HITT FARMER, DIES
Guy Madison Ruggles, lifelong resident of Scotland county, died at 8 a.m. Tuesday at his home northwest of Hitt. He was 45.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Richland Church, Rev. Wallace R. Pearce officiating. Burial will be in Richland cemetery.
Born Sept. 22, 1906, son of James Madison and Mary E. McHenry Ruggles, the deceased spent his entire life on the farm where he died. He attended county schools and was a member of the Barker United Brethren Church.
In 1925 he married the former Miss Mary Phillips of Downing, who survives.
Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Helen Newland and Mrs. Doris Dorson of Memphis; two brothers, Joseph, Illinois City, Ill., and James, Davis, Okla.; and a sister, Mrs. Elinor Zaerr, Morland, Okla.
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FUNERAL FOR J. A. RUGGLES, 76, AT SIDNEY
Funeral services were held Wednesday at Sidney for James Alfred Ruggles, 76, who died on Feb. 2.
Mr. Ruggles was born Aug. 5, 1864, in Putnam County, the son of Henry and Martha Ruggles. He married Miss Eliza Jane Young, on July 23, 1893. Five children were born to this union. Mrs. John Lloyd, Stahl; George Henry Ruggles, Melba, Ida.; Alfred Ruggles, Fairview, Mont.; Isaac Ruggles, Kalispel, Mont., and Mrs. Harold Thompson, Kalispel, Mont. His wife preceded him in death on Sept. 15, 1903.
He married Arminta Scholley, on May 9, 1908. She died on Aug. 19, 1939.
Besides his five children, he is survived by one brother, Alfred Ruggles, and one sister, Mrs. Ed Hullen, both of Worthington, 26 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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MRS. MARY E. RUGGLES DIED
Was Born in Scotland County 82 Years Ago in January
Mrs. Mary E. Ruggles, who had been ill several months and who had been living at the home of her granddaughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Newland on Grand avenue, died at the Newland home Saturday morning, April 8.
Funeral services were conducted at the Richland Baptist church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. Dan Newland, assisted by Rev. Sell. Interment was in the Richland cemetery.
Pall bearers were Harold Ruggles, Garland Ruggles, Jimmie Ruggles, Joe Ruggles Jr., Eugene Newland and George Dorson.
Mrs. Ruggles was born in Scotland county on January 7, 1868, being 82 years of age.
Mary Estella McHenry was a daughter of James E. and Sarah Jane McHenry.
She was united in marriage to James M. Ruggles Sept. 30, 1889, who preceded her in death on June 15, 1915. To this union were born four children–Eleanor Zaerr, Mooreland, Okla.; Joseph B., Illinois City, Ill.; James of Davis, Okla., and Guy of this county.
She is also survived by a sister, Mrs. John Warning of Memphis; one brother, John W. McHenry of Waco, Texas, 18 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
She was a member of the Barker U. B. church.
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Sister Olive H. Ruggles, of Shibley’s Point, Mo., departed this life Jan. 31, 1891, at the residence of Rev. Merit Husted. She was born April 2, 1806, at Westminster, Vermont. Married to Joshua Ruggles, of Westminster, Sept. 26, 1830. To them 8 children were born, five of whom preceded her to the better world. Three are living, one son, Henry Ruggles, a prominent citizen of Putnam Co., Mo., one daughter residing in Kansas, and the other is the wife of Rev. Merit Husted. Her husband died in 1852. She remained a widow, living with her children until her death, aged 84 years, 9 months and 29 days. In her youth she professed faith in Christ, and united with the Congregational church, remainng [sic] in that church until 1853 when she united with the United Brethren in Christ, remaining in full fellowship until the time of her death, living a Christian life for over 60 years. She was a devoted worker in the vineyard, ever remembering the poor and needy. She bore her affliction with Christian fortitude. The family has had to part with a good Christian mother, the community a good citizen. She died in the triumphs of a living faith.
Her funeral was preached at Shibley’s Point and her remains laid away in the Shibley Point cemetery to await the resurrection morn. Ira W. McRae.
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MRS. ANNA RUGH, 64, IS DEAD
She Was Born in Scotland County January 10, 1874
Mrs. Anna Rugh, 64, of Cantril, was found dead in her bed at the home of her sister, Mrs. Bessie Clark, in Keosauqua, about six o’clock Monday morning, says the Milton Herald.
Mrs. Rugh’s maiden name was Anna Tackaberry. She was the daughter of William H. and Cynthia Ann Tackaberry. She was born near Azen, Missouri, in Scotland county, January 10, 1874. She was married to George W. Rugh on December 28, 1890, who preceded her in death, also one son, Ivan.
Mrs. Rugh and her sister had both been ill with influenza. Mrs. Rugh had suffered from heart trouble for some time. Funeral services were held at the Prairie View church south of Cantril, Wednesday afternoon, in charge of Rev. A. L. Huff of Memphis. Burial was at Prairie View.
Mrs. Rugh is survived by three children, Mrs. Bessie Ferguson, of Cantril; Mrs. Roy Aylward, of Cantril, and Thomas G. Rugh of Fairfield; and her sister, Mrs. Bessie Clark, of Keosauqua.
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MISS ELLA K. RUGH, 84, DEAD
Had Been a Resident of Johnson Township Over 80 Years
Ella Ginevera Rugh was a daughter of Michael and Zemiah Williams Rugh. She was born May 12, 1854, near Pierceville, Iowa, and died at her home near Cantril, Iowa, Friday, January 6, 1939, being at the time of her death 84 years of age.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Arthur L. Huff at the Prairie View church Sunday, Jan. 8, at 2 p.m. Interment was in the cemetery there.
In the spring of [unreadable] she, with her parents, came to Scotland county, Missouri, settling on a farm two miles south of the Iowa and Missouri line.
She was converted at an early age and united with the Methodist church at Prairie View during a revival meeting held by the pastor, Rev. Guy Hamilton.
She was preceded in death by one sister, Mrs. B. R. Grinstead, and four brothers, namely, Henry K., of Memphis; Frank M. and George W. of Cantril, Iowa, and John D. of Fairmont, Okla.
She is survived by many nieces and nephews. Aunt Ella, as she was commonly known, was a good neighbor and friend to all and was loved and respected.
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FORMER RESIDENT DIES
Word has been received of the death of Emil M. Rugh, 80, formerly of Memphis.
He was born on December 26, 1906, at Memphis, the son of Walter and Della (Alward) Rugh. On August 22, 1926 he was united in marriage to Zelma Faye (Billips), and to this union five children were born.
Rugh was a member of the Methodist Church. He attended school in Scotland County and was a farmer in the early years of his life. In the mid 30’s he went into the trucking business and retired from that in 1955. The family then moved to Laverne, Calif., where he worked for the public school system until he retired in 1965. He made his home in Arizona until moving to Jefferson City in 1983. He had been a HAM radio operator for 35 years.
He is survived by his wife; one son, Larry D. Rugh, Chandler, Ariz.; one daughter, Betty Boyd, Jefferson City; one brother, Stanley Rugh, Clairmont, Calif.; nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three sons, and his parents.
Funeral services were held March 31 at the Houser Funeral Service Chapel, with Rev. Robert Klein officiating. Burial was in the Hawthorn Memorial Gardens, Jefferson City.
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Herbert C. Rugh was born in Scotland County, Mo., August 29, 1876, and died after an illness of two weeks, Nov. 8, 1898, aged 22 years, 2 months and 9 days.
He grew to manhood on the farm and two years ago he completed the commercial course at the Memphis Normal, intending to engage in business pursuits. He was very popular while in school and made many friends who mourn his loss. Afterward he returned to the farm and remained there until his death. For the last three months his health had been failing and when he was attacked by the dread disease, typhoid fever, he was unable to withstand it. The remains were interred today in the Prairie View Cemetery, the funeral services being conducted by Rev. T. C. Taylor. Herbert was always noted for his quiet, peaceable disposition and the firm lasting nature of his friendships. To him a friend was something more than an acquaintance and he was never known to betray a friend by thought, word or deed. Why he was taken away just at the time when life was unfolding her great possibilities before him we cannot tell. We can only trust in the Superior wisdom of an infinite Creator. The race is finished, the fight is ended and all too soon. “After life’s fitful fever he sleeps well.”
