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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Dennis Dickerson Dies At Age of 18
Dennis Corwin Dickerson, 18, died September 24, 1972, at St. Charles, Illinois. He was born December 29, 1953, a son of Everett and Helen Frederick Dickerson.
He had attended the St. Charles, Illinois, Schools. He was a member of the Future Farmers of America for four years and South Elgin 4-H for eight years and was employed by Fox Valley Auto Parts. He attended the Baptist Church.
Surviving are his parents; two brothers, Richard Lee and James; one sister, Mary; one sister-in-law, Kathy; a grandmother, Mrs. Gus Corwin, of the home; also his grandfather and grandmother, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Frederick of Bible Grove, Missouri; several uncles, aunts and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Gus Corwin.
Funeral services were held at the Christian Church in Bible Grove, Missouri, Tuesday, September 26, at 2 p.m. The Rev. Kenneth Campbell officiated. Burial was in the Bible Grove Cemetery. Body bearers were his uncles.
Dennis Corwin Dickerson, Memphis, Missouri, The Gorin Argus, 28 Sep 1972
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Mrs. Grace Campbell received a telegram announcing the death of her brother, Arthur Dickson, a building contractor of Pueblo Colo., who was killed Tuesday afternoon in an automobile accident. No particulars were given. Mrs. Campbell left on No. 9 for Pueblo.
Dickson, Arthur, Brashear, Missouri, The Brashear News, 12 May 1932, p. 2, col. 2
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JACOB DIEHL, 64 YEARS OLD, DIES HERE
Lived on Farm Near Here; Funeral to Be Saturday.
Jacob Diehl, 64, native Adair Countian, died in a local hospital yesterday afternoon about 4:30 o’clock.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Saturday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. Russell E. Otto, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Interment will be in Maple Hills Cemetery.
The son of John A. and Elizabeth (Heyd) Diehl, he was born Dec. 15, 1880 in Adair County. He was married April 7, 1909 in Kirksville to Millie E. Cook, of the Mulberry community and two daughters were born to them.
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Basil (Corrine) Bell, of Morton, Ill., Mrs. Harold (Betty Ann) Adkins, of Brashear; one brother, John Diehl, and one sister, Mrs. Lizzie Snider, both of Kirksville; two grandsons, Daniel Eugene and Gerald Dean Bell, of Morton, Ill.
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Katherine Diehl, his twin sister, and Emma Diehl.
Mr. Diehl spent his life time on a farm south of Kirksville. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Arthur Morganstern, Ora Loch, George Johnson, George Lagle, Alfred Herron and George Reedal.
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JOHN DIEHL SUCCUMBS AT BRANSON, MO.
Former Resident of Kirksville; Body Being Brought Here
John Diehl, who owned the Diehl Cleaners here for years, died Wednesday afternoon at Branson, Mo. Mr. Diehl sold his business here Jan. 1, 1949, and in June, 1949, he and his wife moved to Branson.
He was the son of John A. and Elizabeth (Heyd) Diehl, and was born Dec. 23, 1891.
He was married to Maude Carter.
He is survived by his wife and a son, John Diehl, Jr., of Berwyn, Ill. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Jacob, and three sisters, Katherine and Emma Diehl and Mrs. Lizzie Snider. Mr. Diehl was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
He was a member of Adair Lodge No. 366, A. F. & A. M., and was Past Worshipful Master, serving as master of the lodge in 1922 and 1923; Caldwell Chapter No. 53, Royal Arch Masons; Kirksville Council No. 44, Royal & Select Masters, Ely Commandry No. 22, Knights Templer; White Shrine of Jerusalem No. 4; Noble of the Mystic Shrine, Molla Temple, St. Joseph.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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MRS. PHILLIP DIEHL, 81, DIES AT GREENTOP
Was Former Willmathsville Resident.
Greentop, Mo., March 31—Mrs. Phillip Diehl, 81, died suddenly at 9 o’clock yesterday morning following a heart attack at her home here. She had been in fairly good health up to the time of her death.
Until she moved to Greentop seven years ago to live with her daughter, Miss Ruby Diehl, Mrs. Diehl had always lived in the vicinity of Willmathsville.
Surviving are four sons, Marshall W. Diehl, of Carr, Colo.; Louie W. Diehl, of Kirksville; John E. Diehl, of Beloit, Wis., and Wilford M. Diehl, of Greentop, and two daughters, Mrs. Clarence March, of Greentop, and Miss Ruby Diehl. Mrs. Diehl’s husband preceded her in death about two years ago.
A definite time has not been set for the funeral, but it probably will be held tomorrow afternoon in the church at Willmathsville. Interment will be in the Willmathsville Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the home until time for the funeral.
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FUNERAL HELD TODAY FOR AGED GREENTOP MAN
Philip H. Diehl, 85, Buried at Willmathsville.
Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock this afternoon at the Willmathsville Church for Philip H. Diehl, 85 years old, who died Wednesday morning at Greentop. Mr. Diehl was born in the Trinity neighborhood and lived in Adair County all of his life until six years ago when he moved to Greentop.
The Rev. P. M. Lind, of Queen City conducted the funeral services. Burial was in the Willmathsville Cemetery.
Mr. Diehl was the son of John H. and Margaret Diehl, who came from Germany to America about 100 years ago. He married Miss Mary J. Gossman on Oct. 26, 1879. Seven children were born to this union, one dying in infancy.
Mr. Diehl is survived by his wife, six children, Marshall Diehl, of Carr, Colo.; Louie Diehl, of Kirksville; Johnny Diehl, of Beloit, Wis.; Wilford Diehl, of Greentop; Mrs. Clarence March of near Greentop; and Miss Ruby Diehl, of the home; twelve grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Mr. Diehl was a member of the Christian Church at Bridge Creek, joining over 55 years ago.
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Mrs. Diekman Dies at Home of Son Today
Brashear, Mo., Jan., 20. (Special)—Mrs. Dorothy Elizabeth Diekman, died at the home of her son Albert, north of Hurdland, this morning at 2:45.
She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Vachter and was born in Hamburg, Germany, Sept. 26, 1862. She was married to Adolf Diekman Oct. 4, 1888. Nine children were born, two dying in infancy.
The living are Ernest, Henry, Albert and Mrs. Louise Bowen, all of Hurdland. Mrs. Elvena Blockert, of Shenandoah, Ia.; Dena, of Ewing, and William, of Brashear, also seven grandchildren, one brother and one sister living in Germany.
She came to the United States and settled in Illinois in 1890, later moved to a farm north of Hurdland in 1913. Her husband died June 19, 1933.
The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home in Brashear.
Funeral will be Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. Clayton Hammell, of Kirksville. Interment will be in Paultown Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Jesse Grainger, Earl Miller, Aubrey Zentz, Charles Henry, Pearl Miller and Pearl Patterson.
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Died at his home, near Etna Wednesday eve, April 8, at 11 o’clock p.m., of paralysis, Mr. August Dieterich, aged 69 years. The funeral took place from the Etna German M. E. Church Friday, April 10 and the remains will take place from the Etna cemetery. He leaves a wife and eleven children five boys and six girls as follows–Ed, Earnest, George, Balts, Burley, Mrs[.] Griggs, Mrs[.] Chanes, Mrs[.] Hayden, Mrs[.] Springer Miss Allice and Miss Beretha and many relatives and friends throughout Clark and Scotland county. Mr[.] Dieterich was born in Germany but has lived in the Etna neighborhood the greater part of his life. He was a well-to-do farmer and a good citizen. He was a member of the Etna German M. E. Church.
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August Dieterich
Twice in succession death entered our community and homes on the same section of land last week, as reported elsewhere, Claude Horn was killed by lightning last Tuesday and the next day, August Dieterich died from the result of the third stroke of paralysis. Mr. Dieterich was born in Germany August 15th, 1842. When 15 years old he came with his parents to Pittsfield, Ill., from there he removed to Scotland county, Missouri, in 1868. In the fall of the same year he entered wedlock with Mary Ruth, the surviving wife. Fourteen children were born to them, six sons and eight daughters, of these two daughters and one son died while young. For a number of years Mr. Dieterich had poor health, heart weakness troubled him greatly. Within eight months he had three strokes of paralysis and an attack of grip and pneumonia. So when last Wednesday evening another stroke of paralysis came his vitality was at a low ebb and his feeble body yielded and at 11 o’clock p.m., Mr. Dieterich entered the rest of the Lord. When only fifteen years old Mr. Dieterich was converted and united with the German M. E. church at Perry, Ill. During his different stages of sickness he repeatedly made claim to the saving Grace of God and declared himself ready to meet Him in peace. He is survived by the mourning wife, six daughters, and sons, a number of grand children. two sisters, one brother and a number of relatives and friends to mourn his departure.
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Craig Dieterich
Craig Roland (Tuff) Dieterich, 48, Medill, Missouri, died at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, December 14, at the Keokuk Convalescent Center. He had been in failing health for three years.
The son of Lewis H. (Bud) and Lelian E. Gibson Dieterich, he was born in Medill, November 10, 1924. He married Jessie Harvey, December 7, 1946, in Fresno, California. She survives.
Mr. Dieterich was a member of the United Methodist Church in Kahoka. A veteran of World War II, he was a member of the American Legion. He was employed by Sheller-Globe in Keokuk for 17 years.
He is also survived by one son, Gary Roland, Memphis; one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Vickie) Mesecher, Kahoka; his mother of Kahoka; two brothers, Donald H. (Doc), Kahoka; Robert H. (Buck) of Keokuk; one sister, Mrs. Roberta Ruble, Morning Sun, Iowa; and two grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father and one brother, Russell.
Funeral services were at 2 p.m., Sunday, December 17, at the Karle-Shaffer Funeral Home, Kahoka. The Rev. D. Hubert Lowes officiated. Interment was in the Kahoka Cemetery with military rites. The family requests memorials to Voluntary Service, Veterans Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa. –Daily Gate City
Craig Roland “Tuff” Dieterich, From Unknown Newspaper, 21 Dec 1972
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Hubert Dieterich Services Were Held Saturday
Hubert Arthur Dieterich, 72 years 11 months and 16 days, departed this live September 16, 1971, at 4:00 p.m. at his home near Arbela, Missouri. He was born near Wyaconda a son of Fred and Eliza Mohr Dieterich.
He attended the Wyaconda Public School and was a leader of the Etna Community Band. He was active in the Soil Conservation Plan of which he won several awards. He was a School Board Director of twenty some years and a member of the Etna Church and later attended the Gorin Methodist Church. He spent his entire life in the same community farming.
On May 12, 1926, he was united in marriage to Edith L. Smith of Rutledge and to this union two children were born.
Surviving are the widow; one daughter Janis Dieterich Theel of Milwaukee, Wis.; one son Marcene Dieterich of Reynolds, Ill.; one brother Victor and wife of Arbela, one daughter-in-law, one son-in-law and six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters Velma Bull and Ora Marie and one grandchild.
He was a kind and loving father and will be sadly missed by his family and a host of friends. At least he could say; I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith, from henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness and not fore me only but for all of those that have the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Funeral at the Gerth and Baskett Chapel, Saturday, Sep. 18 at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. John Gooch officiating. Burial at Etna Cemetery.
Hubert Arthur Dieterich, Memphis, Missouri, The Gorin Argus, 23 Sep 1971
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Shot Himself With a Target Rifle
Chas. Dillon living near Rutledge, accidently shot himself through the head with a target rifle Friday afternoon about 3 o’clock and was dead when found. Mr. Dillon had been to Gorin after a load of lumber and had just returned home. After eating his dinner he called for his target rifle and being told where it was, he got the gun and started for the door. His little daughter asked him what he was going to shoot he replied, sparrows, and went on out the door. Soon after, a report was heard, and the little girl being anxious to see what he had killed, ran out where he was and found him leaning against the smoke house. She ran and told Mrs. Dillon who went to him and found that he was dead. An inquest was held and the jury returned the verdict that death was caused by an accidental discharge of a target rifle. Mr. Dillon was well and favorably known and his death came as a shock to his many friends as well as the family. The funeral was conducted from the Indian Creek church Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock, after which the remains were laid to rest in the in Indian Creek cemetery.
Deceased was born in Kentucky 67 years ago. He is survived by his wife and 5 children.
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Mrs. E. K. Dillon Passed Away Monday, February 5
Maude E. Staples was born on December 25, 1875 in Clark county on a farm near Wyaconda. She was the daughter of Willis C. and Anna Button Staples.
She united in marriage to Edwin K. Dillon on December 25, 1898, to which union was born one son, Julian L.
She united with the Indian Creek Baptist church on January 28, 1890.
She departed this life at the Laughlin hospital in Kirksville, on February 5, 1951. She leaves to mourn her passing her husband and son; one brother, Willis Staples; four grandchildren, Mrs. Howard Walton, Jr., Mrs. Eugene Kelley, Delbert Dillon and Noralyn Ann Dillon and one great grandson, Jimmy Walton.
Funeral services were held at the Gorin Baptist church on Wednesday, February 7, at 2:00 p.m., conducted by Rev. J. D. Gunter of Memphis, who was her pastor for eight years. Music was furnished by Carl Pryor, Mrs. W. E. Shannon and Mrs. Clark Ewing with Mrs. Guerden Davis at the piano.
Body bearers were Guy Holt, Wallace Davis, Ralph Shacklett, Guy Austin, Clark Ewing, and Mart Raine. Burial was in the Pleasant Grove cemetery.
Maude E. (Staples) Dillon, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 8 Feb 1951, p.1 col. 3
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Died at Kirksville Monday
Mrs. E. K. Dillion of Gorin died at Kirksville at 12:30 p.m. Monday, February 5th after an illness of several weeks.
Surviving besides her husband are one son, Julian Dillion of Illinois and a brother, Willie Staples of near Gorin.
Funeral services were held from the Gorin Baptist church yesterday afternoon, February 7th at 2 o’clock, conducted by Rev. J. D. Gunter and burial was in the Gorin cemetery.
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MRS. CHARLEY DITMARS DIES; RITES TUESDAY
Funeral Service To Be Here; Burial at Novinger.
Funeral services are to be held here tomorrow for Mrs. Fannie Ditmars, 49, wife of Charley Ditmars, 417 West Cottonwood Street, who died Saturday at Mt. Vernon, Mo. She had been ill for several months.
The rites will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home at 1 p.m., conducted by the Rev. Odis James, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene. Burial will be in the Novinger Cemetery. The body is to lie in state at the funeral home.
Mrs. Ditmars was born April 25, 1888, the daughter of George and Hermitta Cassady, and has lived in this vicinity most of her life. She was married to John Rayse and to this union four children were born, Clifford, of Chicago; Lola of Des Moines; Dorothy, of Mt. Vernon, and a son who died in infancy.
On Dec. 9, 1933, she was married to Charley Ditmars. Besides her husband and children she is survived by two grandchildren, four brothers, John and Joe Cassady, of this vicinity, and Sam Cassady, of Don, Mich.; three sisters, Mrs. Ella Bishoff and Mrs. Josie Sumpter, of Cincinnati, Ia., and Mrs. Anna Wright, of Chariton, Ia.
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ISAAC DIXON DIES AT HOME IN GREEN CITY
83-Year-Old Man Had Been in Ill Health Long While
Green City, Sept. 27. (Special)—Funeral services for Isaac H. Dixon, 83, who had been in ill health for a number of years and who died Wednesday afternoon at his home here, will be held Sunday at two o’clock at the Green City Methodist Church. Conducting the services will be Rev. Banson, of Ottumwa, Ia. The body will remain at the Glenn E. Kent & Son Funeral Home until time for services.
Mr. Dixon was born in Putnam county, near Unionville, on June 16, 1868. He was a son of William and Permelia (Bradshaw) Dixon. In November, 1893, he was married to Lillian Harlan. Four children were born. His wife, two sons, Hulbert G. Dixon, of Browning, and Esper V. Dixon, of Green City, one daughter, Mrs. Doris Shoop, of Green City, and seven grandchildren survive. Brothers and sisters surviving are J. H. Dixon, of Green City, H. G. Dixon, of Superior, Neb., and Mrs. Martha Vanderpool of Pasadena, Calif.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Riley Dixon, who died 24 years ago, and eight brothers and sisters.
He was a member of the Holiness church, and he had been a minister for half a century. He made his home on a farm northeast of Green City until he moved into town.
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STELLA DIXON OF YOUNGSTOWN VICINITY DIES
Was 65 Years Old; Lived All of Life in Adair County
Ms. [sic] Stella B. Dixon, 65, died at her home in Youngstown Thursday afternoon.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Hone Saturday afternoon at two o’clock, conducted by Rev. C. E. Davis, pastor of the South Side Baptist church. Interment will be the Lutz cemetery.
Mrs. Dixon was the daughter of Robert and Mary Weaver Blurton, and was born at Stahl July 16, 1889. She was first married to Jim Hyatt, and to this marriage eight children were born. Mr. Hyatt preceded her in death. On Sept. 27, 1947, at Kirksville, she was married to George Dixon.
She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Mary Blurton, Kenosha, Wis.; her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Edna Thompson, Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Mary Williams, Des Moines, Iowa; one son, Robert Hyatt, Kenosha, Wis., and two stepsons, Glen Dixon, Novinger, and Audrey Dixon, Kirksville; three brothers, Edgar Blurton, Ray Blurton, and Wilber Blurton, all of Kenosha, Wis.; two sisters, Mrs. Ada Cross, Kenosha, Wis., and Mrs. Edna Bree, in Wyoming; three grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
Mrs. Dixon was preceded in death by her father, five children and one brother.
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Rev. Albert Dobbs, 85, Dies Friday
Rev. Alvert Dobbs, a Baptist minister for forty years, died at 9:30 o’clock Friday evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lula Phillips, 1718 South First Street, after an illness of over a year. He was 65 years old.
The funeral will be held at the Nazarene Church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock with Rev. Charles Phillips and Rev. Archie Cooper conducting the services.