Herbert C. Rugh, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 10 Nov 1898
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Died at Kansas City
Fred Gerth received word about midnight last night of the death of Walter Rugh, who died in a Kansas City hospital following an operation, last night.
Mr. Rugh lived on a farm just west of Memphis and went to the hospital about a week ago. He has been a resident of Scotland county all his life.
Albert Clayton Gerth went to Kansas City early this morning for the body and funeral arrangements have not been made.
His sister, Mrs. Simeon Phares and son, Emil Rugh, were to see him the first of this week and reported him as being in a critical condition.
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RITES FOR WALTER M. RUGH
Services Conducted at the Methodist Church Sunday Afternoon
Funeral services for Walter M. Rugh, who died at the Conley hospital at Kansas City Wednesday night of last week, Feb. 18, were conducted by Rev. Arthur L. Huff of Gorin, assisted by Rev. W. E. Longstreth, at the Memphis Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Interment was in the Memphis cemetery.
Music was by Rep. J. C. Woodsmall, Joe Zumsteg, Judge E. F. Eierman, accompanied by Mrs. Richard Moore at the piano.
Walter Micheal Rugh was the second son of Henry K. and Caroline Rugh. He was born five miles south of Cantril, Iowa, near the Prairie View church on Sept. 16, 1880.
On July 30, 1905, he was married to Della B. Aylward. To this union, four sons were born, all of whom survive, Emil, of Memphis, Mo.; Stanley, of Kansas City; Hollis, of Elysland, Calif.; and Eugene of Claremont, Calif.
He was converted under the pastorate of Rev. James Shultz in 1916 and united with the M. E. church at Prairie View where he held his membership.
He spent his life in the Prairie View neighborhood with the exception of the last two years which were spent on his farm one mile west of Memphis.
He leaves the wife, four sons, seven grandchildren, five sisters and three brothers.
His sisters are Mrs. Jessie Jones of Cantril, Mrs. Cora Biggs of Arbela, Mrs. Minnie Phares of Memphis, Mrs. Mary Cook of Kirksville, and Mrs. Nellie Nelson of Pomona, Calif.
The brothers are Harry of Memphis, and Cecil and Scott Rugh, of Claremont, Calif.
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MRS. FANNIE RULE, AGED 91, DIES HERE
Bedfast Since Hip Fractured December 9.
Mrs. Fannie Rule, 91 years old, died last night at 10:35 o’clock at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller, 509 West Gardner Street. She suffered a fractured hip Dec. 9, and had been bedfast ever since. She was in a hospital until three weeks ago.
The funeral is to be Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. L. V. Freeman, pastor of the First Christian Church, and burial will be made at Macon. Her body is lying in state at the funeral home.
Mrs. Rule was born in Boone County, Missouri, July 20, 1850, and was married to John Rule, who died many years ago. She lived near Knox city until about thirty years ago, when she came here and made her home with the Millers.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Miller here, and Mrs. Stella Upright, of Edina. Mrs. Pete Anesi, here is a granddaughter. Two daughters, Mrs. Mollie Eubanks of Hannibal, and Miss Cora Rule, of Macon, preceded her in death.
She was a member of the Christian Church.
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Death of James Rule
James Rule, aged 25 years, died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Rule, Friday, May 26th, at 5 o’clock p.m., of consumption. The funeral was held from the family residence in the south part of the city Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, being conducted by Rev. G. W. Wright, pastor of the Baptist Church. Immediately after the services the remains were buried in the Memphis Cemetery.
The deceased has been in delicate health for some months past, and his friends considered his death only a question of a short time. He is survived by the parents, two sisters and two brothers.
James Rule, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 1 Jun 1911
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Died
Rule – Lettie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Rule, on Sunday, Aug, 22d, 1886, of typhoid fever, aged 14 years and 6 months.
This sad bereavement fell like a pall upon the family. The fangs of this dreadful disease fastened upon its victim in one short week, and baffled the best medical skill. She was a faithful member of the M. E. Church of this city and her presence will be sorely missed by loving friends. The funeral services were conducted in the M. E. church on Monday, by Rev. T. C. Johnston. A large concourse of sympathizing friends were present, and followed the remains to the cemetery east of town. Six little girls, members of her Sunday School class, acted as pall bearers in conveying the body to the silent city of the dead.
Smooth the braids of her silken hair,
On her queenly brow with tender care;
Gather the robe in a final fold
Around the form that will not grow old;
Lay on her bosom, pure as snow,
The fairest, sweetest flowers that blow.
Kiss her and leave her, your heart’s delight;
In dreamless peace she sleeps to-night.
A shadowy gleam of life-light lies
Around the lids of her slumberous eyes,
And her lips are closed as in fond delay
Of the loving words she had to say;
But her gentle heart forgot to beat,
And from dainty head to dainty feet
She is strangely quiet, cold and white,
The fever is gone, she will sleep to-night.
Put by her work and her empty chair;
Fold up the garments she used to wear;
Let down the curtain and close the door,
She will need the garish light no more;
For the task assigned her under the sun
Is finished now, and the guerdon won.
Tenderly kiss her, put out the light,
And leave her alone – she will sleep to-night.
O, blessed sleep that will not break
For tears, nor prayers, nor love’s sweet sake;
O, perfect rest, that knows no pain,
No throb, no thrill of heart or brain;
O, life sublime beyond all speech,
That only the pure through dying reach!
God understands and his ways are right;
Bid his beloved a long good night.
Weep for the days that will come no more,
For the sunbeam flown from hearth and door,
For a missing step, for the nameless grace
Of a tender voice and a loving face;
But not for the soul whose goal is won,
Whose infinite joy is just begun –
Not for the spirit enrobed in light,
And crowned where the angels are to-night.
Lettie Rule, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 26 Aug 1886, p. 3, col. 3
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Sudden Death of Theodore Rule, Fri.
Last Friday night Theodore Rule, a highly respected resident of this city passed away without a word of warning, from heart trouble. He had enjoyed his usual health up to the hour of his death. In the afternoon he made garden and was uptown doing some trading after supper and went to the basement and looked after the furnace. He and the wife live in the Broadwater place.
Shortly after coming upstairs he was stricken. Physicians were summoned but all efforts to resuscitate him proved unavailing.
Deceased had been a lifelong resident of Memphis and was a man who was held in the highest of respect by all who knew him.
He leaves to mourn his taking away a wife, two sons and two daughters.
Funeral services were held on Monday – interment being made in the Memphis Cemetery.
Theodore Rule, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 8 Apr 1915, p. 1, col. 3
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ALBERT RUMMERFIELD IS DEAD HERE
A Retired Farmer; Funeral Services Friday Afternoon
Albert Rummerfield, 89, a retired Adair County farmer, died this morning at 4:00 a.m. at his home at 712 N. High.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:00 p.m. at the Robert B. Davis Funeral Chapel, 115 W. Jefferson, conducted by the Rev. J. T. McClanahan. Burial will be at the Willmathsville cemetery.
Mr. Rummer field was born on April 8, 1860, the son of Frank and Sarah (King) Rummerfield. He was married to Mary Chipley in Iowa March 7, 1878, and moved to Adair County 61 years ago. Preceded in death by his wife and also seven children, all of whom died in infancy, three brothers and one sister, Mr. Rummerfield is survived by one brother, Edwin, of Willmathsville, and one sister, Edith Demony of Oskaloosa, Ia.
Six children also survive; Ike D. Rummerfield, of Kirksville; Sarah Moore, Independence; Joe Rummerfield, Keno, Ore.; Nell Smith, Pleasant Hill, Mo.; Eva Noble, Ashland, Ore.; and Perry Rummerfield, Alameda, Calif. There are 20 grandchildren, 64 great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren.
The body will be at the Robert B. Davis Funeral Home until time for the services.
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Leona Runquist Dies At Age 71 Years
Leona Vern Runquist, daughter of John A. and Rosella Dennis Yaeger, was born February 15, 1889 at Burlington, Iowa, and passed away at her home in Memphis, Missouri, January 16, 1961. She was 71 years, 11 months and one day of age.
She was married to Albert Runquist October 26, 1908 and to this union five children were born.
Surviving are her husband, Albert, two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Clapper of Keosauqua, Ia., and Mrs. Dorothy Aldridge of Memphis, Mo., one son, Charles Runquist of Big Rock, Illinois, 13 grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
She was a member of the Burlington, Ia., Christian church since 1918.
Services were held from the Gerth & Baskett chapel Tuesday, January 17 at 3:00 p.m., conducted by Rev. Howard Merchant. Burial was in the Memphis cemetery.
Body bearers were Cody Stone, Geo. Franklin, Don Smith, Wm. Schleeter, Jerry Clapper and George Davidson.
Leona Vern Runquist, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 19 Jan 1961, p. 1, col. 6
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MILL HENRY RUPE FUNERAL SUNDAY
Mill Henry Rupe, son of John and Beckey Rupe was born June 6, 1883 in Van Buren County, Iowa. He moved to Scotland county when a young man and spent his entire life in Van Buren County, Iowa and Scotland County, Missouri.
He passed away June 20, 1952 at his home near Azen, Missouri. He leaves to mourn his departure one brother, Otto of the home; three sisters, Mrs. James Stoneking of Memphis, Mrs. Otto Eck of St. Louis and Mrs. Mable Norris of the home; also three nieces and 6 nephews. He was a member of the Methodist church of Mt. Sterling, Iowa.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:00 at the Gerth and Baskett chapel by Rev. W. E. Longstreth. Music was provided by Mrs. C. C. McQuoid, Miss Mary Anna Lawrence and W. E. Lawrence. Pall bearers were Gene Orton, Paul Stevenson, George Reece, Rollie Bowman, George Phillips and Jim Stoneking. Burial was at the cemetery in Milton.
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Chas. E. Ruse Found Dead on his Porch Saturday Afternoon
Chas. E. Ruse, 76, well-known citizen of Memphis, was found dead on the porch at his home in the east part of town Saturday afternoon about six o’clock.
Mr. Ruse was a bachelor and lived alone since the death of his brother, Sib Ruse, a few months ago. He was seen about his place Friday, so it is presumed he had been dead more than twenty-four hours.
He was lying on the porch with his hat on, indicating that he had become suddenly ill, sat down on the porch, then toppled over.
None of the neighbors noticed him until late Saturday afternoon, when he was discovered by Mrs. Ida Bryan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O.E. Perkins, who live east of the Ruse place.
Mrs. Bryan was on her way home from town when she noticed him lying on the porch. She went on home and told her brother, Ben Perkins, about it. They made an investigation, and found Mr. Ruse dead. Nathan Bounds, who also lives in the neighborhood, went with them to make the investigation.
The body was in a decomposed condition, and burial was made Saturday night in the Memphis Cemetery.
Dr. E.E. Parrish, coroner, was notified and was soon on the scene.
The coroner’s jury was composed of I.M. Horn, N.E. Bounds, W.W. Hayden, Ira M. Croley, T.J. Hardman and W.D. Graboski. Dr. W.E. Alexander was the only witness used.
The jury’s finding follows: “We the undersigned jury, sworn to enquire into the death of Charles Ruse, who was found dead on his premises in Scotland County, Missouri, on June 27, 1931, after the evidence of witness, we find that said Charles Ruse came to his death from natural causes.”
Charles E. Ruse was the eldest son of David and Mary Ruse. He was born August 20, 1854, in Clinton County, Ohio.
He moved with his parents to Scotland County, Mo., in 1867, where he made his home during the remainder of his life. His father, mother and three brothers preceded him in death. He leaves two sisters, Mrs. W.H. Rice and Mrs. A.A. Rice of Memphis. He also leaves four nephews and three nieces.
Charles was a farmer and carpenter by occupation during his early life. In his later years, he moved whit his brothers to Memphis, where he was engaged at such work as his age permitted him to undertake. He was very fond of music, which was his chief pleasure and always appreciative of any kindness shown him and loyal to those who befriended him.
Religious services were conducted by Rev. Barton at the home of his sister, Mrs. W.H. Rice after which the body was laid to rest in the Memphis Cemetery.
Charles E. Ruse, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 2 Jul 1931
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MRS. JAMES O. RUSH IS DEAD
Was Oldest Person in Scotland County at Time of Death
Scotland County’s oldest citizen, Mrs. Aralia Rush, died at the home of her son, J. E. Rush near Memphis at 12:30 a.m. Friday, May 29th. Mrs. Rush was past 96 years of age. Her maiden name was Aralia Peck.
She was born in Ohio on Nov. 9, 1845, and went with her parents at an early age to Hancock County, Illinois.
She was married October 14, 1866, to James O. Rush at La Harpe, Ill., came to Scotland county the same year and located near Hitt where she has since made her home.
Mr. Rush died June 12, 1930. She is survived by five children, Mrs. Lillie M. Riddington and Mrs. Daisy Reed of Memphis, D. W. Rush of Wilmore, Kansas; L. O. Rush and J. E. Rush both of Memphis.
She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Abbie Ketchum, of Shenandoah, Iowa; twenty-five grand children, forty-one great grandchildren and two great, great grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, May 31, at 3:00 o’clock from the Richland Baptist church, of which she was a member, and burial was in the Richland cemetery.
Services were conducted by Rev. B. E. Lett, pastor of the church. Pall bearers were Henry Tucker, Ross Craven, Arthur Leach, Ed Drake, Clyde Tippett and Roy Tucker. Singers were Mrs. Earl Drake, Mrs. M. F. Billups, Ross H. Tucker, and Ira Eller with Mrs. Ross Tucker, accompanying.
Attending the funeral from a distance were J. F. Reed and [unreadable] of Media, Ill., and Mrs. [unreadable] Rush of Huntington Pa[unreadable].
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WAS BORN IN THIS COUNTY
Boon Rush Died in California at the Age of Sixty-four
The Democrat recently had a brief notice about the death of Boon Rush, formerly of this county. Mr. Rush was born in Scotland county, Mo., April 19, 1873. He died at Barstow, Calif., Dec. 1, 1937, at the age of 64 years. He lived in Missouri until 1929, then moved to California.
He was married to Miss Ella Medley, Oct. 17th, 1894. To this union two sons were born, Layne and Lee. He also leaves the wife and three grandchildren, Alliene, Carol Jean and Raymond Rush. He was a member of Masonic lodge No. 16 at Memphis for a number of years.
Funeral services were held at the White-Emerson funeral chapel in Whittier, Calif., Rev. Wm. Allen, officiating. The Greenleaf Masonic Lodge at Whittier took charge of the services at the grave. the pall bearers were Harold Coffey, Arthur Gale Oliver, George Olds, Claude Shelley, Cleon and Fred Parker. Interment was at Rose Hill Memorial Park in Whittier.
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Hazel, infant daughter of Don Rush, died last Friday and was buried Saturday in the Richland cemetery. The funeral was preached by Rev. Wyatt, assisted by Rev. Deputy.
Hazel Rush, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 16 Nov 1899, p. 1 of supplement, col. 5, Hitt Column
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James Edward Rush, of Memphis, Missouri, died on October 25, 1972. He had been in failing health for some time but death was not expected.
He was the son of James and Arlia Rush; he was born February 26, 1889. On February 1, 1910, in Memphis, he married Beulah Cassingham. To this union six children were born, three daughters, Zelma, Mrs. Clark Curry, of Newberg, Oregon, Verlee, Mrs. William Ray, of Long View, Texas, Josephine, Mrs. Raymond O’Bleness, Silvis, Illinois; three sons, Lewis, of Sacramento, California, Stanley of Quincy, Illinois, and James of Moline, Illinois.