A resident of Adair County for about 45 years, the Rev. Dobbs was married in 1879 to Miss Fanny Anders, and to this union five children were born; Alex and Della, who preceded him in death; Arthur of La Plata, George of Ellenwood, Kan., and Mrs. Effie Cook of Decatur, Ill. His wife died in 1895.
In 1897 he was married to Frances Neeley, and they were the parents of six children: Gertie Klingsmith, Keokuk, Ia., Robert Pearl, Phoenix, Ariz.; Orville, Otis, and Mrs. Lula Phillips of Kirksville. One son, Virtes, preceded him in death. Mrs. Frances Dobbs died 20 years ago.
Besides his children, Rec. Dobbs is survived by one brother, Lou Dobbs, 36 grandchildren, and 16 great grandchildren.
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JOSEPH DODGE, PAPERHANGER 35 YEARS, DIES
Victim of Pneumonia At 72; Funeral Tomorrow.
Joseph T. Dodge, 72, for thirty-five years a paperhanger, most of that time in Kirksville, died at a hospital here Sunday morning from pneumonia. He had been in declining health the past few years but critically ill only five days.
The funeral is to be held tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Davis Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Joseph W. Thompson, pastor of the Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Yarrow Church Cemetery. The body is lying in state at the funeral home.
Mr. Dodge was born at Edina, Mo., in 1868 and was married to Martha C. Huffman in May, 1906, at Quincy, Ill. His wife died in 1934.
Surviving him are one son, Harold V. Dodge, Kirksville; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Eva Nair, Tulsa, Okla.; two brothers, Chester E. Dodge, Eufaula, Okla., and Dean Dodge, Memphis, Mo.
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J. E. DODSON, 66, DIES IN CALIFORNIA
Was On Construction Job; Body Being Brought Here.
James Ely Dodson, 66, died in San Bernardino, Calif., yesterday morning.
The body is being shipped to the Davis Funeral Home here and funeral arrangements will not be made until after arrival of the body.
Mr. Dodson was born in Kirksville Dec. 12, 1879. He was married to Mary E. Davis in January, 1915. Five children were born to this marriage, all of whom survive.
Mr. Dodson was a Spanish-American War Veteran and was one of the last Spanish American veterans in Kirksville. He was employed in U. S. Navy construction job at San Bernardino.
He is survived by his wife and two daughters, Mrs. John Wilhite and Mrs. Noah Dorman, both of Kirksville; three sons, James E. Jr., of the U. S. Coast Gurad, George W. of Kirksville and Robert D. of the home; one brother, Glen Dodson, of Kansas City; two sisters, Mrs. Josephine Downs, of Kansas City and Mrs. Gertrude Floyd, of Odessa, Mo.; six grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
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DR. J. F. DODSON DIES HERE AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Physician Here for 28 Years Succumbs to Influenza.
Dr. J. F. Dodson, 74, medical and osteopathic physician with offices on the westside of the square, died at his home at 416 South Main Street last night at 7:15 o’clock.
He became ill with influenza last Thursday evening and developed pneumonia yesterday. He had been bedfast only two days.
Dr. Dodson had practiced in Kirksville twenty-eight years, coming here from Milan, where he practiced nine years. He was in Kansas City and Independence, Mo., before going to Milan.
The funeral is to be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Summers & Flinchpaugh Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. L. V. Freeman, pastor of the Christian Church, and burial will be at the Maple Hills Cemetery. His body is lying in state at the funeral home.
Dr. Dodson, whose full name was John Francis, was born in Putnam County, Mo., June 4, 1866, eldest of nine children of Francis Marion and Eliza Jane Dodson. He lived on a farm in Putnam County until he came to Kirksville as a young man, where he attended the Teachers College and Kirksville Business College.
After teaching school nine years, he studied osteopathy here, graduating from the Columbian School of Osteopathy. He went to Kansas City and practiced osteopathy while studying medicine and after getting his medical degree practiced at Independence.
He was married to Miss Mattie Dodson, of Kirksville, in 1889 and four children were born, two sons dying in infancy. One daughter, Isabel, now Mrs. Forrest Berg, lives in Modesto, Calif., and a son, Wallace Dodson, is in St. Louis.
Married in 1923 to Mrs. Phoebe Mason, two children were born, Frances, 15, and John, 14, both at home.
Surviving in addition to his widow, Mrs. Phoebe Dodson, the two sons and two daughters, are the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Sarah Jeffers, Unionville; T. A. Dodson, La Plata; I. B. Dodson, St. Joseph, Mo.; Dr. Job Dodson, St. Joseph, Mo., and Mrs. Leo M. Ewing, Kirksville.
He was a member of the Christian Church.
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MRS. KATHERINE DODSON DIES IN OTTUMWA
Former Resident; Funeral Arrangements Incomplete.
Mrs. Katherine B. Dodson, 59, died in a hospital at Ottumwa, Ia., yesterday morning.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending word from relatives.
Katherine Blanche Gage, the daughter of G. R. and Margaret Ann (Harkins) Gage, was born April 7, 1885 at Fayette, Ia. She was married to Everett Dodson on Feb. 26, 1913 at Fayette, Ia.
Mrs. Dodson lived in Iowa for several years after her marriage and about and about twenty-eight years ago they moved to Kirksville where they made their home until a year and half ago, when they moved to Ottumwa.
She is survived by her husband, one son, Ralph, in the U. S. Navy, two daughters, Gladys at home in Ottumwa and Mrs. George Beall, of La Plata; one sister, Mrs. Luther Crandall, of Wadena, Ia.; two brothers, McKinley Gage, of Wadena, Ia., Gerald Gage, and her father, G. R. Gage, both off Fayette and one granddaughter.
She was preceded in death by two sons, two sisters, one brother and her mother.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
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P. M. DODSON DIES, AGED 64
P. M. Dodson, an old settler and realty dealer of Adair county, passed away at his home, 315 South Cottage Grove, yesterday at the age of 64 years.
He leaves a wife, Bettie, and 2 children, Charles, who is practicing osteopathy at Moberly, and a daughter, Mrs. Pearl Fish, of Sapulpa, Ok., who will be here for the funeral.
The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at Millard.
P. M. Dodson, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 06 Aug 1917, p. 1, col. 3
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P. M. DODSON, WELL KNOWN CITIZEN, DIES
EXPRIED SUDDENLY SUNDAY, ALTHO HE HAD BEEN IN DECLINING HEALTH THREE YEARS
P. M. Dodson, well known citizen, retired real estate dealer and pioneer resident of Adair county, expired suddenly at his home on East Cottonwood street, Sunday morning at two o’clock.
Mr. Dodson had been in failing health for perhaps more than a year, his ill health dating from a stroke of paralysis, from which he never completely recovered, although he was able to be down town nearly every day, and had been down town at late as five o’clock Saturday afternoon and went home, retiring about nine o’clock.
Later in the night he became restless and told his wife he could not sleep, and got up, going out to the well he pumped a cup of water, but soon afterward Mrs. Dodson heard him breathing heavily, and hastily called her sister, who was in the house, and before the doctor could arrive death had claimed its victim.
Mr. Dodson was the last and the youngest of a family of ten children. A brother, Jno. Dodson, having died only last week.
Mr. Dodson was born in Adair County about five miles south of Kirksville, September 9th, 1852; was married to Miss Rosana Stuckey, March 12, 1876, who died several years ago. There were two children by this marriage, Dr. C. L. Dodson, of Moberly, and Mrs. Albert Fish, of Sapulpa, Okla. There are four grandchildren.
Mr. Dodson is survived by his present wife, who was Miss Elizabeth Jones, to whom he was married in 1908.
The funeral services will be held at Millard, Tuesday morning at ten o’clock.
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DODSON DEATH DETAILS GIVEN AT INQUEST
Funeral Saturday For Youth Killed While Hunting.
Raymond Everett Dodson, 18 years old was accidentally kicked by a shot from a shotgun in the hands of Verland Lloyd 17 while hunting rabbits southwest of Kirksville yesterday afternoon according to the verdict of a jury which heard evidence submitted at the coroner’s inquest held at 10 o’clock this morning at the Summers & Powell Funeral Home.
Coroner W. C. Summers asked Constable A. E. Halladay to summon a jury which was composed of the following members: L. M. Bowles, Harry Gates, George Webster, M. C. Hughes, T. A. Norman and N. W. Matthews.
The first witness was Sheriff Bob Love, Jr., who stated that Verland Lloyd and Bobby Kephart came to his office yesterday afternoon and said Lloyd had killed a boy in the Laughlin pasture. The sheriff and others accompanied the boys to the place where the accident had occurred which was about a quarter of a mile south of the Youngstown road in the Dr. George M. Laughlin pasture. The sheriff stated they found the Dodson boy laying face down on the bank of a small ditch with the feet in the ditch.
Beside the body was a rabbit which had been killed before the accident.
He said the Lloyd youth told him that the accident occurred when his finger slipped off the hammer as he swung his gun around to shoot a rabbit which young Dodson had scared out of the brush.
Verland Lloyd the next witness on the stand, said he lived across the street from the Dodson home and had known Raymond all his life. He said the three of them went hunting yesterday afternoon and had killed one rabbit, which Dodson was carrying. Lloyd said a rabbit ran into a brush pile and he had suggested throwing a clod into the pile to scare the rabbit but Dodson said he would jump on it. Lloyd said as he swung the gun around, his finger slipped off the trigger and the gun went off, and the shot hit Dodson. He said he was close to Dodson at the time, probably only four feet away. He said the shot apparently hit Dodson in the stomach. He said he and Dodson had never had any trouble.
Bobby Kephart, 17, said he had known Raymond about three years, and had known Lloyd all his life, and that the two had never had any trouble that he knew of.
Kephart said he was on a hill beyond the ditch when the accident happened. He said he heard the boys talking, he heard a gunshot and heard Dodson call for help.
While it was not brought out at the inquest, one of the members of the party which went after the body, said they had trouble in locating the place as the two youths, in their excitement, had forgotten exactly where they left the body.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home until the funeral which will be held at the South Side Baptist Church at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon. The Rev. Cyrus Davis, pastor of the South Side Baptist Church, will conduct the services and burial will be made in Ownbey Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Billy Davis, Lowell Dodson, Darrell Lloyd, Verland Lloyd, Bob Kephart and Joe Cassady.
Young Dodson was born in Kirksville, July 17, 1924, and was a junior in the Senior High School until recently, when he enlisted in the Navy but was rejected because of a punctured ear-drum. He had attended South Side Baptist Sunday School for eight years without missing a Sunday.
Surviving besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Dodson, are two sisters, Miss Gladys, at home, and Mrs. George Beall, of La Plata, a brother, Thomas Ralph, now serving with the U. S. Navy overseas; one grandfather, G. R. Gage, Sr., of Fayette, Ia., and several aunts and uncles. One brother, Earl, Preceded him in death.
Raymond Everett Dodson, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 1 Jan 1942, p. 1, col. 4
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MRS. SARAH M. DODSON, 78, DIES AT LA PLATA
Widow of T. J. Dodson Succumbs To Heart Disease.
Special to The Daily Express.
La Plata, Mo., July 14—Mrs. Sarah M. Dodson, 78 years old, widow of T. J. Dodson, died at her home in La Plata Sunday morning at 8:15 o’clock. She suffered a heart attack Wednesday morning.
The funeral is to be held at 10 a.m. at the Community Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Fred L. Hudson, and burial will be made in La Plata Cemetery.
Mrs. Dodson, nee Sarah Margaret Gilbreath, was born four miles south of La Plata, July 29, 1863, a daughter of John H. and Nancy Tate Gilbreath. The [sic] was a member of a family of twelve children, seven of whom preceded her in death.
She was married to Thomas J. Dodson April 13, 1882 and one daughter, Mrs. Harry Sinnock, was born. Mr. Dodson died in November, 1935.
Surviving her, in addition to Mrs. Sinnock here, are two granddaughters, Mrs. Ray George, La Plata, and Mrs. Leslie Wood, Atlanta; two grandsons, Jesse E. Sinnock and C. T. Sinnock, La Plata; two great grandsons, Harry Eugene and Donald Joe Sinnock; two brothers and two sisters, Mrs. Lavera Johnson, Laranza Gilbreath and Mrs. Lillie Ennis, all of Piedmont, S. D., and James C. Gilbreath, Moore, Mont.
Mrs. Dodson was a member of the Community Presbyterian Church, bringing her membership from the old Shiloh Church in 1927. She also was a member of the Class of Esther at the church and the local chapter of Order of Eastern Star.
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T. A. DODSON DIES IN STATE OF WASHINGTON
Body May Be Brought To Kirksville For Burial.
Thomas A. Dodson, of this city, died yesterday in Bellingham, Wash., at the home of his son, Thomas F. Dodson.
No funeral arrangements have been made but the body probably will be brought here.
Mr. Dodson, who has been a resident of this county for many years, was born in Putnam County and lived on a farm there until he came to Kirksville. He is survived by several sons and daughters, one of them being T. E. Dodson of 811 W. LaHarpe Street. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Eva D. Ewing of Kirksville and Mrs. L. R. Jeffers of Putnam County, and two brothers, I. D. and Jobe Dodson of St. Joseph.
Thomas A. Dodson, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 31 Dec 1943, p. 6, col. 4
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SERVICES FOR T. A. DODSON HERE SUNDAY
Putnam County Native Died in Bellington [sic], Wash.
Funeral services will be held at 10 o’clock Sunday morning at the Summers and Powell Funeral Home for Thomas Abraham Dodson, 74, a native of Putnam County, who died Dec. 30, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bellingham, Wash. Mrs. Clyde Bachman will conduct the services and burial will be made in the Highland Park Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Summers and Powell Funeral Home until time for the service.
Mr. Dodson was born May 23, 1869 near Unionville, the son of Francis M. and Eliza Jane (Williams) Dodson. On Feb. 5, 1899, he married Cora Belle Heacox. To this union were born 13 children, 10 of whom are surviving. Mr. Dodson was engaged in farming in Putnam County until coming to Kirksville about 27 years ago. He had spent the past few months with his son and daughter in Washington. His wife preceded him in death about 20 years ago.
Surviving are eight daughters, Mrs. Carl F. Reynolds, of Bellingham, Wash.; Mrs. Nora K. Clark, of Moulton, Ia.; Mrs. Abe Slover, of Kirksville; Mrs. J. D. Moore, of Malvern, Ia.; Mrs. U. W. Dockins, of Enterprise, Kan.; Mrs. R. C. Adams, of Bradley Field, Conn.; Mrs. Tony Santine, of Chicago, Ill., and Mrs. A. L. Algrin, of Monmouth, Ill.; two sons, Thomas E. Dodson, of Kirksville and Theo F. Dodson, of Custer, Wash.; two sisters, Mrs. Eva D. Ewing, of Kirksville, and Mrs. Sarah Jeffers, of Unionville; two brothers, Isom B. Dodson and J. T. Dodson, of St. Joseph; 36 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Pvt. Paul R. Dodson, of Camp Clairborne, La., and Cpl. Ross E. Dodson, of Fort Sill, Okla., are here on emergency furloughs granted because of the death of their grandfather, T. A. Dodson, of Bellingham, Wash. Paul has a 7-day leave, and Ross has a 12-day leave. While here, they are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. E. Dodson, 801 W. LaHarpe Street.
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MRS. FLORENCE DODSWORTH, 67, DIES AT HOME
Funeral to Be Sunday at Church of God Holiness
Mrs. Florence Magnolia Dodsworth, 67, died Friday evening at her home at 1108 W. Smith street.
Funeral services will be held at the Church of God Holiness, Sunday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. C. C. Riddle, pastor of the church. Interment will be in Highland Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Dodsworth was the daughter of George and Romelia (Hyde) Ranson and was born at Cottonwood, Ia., June 10, 1880. She was married at Cottonwood, Sept. 21, 1904 to Richard Cecil Dodsworth and to this marriage four children were born.
In addition to her husband she is survived by two sons, George Robert and Raymond Cecil, of Kirksville, two daughters, Mrs. Iva Lucille Ferguson, of Brashear and Mrs. Mabel Juanita McConnell, Kirksville; one brother, Walter Ranson, Fairfield, Iowa; two sisters, Mrs. Nellie King, Salem, Ia., and Mrs. Martha Kennedy, Mt. Pleasant, Ia., and nine grandchildren. One brother and three sisters preceded her in death.
Mrs. Dodsworth was a member of the Church of God Holiness.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home until the funeral hour.
The pallbearers will be: Burrell Gleason, Roy D. Speak, Frank Cooper, J. L. Minchell, Cecil Christman and Ernest Bauer.
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Silas Doggett Dies At La Plata
Silas Doggett, a prominent business man of this city died at his home here after a long illness of cancer. Mr. Doggett for a number of years has been connected with the coal company here, known as Robuck & Doggett, and was a well liked man. His many friends are grieved to hear of his departure.
Deceased is survived by his devoted wife and two daughters by a former marriage.
Funeral services were held from the Community Presbyterian church Sunday conducted by Rev. DeLong, after which the body was laid to rest in LaPlata cemetery. —LaPlata Home Press.
Silas Doggett, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 22 Jul 1922, p. 1, col. 4, Saturday
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P. B. DOLAN, AGED 64, DIES AT FARM HOME
Novinger Farmer a Former Miner; Funeral Tomorrow.
Patrick B. Dolan, 64-year-old farmer four miles west of Novinger, died at 5:30 o’clock yesterday evening at his home of a complication of diseases. He had been in impaired health the past few years but bedfast only a few days.
The funeral is to be tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Bald Knobs Church and burial will be made in the Campbell Cemetery. The body is lying in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
Mr. Dolan was born at Novinger, March 19, 1877, a son of Patrick and Malinda Dolan. He had lived in Adair County most of his life, working twenty years in the coal mines before taking up farming twenty years ago.