Preceding him in death were his parents, three sisters and two brothers.
Surviving is his wife and six children, 14 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
He had been a member of the Masonic Lodge for a number of years.
He attended the old LaGrange College and taught school in Scotland County for a number of years.
He became a Christian early in life and united with the Richland Baptist Church. He was ordained a deacon while serving in the Richland Baptist Church. He served the Lord in a number of ways. The Rushes later moved to Arbela, Missouri, and lived there for seven years. They moved their membership and served the Lord while living there.
In later years they moved to Memphis, Missouri. He moved their membership to the First Baptist Church and served as a deacon there as long as his heath permitted.
He will be missed by a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday, October 28, 1972, at 1:00 p.m., in the First Baptist Church in Memphis, with the pastor, Ernest Deatrick, officiating. Mrs. Sidney Moore was the soloist and was accompanied by Mrs. David Myers. D.W. Payne and Son’s funeral home was in charge of the service. Burial was in the Memphis cemetery. Body bearers were Terry Rush, Jerry O’Bleness, David Rush, Robert Rush, Richard Rush and Franklin Reed. Honorary bearers were Andy Phillips, W.A. Rose, Dale Rice, Willis Monroe, Rue Daniels and Jim Northrup.
James Edward Rush, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 2 Nov 1972, p. 4, col. 4, 5, 6 & 7
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James William Rush
James William Rush, son of James A. and Hattie R. White Rush, was born February 6, 1883, in Carroll County, Missouri, and departed this life December 27, 1972, at the Adair County Nursing Home in Kirksville, Missouri.
On April 30, 1914, he was united in marriage to Della Mae Cook, who preceded him in death March 9, 1960. To this union two sons were born, William Victor and Ivan Earl.
Surviving are a son, Ivan Earl, and wife, Clarine; a daughter-in-law, Estaline, and four grandchildren of Memphis and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, one son, William Victor; one grandson, five brothers, and two sisters.
Mr. Rush became a member of the Methodist Church at an early age. He moved to Scotland County early in life where for many years he engaged in farming until his health failed. The past few years he lived with his son and daughter-in-law. He had lived an active and full life and will be missed by all.
Funeral services were held in the Gerth & Baskett Chapel, Memphis, Missouri, Saturday, December 30, 1972, at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. Kenneth Campbell officiated. Burial was in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
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MRS. DON W. RUSH DIED JAN. 31; BURIAL RICHLAND
Jennie G. Martin, daughter of Joe Bish and Sarah E. Martin was born July 11, 1877 in Scotland County, Mo. Departed this life January 31, 1943. She was united in marriage to Don W. Rush, October 19, 1898. To this union six children were born Mrs. Daisy G. Lawrence, of Willmore, Kansas, Mrs. Maud Brown of Greensburg, Kansas, Mrs. Ora Riley of Chicago, and Rev Oscar Rush of Lancaster, Mo., Two daughters preceded her in death. She accepted Christ early in life and united with the Richland Baptist Church and was always faithful to her Savior.
She leaves to mourn her husband and four children, ten grand children and three brothers, Ivan and Perley, of Ft. Madison, Ia., and Andy of Alexandria, Mo. She was a faithful companion and a loving mother. The body was brought to the Fenton funeral home in Lancaster and taken to the Richland Baptist church northeast of Memphis and funeral services were conducted at 2 o’clock by Rev. W. M. Cleeton of Seymour, Ia., assisted by Rev. W. T. Andrews of Lancaster, the body was laid to rest in the cemetery near the church. The bereft ones have the sympathy of their many friends in their sorrow.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the neighbors and friends for their kind deeds and expressions of sympathy in the loss of our companion, mother and sister.
Don W. Rush and Children
Brothers, Irvin, Perley and Andy Martin
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John Earnest Rush
John Earnest Rush young son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Rush of Valley Falls, Kans., was born Aug. 4, 1906, departed this life Dec. 31, 1917, aged 11 years, 4 months and 26 days. The remains were brought to Memphis New Years day on the evening train, then taken to the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James [M?] near Hitt. The funeral was conducted at Richland Baptist church Jan. ?, 1918, by the pastor, Rev. Thurman Andrews of Lancaster, Mo., from the text John 14:1-2, after which the remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at that place. Mr. and Mrs. Rush parents of this dear boy was born and reared in Scotland county near Hitt. Moved in Palisade, Colo., some 12 years ago. Lived there about 8 years, then moved to Garden City, Kans. They had sold their farm at Garden City and just moved to Valley Falls, when their sad bereavement befell them. Mr. and Mrs. Rush spoke in very high terms of the people at Valley Falls. They were strangers yet the people of that community were very kind to them and lent a helping hand. Mr. and Mrs. Rush, father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Shook of Palisade, Colo., accompanied the remains back to the old home. They have the sympathy of the Richland community. May the holy spirit comfort them in this dad hour.
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Died at Salt Lake City
Mrs. Earl Rush died at Salt Lake City, Utah, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, according to work received by relatives here. She had been there taking treatments.
She leaves the husband, Earl Rush and one son, Donald Rush and family, and a number of relatives.
The body was taken to Buhl, Idaho, for burial. Earl Rush is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lew Rush and a brother of Mrs. Harlie Fogle of Memphis.
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MISS NEVA RUSH DEAD
Miss Neva Rush, daughter of Don W. and Jessie Rush, died at the Graham hospital in Keokuk Tuesday, March 15 from appendicitis.
She was a student in the Baptist college at LaGrange, living at the college dormitory when she took sick. She was under treatment there for about a week before being taken to Keokuk for an operation. She died before an operation could be done.
The body was brought to Downing Tuesday night and taken to the family home near Hitt. The funeral was held on Thursday and the body buried in the Richland cemetery near Hitt.–Downing News.
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The first death in the student body of LaGrange College in several years occurred Tuesday morning when Miss Neva Rush of Downing Mo. died of peritonitis. The young woman, who had made her illness known less than a week previously, was taken to Keokuk, to a hospital on the early morning train Tuesday and died soon after her arrival.
The decedents father, Don Rush, of Downing had been at her bedside since last Thursday night, and Mr. Rush’s parents came with the family physician, Monday night, accompanying the young woman on her trip to the hospital the next morning.
The body was taken to Downing, where the funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. A. H. Fuhr of the city. Mrs. Verna Ayres, matron of the girls’ dormitory and Carl Riney, a student in the school, attended the services.
At the same hour a memorial service was held in the college chapel, conducted by Rev. W. A. Kleckner.
Miss Rush had been a student in the college for only a few months but was well thought of by those who knew her and her untimely death is the cause of much sorrow among her fellow students. The family have the sympathy of the students and friends in their bereavement. –LaGrange Indicator.
IN MEMORY OF NEVA RUSH
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One sweet flower has drooped and faded,
One dear sister’s voice had died,
One fair brow the grave has shaded,
One dear sister now is dead.
One dear girl was darling Neva,
Ever full of life and mirth,
But too fair and rare a treasure
To remain here on earth.
So that day there came an angel,
Whispering softly, “Neva Come,
Thou art wanted by the Savior
To praise him in his Heavenly home.”
Yes, her work on earth is ended,
She has crossed the silvery stream.
She is beckoning us to meet her,
‘Mid the Golden City’s gleam.
—From a dear friend, Dora Hall,
Winona, Kansas.
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Ada Russell Funeral Service Is Held
Funeral services were held from Schmidt Memorial Home in Keokuk, Iowa, at 3 p.m. Wednesday for Mrs. Ada Musgrove Russell, who passed away in Graham Hospital there on Monday, July 3, at 5 p.m. She had been hospitalized for about a week. Rev. Ellsworth L. Woods officiated the service. She was a member of the Gorin Christian Church since early childhood. Body bearers were Billy Austin, Ralph Austin, Raymond Austin, Dean Davis, Harvey Musgrove and Wayne Musgrove. Interment was in Memphis cemetery.
Mrs. Russell was born January 27, 1897, near Gorin, Missouri, a daughter of Gilbert and Izora Musgrove. She was married to Charley Russell and to this union were born two children, Hillis Russell, who died in an enemy POW camp during World War II, and Jean, Mrs. Robert Peevler, of Keokuk, Ia.
She was preceded in death by the son; her husband, who died in the early 1940’s, after being an invalid following injuries received during World War I; two brothers, Leland and Bert Musgrove, and her parents.
She is survived by the daughter, with whom she had made her home for many years; her son-in-law, Robert Peevler, and three grandchildren, all of Keokuk, Iowa; one sister, Mrs. Guy Austin, of Gorin; other relatives, and a host of friends.
Ada (Musgrove) Russell, From Unknown Newspaper, 20 Jul 1967
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MRS. CALTHA RUSSELL, 76, DIES HERE
Was Resident of Greencastle; Services Wednesday
Greencastle, Mo., Dec. 20. (Special)—Mrs. W. A. (Caltha) Russell, 76, lifelong resident of the Greencastle vicinity, died this morning about five o’clock in a Kirksville hospital following a lingering illness. She had been a patient in the hospital since Dec. 4.
Funeral services will be held in the Greencastle Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon at one o’clock conducted by Elder Clyde Johnson. Interment will be in the Campbell Cemetery.
She was the daughter of Patrick and Melinda (Workman) Dolan and was born July 21, 1872, in Adair County.
She was married to William A. Russell, and two sons were born to them.
Surviving are her husband, and two sons, Lloyd, of Kyle, S. D., and Vernon, of Greencastle; two brothers, Robert Dolan, of Seattle, Wash., and George, of Apache, Okla., one sister, Mrs. Florence Walters, of Stahl.
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SERVICES FOR CHAS. L. RUSSELL
Former Memphis Man Died at Veterans Hospital, Des Moines
Funeral services for Charles L. Russell were held at 10:30 o’clock this morning from the Schmidt funeral home at Keokuk, Rev. [unreadable] Pickett officiating. Vocal selections were sung by Mrs. Lawrence Wright Schouten accompanied by Mrs. Meta Kummeraich [sic].
Pall bearers, all members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Frank McCay, Ross Stutes, [unreadable] Bregenzer, Harry Callahan, Wallace and Orien H. [unreadable].
American Legion rites were conducted by at the grave in the National cemetery with M. J. [unreadable] as commander, Rev. Geo. Ramsey, chaplain; Al Con[unreadable] sergeant at arms, and Lloyd Carson, bugler.
Members of the color guard firing squad were Elmer Carson, John Conrad, Pearl [unreadable], O. R. Herron, Tom Squires and Marvin Howell.
Mr. Russell had been in ill health for about seven years and had spent much of the past four years as a patient in various U. S. veterans hospitals.
The eldest son of Arthur L. and Lulu McFarland Russell, he was born at Arbela on Dec. 20, 1896, and was married at Memphis on Nov. 25, 1920, to Ada Musgrove. His early life was spent on a farm near Arbela, and he enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1917, spending 18 months in France during World War I. From Memphis he moved to Keokuk and for 12 years was employed as a machinist at the Decker Manufacturing Co.
Mr. Russell attended the Christian church and was a member of the American Legion at Memphis, and of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Keokuk.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ada Russell of Keokuk; his mother, Mrs. Lulu A. Russell of Granger, one daughter, Mrs. Jean Glasgow of Keokuk, two grandsons; two brothers, Emerson Russell of Scott City, Kans., and Cpl. T. Russell of Clovis, N. M.; and three sisters, Mrs. Madolyn Yard and Mrs. Emogene Teter, both of Kansas City, and Mrs. Mae Holcomb of Keokuk.
A son, Hillis Lee Russell, was reported as missing in action after the fall of Bataan peninsula on Luzon, P. I., in the spring of 1942, and has since been listed as dead.
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MRS. CLARINDA RUSSELL, AGED 80, DIES TODAY
Bedfast Since Last September; Funeral Sunday.
Special to The Daily Express.
Greencastle, Mo., Jan. 13—Mrs. Clarinda Russell, 80 years of age, died this morning at 10 o’clock at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Walter Speiser, in Greencastle. She had been bedfast since Sept. 23, 1942.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Presbyterian Church. The body will lie in state at the Kent Funeral Home in Green City until time for the funeral.
Mrs. Russell whose maiden name was Clarinda May Clifton, was the daughter of H. L. and Martha Clifton. She was born May 4, 1863, in western Adair County. She was married to John C. Russell Jan. 26, 1879.
To this marriage was born three daughters, Mrs. Susan Horton, of Detroit, Mrs. Ethel Mason, Burlington, Ia., and Mrs. Maggie Gilbert Bradshaw, who preceded her in death. Her husband and one son, Henry also preceded her in death.
Besides the two daughters, she leaves two sisters, Mrs. Emma McDaniels and Mrs. Susie Pierce, both of whom live in the state of Washington. She also leaves three brothers, Sherman Clifton, Stahl; Walter Clifton, Kirksville, and Granville Clifton, of Albia, Ia.; four granddaughters, Mrs. Walter Speiser, Greencastle, Mrs. James B. Hellmer, who lives in North Carolina, and Miss Ruth Pierson and Mrs. J. J. Heuer, of Portland, Ore.; two grandsons, Owen Pierson and Gilbert Speiser, of Greencastle.
Mrs. Russell united with the Presbyterian Church in 1908.
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KILLED IN FALL FROM TREE
Mike Russell Breaks Neck in Accident Monday Afternoon
Mike Russell was instantly killed when he fell from a tree at the A. H. Thompson residence, 360 South Market street shortly after noon Monday.
Russell and Merlin Rhodes, who had been engaged in the tree trimming business the past few weeks, had been trimming a large tree between the Thompson and Mike Palmer residences. The men had worked on the tree all morning and had just returned to their work after noon.
Russell climbed up into the tree, had sawed some limbs and had climbed to a higher position, when he slipped and fell. According to Rhodes, the men tied themselves in a tree when they were sawing limbs, but Russell had not reached the place he was trying to get to.
Rhodes was near another tree tying rope when he heard Russell shout. When he looked around Russell was about half way to the ground.
He ran to him, but Russell was dead. Rhodes and Max Chancellor, who was passing at the time, carried Russell to the porch of the Palmer residence and called a doctor.
Ernest Mitchell Russell was the son of John and Elizabeth Russell. He was born in Scotland county, Mo., June 17, 1910.
Mr. Russell and Dema Regnold were married July 23, 1934, at Greensburg. Six children were born to this union. Three children preceded their father in death.
He is survived by his parents, his wife and children, Jimmie Dean, Betty Jean, and Frankie Dale. Earl Russell, a brother, and sisters, Esther Witt and Myrtle Heatherly of Monmouth, Ill., and Ethel Sharp of Alexis, Ill.
Funeral services were held at the Gerth & Baskett chapel yesterday by Rev. W. E. Longstreth.
Burial was in the Memphis cemetery.
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FRANK RUSSELL DIES AT HOME IN CALIFORNIA
A Former Member of City Council and In Business Here.
Frank W. Russell, 76, a former Kirksville business man and city councilman, died Tuesday at his home in Glendale, Calif., according to word received here by his brother, Ralph Russell. He has been in failing health for five years.
Funeral and burial services were held at Glendale yesterday.
He was born at Carrollton, Ill., Nov. 25, 1868, and came to Kirksville in January, 1895. He left here for California in March, 1926.
Mr. Russell was in the meat business at 210 N. Franklin street for several years and in 1910 went into the contracting and paving business with S. L. Eggert, deceased. He also was city assessor and was elected councilman in 1920 and re-elected in 1922.
He was married to Miss Vida V. Thomas on April 20, 1896, and four children were born to them. He is survived by his widow, two sons, Paul and Milton who are in the Army, and two daughters, Margaret and Mary Lucy of Glendale. There are also three brothers, Ralph of Kirksville, John and Robert of Carrollton, Ill., and one sister, Mrs. J. R. Roadhouse of Burley, Idaho.