He was married June 10, 1914 to Etta Walters. Surviving him are his wife, five sons and daughters, Patrick, Moberly; William, who is in the U. S. Army at Ft. Wayne Ind.; Mrs. Wilson Conlan, Dubuque; Robert, Laclede, Mo., and Bennie, at home; two brothers, Robert Dolan, Seattle, and George Dolan, Chicasha, Okla.; two sisters, Mrs. Caltha Russell, Greencastle, and Mrs. Florence Walters, Novinger, and two grandchildren. Two children preceded him in death.
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Robert Dolan, Former Adair Countian, Dead
Word has been received of the death of Robert Dolan, former Adair County resident, on Mar. 29.
He was born in Cass, Ill., on Aug. 16, 1868, the son of Patrick and Molind [Malinda] an. He came to Missouri with his parents and settled near Bald Knob schoolhouse when one year old. He obtained his education at the State Normal School in Kirksville. He taught school for ten years mostly in Adair County then engaged in farming until he went to Seattle, Wash. On Dec. 13, 1892 he was married to Cora Lake and eight children were born to them. His wife, two sons and one daughter preceded him in death.
He is survived by one son, four daughters, one brother and a sister, Florence Walters, who lives in Novinger; several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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RITES FOR MRS. DONALDSON
Bible Grove Woman Died at Kirksville Hospital Friday
Mrs. Humel Donaldson of the Bible Grove community died at the Laughlin hospital at Kirksville Friday following an operation.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. S. Laws at the Greensburg Christian church Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock and interment was in the cemetery there.
Pall bearers were Ivan Ludwick, Claude Ludwick, Lester Ludwick, Joe Ludwick, Wayne Ludwick and Lee Robinson.
Hazel Pauline Ludwick was a daughter of P. Q. and Emma Ludwick. She was born in Scotland county near Memphis on Sept. 3, 1907.
On June 10, 1929, she was united in marriage to Charles Humel Donaldson at Memphis with Rev. A. S. Olsen, officiating. To this union was born five children—Mrs. Lorraine Kapfer of Greensburg, Charles, Robert [Roberta], Lois and Jerome of the home.
She was a member of the Methodist church of Bethel.
Surviving are the husband and children and five brothers—Ivan, Wayne and Lester Ludwick of Memphis, Joe Ludwick of Cantril, Iowa, and Claud Ludwick of Kahoka; one sister, Mrs. Mary Robinson of Lawrence, Kansas; an aunt, Mrs. Lois McIntyre of Huntington Park, Calif.
From a distance at the funeral was a cousin, Mrs. Gladys Cowan of Geary, Okla.
Hazel Pauline (Ludwick) Donaldson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 22 Dec 1949, p. 1, col. 1
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Mrs. J. R. Donaldson Dead
Funeral Services Yesterday on her 75th Birthday
Mrs. Ida M. Donaldson, who lived alone at her home, 209 West Monroe Street, was found dead in her home Monday evening Jan. 5, 1942 by Sheriff D.A. Wise.
Mrs. Nellie Spencer and Seyb Hays, who live west of the Donaldson home, had not noticed any activity around the home during the day and when Mrs. Spencer came home from work Monday evening, they went to the Donaldson home but the doors were locked.
Thinking that she had possibly gone somewhere for the day they returned to their home, but a short time later, when it became dark, they noticed a light burning in the dining room of the Donaldson home.
They again attempted to get in the house but the doors were still locked. Mrs. Spencer then called Sheriff Wise, who, with Chas. E. Long who lives just east of Mrs. Donaldson’s, opened a window on the west side of her home.
Sheriff Wise climbed in and directly below this window found Mrs. Donaldson lying on the floor with a small school bell clutched in her hand.
The fire in the stove in the dining room was out and a coal oil lamp on the kitchen table joining the dining room was still burning, but the oil was very low.
Sheriff Wise unlocked the doors which had been locked from the inside.
Coroner P.M. Baker was called, and after a thorough examination of Mrs. Donaldson’s body and the surrounding circumstances, it was not thought an inquest necessary. Coroner Baker estimated that she had been dead most of the day Monday. Circumstances led to the belief that she might have become ill while eating her breakfast and went to the adjoining room near her bed, obtained the bell to summon help and fell near the window. There was partly eaten food on the table in the kitchen.
Her son, Ray Hitch of Lancaster, was summoned and he had the body removed to Lancaster.
Funeral services were conducted at the Presbyterian Church yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock by the pastor, Rev. W.G. Bensberg, who used the following obituary of Mrs. Donaldson:
Ida May Mains was born June 7, 1867, at Corntown, Ky. She was the youngest child of a family of eight, all of whom preceded her in death. She grew to womanhood in the same neighborhood where she was born, uniting with the Methodist Church when a girl of thirteen.
On March 2, 1889, she was married to James H. Hitch, and to this union two children were born. The daughter, Jessie, died May 20, 1907. The son, Ray Hitch of Lancaster, survives. Her husband died January 30, 1903, in Covington, Ky.
In 1904 she came to Memphis to make her home. In 1915 she was married to J.R. Donaldson, and after her marriage, united with the Presbyterian Church, of which her husband was a member. Mr. Donaldson died June 24, 1923.
Mrs. Donaldson leaves the son, Ray Hitch and his wife of Lancaster, Mo., and three nieces, Mrs. Harry Brumagem of Cantril; Mrs. Edith Beal and Mrs. Bertha Ramey of Covington, Ky.
A quartet composed of Mrs. H.L. Greeno, Mrs. W.T. Barker, J.C. Woodsmall and Judge E.F. Eierman sang three numbers. Mrs. Wilbur Longstreth accompanied the quartet on the organ.
Interment was in the Brock cemetery.
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JAMES EDWARD DONALDSON
James E. Donaldson, son of Joseph and Thursa E. Fetters Donaldson, was born September 13, 1867, on a farm nine miles southwest of Memphis, where his mother was born, and which her grandfather, Jacob Fetters, homesteaded from the government. He passed away Sunday morning, April 30, at the age of 71 years, seven months and 17 days.
He was united in marriage to Pearl Snodgrass, Nov. 21, 1906. To this union were born two children—Charles H. Donaldson of north of Memphis, and James J., still at the home.
Mr. Donaldson was united in faith in 1909 and placed his membership with Greensburg Christian church, to which he lived a true and faithful member to the end. He was a kind and loving father, a devoted husband and honest and upright in all his dealings.
Besides his wife and two children he leaves a daughter-in-law, four grandchildren, two brothers—J. O. Donaldson and J. C. Donaldson—a sister, Mrs. Emma Williams of Memphis, a sister-in-law, Mrs. Emma Donaldson of Tonkawa, Okla., besides his many friends.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, May 2, from Greensburg Christian church at 2:30 p.m., conducted by the Rev. W. M. Feay of this city. Singers were the Greensburg choir. Body bearers were Jas. Donaldson, Humel Donaldson, Floyd Jones, Glen Donaldson, Hubert Huston and Roy McGee. Interment in Greensburg cemetery.
James Edward Donaldson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 4 May 1939, p. 1, col. 3
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JOHN DONALDSON DIES AT KIRKSVILLE FRIDAY
John Casper Donaldson, well known farmer and sheep breeder died at the Laughlin hospital in Kirksville, Friday, September 13th 1952 at the age of 76 years.
Funeral services were held at the Payne Chapel Sunday afternoon, September 21, conducted by Rev. G. Lolin Eaton. Burial was in Memphis cemetery.
He was the son of Joseph and Emaline Donaldson and was born near Greensburg, May 13, 1876. He grew to manhood in Scotland county and for the past 45 years had lived on a farm 6 miles west of Memphis.
He was married to Linnie Williams, April 20m 1904. Two children were born to them, both of whom survive, Glen W. who lives on the home farm and Mrs. Enna McGee of Downing.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, three sisters and three brothers.
He is also survived by one granddaughter, Mary Lou McGee and one sister, Mrs. R. T. Williams of Memphis.
He was a member of the Christian church at Antioch and later transferred his membership to the Memphis church.
Body bearers were Victor Snodgrass, Ronald Hunt, Jim Snyder, Dale Rice, Frank Israel and S. J. Onken.
John Casper Donaldson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 25 Sep 1952, p. 1, col. 3
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Death of Joseph Donaldson
Joseph Donaldson, one of the old and highly respected citizens of Scotland county, died at his late home 1 ¼ miles northwest of Fr. Donaldson Wednesday, March 23rd at about midnight, after a brief illness of cancer of the stomach. A brief funeral service was held at the home Friday morning at 10 o’clock, after which the remains were taken to Greensburg, where a larger service was held at 11:30 a.m. The services were conducted by Rev. E. H. Willey, in the presence of a large concourse of people. The burial was in charge of Greensburg lodge, A.F. & A.M., assisted by several members of that order from Memphis.
The deceased was born in Monroe county, Missouri, in 1839, and was at the time of his death aged 72 years. He came to this county at an early day and established a home where he continued to live until the end. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Donaldson, five of whom are living. He is also survived by the wife and nine grand children.
Mr. Donaldson was an honest, unassuming man, and a good neighbor. He counted his friends by the score in the neighborhood where he had lived so long. Like all other men, he had some faults, but the good traits of character outweighed the others to the extent that the latter were lost sight of. He will be greatly missed, and his family has the sympathy of all in their hour of bereavement.
Joseph Donaldson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, Apr 1911, p. 1, col. 2
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J. E. Donaldson Services Held At Downing
Joseph Elmer Donaldson, son of John T. and Nancy Orr Donaldson, was born May 19, 1877 in Scotland county near Downing, Mo. He passed away April 11, 1966 at the age of 88 years, ten months and 23 days.
On January 16, 1905 he was married to Sofronia Bissell and to them was born two children, Veda and Forrest.
In 1921 he united with the Campground Cumberland Presbyterian hurch [sic].
His entire life was lived in the same community.
Soon after their marriage they bought a farm near his parents farm where he was born, and grew up, in the Middle Fabius school district and for many years served as a member of the school board.
After his wife’s death, on March 25, 1948, he continued to live alone on the farm.
On November 6, 1965 as he was driving to Memphis from his farm he suffered serious injuries from an accidental car wreck, from which he wasn’t able to recover. He was hospitalized in the Laughlin Hospital at Kirksville, Mo. until February 14 when he was released to the Kisling Nursin [sic] Home in Memphis, Mo., where he was cared for until his passing away.
He was a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 467, Downing and was awarded his 50 year pin during his hospitalization. He was also a member of the Aeriel Rebekah Lodge No. 752 of Downing.
Preceding him in death were his wife, Frana, his parents, one brother, Robert and four sisters, Nannie Jones, Louella Woods, Rosa Ridge and Clara Reedy and also one great granddaughter in infancy.
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RITES FOR J. O. DONALDSON
Services Were Conducted at the Greensburg Christian Church
Funeral services for Joseph Oscar Donaldson, who died at the State Hospital at Fulton, Mo., Thursday morning, June 17, were conducted at the Christian church in Greensburg Saturday morning by Rev. G. Lolin Eaton of Memphis. Interment was in the cemetery there.
Music was by the choir of the church and pall bearers were Humel Donaldson, James Donaldson, Glenn Donaldson, Roy McGee, Ernest Boley and Dale Rice.
Mr. Donaldson was the son of Joseph and Emeline Fetters Donaldson. He was born October 5, 1871, on the farm 9 miles southeast of Memphis, Missouri, where his mother was born, and the farm his grandfather, Jacob Fetters, had homesteaded. His entire life, with the exception of the years spent in the hospital at Fulton, was spent on this farm.
He was one of a family of eight children. Three sisters, Mary, Minta and Bertha died in early life, also two brothers, William and Edward, preceded him in death.
He is survived by one brother, John C. Donaldson, and one sister, Mrs. Tom Williams.
Joseph Oscar Donaldson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 24 Jun 1948, p. 1, col. 2
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Memphis Woman Dies in Local Hospital Thursday
Mrs. Linnie J. Donaldson of Memphis, MO., died at St. Joseph’s Hospital this morning at 8 o’clock after an illness of three weeks which followed an operation.
Mrs. Donaldson was born on January 20, 1875, and was a daughter of Robert Williams and Anna Thomas. She married J. C. Donaldson in Scotland County, Mo., in 1904 and had two children.
She was a member of the Christian church.
She is survived by her husband, one son, Glenn; one daughter Emma at home; her father Robert Williams and three brothers, R. T., C. J. and C.R. Williams, and other relatives.
The body will be shipped to Memphis, Mo., this evening for burial. – Friday’s Gate City
Linnie J. Donaldson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 5 Jan 1928, p. 2, col. 3
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Obituary.
The sweet spirit of our young sister, Minta Francis Donaldson is numbered with the redeemed in Christ. She was born November 14, 1873. Died Feb. 17, 1901. She accepted Christ and united with the church at Greensburg, in Dec. 1888, and has lived a faithful christian ever since.
She leaves father, mother, four brothers and one sister and many loved friends to mourn her absence in body. She had a great desire to remain here awhile longer that she might see her loving, faithful and patient brothers in Christ.
Her father, mother and sister are members, and let us all pray that her hallowed influence may be leven that will work in the brothers penitence and the purity of soul she so desired to see.
William Mondy pastor and J. W. Borden of Memphis, conducted the funeral. Wm. M.
Minta Francis Donaldson, Memphis, Missouri, The Scotland County Democrat, 10 May 1904, p. 1, col. 5
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Robert Donaldson Dead.
Robert Donaldson, a well known citizen of this county, died at Forest Springs, Knox County, Sunday, September 5, 1897, at 11 o’clock, of a cancerous tumor from which he had been suffering for years. He had consulted the best physicians in the country in hopes of securing relief from the relentless disease but to no avail.
Mr. Donaldson was born in Monroe County, Missouri, March 22, 1830, and moved to Scotland County when quite young. When about twenty-five years of age he crossed the plains to California and was there married to Lucinda Aldrich. To them were born two sons and four daughters—one son preceding him to the spirit land. He has two sisters and two brothers who survive to mourn his loss. Mr. Donaldson was a kind-hearted and honest man, a good neighbor and one who will be missed in the community in which he lived. Funeral services were held Monday at Greensburg conducted by Rev. L. W. Marks.
Robert Donaldson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 9 Sep 1897, p. 3, col. 4
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William Thomas Donaldson was born in Scotland County, Missouri, Oct. 20, 1865, and died at his home near Billings, Okla., Sept. 26, 1930 at the age of 64 years, 11 months and 6 days.
He was married to Sarah E. Hogbin Sept 13, 1888. To this union were born four daughters, one dying in infancy.
He was converted and united with the Methodist Church early in life and has always been active and interested in the affairs of the church.
His was a well ordered life.
His going leaves a vacant place in home, church and community. But the angels and the heavenly hosts rejoice at his coming.
Those who will miss him are his wife, Mrs. Sarah E. Donaldson, his daughters, Miss Myrtle Donaldson, Blackwell, Okla., Mrs. Chas. Talbott, Mrs. David Burhman, Roswell, New Mexico, also three brothers and one sister and five grandchildren and other relatives and a great host of friends.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church in Billings, Sunday, at 2:30 p.m. conducted by the pastor, Rev. O. W. York.
Interment was in the River View Cemetery.
William Thomas Donaldson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 9 Oct 1930, p. 3, col. 1
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Mrs. Martha Prewitt Doneghy, wife of Attorney Alexander Doneghy, of this city, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dagmar Beach, at Minneapolis, Minnisota [sic], Saturday morning, aged 67 years. Mrs. Doneghy had been in failing healtn [sic] since January 1920, when she suffered a stroke of paralysis, but recovered from the stroke and four months ago went to Minneapolis to visit her daughter, the wife of a professor in the University of Minnesota. She had planned to remain a couple of months, but her health failed so rapidly that she could not return. Besides her husband she is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Beach, two sons, Robert and Thomas, of Kirksiville [sic], and two sisters, Miss Mary Prewitt, of New Hampshire and Miss Maria Prewitt, of Columbia. The body accompanied by Mrs. Beach was brought to Kirksville for burial and the funeral took place from the residence, 913 East Normal avenue Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock. Rev. Father Cafferty conducted the funeral service. Mrs. Doneghy was a member of one of the old Southern families prominent in the early history of Missouri. She had the Chair of English in the Teachers College in 1880 and 1881, when General Pershing was one of her pupils, and had done much literary work of acknowledged merit. Mrs. Doneghy was a woman of broad culture, gentle and refined, and her beautiful character made her the favorite in a wide circle of friends, who extend deep sympathy to the bereaved family.
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MRS. A. DONEGHY DIES TODAY IN MINNEAPOLIS
Prominent Kirksville Woman Had Never Recovered from Stroke
Mrs. Alexander Doneghy, one of Kirksville’s best known and best liked women, died this morning at 3 o’clock in Minneapolis, according to word received this morning by her husband, Attorney Alexander Doneghy, from their daughter, Mrs. Dagmar Beach, with whom Mrs. Doneghy had been visiting. The body will arrive in Kirksville Monday morning, and the funeral will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday; from the family residence, 913 E. Normal avenue. She was 67 years of age.
Mrs. Doneghy had been in failing health since January 5, 1920, when she sustained a stroke of paralysis, although she recovered from the stroke and was able to get about. About four months ago she went to visit her daughter, Mrs. Beach, the wife of a professor in the University of Minnesota, planning to remain only a couple of months, but by the end of that time she was in such failing health that she could not return, and has been quite sick for two months. Mr. Doneghy was with her ten days ago, and says the primary cause of her failing health was the stroke of paralysis, but she did not die of a second or third stroke.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Doneghy leaves her daughter, Mrs. Beach, two sons, Robert and Thomas, of Kirksville, three grandchildren, and two sister [sic], Miss Maria Prewitt, of Columbia, and Miss Mary Prewitt, of New Hampshire.