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DIED SUDDNELY AT GORIN
Harry N. Russell Had Been in Business There Several Years
(By Our Gorin Reporter)
Another shock hit Gorin early Friday morning when it was learned H. N. Russell had passed away from a heart attack at 3 o’clock.
Mr. Russell had been as well as usual and had made an extra trip to his poultry house after closing hours the night before. He retired at the usual hour and rested well until about three when he awakened his wife and got up to take some medicine. After taking the medicine, he lay down and death came soon.
Mr. Russell was 69 years of age June 7, 1938. He leaves his wife, one son, Stanley, and one grandson, Junior; two sisters and two brothers.
Funeral services were conducted at the home Sunday at two o’clock by Rev. D. R. Davis and Rev. G. V. Baskett. “We are Going Down the Valley” was sung by Carl E. Pryor.
Pall bearers were Judge Scott Creason, Wade H. Williams, Charley Ammons, Grant Piles, J. A. Guiles and P. C. Robinson[.] Interment was in Gorin Pleasant Grove cemetery.
Those from a distance to attend the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cravens, Mr. and Mrs. Russel Cravens, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Oliver, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cravens of Kirksville, Mr. and Mrs. Hud Tennant of Keokuk, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Deiterich, Mrs. Ethel Mustoe and son, Launce; John Tennant, Mr. and Mrs. Shirl Kriebaum, Mr. and Mrs. Hardy Sherwood, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Londonberg, James Piper of Wyaconda; Mr. and Mrs. Arlie Power, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Crump, Mrs. Troy Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Kiefer of Bloomfield; Wallace Short of Kahoka, Millard Ammons of Colony, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Conyers, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Racey.
The Masons attended in a body.
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DIED IN A PRISON CAMP
Russell Was Grandson of Late Mr. and Mrs. G. Musgrove
Mrs. Ada Russell of Keokuk, who had been waiting for three years and seven months and refusing to give up hope that she would eventually hear from her son, Cpl. Hillis Russell, received a war department message Saturday stating that he had died in a prison camp in the Philippines May 25, 1942, says the Daily Gate City.
His death was attributed to dysentery.
Corporal Russell was listed as missing in action of May 7, 1942, after the fall of Corregidor and then declared dead “without proof” on May 7, 1944, when the war department was unable to obtain word concerning him.
It was just five years ago yesterday on September 12, 1940, more than a year before Pearl Harbor, that he enlisted in the U. S. army for foreign service. He enlisted just two days before his 19th birthday.
He had been stationed in Manila since his enlistment and had never obtained a furlough long enough to permit him to return home.
Corporal Russell served as a machine gunner in the 31st Infantry and fought through the campaign of Bataan.
The son of the late Charles L. and Ada Musgrove Russell, he was born in Memphis, Mo., Sept. 14, 1921, and moved to Keokuk five years later.
Besides his mother he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Jean Glasgow; two nephews, Terry Lee and Russell Jo. His brother-in-law, Joe Glasgow, is serving with the army in Germany.
He was a member of the Baptist church.
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GREENCASTLE CITIZEN DIED SATURDAY EVENING
JOHN RUSSELL, A PIONEER OF THAT COMMUNITY, WAS BURIED YESTERDAY
Special to the Daily News.
Greencastle, Nov. 13—John Russell, an aged resident of this community, passed away at his home here late Saturday afternoon. He is survived by his wife and three sons.
The funeral services were held here yesterday afternoon and burial took place in the Greencastle cemetery.
Deceased resided on the Adair-Sullivan county line and was a pioneer resident.
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JOHN RUSSELL DIES AT HOME NEAR STAHL
Farmer Had Been In Ill Health Past Three Years.
Special to The Daily Express.
Stahl, Mo., May 31—John Russell, Adair County farmer, died yesterday about 12 o’clock, noon, at his home two and a half miles northeast of Stahl. He had been in ill health for the past three years. He suffered, a stroke of paralysis about two weeks ago.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at Greencastle. The Kent Funeral Home will be in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Russell was 55 years old.
Mr. Russell is survived by his wife, one son, Audrey Russell, who makes his home at the family home, and two daughters, Mrs. Dean Ray, of Canon City, Colo., and Mrs. Floyd Hill, of Novinger, and a brother, W. A. Russell, of Greencastle.
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Child Ran Into Truck; Died
The two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mitchell (Mike) Russell were injured Monday evening when they ran into a truck on the square and Jodie, five years old, died in a Kirksville hospital within a few hours after the accident. Betty, seven years old, sustained a broken arm and severe bruises and was able to be brought home late Tuesday afternoon.
Jodie and Betty were, according to witnesses of the accident, playing on the sidewalk on the west side of the square near the Fugate grocery store entrance when they ran between two parked cars and into the Emil Rugh truck being driven by Kenneth Hendricks. Betty was thrown free of the truck but Jodie was hit by the bed and thrown beneath the vehicle. It is said the rear dual wheels rolled over her.
They were carried to the Fugate store while a doctor and the Gerth ambulance was called. Both were taken to a Kirksville hospital immediately while Fred Ware took the parents and other relatives.
The Russells also have two sons who, with them and other relatives mourn the untimely death of Jodie.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from the Gerth chapel at two-thirty with the Rev. W. E. Longstreth in charge. Music was furnished by Miss Faye Chappell and Mrs. Elza Burns, with Mrs. Henry Reed at the piano.
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CHILD IS KILLED BY TRUCK
Sister Receives Injuries When Struck Monday Afternoon
A tragic accident on the west side of the square in Memphis shortly after six o’clock Monday evening, Sept. 18th, took the life of little Jolean Russell, four year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Russell, and injured another daughter, Betty Jean, seven years old.
According to reports of eye witnesses, the children were playing in the court house yard and were chasing each other. They ran across the street toward the west side of the square and were narrowly missed by a car.
While playing along the walk in front of the Fugate grocery, they were said to have run out toward the street between two cars, just as Kenneth Hendricks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gale Hendricks, drove by in a truck. Jolean, the smaller of the two children, was said to have run into the side of the truck, the front corner of the bed knocking her down and under the rear dual wheels. Betty Jean also ran against the truck but was thrown clear of the wheels.
Glen J. Fugate and John F. Boise were standing in the former’s store looking toward the street when the accident happened. They ran out, picked the children up and carried them into the store. A doctor was summoned and they were taken to a Kirksville hospital where Jolean died about 9 o’clock. Betty Jean suffered a broken arm and lacerations about the face. She was brought back to her home Tuesday morning.
John Schuler, who was starting to his home, crossed the street near the Ammerman & Bertram store. He stepped into the street between two parked cars, he saw the truck coming from the north. He saw the children come out from between two cars near the Fugate store. According to Mr. Schuler, there was no possible way in which Hendricks could have avoided them.
Mike Russell, father of the children, who had been working at Burlington, had spent the week end at home, and was waiting for the bus to arrive when the accident happened.
He was located within a few minutes and he and Mrs. Russell accompanied the children to the hospital.
Funeral services for the child were held at the Gerth & Baskett funeral parlors yesterday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W. E. Longstreth. Miss Faye Chappell and Mrs. Elza Burns, sang, accompanied by Mrs. Henry Reed.
Traffic was heavy on the square Monday afternoon because of the large crowd here attending the circus. More cars were parked around the square than would ordinarily have been on Monday evening at 6 o’clock.
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DR. M. RUSSELL DIES IN TEXAS
Mrs. Anna Davis received a message this morning tell [sic] of the death of Dr. Maude Russell at Fort Worth, Texas.
Dr. Russell was graduated from the A. S. O. about seventeen years ago and had been a successful practitioner of osteopathy until a year ago when she turned her practice over to her sons, Drs. Roy and Phillip Russell.
She had been in ill health for some time and spent a couple of months in Kirksville taking treatment the past winter.
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MINNIE RUSSELL FUNERAL HERE TOMORROW
Former Kirksville Resident Died Monday in Shellsburg, Ia.
The body of Mrs. Minnie Ellie Russell, 80, former Kirksville resident, who died Monday morning at the home of her son, Powell Russell, at Shellsburg, Ia., arrived here this morning and will lie in state at the Robert B. Davis Funeral Home until time for the funeral services which will be held there at 10 o’clock Thursday morning.
The funeral rites will be read by the Rev. T. W. Jolly, pastor of the Christian Church, and burial will be in Highland Park cemetery beside the body of her husband, John Russell, who died here a few years ago.
Besides the son there is one daughter, Mrs. May Brammer of South Dakota, who arrived here yesterday for the funeral.
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NELLIE RUSSELL, ADAIR COUNTY NATIVE, DIES
Had Been in Colorado Past 13 Years; Body Returned Here
Mrs. Nellie Lovella Russell, native of Adair county, died in a hospital at Canon City, Colo., Saturday morning.
Mrs. Russell was the daughter of Lewis and Rachael (Cook) Walters, and was born Feb. 20, 1884, in Adair county. She was married to John Russell Jan. 8, 1911, in Adair county, and to this marriage three children were born.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Floyd (Ruth) Hills, of Novinger, and Mrs. Harold (Dorothy) Denman, Canon City, Colo.; one son, Audrey Russell, Bethany, Mo.; three brothers, George Walters, Novinger, Andrew Walters, of Montana, and Henry Walters, Milan; one sister, Mrs. Phoebe Shoop, Novinger, and five grandchildren.
Mrs. Russell was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, three brothers and one sister.
Mrs. Russell was formerly of Novinger, and moved to Canon City to make her home with her daughter some 13 years ago.
The body will arrive at the Dee Riley Funeral Home today. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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MRS. CHAS. G. RUSSELL DEAD
Succumbs at Keokuk Hospital After a Short Illness
Mrs. Chas. G. Russell of Arbela died at the St. Joseph hospital at Keokuk, after a short illness, on Saturday, January 25.
The body was brought to Memphis and funeral services were held at the Gerth & Baskett funeral parlor Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by Rev. E. L. Painter, pastor of the Memphis Baptist church. Interment was in the Hickory Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Paul Moore and Mrs. Marion Billups sang, accompanied by Mrs. W. M. Frogge at the piano.
Mrs. Russell’s maiden name was Viola A. Phillips. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Phillips and was born at Memphis, Mo., on November 27, 1879, being 61 years of age at her death.
She was married to Chas. G. Russell on Sept. 25, 1904. They have no children. She is survived by the husband, one sister, Mrs. Charles Wade of Quincy; two brothers, George J. Phillips of Fulton, Mo., and Francis Phillips of Janesville, Wis. Her parents, one sister and two brothers preceded her in death.
Most of her married life was spent in Arbela. She was a member of the Arbela Baptist church.
Viola A. (Phillips) Russell, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 30 Jan 1941
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Mrs. Adam Ruth Dies; Longtime County Resident
Florence Dorothy Ruth, daughter of Milton and Angela Dorothy was born in Hancock County near Carthage, Ill. July 3, 1832 and departed this life August 25, 1971 being at the time of her death 98 years one month and 22 days.
She came to Missouri when five years old in covered wagon days and attended school in Bible Grove and Memphis, Mo.
In 1904 she was married to Adam Ruth and to this union five children were born; three sons, Floyd, Chester and Eldon and two daughters, Edith and Lena Mae.
They lived on a farm near Bible Grove until 1911 and then moved near Downing.
She attended the Baptist Church and was converted in early life and she kept her faith until the end. She enjoyed being in her home and with her children.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one daughter, Edith Gooden and one brother, Everett Dorothy.
She leaves to mourn her passing the three sons, Floyd of Downing, Chester of Ottumwa, Ia. and Eldon of Fairfield, Ia., and one daughter, Lena Mae Gordy of Toppenish, Washington. One sister, Etta Brandt of Wanona, Minn., five grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday, August 28th at the Downing Baptist Church at 1:30 p.m. by Rev. Lowell Newland.
Music was furnished by Ruth Current, John Robinson, Russell Morgan, Mary Robinson and Bessie Gerwig.
Body bearers were: Derwood Comstock, Junior Comstock, Charles Comstock, Forrest Jackson, Leland Jackson and Mace Anderson.
Burial was in the Downing Cemetery.
Florence (Dorothy) Ruth, Memphis, Missouri, The Gorin Argus, 2 Sep 1971
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Lee Ruth Services Were Held Sunday
Lee Ruth, son of Charles and Mary (Figgie) Ruth, was born in Schuyler County, Missouir [sic], on the 26th day of November, 1880, and departed this life January 25, 1968, at the age of 87 years and 2 months.
He was married to Stella Mae Robinson on February 14, 1904.
To this union three children were born: Two sons, Raymond E. Ruth, (deceased), Olin E. Ruth, Downing, Missouri: One daughter, Demah Moore, Wichita, Kansas.
He leaves to mourn his passing, his wife, one son and one daughter, three grandchildren, Ardell Clark, Newton, Kansas, Dale Ruth, Mediapolis, Iowa, Mrs. Gary (Arlene) Gordon, Burlington, Iowa; four great grandchildren; two daughter-in-laws; One son-in-law, and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding him in death, one son, Raymond, father, mother, six brothers, and three sisters.
He was saved in 1924 and united with the Baptist church, then later in life the Church of God.
He was a kind and loving husband and father, a good neighbor, who was always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone in need.
Funeral services were held Sunday, January 28, at 2:30 p.m. at the Baptist Church, Downing, Misouri [sic], with Rev. Lowell Newland. Burial was in the Downing Cemetery. Body bearers were John Robinson, Floyd Bennett, Tilman Comstock, Derwood Comstock, Raymond Dunkin, and Claude Weilbrenner.
Lee Ruth, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 1 Feb 1968
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SERVICES THIS MORNING FOR M. L. RUTH, 67
Funeral services were held at 10:30 this (Wednesday) morning at Gerth and Baskett chapel for M. L. Ruth, 67, who died from coronory [sic] thrombosis Sunday morning. Father F. L. Newman will conduct the services.
The body will then be taken to Ottumwa for shipment to Cheyenne, Wyo., where it will be buried beside Mr. Ruth’s wife in a Cheyenne cemetery.
Mr. Ruth is the father of Mrs. Kelly, of near Downing, and has two brothers and a sister living at Downing: Lee and Add, and Mrs. Charles Comstock.
Mr. Ruth formerly lived at Downing. Later he made his home at Cheyenne. When his wife died several years ago, he moved to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Kelly, near Downing. Recently he has been employed at the Iowa State hospital at Mt. Pleasant. For the past several months he has been in failing health.
He is also survived by a [unreadable] and daughter of Cheyenne.
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Olin E. Ruth Services Were Held At Downing
Olin Estel Ruth, son of Lee Ruth and Stella (Robinson) Ruth, was born in Schuyler County, Missouri, December 30, 1905, and passed away September 20, 1968, at the age of 62 years, 7 months, and 20 days.
He was united in marriage to Clarice Weilbrenner on September 25, 1929.
He lived in Schuyler and Scotland County and spent his entire life farming.
H accepted Christ as his Savior October, 1956.
His aged father, Lee, and one brother, Raymond, preceded him in death.
He leaves to mourn his passing, his wife, Clarice; aged mother, Stella Ruth; and one sister, Demah Moore, of Wichita, Kansas; two nieces, Ardel Clark, of Newton, Kansas, and Arlene Gordon of Burlington, Iowa; one nephew, Dale Ruth, of Oakville, Iowa; also two foster, children, Betty Hussman and Donald Weilbrenner, both of Des Moines, Iowa, and Donna and Carol Kelso, who spent 6 1/2 years of their life in his home.
He was a kind and loving husband, a good neighbor, always willing to lend a helping hand to those in need.
He will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
Funeral services were held Sunday, September 22, 1968, at the Downing Baptist Church at 2 p.m., with Rev. Lowell Newland officiating. Burial Downing Cemetery.