She was a member of a family noted in the early annuals of Missouri and prominent in the upbuilding of the state. A kindly, cultured gentlewoman at all times, she was widely loved in Kirksville, and a great host of friends will extend their sympathy to the bereaved husband and family.
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Henry H. Dooley, Glenwood, Dies Here
Lancaster, Mo., Feb. 15—Henry Harrison Dooley, 88, of Glenwood, died in a Kirksville hospital Thursday morning about 1:30 o’clock.
Funeral services will be held at the Coatesville Holiness Church Sunday afternoon at one o’clock conducted by Rev. Laura Sales, of Moulton, Iowa. Interment will be in the Coatesville cemetery
He was the son of Jesse and Mary E. (Fenton) Dooley and was born April 18, 1863. He was married to Mellissa E. Veatch. She died about four years ago. One son, Pearly, was born to them.
He is survived by his son, Pearly Dooley, of Kirkville, Iowa, three grandchildren, four great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
Mr. Dooley was a retired farmer and was a member of the Coatesville Holiness Church.
The body will lie in state at the Head Funeral Home until time for the funeral service.
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FUNERAL FOR JOSHUA DOOLEY TOMORROW
Burial to Be In Unionville Cemetery.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Comstock Funeral Home at Unionville, for Joshua Dooley, 80, who died at 10:30 o’clock Sunday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. M. D. Korns, 104 South Cottage Grove Avenue. He has been in failing health for several months suffering from a heart ailment. Interment will be in the Unionville Cemetery.
Mr. Dooley was born March 22, 1863, near Centerville, Ia., the son of Jacob and Margaret Dooley. With his parents, he moved to Putnam County when he was a young boy. In 1881 he married the former Emma Florence Cox, of Putnam County, and in 1900 moved to a farm near Unionville, where he resided until 10 years ago when he moved to Kirksville to make his home with his daughter. Mrs. Dooley preceded him in death in 1931.
Surviving are four sons, Melvin Dooley, of Sacremento [sic], Calif.; Will Dooley, of Clearmont, Wyo.; Levi Dooley, of Los Angeles, Calif., and Dallas Dooley, of Ft. Smith, Ark.; two daughters, Mrs. Gladys Korns of Kirksville and Mrs. Louise Irwin of Rock Island, Ill., and six grandchildren. One daughter, Syliva preceded him in death at the age of 13. Mr. Dooley was a member of the Baptist Church.
Dooley, Joshua, Kirksville Daily Express, 4 May 1943, p. 2, col. 8
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O. P. DOORE, 84 YEARS OLD, DIES HERE
Father of Mrs. Clede Kuntz; Services at Kahoka.
O. P. Doore, 84, died last night at the Jefferson Hotel following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held at the Gutting Funeral Home in Kahoka, Mo., Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, conducted by Rev. Fred P. Hanes, pastor of the Kirksville Methodist Church. Interment will be in the Kahoka Cemetery.
Mr. Doore was born at St. Francisville in Clark County, Mo., on April 8, 1862, and lived most of his life in Clark County. He was married to Laura Belle Yolton and to this marriage one daughter was born, Mrs. Clede Kuntz, of the Jefferson Hotel here. Mrs. Doore preceded him in death Jan. 2, 1935. In 1937 Mr. Doore came to Kirksville where he has since lived with his daughter.
Besides his daughter, Mrs. Kuntz, he is survived by one grandson, Rev. Kenneth A. Kuntz, pastor of the First Christian Church in Chillicothe, and two great grandchildren.
The body will lie in state at the Summers and Powell Funeral Home until 9:00 o’clock this evening when it will be taken to the Gutting Funeral Home in Kahoka.
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Milton Dorothy passed away at the State Hospital in Fulton, Thursday March 10. Funeral services were held at the new church at Bible Grove Sunday, March 13.
Mr. Dorothy leaves his wife, two daughters and one son.
Milton Dorothy, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 17 Mar 1932
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Mrs. M. W. Dorothy, 76, Died
Funeral Services Were Held at Bible Grove Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Milton W. Dorothy, who died at her home west of Bible Grove, Monday, May 28th, were held at the new church at Bible Grove Tuesday afternoon and were conducted by Rev. J.N. Baker of Memphis.
Interment was in the new church cemetery at Bible Grove. The services were largely attended as Mrs. Dorothy had lived in that neighborhood for many years.
Her maiden name was Rachel A. Wilson. She was a daughter of James and Mary Wilson. She was born in Hancock County, Illinois, April 16, 1858.
She was united in marriage to Milton W. Dorothy, February 19, 1880, who preceded her in death two years ago. To this union was born three children, Mrs. Flora Ruth of Downing, Everett Dorothy of Willmathsville, and Mrs. Etta Brandt of Winona, Minn. She also leaves seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Two brothers and one sister preceded her in death. One brother lives in California.
Rachel A. (Wilson) Dorothy, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 31 May 1934, p. 1, col. 3
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Dwight Hays Dorsey Age 57 Services Held
Dwight Hays Dorsey, 57, of Kahoka, died at his home Saturday, May 27, 1967, at 4:30 p.m. He was born February 18, 1910 in Clark county, Mo., where he lived with the exception of a few years in Scotland County. He was the son of Elmer S. Dorsey and Pearl Hays Dorsey.
In November, 1930, he was married to Leota Kerner and to this union was born one daughter, Delores.
On June 30, 1957, he married Gladys O’Brien who survives. Also surviving are his father, Elmer Dorsey of Kahoka; two sisters, Mrs. Clarence (Norma) Rude of Ft. Madison, Ia., Mrs. Marion (Clarabel) Daggs, of Arbela, Mo., one daughter, Mrs. Edwin (Delores) Cannon of Kahoka; one granddaughter, several nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.
At an early age he united with the Mt. Moriah Methodist church in Scotland County, later moving his membership to the Kahoka Methodist church but has been active in the Luray Methodist church as that was where his wife was a member. He has been an employee of Clark County for over thirty years and at the present time was rock foreman of the county. He numbered his friends by his acquaintances, was kind and loving, and will be sadly missed.
Body escorts were Talmage Phillips, Vernon Hopp, Herbert Warson, Kenneth Hardy, Robert Keller and Archie Hawkins.
Services from the Luray Methodist church Tuesday, May 30, 1967, at 2:30 p.m.
Interment in Combs cemetery, Luray, Mo., conducted by Rev. Harold Spiva.
Soloist was Creva Gutting and organist was Ruby Selway.
Dwight Hays Dorsey, From Unknown Newspaper, 5 Jun 1967
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Elsie Dorsey Dies At Age Of 93
Elsie L. Dorsey, daughter of George and Phoebe Merrill Thrasher, was born September 10, 1874, at Midway, Missouri, and expired at the Wilson Nursing Home in Memphis, Missouri, June 15, 1968, at the age of 93.
She was united in marriage to Joseph E. Dorsey November 16, 1910. To this union three sons and two daughters were born.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband on October 24, 1951; two sons and one daughter, Pauline and Paul (twins) and Orville; three sisters, Marchie Lober and Bessie Levengood, both of Quincy, Illinois, Ada Chambers of Maywood, Missouri; one step-son, Rollie of Ft. Madison, Iowa.
She leaves to mourn her passing one son, Merton Dorsey, of Ft. Madison, Iowa; one daughter, Carmelita Laverty, of Memphis, Missouri; four step-sons, Raymond of Eldorado Springs, Missouri, Leland, of Memphis, Missouri, Ira, of Milton, Iowa, and Robert, of Rochester, Michigan; one step daughter, Cordonna Cunningham, of Memphis, Missouri; four grandchildren; 11 step-grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; other relatives and many friends.
She was a member of the First Christian Church in Gorin, Missouri.
Funeral services were held at the Gorin Christian Church on Monday, June 17, 1968, at 2 P.M., Rev. Howard Merchant officiating. Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery. Body bearers were the grandsons.
Elsie L. Dorsey, Memphis, Missouri, The Gorin Argus, 20 Jun 1968
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Former Resident Dies In California
Word has been received here by friends of the death of J. F. Dorsey at his home in Van Nuys, Calif., last week. He had been in poor health for some time and died of a complication of diseases.
The family lived on East Normal Ave., here and he conducted a general store on West Dodson St. They moved to California about eighteen years ago.
Before coming to Kirksville Mr. Dorsey conducted a business in Green City, where they lived for many years.
He leaves his wife and son, Clyde A., and two granddaughters. He also leaves one brother, Alva Dorsey of Green City.
The family were active members of the Presbyterian Church.
Dorsey, J. F., Kirksville Daily Express, 04 Aug 1937, p. 2, col. 1, Wednesday
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John Dorsey Died Suddenly
John Dorsey died suddenly at his home in Arbela yesterday afternoon about 3 o’clock. He had been in ill health for some time, suffering with a heart ailment, but was in Memphis during the past three weeks.
He was sitting in a chair in his home when he died. Dr. P. M. Baker was summoned. Mr. Dorsey had apparently died instantly.
Funeral services will be held from the Arbela Methodist Church tomorrow, Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by Rev. D. F. Woolery. Burial will be in the Hickory Grove Cemetery.
John Dorsey, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 23 Sep 1948, p. 1, col. 4
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Lela Dorsey Dies At Age Of 78
Mrs. Lela Pearl Dorsey, 78, of Kahoka, Mo., passed away Monday at 3:30 a.m. January 30 in the Graham Hospital at Keokuk, Iowa, where she had been a patient since Tuesday, January 24. She had been seriously ill the past week preceding her death.
She was born October 22, 1888 in Pawnee County, Neb., the daughter of William and Miriam Shields Hays. They moved to Clark county when she was 14 years of age, and the rest of her life was spent in or near Clark county.
She was married to Elmer Scott Dorsey in Clark county on December 12, 1906. Just this past December, 1966, they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. She was a member of the Kahoka Methodist Church.
She is survived by her devoted husband, a son, Dwight of Kahoka and two daughters Mrs. Clarence (Norma) Rude of Fort Madison, and Mrs. Marion (Clarabell) Daggs of Arbela. She is also survived by a brother, Sam Hays of Luray; two grandchildren, and three great granddaughters, besides many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her father, mother, three sisters, and two brothers.
She was a kind and loving wife, mother and grandmother, and a friend to all who knew her. She will be greatly missed.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, February 1 at 2 o’clock from the Gutting Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Robert Pfeiffer.
Pall bearers were Carlyde Philp, Dorsa McCoy, Morris O’Brien, Robert Keller, Albert Wyrick and Earl Barnes.
Organist, Wanda Short.
Burial was in the Kahoka cemetery.
Lela Pearl Dorsey, From Unknown Newspaper, Feb 1967
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FOUND DEAD AT ARBELA
Mrs. John Dorsey Found by Mr. and Mrs. John Bondurant
The body of Mrs. John Dorsey was found in the barn at her home in Arbela Wednesday evening, February 7th about 5:30 by Mr. and Mrs. John Bondurant, neighbors of Mrs. Dorsey.
Mrs. Bondurant had been over to see Mrs. Dorsey in the morning, but she was not at the house, and seeing the barn door open, Mrs. Bondurant supposed that she was milking her cow.
Mrs. Bondurant returned to the Dorsey home about 5 o’clock Wednesday evening and finding things as they were in the morning called to her husband, who went to the barn and found Mrs. Dorsey just inside the barn door where she had dropped dead.
Funeral services for Mrs. Dorsey were held from the Arbela Methodist church Friday, Febr. [sic] 9th at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. Ernest Deatrick. Body bearers were Dwight Dorsey, Karl Reid, John Aylward, Karl Dice, Earl Drake and Marion Daggs.
Mrs. Dorsey was before her marriage, Maggie Elizabeth Findley, daughter of Harvey and Elizabeth Findley and was born August 30, 1874, in Scotland county. On April 7, 1907, she was married to John H. Dorsey, who died September 22, 1948.
She is survived by four step-children, Elmer Dorsey of Luray, Mrs. Elsie Smith of Arbela, Roy Dorsey of Ames, Iowa; and Mrs. Gladys Alvis of Montrose, Iowa.
Mrs. Dorsey was the last of a family of 11 children. Mrs. George Moore of Memphis was a niece of Mrs. Dorsey.
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Thomas Dotson took very sick Saturday evening while on his way to Greentop and by the time he got to his journey’s end he was very bad. A doctor was called and all was done, but to no avail. He died Sunday night and was brought back Monday and tenderly laid to rest in the Grove Cemetery. Bowel trouble was the cause of his death.
Thomas Dotson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 12 Apr 1900, p. 2, col. 4, Bible Grove Column
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Thomas Dotson, of Bible Grove, died suddenly last Saturday evening while visiting friends at Greentop, Schuyler County, Mo. His wife had been there visiting for a few days and he had gone to bring her home. On reaching his destination or shortly-thereafter he was taken suddenly ill and died in about twenty-four hours. His body was brought back home for interment. Funeral services were held Monday, Rev. R. F. Campbell, of this city, officiating, after which he was laid to rest in the new cemetery. He was a member of the Church of Christ, a good citizen and neighbor and leaves a host of friends and relatives to mourn his death.
Thomas Dotson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, April 12, 1900
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Dougherty – John Logan, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Dougherty, died at his home in this city, Dec. 23d, 1887, of pneumonia, aged 17 years, 6mos., and 7days.
The announcement of his death was a very great surprise to many in this city. It was known that he was quite sick, but no one supposed that one so young and strong would fall a victim to that disease. He had been employed in M. Humphrey’s marble shop for some time, and had the reputation of being industrious, quiet and inoffensive. His death brings sorrow into the family home, as well as to many others who admired his many manly virtues. The funeral services were conducted at the family residence on Saturday by Rev. W. H. Pulliam, after which the body was laid to rest in the cemetery east of town, in the presence of a large concourse of sympathizing friends.
John Logan Dougherty, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 29 Dec 1887, p. 3, col.7
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C. O. DOUGLAS DIES AT HOME IN NOVELTY
Former Resident of Locust Hill Vicinity; Services Today
C. O. Douglas, father of Mrs. Willis Cook, of Kirksville, died Friday morning at 2:15 at his home in Novelty, after a long illness. He was 75 years of age. He was born March 10, 1873.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Locust Hill Church, conducted by Rev. W. J. Wilcoxon, of Kirksville. Burial will be in the Locust Hill cemetery.
Mr. Douglas was the son of Luther and Lizzie (Leach) Douglas, and was born and reared in the Locust Hill community. He was married to Lizzie Howerton and to this union six children were born, three sons and three daughters.
He is survived by his wife, sons, Cuy of Tulsa, Okla., Roy, of Novelty, and John B., of Burlington, Ia., and daughters, Mrs. Willis (Leona) Cook, Kirksville, Mrs. Von (Martha) Unger, Novelty, and Mrs. (Louise) Lindsey, of Leonard, and six grandchildren. He is also survived by two brothers, Ed of Tulsa, Okla., and Charlie, of La Plata.
He was preceded in death by his father and mother, two brothers and two sisters. He was a cousin of Rupe Rinehart of Kirksville.
Pallbearers will be Guy Murray, Emory Hall, Clifton Aucutt, Earl Tucker, Earnie Snow and Athur Deaner.
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CHAS. DOUGLAS, AGED 82, DIES THIS MORNING
Aged Man Was Sexton at Cemeteries In Kirksville.
Charles Douglas, 82 years old, sexton at Kirksville cemeteries for several years, died early this morning at his home at 405 North Main Street.
Death was attributed to heart and kidney ailments.
The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Davis Funeral Home, where the body now is lying in state. Burial will be made in the Highland Park Cemetery.
Mr. Douglas had been a resident of Kirksville for thirty years.
He was born near Cantril, Iowa, March 8, 1856, a son of John and Bell Douglas. He was married to Sarah Ellen Whitaker.
They lived at Knox City, Mo., and on a farm near Adair in this county before coming to Kirksville.
Surviving him are two daughters, Mrs. I. B. Storts, Kirksville, and Mrs. George Hedley, of Columbus, Ohio; two sons, Carl Douglas, of Chicago, and J. O. Douglas, of Macon; several grandchildren, and one half-brother, Tom Allen, of Moberly. His brother, Ed Douglas, died a few weeks ago at Willmathsville. A daughter, Mrs. Alma Nicholas, died 11 years ago, and a son, Pearl, died 21 years ago in California.
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EDGAR DOUGLAS, 79, ADAIR CO. FARMER, DIES
Succumbs at Son’s Home Near Willmathsville.
Eagar Douglas, 79 years old, died at 11 o’clock Saturday morning at the home of his son, C. O. Douglas, near Willmathsville. He had been in failing health for the past year with a throat ailment.
He was a son of John and Isabel Whitacre Douglas and was born at Keosauqua, Iowa, May 4, 1858. His father was killed during the Civil War at Prairie Grove, Ark., Dec. 8, 1862.
He came to Missouri with his mother in 1866 and settled on a farm near Knox City. He was married to Miss Laura West in February, 1879, and moved to Adair County in 1891. He moved to Adair County in 1891. He moved to a farm near Willmathsville, which he owned and lived on until three months ago when he went to the home of his son. His wife died Dec. 5, 1931.
Three children were born to them, one daughter, Dot, dying at the age of 16 years in 1900. He is survived by two sons, C. O. Douglas and Weaver Douglas, both living near Willmathsville. There are two grandchildren, Mrs. Alene Bradley of Keokuk, Iowa, and Ray Douglas of Willmathsville, one brother, Chas. Douglas, 405 North Main street, Kirksville, and a half-brother, Thomas Allen of Moberly.
He joined the Holiness Church at the old Sandhill Church, north of Edina, when a young man.
The funeral will be held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Willmathsville Church conducted by the Rev. J. H. Lane. Burial in the Willmathsville cemetery.
Edgar Douglas, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 02 Jan 1938, p. 1, col. 3
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DOUGLAS—An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Douglas, living north of this city, died last Monday and was buried the next day in the cemetery at this place.
Infant Child Douglas, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 16 Aug 1988, p. 3, col. 4
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L. W. DOUGLAS, AGED 69, DIES AT NIND HOME
In Impaired Health Several Years: Funeral Monday.
Leroy Weston Douglas, 69 years old died about 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon at his home in Nind. He had been in ill health a number of years and suffered a stroke of paralysis Friday.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. L.V. Freeman. Burial will be at the Pratt Cemetery. Five sons and one son-in-law, O.C. Simmons, will be pallbearers.
Mr. Douglas lived most of his life in Adair County and had lived at Nind about 24 years.
Mr. Douglas was born Nov. 13, 1871 near Pure Air. He married Miss Laura E. Smith.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Laura E. Douglas, five sons and four daughters, Mrs. R. O. Yowell and Mrs. Reggie Cooley, both of Kirksville; Mrs. O. C. Simmons, Osgood; Mrs. Earl Barnett, nind; W. L. Douglas, West Branch, Ia.; George Douglas, Brashear; Leonard Douglas, Pure Air, Charles and [illegible] Douglas, Nind; two sisters. Mrs. Mina Novinger, Novinger; and Mrs. Beulah Pinkerton, Santa Barbara, Calif.; two brothers. Albert and C. E. Boen, of near Pure Air; twenty grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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FUNERAL TODAY FOR MRS. LOTTIE F. DOUGLAS, 46
Died Yesterday at Farm Home Near Willmathsville.
Mrs. Lottie Douglas, wife of Weaver Douglas, died at the family home 3 miles southeast of Willmathsville yesterday afternoon at 2:15 o’clock. She had been ill for several years with tuberculosis. She was 46 years of age.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Willmathsville Church, conducted by Rev. J. H. Lane. Burial was made in the Willmathsville cemetery.
Mrs. Douglas was born at Prescott, Ark., July 13, 1892, the daughter of George and Lydia Freyburger Brooks. She came to Missouri with her parents when 12 years old and they settled on a farm near Willmathsville. She spent the remainder of her life in that vicinity. She was married to Weaver Douglas, August 12, 1912. One son was born to this marriage, Roy, who lives at home. Besides her husband and son she leaves one brother, Harvey Brooks of Modesto, Calif., and two sisters, Mrs. Eva Cook of Isleton, Calif., and Mrs. Ruby Rummerfield of Kirksville.
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Mrs. L. Douglas’ Funeral
Services Were Conducted at Rutledge Saturday Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Lucinda Douglas, brief mention of whose death was made in The Democrat last week, were conducted by Rev. Cash Wyble at Rutledge Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock and interment was in the Rutledge Cemetery.
The pall bearers were Earl Cunningham, Jewel Mason, Gilvie Berryman, Tommie Rule, Kenneth Bailey and Ralph Ripperdan. The singers were Jim Bailey, Raymond Fryrear, Mrs. Wm. Phillips and Mrs. Harold Givens. Mrs. Tommie Rule accompanied them.
Mrs. Douglas died suddenly at her home south of Rutledge Thursday morning, March 3, at about 5 o’clock. She was stricken at the home of a sister, Mrs. Emma Burgee of Rutledge and later was removed to the home of her son, Orville Douglas, with whom she lived.
Mrs. Douglas was born April 18, 1869, near Fabius in Knox County, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Boone. She lived most of her life in the Rutledge community. Besides the sister and son previously mentioned, she leaves two daughters, Mrs. Zelda Matlick of Burlington and Mrs. Opal Gardner of near Rutledge; three brothers, Thomas Boone of Rutledge and Jesse and Lafayette Boone, who live in the west, and two sisters, Mrs. Annie Moore of Rutledge and Mrs. Nettie Brown, who lives in Texas. Her husband, William Douglas, died, Jan. 22, 1937.
Lucinda Douglas, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 10 Mar 1949
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MRS. JOSEPHINE DOVER, AGED 56, DIES AT GIBBS
Had Been Ill Several Months; Burial at Green City.
Mrs. Josephine Dover, wife of Howard Dover, died at her home at Gibbs yesterday morning at 6:30, at the age of 56 years. She had been ill for several months with a liver disorder and had been confined to her bed for the past two weeks.
Short funeral services were held at the home yesterday afternoon at 3:30, after which the body was taken to the home of her mother, Mrs. Christena Clark, in Green City, where funeral services were held this afternoon at one o’clock from the Methodist Church. Burial was made in the Green City cemetery.
Mrs. Dover was the daughter of George and Christena Stephens Clark, and was born in Licking County, Ohio, November 21, 1881. She came to Missouri with her parents in 1885, and they settled at Green City where she lived until 1927, when she moved with her family to Adair County. She was married to Howard Dover on January 29, 1902. Five children were born to this marriage, two dying in infancy. She is survived by her husband, her mother, and three sons, Ellis and Dwight Dover, of Kirksville, and Stanley Dover, of Quincy. She leaves five grandchildren. She also leaves four sisters and two brothers. They are: Guy C. Clark and Mrs. S. W. Mayfield, of Green City; Mrs. Albert Foltz, of Hunnewell, Mo.; Mrs. George Athon, of Elmo, Mo.; Mrs. W. T. Nickel, Winigan, and Champ Clark Dover, of Omaha.
Mrs. Dover was a member of the U. B. Church at Brashear.
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Jenny Dowdall Services Were Held Thursday
Miss Jenney Dowdall, daughter of Samuel W. and Anna Dowdall, was born March 15, 1896, at Memphis, Missouri and passed away at the Lake Forest, Hospital, Lake Forest, Illinois, July 24, 1967, at 2 p.m.
Miss Dowdall attended the Memphis Public Schools and graduated from Jacksonville College of Jacksonville, Illinois. After graduation she was employed with the Mass. Life Insurance Company in Chicago, Illinois. She retired from this position six years ago.
Miss Dowdall was an active member of the Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest, Illinois, and an active member of the Eastern Star. She devoted the last 18 years of her life to work with the Rainbow Girls of the State of Illinois. The last six years being on a full time basis, due to her retirement.
Funeral services were held Thursday, July 27, 1967, at Payne’s Chapel, Memphis, Missouri. Miss Dowdall was interned at the Memphis Cemetery, Memphis, Missouri. Pall Bearers were Robert Monroe, Edward Struble, Richard Monroe, Roger Poole, Lee Cook, and Warren Green.
Miss Dowdall was survived by one sister, Mrs. Nannie L. Roberts, of West Orange, New Jersey; one brother, William L. Dowdall, of Memphis, Missouri; three nieces, one nephew, five grand-nephews and three grand-nieces.
Jenney Dowdall, From Unknown Newspaper, 3 Aug 1967
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Died at Home Thursday
Mrs. S. W. Dowdall Succumbs Following Short Illness
Mrs. Sam W. Dowdall died at her home, 302 West Madison Street, last Thursday afternoon about 1:30, October 7, 1948. She had only been ill a day or so.
Funeral services were conducted at the Presbyterian Church in Memphis Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock by the pastor Rev. V. A. Venezia, and interment was in the Brock Cemetery. Pall bearers were Charles D. Miller, Frank Monroe, Fred DeRosear, Hugh Miller, George J. Simon and William T. Ware. The choir of the Presbyterian Church, accompanied by Mrs. W. T. Ware, sang.
Mrs. Mary Frances Dowdall was born December 12, 1866, in Iowa. She was the daughter of Charles W. Huggans and Elizabeth M. Taylor, and was one of seven children, three of whom, two brothers and one sister preceded her in death and two sisters and one brother survive.
In early life she united with the Methodist Church at Brock. She also was an Eastern Star. Since coming to Memphis she united with the Presbyterian Church.
On April 18, 1886, she was married to George T. Sayer. To this union was born one son, Charles Leslie Sayer. Mr. Sayer preceded her in death in November, 1929. On October 25, 1934, she was married to Judge Sam W. Dowdall and made her home in Memphis.
Surviving are her husband, Judge Sam W. Dowdall, a son Charles Leslie Sayer of Medill, Mo.; a brother, Jess Huggans of Denver, Colo.; two sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Hogan of Ontario, Calif., and Mrs. Ora Foster of Memphis; three stepsons and three stepdaughters; two grandchildren, five great-grandchildren.
Mary Frances Sayer Dowdall, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 14 Oct 1948
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MRS. ANNA G. DOWNING DIES AT BRASHEAR
Lived In This Vicinity 65 Years; Funeral Services Today.
Special to The Daily Express.
Brashear, Mo., July 18—Mrs. Anna Gertrude Downing, 88 years old, died at her home in Brashear Saturday afternoon at 4:45 o’clock.
Death was due to infirmities of age.
She was the daughter of Henry and Catherine Datermann Cruse, born in Cincinnati, O., April 11, 1848. Her parents were natives of Germany.
She moved with her parents to Hancock County, Ill., and was married to Benjamin Mason Downing on Oct. 14, 1865. They came to Missouri in 1871, and settled on a farm near Hurdland, later moving to Brashear, where her husband died in 1905.
Mrs. Downing was the mother of eleven children, all of whom she reared to maturity. Four daughters preceded her in death.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. S. E. Hamilton and Mrs. Anna J. Payne, of Brashear, and Mrs. H. E. Forquer, of Kirksville; four sons, Grover and William Downing, of Brashear; Thomas Downing, Hurdland, and Joseph Downing, Gibbs; two half-sisters, Mrs. Frances Muder, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Lizzie Scott, Brashear; a half-brother, August Benstine, Hurdland; a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.
The funeral service will be held Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the United Brethren Church at Brashear, conducted by the Rev. J. H. Lane. Burial will be made in the family lot in the Brashear Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home until time for the funeral.
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GREEN CITY BOY DIES HERE, AGED 18
Bernie Downing, the 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Downing, of Green City, and a nephew of U. G. Downing and W. A. Downing, of this city, died Sunday evening at 8:30 o’clock at the Grim hospital, following an operation for appendicitis, but as peritonitis had already set in, there was no hope for the young man’s life. The body was taken to Green City this morning by G V. Lehr.
Bernie Downing, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 06 Aug 1917, p. 1, col. 2, Monday
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D. A. DOWNING, 77 YEARS OLD, DIED SUNDAY
Funeral Wednesday For Resident of Sullivan County
David Arthur Downing, 77, native of Sullivan County, died en route to the Grim-Smith Hospital Sunday evening at 6:05, following a lingering illness.
Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church in Green City Wednesday morning at 10:30 conducted by Rev. E. V. Campbell, pastor of the church. Interment will be in the Green City Cemetery.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. David Thomas Downing, he was born in Sullivan County, Mo., on Aug. 26, 1871. He was married to Laura A. Croft in 1892. Twelve children were born to this marriage. One daughter died several years ago. His parents have also preceded him in death.
Surviving him are his wife and the following children, Mrs. Isaac (Myrtle) Wiles, of Emmet, Ida., Rev. Charles Downing, of Kirksville, Mrs. George (Lena) Vestal, of Hannibal, Mrs. Isaac (Bessie) Kaldenberg, of Otley, Ia., Rev. Ralph Downing, of Halifax, Minn., Columbus Downing, of Detroit, Mich., Robert Downing, of Green City, Mrs. Wayne (Mary) Sheets, of near Montezuma, Ia., Leland Downing, of Garden City, Mich, Mrs. Wayne (Leola) Radabaugh, of Detroit, Mich. and Mrs. John (Dorothy) Childs, of Nashville, Tenn.; twenty-five grandchildren and two great grandchildren and one brother, U. G. Downing, of Kirksville.
Mr. Downing was a member of the Methodist Church. He lived in Kirksville in the late nineties. He was once a student at the American School of Osteopathy. He has lived on a farm about four miles north of Green City the major part of his life.
The body will lie in state at the Joseph R. Hunt Funeral Home, corner Mulanix and Pierce
streets, until Wednesday morning at nine o’clock when it will be taken to Green City for the funeral rites.
Grandsons of the deceased will be the bearers.
All of the children will be present for the funeral except Mrs. Myrtle Wiles, who is unable to attend on account of illness.
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DEATH OF HENRY H. DOWNING.
One of Our Oldest and Best Citizens Quietly Passes Away.
Mr. Downing was 65 years old at the time of his death, which occurred on Thursday last, Oct. 9, 1884, at 11 o’clock A.M., when his spirit passed quietly and peacefully beyond. He came to Missouri from old Virginia, with his father in 1836, when he was 17 years old, they first living in Marion county, Mo., for a short time, after which they removed to Scotland county, and were among the earliest and oldest settlers in the county, forty-eight years ago, settling on what became one of the best farms in the county, eight miles due west of this city, and about two miles from Middle Fabius. Mr. D. seemed to enjoy the world well, until death called him. He was noted for his great sociability and lively nature, and well known and highly respected by a long list of neighbors and good friends for his sterling integrity. An honest man, a kind and loving father, and in possession of considerable property.
He leaves a wife and five girls, all of which are married and scattered everywhere. There are also three boys left—Hawk, Wm. G., Jr., and John A. Downing, the latter a citizen of Central America—the last two brothers named being married.
Mr. D.’s sickness was protracted. Recovering somewhat he took a trip about three months ago to Montana, Ter., returning home in a few weeks, apparently a little better in health, but lingering death kindly relieved his suffering. He was buried in the family cemetery near by, on Friday afternoon, in the presence of a large crowd of friends. Rev. C. H. Rhodes, pastor of the Baptist church of this city, conducted the funeral sermon with much solemnity.
The family burying grounds now contains two sisters of Mr. D., a son named Mack, and the mother and father of the family. Also Mr. Downing’s father sleeps in the same place in peace.
Henry H. Downing, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 16 Oct 1884, p. 3, col. 2
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Died
The death of Henry Downing was quite a surprise to most of our people. He had been in a delicate state of health for some time past, and had been in the mountains of Montana during the summer. He was taken worse on Saturday 4th, inst., and telegraphed for his children to come to see him. He lingered until Thursday morning the 9th, when he died of strangulation caused by an engorgement of the lungs. He was an old settler of this county, and had raised a large family, who do honors to this and several other localities in the state. He was a very influential citizen, and had a multitude of friends who mourned his loss.
Henry Downing, Memphis, Missouri, The National, 16 Oct 1884, p. 3, col. 2
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DIED
Downing—At Middle Fabius, Scotland county, Mo., Monday, Jan. 7th, at 4 o’clock a.m., after a long illness, Mrs. Permelia O. Downing, wife of Mr. Henry H. Downing aged fifty-two years, two months and sixteen days.
The subject of this notice was born in Pulaski county, Kentucky, Oct. 19th, 1825. At an early age she removed with her parents to this state then almost a wilderness. In her pioneer home she was met and loved by the hardy young Virginian who through the remainder of her life proved such a generous and devoted husband as her trustful confidence and unwavering love so justly merited. In her humble, though noble sphere of wife and mother, no woman ever lived a more useful life or left more to attest the varied and innumerable virtues that go toward making up true womanhood. From the early age of fourteen to the hour of her death she was a devoted follower of the meek and lowly Jesus, and never missed an opportunity to point others to the same blessed source from which she derived so much comfort. This religion which had so long brightened her pathway and made easy the trials and tribulations incident to life, proved in the hour of death a boon precious beyond comparison. Calling her husband and children to her bedside she bade them all good-bye and spoke even joyfully of the reunion that awaited them beyond the tide. She suffered much, but the keenest pangs failed to extort complaint or murmuring against the power that had afflicted her, and as she closed her eyes in death she uttered in such submissive tones as the true christian only could: “Asleep in the arms of Jesus.”
The family circle so long perfect and unbroken has lost one of its strongest links. A void has been created that earth can never fill; yet while the black waves of grief surge so heavily torn and bleeding hearts, there come through the cloud-drifts golden rays of promise which foretell with certainty that the storm will not last always. Just over the rolling tide there awaits a happy reunion, when beneath the beneficent smile of the Savior King sighing and sorrowing will flee away, husband and wife now dissevered will strike hands, mother and children now torn apart will be clasped to each other’s breasts and dwell together through a blissful eternity. —LaGrange Democrat.
Permelia O. Downing, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 17 Jan 1878, p. 3, col. 4
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GRANT DOWNING, 81 YEARS OLD, SUCCUMBS HERE
Was Former City and County Official Here; Funeral Sunday
Ulysses Grant Downing, 81, native of Sullivan County and long-time resident of Kirksville, died at his home at 816 N. Florence this morning at four o’clock.
Funeral services will be held at the Kirksville Methodist Church Sunday afternoon at two o’clock, conducted by Rev. Fred P. Hanes, pastor of the church. Interment will be in Highland Park cemetery.
Mr. Downing, the son of David A. and Jane (Croper) Downing was born in Green City March 4, 1869. On April 8, 1893 he was married to Edna Baker. Eight children were born to this marriage, one daughter and two sons having preceded him in death.
After their marriage they lived at Green City for several years. Later they came to Kirksville and Mr. Downing was elected city collector. In 1910 he was elected county collector and served four years. Later he was elected city councilman. He operated a service station on South Baltimore for several years and in addition to that owned a trailer camp adjoining the service station.
Mr. Downing had been a member of the Methodist Church the most of his life.
He is survived by his wife; four daughters, Mrs. W. C. Schley, of Harlingen, Tex., Mrs. Albert Brunworth, of Pasadena, Calif., Mrs. Thelma Wheelwright, of Arcadia, Calif., and Mrs. Clemmie Darr, of Kirksville; one son, Basil Downing, of Los Angeles, Calif., six grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
The body will lie in state at the Davis Funeral Home, 202 E. Washington.
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EARL DOWNING, ILL 3 MONTHS, DIES TODAY
World War Vet and Mechanic, 44, Was at Excelsior Springs.
Earl Downing, 44-year-old World War veteran and mechanic at the Downing Service Station at 1615 South Baltimore Street, died this morning at 3 o’clock in the Veterans’ Hospital at Excelsior Springs, Mo.
He had been ill since last November with nephritis and was taken to Excelsior Springs Feb. 23. The body is being brought here for burial but the funeral arrangements had not been completed today. His body is to lie in state at the Davis Funeral Home.