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Stella M. Ruth Dies At Age of 87
Stella Mae (Robinson) Ruth daughter of Thomas Robinson and Madlyn Marlow, was born in Scotland County Missouri on May 5, 1884 and passed away Sept. 15, 1971, at the Community Nursing Home in Memphis, Mo. at the age of 87 years, six months and 10 days.
She was united in marriage to Lee Ruth, February 14, 1904, and to this union three children were born: Raymond, Olin both deceased, and Mrs. Howard (Demah) Moore of Wichita, Kansas.
Her husband Lee, two sons Raymond and Olin, father and mother, three brothers and two sisters preceded her in death.
She leaves to mourn her passing one daughter, Demah, one sister Mrs. Hattie Cook and one brother Ross Robinson both of Downing, three grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
She accepted Christ as her savior and was united in the Baptist Church later she united with the Church of God of Prophecy.
She was a loving wife, mother, and a friend to all who knew her.
Services were from the Baptist Church of Downing, Missouri on Friday, September 17 at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. Lowell Newland officiated. The body bearers were: John Robinson, Dean Beckert, Tillman Comstock, Derwood Comstock, Charles Comstock and Claude Weilbrenner. The final resting place is an individual mausoleum in the Downing Cemetery.
Stella Mae (Robinson) Ruth, Memphis, Missouri, The Gorin Argus, 23 Sep 1971, Thursday
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ILLINOIS BEND MAN, AGED 91, DIES TODAY
John Rutherford Had Lived In Same Home 66 Years.
John Rutherford, 91 years old, died this morning at his home in the Illinois Bend vicinity.
The funeral will be held at the Illinois Bend Church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Mr. Rutherford was born in Iowa Dec. 25, 1849. At the age of three he came to Adair County with his parents and was married in December, 1847, to Ellen Nicholas, who died in 1893.
Together they built the new home where he has resided for sixty-six years. Two children were born: Mrs. Alice Banning, who has cared for him in his old age, and a son, Earl, who died in 1906 at the age of 24.
There are three grandchildren, Mrs. Haleyon Cox, of Pittsburg, Pa., Miss Doone Banning, of Washington, D. C., and Eugene Rutherford Banning, also of Washington, D. C., two great granddaughters, Misses Margaret and Claire Cox, of Pittsburg; one sister, Mrs. David Wenger, of La Plata, and many nieces and nephews.
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John J. Ryan of Milan, Aged 59, Dies
Special to The Daily Express
Milan, Mo., Jan. 21—John J. Ryan aged 59 years, died at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Kansas City, Kan., Monday Jan. 19. Funeral services will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Milan at 9 o’clock Thursday morning with Rev. Father Patrick J. Noonan, officiating.
Mr. Ryan was one of eight children and the only son of Partick and Catherine Ryan and was born in Moberly, Mo. He came with his parents to Milan at an early age and spent the remainder of his life in this vicinity. He was a retired farmer and railroad switchman.
He was a brother of Mrs. E. L. Calfee of Milan, who is chief clerk of the selective service board of Sullivan County. Six other sisters also survive him. They are Mrs. Jack Kelsall of Milan, the Misses Josephine and Rosa Ryan, and Mr. Frances Buttermore of St. Louis. Mrs. Carl Pyles of Council Bluffs, Ia., and Sister Macia of Columbus, Ohio.
John J. Ryan, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 21 Jan 1942, p. 2, col. 8, Wednesday
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TIMOTHY RYAN DIES AT MILAN; 87 YEARS OLD
Funeral and Burial Services Tomorrow.
Special to The Daily Express.
Milan, Mo., Feb. 12—Timothy Ryan, 87-year-old Milan resident, died Tuesday evening here at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Dan Goggin. He had been in failing health two years.
Requiem mass is to be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church tomorrow at 10 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Patrick J. Noonan. Burial will be made in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Mr. Ryan was born Feb. 2, 1855 in Ohio and came to Sullivan County when thirteen years of age. He has lived here since then.
He was engaged in farming most of his life but operated a meat market in Milan a few years. He has been in retirement several years.
Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Goggin and Mrs. Bernie Riggen, one brother, Jack Ryan.
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HARRY RYLE, 78, OF YATES, MO., DIES SUDDENLY
Was Father of Dr. Walter H. Ryle, of Of [sic] Kirksville.
Walter Harrington (“Harry”) Ryle, 78, father of Dr. Walter H. Ryle of this city, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home at Yates, Mo., Saturday morning.
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the Baptist Church in Yates, conducted by the Rev. J. M. Wilcoxson, of Fayette. Interment was in Pleasant Grove Cemetery near Yates.
Mr. Ryle was the son of Whitmill and Eliza (Terrill) Ryle and was born in Randolph County, Missouri, June 29, 1866. He was married to Kate Stark in November, 1892, by Rev. J. S. Dingle, who was an intimate friend of both the Ryle and Stark families. Rev. Dingle was the father of Mrs. Pauline Knobbs, of the Teachers College faculty.
Surviving him are his wife, three sons, Dr. Walter H. Ryle, of Kirksville, Ivan Stark Ryle, of Omaha, Neb., and Claude Bradley Ryle, of Yates, and three grandchildren, all of whom were in attendance at the funeral. A number of persons from the Kirksville State Teachers College attended the funeral services.
Mr. Ryle was the last of a family of nine children.
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HENRY PORTER RYON, 88, DIES AT LA PLATA
Funeral Services Are Scheduled for Friday Afternoon
La Plata, Mo., Nov. 16—Henry Porter Ryon, 88, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Albert O. Wright, here yesterday.
He was the son of Henry O. and Adeline Ryon and was born north of Pa Plata on February 16, 1862. He was married on January 11, 1888 to Miss Louise Rector, who preceded him in death October 15, 1946. To this union two children were born: Henry Oscar, who died January 6, 1950, and Juanita, now Mrs. Wright.
He is survived by his daughter, her husband, and a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Oscar Ryon, all of La Plata. Two grandchildren, Russell Ryon, of Kirksville, and Mrs. Guy Huffman, of La Plata, and four great-grandchildren also survive.
He lived his entire life in and around La Plata with the exception of two years spent in Idaho. In young manhood he joined the Chariton Grove Baptist Church and was a member of the Baptist Church in La Plata at the time of his death.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the La Plata Baptist Church. Interment will be made in the La Plata cemetery.
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Mrs. Mary A. Ryon, aged 82 years, died at the home of her son, C. G. Wilson, of LaPlata, July 13. She is survived by two children, Charles G. of LaPlata and Mrs. Joseph Kent, of Kirksville. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at LaPlata conducted by the Rev. F. L. Hudson, pastor of the Presbyterian church. Burial will be made in the LaPlata cemetery.
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MRS. NETTIE RYTHER, 80, DIES IN IOWA
Funeral Thursday for Former Resident of Kirksville
Mrs. Nettie Ryther, 80, a former Kirksville resident, died at the home of her son, Glen Ryther, at Newton, Iowa, this morning at 2:30. The body was brought to the Davis Funeral Home this morning where it will lie in state.
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o’clock at the Davis Funeral Chapel. Interment will be in Highland Park Cemetery.
She was the daughter of Richard and Mary Jane Elredge and was born in Jasper County, Iowa, on Jan. 3, 1868. She was married to James F. Ryther in 1893. Three children were born to this marriage. Her husband died in 1913 and one daughter, Mrs. Marvin Brockman, preceded her in death in June, 1947.
Surviving her are two sons, Glen E. Ryther, of Newton, Ia., and Everett F. Ryther, of Springfield, Ill., wto [sic] grandchildren and four great grandchildren; three brothers, John Eldredge, of Newton, Ia., Fred, of New Sharon, Ia. and Everett, of San Antonio, Tex.
Mrs. Ryther was a member of the Presbyterian Church and also a member of the Eastern Star.
Until about one year ago she made her home here with her daughter, Mrs. Marvin Brockman, at 303 East Cottonwood St.
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