Mr. Downing, whose full name was William Earl, was born at Green City, Mo., March 21, 1896, a son of W. G. and Edna Baker Downing. The family moved to Kirksville when he was three years old and he had lived here since. He attended the Kirksville public schools and was graduated from the High School in 1917.
Soon after graduation he entered a mechanics detachment of the U. S. Army and two weeks after induction was ordered to France. He was overseas a year, serving in the Army of Occupation in Germany after the armistice.
After returning home he was married in 1918 to Miss Allie E. Briddle and two children were born to them, Howard and Karine. His son entered the Army Air Corps last June and now is stationed at Randolph Field, Texas.
Surviving him are his wife, son, daughter, parents, Mr. and Mrs. U. G. Downing here, one brother, Basil Downing, Los Angeles, Calif., and four sisters, Mrs. A. C. Brunworth, Pasadena, Calif.; Mrs. W. C. Schley, Harlingen, Tex.; Mrs. J. B. Evans, Houston, Tex., and Mrs. Ada Darr, Kirksville. A brother died on the same day Mr. Downing landed in Europe in 1917 and a sister, Mary, died at the age of 18.
Mr. Downing was a member of the Christian Church and World War veterans organizations.
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MRS. D. M. DRAKE, 82, DEAD
Came to Scotland County in Covered Wagon in 1865
Funeral services for Mrs. D. M. Drake, who died at her home in Memphis Monday, August 24, were conducted at the Memphis Presbyterian church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock by the pastor, Rev. W. G. Bensberg.
A quartette composed of Mrs. W. T. Barker, Mrs. H. L. Greeno, Rep. J. C. Woodsmall and Glen Fugate, accompanied by Miss Josephine Craig, sang three numbers. Interment was in the Prairie View cemetery.
Anna May Rosenberger was a daughter of Bartholomew and Margarett Amelia Rosenberger. She was born in Belington, West Virginia, Barbour county, May 18, 1860, and moved with her parents to Scotland county, Missouri, April 15, 1865. She was one of the old pioneers who came by covered wagon, boat and train.
Her mother died when she was twelve years old. She helped to mother her younger brothers and sisters.
She united with the Cumberland Presbyterian church at North Bethel and at the time of her death was a member of the Memphis Presbyterian church. She has always been a true and faithful worshiper and worker in the church.
On March 30, 1892, she was united in marriage to Daniel Milton Drake, who preceded her in death in 1923. She moved to Memphis in 1914 where she lived until her death.
She was the last of twelve children and leaves two sisters-in-law and a number of nephews and nieces.
Of Mrs. Drake, the words of the Master may be truly said: “She hath done what she could.”
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Drake Child
-A three-year-old child of Mrs. Drake, a colored woman of this city, died last Friday and was buried the next day.
Child Drake, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 16 Apr 1896, p. 3, col. 2
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Services Held Sunday For Mrs. Drake
Mrs. Elizabeth Drake, 85, died Nov. 9, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cora Lawson, at South Gate, Calif., following a short illness.
Elizabeth Drake was born June 1, 1869, the daughter of Alvadus and Angeline Reynolds and died November 9, 1954.
She married Isaac T. Drake December 22, 1889, and to this union two daughters were born.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Cora Lawson of South Gate, Calif.; and Mrs. Carrie Stewart of Davenport, Ia.; one grandson, Charles E. Lawson; two great granddaughters, Darla Kay and Cora Jean Lawson. Mrs. Drake is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Smith of Lawton, Okla.; and Mrs. Hannah Stonehocker of Garden City, Kan.; and several nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, two brothers, two sisters and one grandson.
She was a member of the Baptist church.
Funeral services were held at the Richland Baptist church Sunday, Nov. 14, at 2 p.m., with Rev. F. W. Varner in charge.
Bodybearers were: Hubert Mustoe, Clark Mustoe, Will Morton, Clarence Green, James Hall and Will Folkestad.
Mrs. Crawford McWilliam and Mrs. Lee Billups accompanied by Mrs. Ross Tucker, furnished the music.
Mrs. Cora Lawson and Chas. E. Lawson of California and Mrs. Carrie Stewart of Davenport, Ia., who were here for the services, left for Davenport, Ia., after the services.
Elizabeth Drake, MD, 18 Nov 1954, p. 1, col. 3
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Death of Miss Eulah Drake.
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Drake sympathize deeply with them in the great sorrow that has come to their home in the loss of their daughter, Eulah.
Eulah Drake was born March 10, 1890, died March 23, 1909. She was a sweet spirited, Christian girl, and she will be greatly missed in her home and community. For several years she has been in poor health, and her last illness was ten weeks in duration, during which she suffered a great deal. Yet she was patient in her suffering and, realizing that the end was drawing near, was perfectly resigned to her lot. She had no fears of death, and fell asleep in Jesus, Tuesday morning about 7 o’clock.
The funeral service was conducted at Bethel Church, ten miles north of Memphis, on Wednesday afternoon, March 24.
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Francis Drake died in this city on Wednesday evening, January 4th. The deceased had been sick with rheumatism for several weeks. Mr. Drake was one of the best men of the county, universally honored and esteemed. He was widely known and leaves a large family connection. The deceased was buried at the Billups cemetery, the Masons having charge of the funeral ceremonies.
Francis Drake, Memphis, Missouri, The Farmers Union, 12 Jan 1895
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Funeral Services For H. T. Drake Saturday
Funeral services were held Saturday morning, January 31, at 10:30 at the Payne Chapel for Harvey T. Drake, well known Scotland county resident. Services were conducted by Rev. Edward Beall. Body bearers were A. L. Luther, A. O. Hendrickson, Leo Drake, Verne L. Leach, Hugh Miller and Clayton Burgess.
Burial was in the Memphis cemetery.
Mr. Drake died at his home in Memphis Thursday afternoon, January 29th after an illness of two years.
He was born October 21, 1868, the son of James C. and Rebekah Leach Drake, and lived his entire life in Scotland county.
April 3, 1895, he was married to Margaret McWilliam, and four children were born to them, Mrs. J. C. Cone of Porterville, California, who died March 31, 1952; James C. Drake of Columbia, Mrs. Neva Poole of Memphis and Harvey E. Drake of Charleston, Mo.
The family moved to Memphis in 1910 and he became Assessor of Scotland county in 1912 and served in that office until 1920. After their children received their education they moved back to the farm in 1922 and remained until he retired in 1943, moving back to Memphis to make their home.
He is survived by his wife, three children and Miss Dorothy Witt, a friend of the family, who had made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Drake for many years.
Mr. Drake was a member of the three Masonic bodies in Memphis and was quite active as long as his health permitted.
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J. C DRAKE DIED AT HIS HOME AUG. 30
J. C. Drake died at his home, corner Jefferson and Lincoln streets, Friday morning, Aug. 30, 1918, after an illness of one week. He was born April 27, 1833, in Hardin County, Kentucky, and moved to Iowa in 1854, thence to Scotland County, Mo., in 1855–living here until his death.
On Dec. 20, 1860, he was married to Rebecca Leach. To this union was born five children: Charles C., Bloomfield, Iowa; Alfred H., of Kirksville, Mo.; Viney M. and Harvey T., of Memphis, and Della A. of Denver, Colo.
Mr. Drake united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in early youth, and was known as living a consistent christian life all through the years that followed. He was a devoted member of the Memphis Presbyterian Church the last years of his life, and though defective hearing prevented his enjoying all the services of his church, yet he was so regular in attendance for one of his years, as to be an example to those younger and able to hear perfectly. His life illustrated the meaning of Matthew 7:20, “By their fruits (or works) ye shall know them.”
He was of a family of six brothers and seven sisters. Of these, with his wife and children, there survive him; John T., of Downing; Daniel Miller of Memphis; Minor P., of Trenton, Mo.; Tena M., of Humansville, Mo., and Judy E. of Kansas City.
The funeral services were conducted in the First Presbyterian church by the pastor, Dr. F. M. Hawley, Monday afternoon, Sept. 2, and at the grave, in the city cemetery, by the Masonic order.
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Jesse Drake was born in New York February 7, 1820, the son of Jonathan and Lydia (Morse) Drake. He later moved with his wife Louisa (Gallington) Drake to Ohio and Wisconsin, before settling in Scotland County in 1881. The couple had six children, a daughter who died at age eight, three other daughters (Nettie, Emily Louisa, and Jennie), and two sons (William and Jonathan). After moving to Scotland County, they lived with their daughter Emily and her husband Austin Eggleston on a farm near Brock. He died May 20, 1891 in Scotland County, Missouri, and is buried at Brock.
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LaVanchie Drake Services Were Held Here
LaVanchie M. Drake was born September 21, 1893, in Scotland County, Missouri and passed away at the Scotland County Hospital March 6, 1971, at the age of 77 years 5 months and 15 days. She was the daughter of Bert Eggleston and Eva Boyer. She was married to Cliff L. Drake on November 25, 1914 at her parents home near Cantril, Iowa.
She was survived by her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Evelyn D. Arehart and Mrs. Marilee Gilman both of Manhattan, Kansas. Seven grandchildren and one great grandchild, a sister, Mrs. Ferol Welburn of Cantril, Iowa and a brother Harley P. Eggleston, Chicago, Ill. Several nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, and a grandchild.
The first half of her married life was spent on a farm northeast of Memphis in Scotland County.
She was an active member of the Mt. Olive Methodist Church in that community. She later transferred her membership to the Memphis Methodist Church upon moving to Memphis in the year of 1944.
She was a devoted and active member of the Methodist Church, the Rebecca Lodge, and the Mer…
LaVanchie M. Drake, Memphis, Missouri, The Gorin Argus, 18 Mar 1971
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Memphis, Mo., Aug. 29 –Funeral services for the late Mrs. Jesse Drake, aged citizen of Memphis, who died Sunday, August 26, were conducted from the Methodist Episcopal church Tuesday by the Rev. E. C. Morgan.
Mrs. Drake was 98 years old, having been born January 2, 1825, in Ithaca, N.Y. She is survived by her children, sixteen grandchildren, twenty-three great grand children [sic] and seven great great grandchildren. Had she lived something over four months longer she would have been 99 years old.
Six of the great-grandchildren acted as pallbearers at the funeral Tuesday.
Mrs. Drake, whose maiden name was Louisa Gallinger, was born in Ithaca, N. Y. January 2, 1825, and was married to Jesse Drake, of Ohio, in 1844. Together they came to Missouri in 1881. They came directly to Scotland county settling near Brock, eight miles north of Memphis.
To Mr. and Mrs. Drake the following children were born. They are: Mrs. Emily Eggleston, Memphis, Mo., Mrs. Jennie Alger, Oskosh, Wis., Mrs. Nettie North, Canby, Minn., William Drake, Wisconsin, and John Drake, Walla Walla, Wash.
Mrs. Drake has for many years been an invalid requiring the close attention of her daughter, Mrs. Emily Eggleston, with whom she has lived since the death of her husband.
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Died at her home in this city, Thursday, August 18, 1898, at 1 o’clock a.m. Mary R. Drake, aged 63 years, 3 months and 16 days. The chief cause of her death was paralysis, following a complication of disease.
She was a daughter of John W. Barnett, who, with three brothers and three sisters, survives her. Deceased was born in Howard county, Missouri, May 2, 1835 and was married to Francis Drake, December 22, 1853, who preceded her to the better world by more than five years. The most of her married life was spent in the country, nine miles north of this place, but for more than eleven years she resided here. In both places she was known and loved for her amiable traits and christian spirit. While she raised no children of her own, other children found comfortable homes under her hospitable roof.
She has been a consistent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for almost half a century. She and her husband were prospered in temporal things, as well as spiritual, nor did they neglect to honor God and His cause with that over which He had made them stewards. Her last hours were those of slumber, and those who knew her believe that she now sleeps in Jesus.
“A sleep in Jesus, blessed sleep,
From which none ever wake to weep;
A calm and undisturbed repose.
Unbroken by the last of foes.”
The funeral services were held at Bethel church, of which congregation she was many years a member, conducted by her pastor, Rev. J. K. Craven. She was then laid to rest by the side of her husband, in the spot awaiting her. Craven.
Mary R. Drake, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 25 Aug 1898
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MRS. MILDRED JANE DRAKE, 79, BURIED TODAY
Aged Kirksville Resident Died Yesterday of Pneumonia.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mildred Jane Drake, 79 years old, who died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Carrie Rogers, 1004 North Oakland street, were held at 2 o’clock this afternoon at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. J. W. Thompson, pastor of the Methodist Church. Burial was in the Ownbey Cemetery. Death was due to pneumonia.
Mrs. Drake was born in Missouri and spent most of her life in Kirksville. She was married to Edward Stewart who died about 15 years ago. She afterwards married Sheman Drake, who died a few years ago.
She is survived by the following children: William, Albert, Homer, and Thomas Stewart of Kirksville, Jess Stewart of Rasco, Mrs. Ethel Side, Mrs. Bertha Edens and Mrs. Carrie Rogers of Kirksville. One sister, Sis Payton of Novinger also survives.
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Mrs. Walter Drake, nee Hanks, died at her home near Hitt, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1901, after a short illness, aged 38 years.
Deceased was born and raised in this county and was a daughter of the late John C. Hanks. An infant child preceded her to the spirit land only a day or two before the mother’s death and now they are reunited in a realm where sorrows are unknown. She leaves a husband, one son, two daughters, a mother, five brothers and two sisters to mourn her premature death. The funeral was held yesterday, Rev. J. Shaw, of this city, officiating, after which the body was tenderly laid to rest in the cemetery.
Mrs. Walter Drake, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 21 Nov 1901, p. 2, col. 5
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MRS. OLEVIA DRAKE DEAD
Made Her Home With Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Leach for Years
Mrs. Olevia E. Drake, who had made her home the past few years with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Leach, northwest of Memphis, died at their home last Thursday night, September 1, at the age of 87 years.
Funeral services were conducted at the Richland Baptist church by Rev. J. S. Laws Saturday afternoon at 2:30 and interment was in the cemetery there.
Pall bearers were Don Riney, Roscoe Riney, Warren Riney, Fred Riney, Lloyd Riney and Ernest Riney.
Olevia E. Drake was a daughter of Cletus and Amanda Riney. She was born in Scotland county, Missouri, Dec. 10, 1861.
On June 22, 1883, she was married to Henry Vaught. To this union, three children were born, Mrs. Arthur Leach of Memphis, Mrs. O. E. Poe of Ft. Morgan, Colo., and Vance Vaught of Memphis. Her husband preceded her in death, Dec. 23, 1892.
On Feb. 17, 1910, she was married to Walter Drake, who passed away Sept. 16, 1939.
Besides her children, Mrs. Drake leaves one brother, T. J. Riney of Memphis; eleven grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Drake joined the Richland Baptist church in her early girlhood and continued a faithful member until her death.
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Robert Drake Passed Away In Iowa City
Robert Ira Drake, the son of James Lewis and Hazel Sleeth Drake, was born November 30, 1922, and departed this life September 2, 1972, at the Veterans Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa.
He served in World War II for 3 years and was a member of the Wallace W. Gillespie Memorial Post 4958, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Memphis, Missouri.
He was engaged in general farming and trucking as long as his health permitted.
He was preceded in death by his mother in December 1960.
He is survived by his father, Lewis Drake, Downing, Missouri; his sister, Loubella and brother-in-law, Lowell D. Davis, of Granger; one nephew, Lyle E. Davis, and wife, Wanda; three nieces, Bonnie, Lisa, and Reta Davis, of Granger; and one great-nephew, James Eugene Davis.
Funeral services were conducted by D. W. Payne & Sons, Tuesday, September 5, 1972, at 2:00 p.m., from their Downing Chapel with the Rev. Kenneth Campbell officiating. Body bearers were all veterans and Military Graveside Services were conducted by the Wallace W. Gilespie [sic] Memorial Post 4958, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Interment was in the Downing Cemetery.
Robert Ira Drake, From Unknown Newspaper, 5 Oct 1972
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FOUND DEAD AT DOWNING
Wesley M. Drake Was Born in Scotland County in 1863
(By Our Downing Reporter)
Mrs. Gladys Middleton went to the home of her father, W. M. Drake, Friday evening around 6 o’clock, found the doors fastended [sic] and received no answer when she called to him. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Westoff came and helped her get inside the house where they found Mr. Drake in his night clothes on the floor dead.
It isn’t known just when he passed away. Charley Phillips, a neighbor, hadn’t seen Mr. Drake since Thursday evening.
He had been living alone since the death of his wife.
Wesley Milton Drake was born in Scotland county, Missouri, on June 23, 1863. He was married to Florence May Crook, February 21, 1886, who died June 12, 1947. They had five children; Ethel, who preceded him in death; Mrs. Delia A. Moore of Downing, E. Guy Drake of Chicago, Wallace L. Drake of Seattle, and Mrs. Gladys Middleton of Downing.
He is also survived by 13 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
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Mr. and Mrs. Sam Draper and son of San Bernardino, Calif., were called here because of the illness of his father, Bert Draper.
Bert Draper, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 17 Sep 1953, p. 7, col. 3, Thursday, Sabbath Home Column
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78-YEAR-OLD KIRKSVILLE MAN DIES TODAY
Bertran Draper Succumbs After Two-Week Illness
Bertran Draper, 78, of 1207 E. Pierce, died in a Kirksville hospital this morning at 2:35 following a two weeks illness.
Funeral services will be held at the Bullion Methodist church Sunday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by the Rev. Martin Cross of Bevier, his former pastor. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Draper was the son of Samuel Copeland and Mary (Parsons) Draper and was born 4 ½ miles east of Kirksville Jan. 19, 1875. He was married to Carrie Belle Newman on March 15, 1899. Six children were born, two of whom died in infancy. His wife died June 8, 1943, and three brothers and two sisters also preceded him in death.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Earl (Wilma) Veach, of Kirksville, and Mrs. Merlyn (Ruby Jean) Gardner, of Brashear; two sons, Samuel C. Draper, of San Bernardino, Calif., and Forrest of Brashear; 11 grandchildren, six great grandchildren and one sister, Mayme Draper, with who he lived.
He was a member of the Bullion Methodist church.
The body will remain at the Easley Funeral Home in Brashear until the funeral hour.
Bearers will be Abner Bragg, Lonnie Newman, Lewis Draper, Kenneth Propst, Glen Green and James Young.
Bertran Draper, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 18 Sep 1953, p. 2, col. 2, Friday
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A. E. DRENNAN, 71, PROMINENT FARMER, DIES
Had Been Ill Past Two Weeks; Funeral This Afternoon.
Alfred E. Drennan, 71-year-old farmer of southeast of Kirksville, died yesterday morning at a hospital here following an illness of two weeks.
Mr. Drennan was born in Adair County, May 15, 1866, the son of Newton L. and Phoebe Corbin Drennan. He lived the early part of his life at Millard and for the last 35 years resided on a farm southwest of Kirksville.
He was married to Miss Addie May Holloway, in 1891. To this union two sons, Orrin L. and Ollin A. Drennan, were born. Mr. Drennan was preceded in death by his wife who died August 22, 1924.
Mr. Drennan is survived by one brother, W. L. Drennan, of near Kirksville, two sons and six grandchildren.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Davis Funeral Home and burial was in the Cater Memorial Cemetery. The Rev. B. N. Covert, of the Presbyterian Church, conducted the ceremony.
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JACK DRENNAN FUNERAL WILL BE IN IOWA
Former Kirksville Man Will Be Buried in Cemetery Here
Jack L. Drennan, 30, former well known Kirksville resident, died at his home in Williamsburg, Iowa, Wednesday evening of aplastic anemia, a very rare blood disease with which he has been afflicted to past nine months. He has lived on blood transfusions since last September. His health had improved in the last five weeks and he was able to be up some until Wednesday when a blood vessel in the brain ruptured.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at the Congregational Church in Williamsburg at ten o’clock. The body will be brought to Kirksville for interment in Maple Hills cemetery and is expected to arrive here at about four o’clock.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Ollin Drennan, he was born in Adair county on Dec. 15, 1920. He attended the rural schools and graduated from the Senior High School and later from the Kirksville State Teachers College. Following his graduation from the Teachers College he took officers’ training at Notre Dame University and was a lieutenant (junior grade) serving on a destroyer in both the Atlantic and Pacific in World War II. He specialized in music in his school work and for the past four years he was music supervisor in the Williamsburg High School. He was attending Northwestern University working on his Master’s Degree when he became ill.
He was married to Miss Shirley Yoder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Yoder, of Williamsburg in June, 1949. A daughter, Christine, was born to them.
Surviving are his wife and daughter; his parents, two brothers, Eldon, of Hannibal, and Ollin J., and two sisters, Mrs. Lois Cloyd, of Newark, and Irene, of the home.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and American Legion. He was a member of the First Christian Church in Kirksville and was active in church and civic organizations. He had directed the choir of the First Christian Church here.
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W. L. DRENNAN, 80-YEAR-OLD FARMER, DIES
Funeral For Life-Long Adair County Resident Tuesday.
W. L. Drennan, 80-year-old, well known farmer who had lived in Adair County his entire life, died Sunday morning at 3:30 o’clock at a local hospital. He had been in failing health for the last three years.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Davis Funeral Home and burial will be in the Cater Memorial Cemetery. The Rev. Pyron McMillen of the Presbyterian church here, will conduct the funeral.
Pallbearers will be M. M. Biggs, Arthur Morgenstern, George Johnson, Henry C. Lowe, Fred J. Dabney, Jacob Diehl, Stanley Frkovich and Ora Heyd.
Mr. Drennan was born in Adair County, near Millard on March 8, 1862, the son of Newton L. and Phoebe Corbin Drennan. He lived the early part of his life near Millard and had lived on the farm where he resided, southeast of Kirksville, for over fifty years.
He was married to Miss Huldah M. Barker, September 9, 1908. To this union one son, William Keith, was born. Mr. Drennan is survived by his wife, his son, two granddaughters, three nephews, one niece and several great nephews and nieces.
Mr. Drennan was the surviving member of a family of three sons, being preceded in death by two brothers, Thomas L. Drennan and Alfred E. Drennan.
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ED. F. DRISCOLL IS DEAD
Had Been in Hannibal Hospital for Several Weeks
Edward F. Driscoll, head of the Driscoll Beverage Company and well known citizen of Memphis, died at the St. Elizabeth Hospital at Hannibal, Mo., last night, Feb. 7th, at 9:15 o’clock.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Christian church Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. W. M. Feay, the pastor.
Miss Faye Chappell and Mrs. Elza Burns will sing, accompanied by Miss Donna Chappell.
Mr. Driscoll had been in the hospital several weeks. The body was brought to Memphis today by Albert C. Gerth and funeral services will be here.
Mr. Driscoll was about 72 years of age and had been a resident of Memphis practically all his life. In the ’90s he and his brother owned the Klondyke saloon in Memphis, and later he was in the butcher and restaurant business at different times.
Mr. Driscoll was born in Scotland county on Nov. 9, 1867. He was married to Miss Ida Snyder.
His wife died several years ago. They had no children.
His parents were Mr. and Mrs. William Driscoll.
He had three brothers and two sisters who preceded him in death.
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Services Were Monday For James E. Drowey [sic]
A well known Knox County farmer, James Edward Dromey, 73, of North of Baring died at 5:45 Friday afternoon in the St[.] Mary Hospital in Quincy, Ill[.] Mr. Dromey had been ill only a short time and hospitalized only a few days[.]
The son of James and Kathryn Tooey Dromey, he was born near Baring on May 25, 1899[.] On June 19, 1939 in Edina he married Beatrice Kriegshauser who survives[.] Also surviving are one son, Earl Dromey of Baring; one granddaughter; one sister, Ethel Reardon of Baring; 1 brother, Harold Dromey of Baring and several nieces and nephews[.]
He was preceded in death by one sister[.]
Mr[.] Dromey was a lifelong resident of north of Baring where he was engaged in farming until his retirement[.]
Funeral services were Monday morning at 10 o’clock in the St[.] Aloysius in Baring with Rev[.] Thomas Dolan, pastor of the church, officiating[.] Burial was in the St[.] Alosius [sic] cemetery[.]
James Edward Dromey, Memphis, Missouri, The Gorin Argus, 15 Jun 1972
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PEARL R. DRUM DIES AT HOME IN LAPLATA
Former Adair County Farmer; Funeral Friday
Pearl R. Drum, former Adair county farmer, died at his home at La Plata yesterday afternoon.
Funeral services will be held at the Community Presbyterian Church Friday at 2:00 p. m. conducted by the Rev. Fred L. Hudson, with graveside services conducted by the Masonic Lodge. Interment will be in the La Plata cemetery.
He was the son of John and Susan Karshner Drum and was born at Independence, Kan. When he was a small boy the family moved to a farm in Adair county. He was married to Cora Huston of La Plata. To this union one daughter was born. He is survived by his wife, the daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Saffell, of La Plata, and one granddaughter, Sharon Kay Saffell.
He lived on a farm in Adair county until seven years ago when he moved to La Plata. He was a member of the Community Presbyterian Church, Masonic Lodge and O. E. S.
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MRS. SUSAN DRUM, 78, DIES AT LA PLATA
In Declining Health Three Years; Funeral Thursday.
Mrs. Susan Karshner Drum, 78 years old, died today at the home of her son, Pearl, near LaPlata.
He health had been failing for the past three years but she did not become seriously ill until Sunday morning.
Funeral services will be held at the Community Presbyterian Church in LaPlata, Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. Fred L. Hudson.
Mrs. Drum was born at Adelphi, Pickaway County, O., daughter of Rufus and Delilah Karshner, on Nov. 10, 1859. She was married to John Drum August 31, 1882. They moved to Independence, Kan., where their only child, Pearl, was born. After living in Kansas for ten years they moved to Missouri where they lived northeast of LaPlata, where she resided until her death, with the exception of the last few months, which she had spent with her son on the old home place.
She was a lifelong member of the Community Presbyterian Church at LaPlata.
She is survived by one son, one granddaughter, Mrs. Dorothy Saffell, both of LaPlata, and the following sisters and one brother: Mrs. Marcus Lutz, Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. O. B. Lutz, Whisler, Ohio; Mrs. Daisy Strous, Laureville, Ohio; Mrs. Laura Bockert, Kingston, Ohio; Bishop Karshner, Laureville, Ohio, and a number of other relatives.
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Arlyn Drummond Services To Be At Lancaster
Word has been received that Arlyn Drummond had passed away Monday at Moline, Ill.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Lancaster, Mo., Wednesday at 2:00 p.m.
He was a son-in-law of Mrs. Grace Brookhart of Arbela and a former resident of Scotland county.
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Dave Drummond Rites Held at Lamoni, Ia.
Funeral services and burial were held at Lamoni, Ia., Tuesday for Dave Drummond, 64, who formerly lived in the Sidney vicinity. Death occurred Saturday night at his home. He was stricken with a heart attack, according to word received by relatives.
He was born near Sidney.
He is survived by his wife, the former Erma Frost, of Stahl; his children, Clacy and Lilborn, of California; Mary, of Mountain Grove, Mo.; Wayne and Dwayne, of Lamoni, and seven grandchildren. There are three surviving brothers, George, of Green Castle; Noah, of Rock Falls, ill.; and John of Melba, Idaho, one sister, Mrs. Dessie Blacksmith, of Queen City.
The family moved to Iowa in 1915 to make their home.
The following from this vicinity attended the funeral: Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Elyard, and Glenita Ann, and Reta White, of Green City; Mr. and Mrs. George Drummond, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Phipps, Mrs. Delma Drummond and Jeannie, of Green Castle; Mr. and Mrs. Dick Drummond, of Worthington; Mrs. Audrey Conner, Mrs. Joe March, Mrs. George Gatlin, Mrs. Ronald Barnhart and Ronnie, Miss Lilly Wellbaum and Miss Leota Mae Ledford, of Greentop.
Dave Drummond, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 1 May 1952, p. 4, col. 3
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Died at Keokuk
Mrs. Floyd W. Drummond of Ft. Madison died at the Graham hospital in Keokuk Tuesday, Oct. 7, at the age of 42 years. She leaves the husband and three children.
The body was brought to the Gerth & Baskett funeral home[.] Funeral services will be at the Lawn Ridge church Friday at 2:30 p.m. Edith Pearl Martin was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Martin before her marriage.
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Harold Drummond Services Held In Memphis
Harold Richard Drummond, son of Harry and Emma Adams Drummond, was born April 22, 1915 in Scotland County, Missouri and departed this life February 12, 1972[.]
August 31, 1946 he was united in marriage with Mary Hyde who survives.
He served with the United States Army during World War II, receiving an honorable discharge March 12, 1946.
As a young man he professed his faith in Christ and united with the Prairieview Methodist Church, near Memphis, Missouri. He was a driver for the Cooper Transport Company of Kansas City, Missouri and Denver, Col. For twelve years. He and his family had lived at their present home since April of 1968.
Survivors include his wife Mary, a daughter Robin of the home, his mother, Mrs. Emma Drummond, Memphis, Missouri, two brothers; Dale, Whittier, Calif. and Byron, Memphis, Mo., two sisters; Miss Flossie Drummond, Kirksville, Mo. and Mrs. Mable Northcutt, Santa Ana, Calif. and a number of Nephews and Nieces[.] He was preceded in death by his father, one sister and one brother.
Services were from Gerth & Baskett chapel, Memphis, Mo. Tuesday, February 15, 1:30 p.m.
Rev. Howard Merchant was the clergyman. Paul Bearers were the V.F.W. Post 4958. Final resting place is Memphis Cemetery.
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DEATH FOLLOWS CRASH
HARRY DRUMMOND FATALLY INJURED AT BROCK SATURDAY NIGHT
Harry M. Drummond, well known farmer living northeast of Memphis, was killed and two of his sons, Ora and Byron, were seriously injured in an automobile crash on highway No. 15 eight miles north of Memphis at the Brock corner, Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Drummond and son, Byron, and another son, Ora Drummond and wife were coming to Memphis about 7 o’clock and collided with a truck driven by Eugene Teter on the curve on the highway just west of the Brock church.
From the appearance of the two machines, the Drummond car and the truck locked bumpers and the body of the car struck the bed of the truck near the cab.
Frank Summers, who lives at the Brock corner, was the first person to reach the scene and it is said, when he got there, Drummond was slumped over the wheel of his car in a serious condition. In a few minutes, cars enroute to Memphis Saturday night stopped and assisted with the other injured members of the family.
Brought to Memphis
Bernhart Harvey, who operates the filling station near the Brock corner, brought Mrs. Ora Drummond and Byron Drummond to Memphis where they were treated for their injuries. Mrs. Drummond was taken to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Strong, near Brock and Byron was taken on to a Kirksville hospital.
The Gerth & Baskett ambulance was called and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Drummond were brought to Memphis and taken on to Kirksville, where Harry Drummond died at 1:10 Sunday morning.
The D. W. Payne & Sons ambulance took Ora and Byron Drummond to Kirksville.
The body of Harry Drummond was brought back to Memphis early Sunday morning.
Ora Drummond remained unconscious at the hospital for 48 hours. Byron suffered a broken jaw and other injuries which were dressed here. Mrs. Harry Drummond underwent X-ray examination Monday morning for possible injuries.
The Drummond car, a V-8 Ford, was practically demolished and the Teter truck was badly damaged.
A. C. Gerth went to Kirksville Monday afternoon and brought Mrs. Harry Drummond and her son, Byron, home from the hospital. Mrs. Drummond suffered severe cuts and bruises, two fractured ribs and a lacerated knee.
Byron had several teeth knocked out and a small piece of his lower jaw bone was broken out.
Word from the hospital yesterday afternoon indicated that Ora Drummond was some better and his chances of recovery were good.
Funeral Yesterday
Funeral services for Harry M. Drummond were held at the Prairie View church near Azen yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock and were largely attended.
A ladies’ quartette, composed of Mrs. Stella Parrish, Mrs. Viola Daggs, Mrs. Madeline Miller and Mrs. Madge Biggs, accompanied by Mrs. Madeline McClellan, sang.
The pall bearers were Hubert Still, Carl Drummond, Floyd Drummond, Walter Dunn, Paul Drummond and Willis Drummond.
Services were conducted by Rev. A. L. Huff assisted by Rev. David Long and Rev. A. M. Hadley. Interment was in the Prairie view cemetery.
Mr. Drummond was born in Scotland county on February 13, 1886.
He was married to Miss Emma Adams on Feb. 13, 1910-his 24th birthday, who survives. They had 7 children, 6 of whom survive: Mrs. Mable Phillips, Harold, Ora, Flossie, Dale and Byron Drummond. He also leaves four brothers and two sisters, Arthur Drummond of Memphis, Dover Drummond of Keokuk, Allen Drummond of Mt. Sterling, Cecil Drummond of Detroit, Mrs. Myrtle Still of Fairfield, Iowa, and Mrs. Avery Hoover of San Francisco, Calif., all of whom were in attendance at the funeral.
At the time of his death, Mr. Drummond was a member of the Prairie View Methodist church, was the church treasurer, and was also Sunday School superintendent and member of the Elm Grove school board.
Mr. Drummond had been a resident of Scotland county all his life.
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Walter Drummond, retired carpenter and resident of Memphis for 47 years, died at 8:45 p.m. Monday at his home here. He was 81.
Born Oct. 21, 1869, near Azen, Mr. Drummond was the son of James and Louise Nutter Drummond. He attended the Jordan county school, and lived in Scotland County all his life. In Memphis in 1903 he married Miss Alta Thompson, who survives.
Also surviving are: two sons, Hollis, Tacoma, Wash., and Melvin, Memphis: a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Ritter, Amhurst, Colo.; five grandchildren, Carolyn and Jan Drummond, James Ritter, and Mary Marcia and Michael Drummond; a brother, Leslie, Memphis, and a sister, Mrs. H. A. Kerr, of near Memphis.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. yesterday from the Gerth & Baskett Chapel, Rev. J. Purd Hays officiating. Mrs. Marvin Frogge provided the music. Burial was in the Milton, Ia., Cemetery.
Walter Drummond, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 13 Sep 1951
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Drummond Funeral Held Saturday
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at Lawn Ridge church for William Floyd Drummond, 45, who died last Wednesday of a heart attack he suffered while pheasant hunting near Grinnel, Iowa. Rev. G. Lolin Eaton officiated. Burial was in Lawn Ridge cemetery.
Mr. Drummond was born in Scotland county Nov. 2, 1906 to Arthur and Annie Drummond. At an early age he joined Lawn Ridge church.
He married Aug. 6, 1930 to Edith Martin, who died Oct. 7, 1947. He married Delpha Jean Bunker of Ft. Madison, March 6, 1949.
At the time of his death he was employed at True Temper Corp., in Ft. Madison, as a machinist. Prior to this he had been employed at Shaffer Pen factory for six years.
Mr. Drummond’s body was taken to Kasper funeral home in Salem, Iowa, where it remained until Saturday morning when it was taken to Gerth and Baskett chapel in Memphis, until time for the funeral.
Those surviving, in addition to his wife are four sons, by his first wife: Ray Dean, of the Navy, and Delbert, Darrel, and Richard, all of the home; two brothers, Paul of Memphis and Carl of Downing; and a sister, Vivian Drummond, also of Memphis.
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FORMER STAHL MAN BURIED AT CHULA, MO.
William Drummond, 56, Died Monday at Independence
Funeral services for William Foster Drummond, 56-year-old former resident of Stahl, were held yesterday afternoon at two o’clock in Chula, Mo. Mr. Drummond died Monday in the Independence Sanitorium.
The Rev. Paul Walters conducted the services in the Baptist Church. Interment was in the May cemetery near Chula.
Mr. Drummond was a son of Zachariah and Jane Elizabeth Pierce Drummond and was born Feb. 27, 1896 in Putnam county, near Stahl. He lived in Stahl until his entry into military service Sept 5, 1917. He served as a member at the 89th Division 356th Infantry and spent 11 months overseas being honorably discharged on June 11, 1919.
After attending the Green Castle High School, he spent on e year at the Maryville State Teachers College, completing training as an accountant at the St. Louis University.
He was married to Irene Ballenger, of Chula, on April 28, 1923. To this union four children were born: William K. who has just been discharged from service after returning from Korea; Ronald Lee and Dorothy, of the home, Pvt. Donald F. of the U. S. Army, stationed at Ft. Belvoir, Va.
In addition to his wife and four children he is also survived by one granddaughter, Dana Lynn Drummond; four brothers: Adam Drummond and Denton Drummond, both of Green Castle; Frederick (Tom) Drummond, of Queen City, and M. Welcome Drummond, of Ewing, and two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Bishop, of Lucerne, and Mrs. H. J. Mahoney, of Clayton, Okla.
His parents and four brothers preceded him in death.
He was a member of Kiwanis and for the past 15 years had been employed by the Security Manufacturing Company of Kansas City, Mo.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan P. Pierce, 904 S. First, attended the funeral services. Mr. Pierce is a cousin. Also present from Queen City was Mr. Snowbarger an army buddy.
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MRS. DRURY, 64, DIES AFTER A LONG ILLNESS
Mrs. Arabelle Drury, 64 years old, died at her home 1501 N. Green St., yesterday morning about 10 o’clock. She had had a complication of diseases and had been in failing health for a long time. She had suffered a great deal the past year.
Mrs. Drury was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Couch, and was born in Schuyler County, Mo., November 20, 1860. She was married to E. G. Drury October 30, 1881. To the union, five children were born, all of whom are still living.
A sort funeral service will be held at the home at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning, with services following at 11 o’clock at the Coffee [Coffey] Church south of Downing. Interment will be made in the Coffee [Coffey] cemetery.
Mrs. Drury leaves to mourn her death, her husband; three sons, Orville Drury, of North Liberty, Ind. Pleas Drury, of Kirksville, and Henry Drury, of St. Louis; two daughters, Mrs. Erie [Era] Pierson, of Moberly, and Mrs. Maude Foster, of Kirksville: four grandchildren, Ula, Mildred, and Maxine Drury, and Nova Foster; also three brothers, Ed and Grant Drury, of Downing, and John Drury, of Garden City, Kas.; and two sisters, Mrs. Ben Pierce [Pearce], of Greentop, and Mrs. Lura Drury, of Keokuk.
During Mrs. Drury’s illness, everything possible was done for her but all efforts to restore her health were of no avail. Henry Drury, of St. Louis, arrived in Kirksville last night, and Orville Drury, of North Liberty, In., is expected tonight.
Mrs. Drury was a member of the Christian church and had a host of friends who will sympathize with the family in their bereavement.
Editor’s Note: There may be a mistake in this obituary. I would think that Arabelle’s brother’s last names would be Couch.
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E. DRURY DIES AT HIS HOME HERE TODAY
Was 86 Years Old; Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon.
Ephriam (“Dad”) Drury, 86 years old, died at 4 o’clock this morning at his home at 1206 North Green Street. He had been bedfast only a week, due to general infirmities of advanced age.
The funeral is to be held tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Dee Riley Funeral Home and burial will be made in the Coffey Cemetery four miles south of Downing.
The Odd Fellow ceremony will be given at the grave. His body is lying in state at the funeral home until time for the service.
Pallbearers have been selected as follows: Floyd McKinney, Ralph H. VanPelt, L. L. Brown, Ora Major, Dr. Ross Allen and Pearl O. McDuffee. The funeral will be conducted by the Rev. L. V. Freeman.
Mr. Drury was born May 23, 1855, in Schuyler County, Missouri, a son of John and Nancy Drury, and was the last of five children in the family. He was married to Arabella Couch in Schuyler County Oct. 30, 1881 and five children were born to them.
Surviving are three sons and two daughters, Orville Drury, North Liberty, Ind.; Pleasant Drury, Kirksville; Henry Drury, Kirksville; Mrs. Erie Pierson, Wichita, Kan., and Mrs. Maude Foster, Kirksville. There are six grandchildren.
His wife died Sept. 24, 1925 and he had made his home with Mrs. Foster the past seven years.
Mr. Drury came to Kirksville in 1919. He also lived in La Plata and Sublette after leaving Schuyler County.
He was a farmer.
A charter member of the I. O. O. F. at Downing, he later transferred his membership to La Plata. He also was a member of the Christian Church at La Plata.
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J. H. Drury Buried At Pleasant Ridge [Slocum Cemetery]
James Hubbard Drury, 80, father of Mrs. Ethel Slocum, 723 East Scott Street, who died Tuesday, April 18, at a hospital in Oakland, Calif., was buried yesterday afternoon in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.
Mr. Drury was born July 2, 1862 in Augusta, Ill. He later moved to a farm near La Plata, where he lived until 1912 when he went to California. Mr. Drury had made his home with his son, Dr. Galen Drury, in Oakland. He had been in failing health the past year but had been seriously ill only two days before his death. Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 20, at Oakland. The body was cremated and the ashes were sent here for burial in the family lot at the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery [Slocum Cemetery].
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Charles Duckworth
Lancaster, Mo., Sept. 1 – Charles Duckworth, 66, a prominent Lancaster business man for thirty-five years, died at his home Monday morning. He is survived by his widow and two brothers, John and Arthur.
Charles Duckworth, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 3 Sep 1936, p. 1, col. 1
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MRS. MARTHA P. DUDGEON DIES NEAR LA PLATA
Succumbs at Age of 75 After Several Months Illness.
Special to the Daily Express.
La Plata, Mo., May 12—Mrs. Martha Ann Dudgeon, 75-year-old resident of La Plata, died at 10:15 o’clock last night at the home of her son, Pearl Dudgeon, of near La Plata. She had been in failing health for several months, but had been confined to her bed only for the last three days.
Funeral services will be held at the La Plata Christian Church Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Burial will be in the La Plata Cemetery.
Mrs. Dudgeon, the daughter of Emily and John Pinkston, was born in Knox County, near Hurdland, on Jan. 11, 1867.
She was married to William Dudgeon, Sept. 18, 1884. Four children were born to this union, three surviving their mother. Mrs. Dudgeon is survived by two sons, Pearl Dudgeon of near La Plata and Foster Dudgeon of Kirksville; one daughter, Mrs. Marie Madison of Seymour, Ia.; five grandchildren, three great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Rosa Ross of Brashear; and one brother, Edward Pinkston, of Brookings, S. D.
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Services Monday Afternoon at Baptist Church.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Dudgeon, 81, 210 E. Jefferson, died at her home Saturday morning.
Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2:00 at the First Baptist church, conducted by the Rev. Ralph M. G. Smith, pastor of the church. The body will be at the Dee Riley Funeral Home until 12:30 p.m. Monday at which time it will be taken to the church. Interment will be in the Maple Hills cemetery.
Mrs. Dudgeon was the daughter of John William and Mary Elsea, and was born at Homer, Ill., on Sept. 19, 1874. She was married to Reason Marchall Dudgeon at Kirksville on Feb. 12, 1906, and to this marriage three daughters were born.
She is survived by her daughters, Mrs. Sam (Eithel) Adkins, Mrs. Oscar (Ethel) Newcomer, and Mrs. Harold (Dora) Bowls, all of Kirksville; two brothers, Orville Elsea, LaPlata, and Dora Elsea, Kirksville; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Dudgeon was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, on Sept. 2, 1948; two brothers, and one sister.
She was a long-time resident of Adair county, and was a member of the First Baptist church of Kirksville.
Bearers will be Ellis Newcomer, Frank Elsea, Earl Elsea, Niel Newcomer, Howard Elsea and John Elsea.
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Albert C. Dudley Dies at LaPlata
La Plata, Mo., Mar. 24, (Special)—Albert Conway Dudley, 79, died at his home here early this morning of pneumonia. He had been in poor health for several months.
Funeral aranrgements [sic] are incomplete, but they will be held in Gifford and interment will be in Chariton Grove Cemetery.
He was the son of Thomas and Letticia (Hawkins) Dudley and was born near Millard, Dec. 27, 1869. On June 15, 1902 he was married to Duretta Florence Roberts. They lived for a number of years on a farm near Gifford and in September, 1933 moved to La Plata.
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, the Misses Faye and Leota Dudley, of the home, and one sister, Mrs. Lillie Gates, of Callao.
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Everett Dudley Dies at Worland, Wyoming
Word has been receiced [sic] of the death of Everett Dudley, 53, a former Adair County resident, who for the last 22 years had been a resident of Worland, Wyo. He died Sunday, March 13, in a hospital at Worland following a brief illness. A veteran of World War I, burial was made in the Veteran’s Plat in the Riverview Cemetery at Worland.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Dudley, he was born near Yarrow in 1895. He was never married. He left here in 1926 for Wyoming and for about a year he lived at Casper, later going to the Worland area where he had been employed at the ranch of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hampton.
His father died in November, 1948, and his mother and two sisters also preceded him in death.
Surviving are five sisters, Mrs. Otto (Ada) Cook, of Alden, Ia.; Mrs. Henry (Alta) Pinkerton, Mrs. Merle (Ollie) Bragg and Mrs. Roy (Maudie) Bragg, all of Novinger, and Mrs. Elmer (Ethel) Hayes, of Yarrow: a brother, Virgil Dudley, and step-mother, Ethel Dudley, of Kirksville.
Mrs. Ethel Hays, Mrs. Maudie Bragg and Virgil Dudley attended the funeral rites at Worland.
Everett Dudley, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 02 Mar 1949, p. 7, col. 7 & 8
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W. DUDLEY DIES AT HOME IN KIRKSVILLE
Was 85 Years Old; Funeral Services To Be Saturday
Willard Dudley, 85, died this morning at his home at 424 W. Dodson street.
Funeral services will be held at the Yarrow Church Saturday at one o’clock, conducted by Rev. W. R. Kornegay, pastor of the Nazarene Church. Interment will be in the Yarrow Cemetery.
Mr. Dudley was the son of Thomas and Luticia (Hawkins) Dudley and was born in Memphis, Tenn., April 13, 1863. He was married to Duffie Loe, Jan. 22, 1888 and to this marriage eight children were born. Mrs. Dudley died April 18, 1909.
At Kirksville, Mo., April 20, 1910 he was married to Ethel Steele and one son was born to this marriage.
He is survived by his wife, five daughters, Mrs. Otto (Ada) Cook, Alden, Ia.; Mrs. Henry (Alta) Pinkerton, Mrs. Murl (Ollie) Bragg, Mrs. Roy (Maudie) Bragg, all of Novinger, and Mrs. Elmer (Ethel) Hyes, of Yarrow; two sons, Everett, of Worland, Wyo., and Virgil, of Kirksville; one brother, Bert, of La Plata, Mo. two half-brothers James Mock, of Elmer, Mo., and Adrain Mock, Gifford; one sister, Mrs. Lillie Gates, Callao, Mo., and one half sister, Mrs. Ida Crawl, Atlanta, Mo.; sixteen grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two daughters, one brother and one half sister.
Mr. Dudley lived on a farm southwest of Kirksville until 13 years ago when he moved to Kirksville.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home. Bearers will be: William Pinkerton, Lyle Pinkerton, La Verne Bragg, Leon Hays, Everett Noel and Kenneth Noel.
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Funeral Held Tuesday For Mrs. Duell
Funeral services for Caroline Duell were held Tuesday morning at 10:30, at Payne’s chapel. Interment was at Hickory Grove cemetery.
Caroline Mabis Duell was born March 5, 1871, at Green Top, Mo., the daughter of Charles Frederick and Elizabeth C. Mabis and died at the Laughlin hospital, Kirksville, Mo., May 5, 1956, the last of a family of eight children.
She studied Osteopathy at Kirksville under the founder Dr. A. T. Still and after graduation, she practiced her profession for a number of years.
She was married to Charles O. Duell March 26, 1913.
Surviving is a step-daughter, Mrs. Edna Bracklin of Seattle, Wash., and nephews and nieces.
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Former Resident Dies
Mrs. Ida M. Duell, who. with her husband, moved to California shortly after the turn of the century, died recently at the home of her daughter in Maine, after a brief illness. She had made her home with her son, Garth, of Monrovia, Calif., several years prior to going to Maine two years ago.
The early Duell families, consisted of several sons and daughters, resided northwest of Rutledge where Garth was born. They were prominent and successful farmers of that section.
Garth Duell, now retired, was city engineer of Monrovia, Calif., twenty years and is one of that city’s outstanding citizens. He flew to Maine for the funeral rites.
Ida M. Duell, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 11 May 1950, p. 1, col. 3
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BIRNEY E. DUFUR DIES IN ARIZONA
Operated Café Near Teachers College Campus for 15 Years
Birney E. Dufur, 54, formerly of 405 E. Nagley St., of this city, died Thursday morning in the Tucson Medical Center, Tuscon [sic], Ariz.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. Ralph M. G. Smith, pastor of the First Baptist Church assisted by Rev. P. M. Lind, of Queen City.
Mr. Dufur was the son of N. J. and Matilda Jane (Caster) Dufur and was born in Queen City, Mo., Jan. 1, 1893. He was married at Queen City to Madge Somerville, of Memphis, Mo. on Sept. 26, 1912 and to this marriage one son, Harold, was born.
He is survived by his wife, and son, Harold, of St. Louis, Mo.; two grandchildren Sandra Jean and Terry Allen Dufur, of St. Louis; two brothers Earl and Glen, of Queen City, and five sisters, Mrs. Lula Miller, Queen City, Mrs. Mary Ludwig, Kirksville, Mrs. Ola Starbuck, east of Greentop, Mrs. Zula Sieloff, Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Stella Bleything, of Kansas City.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one sister.
Mr. Dufur was a member of the Baptist Church.
He moved to Kirksville with his family in 1930 and they operated a café east of the college campus for fifteen years. For the past year they have been living in Tuscon [sic].
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
The pallbearers will be: Lee Ludwig, Ray Ludwig, Dr. E. E. Ludwig, Eldon Kiphart, Ralph Dufur and Gregory Dufur.
Honorary pallbearers: faculty of the Kirksville State Teachers College and men of the Baptist Church.
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Mrs. F. Duggins Dies Monday
Mrs. Frank Duggins, former Kirksville resident, died Monday at her home in Kansas City. She is the former Miss Camille Wilson, daughter of Mrs. Sallie Wilson of this city. Funeral services were held at the Stein and McClure Funeral Home in Kansas City and interment made at Marshall, Mo.
She is survived by her husband, who is manager of the Bellerive Hotel in Kansas City; two sons, David, six, and Frank, Jr., 15; mother, two sisters, Mrs. Raymond Wells of Kirksville, and Mrs. Mabel Switzer of Santa Barbara, Calif.; and a brother, John Wilson of Snowmass, Colo., who is here.
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Death of John Duley
On Saturday, June 18, at the home of his brother-in-law, William Ralph, living west of town, Charles Duley died of Kidney and heart trouble, aged 50 years.
Deceased was a son of Mrs. Jonas Richards of this city and was an honest and hard working man. He had been in failing health for some time and to him death came as a release.
John Duley was born in Scotland County west of Memphis, on November 29, 1859. He was married in 1882 and to this union two children were born- Rolla of Burlington, Iowa, and Mrs. Stella Huffman of Macon County, Mo.
Funeral services were held at the Ralph home on Tuesday, June 21, at 2 p.m., Dr. J. A. Grow officiating. Interment was made in Memphis Cemetery.
John Charles Duley, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 23 Jun 1910
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Jennie Belle Martin was born in Smith’s Grove, Kentucky, July 22, 1868, and departed this life at the farm home in North Scotland county, Mo., March 15, 1930, aged 61 years, 7 months and 23 days.
In 1888 she went with her parents to Warrens county, Ill., and later to Iowa where she resided until her marriage with J. S. Duncan on Jan. 18, 1900, after which they made their home in Monmouth, Ill., until 1906, when they came to Scotland county where they have since resided.
One child, a son, came to bless the home.
She gave her heart to Christ in early life and united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, remaining a member of that body until 1923, when she placed her membership in the Brock Methodist Church of the Memphis circuit.
Hers was a beautiful Christian chararcter [sic], mild in disposition, congenial in spirit, zealous in good works she sought the highest in life[.]
She loved the fellowship of christian [sic] people and delighted to engage in religious conversation.
She was a true and devoted companion to her husband. A wonderful mother to her son, and a neighbor and friend whose memory will be cherished long by all who learned to know her.
Her demise comes as a shock to the entire community as her illness was of short duration. Pneumonia fever being the cause of death. Everything was done that trained skill and loving hands could do, but her work on earth was done and she answered the summons to the higher life.
The husband, J. G. and son, Eugene, are left to mourn this inestimable loss. Also one sister, Mrs. Rebecca Raines, Los Angeles, Cal. and one brother, Sam Martin, of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Some other relatives and a great host of friends[.]
Funeral services were held at the Brock church, Monday, at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. Custer of Granger. Music was furnished by the church choir, and the body bearers were neighbors and friends of deceased. Interment was made in Memphis cemetery.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our sincere thanks to our rmany [sic] neighbors and friends for the deep sympathy extended to us in our rsad [sic] bereavement and forr [sic] the beautiful floral ogerings [sic].
J. S. and Eugene Duncan
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DEATH CALLS JOE DUNCAN AT HIS HOME LAST WEEK
Joseph Smith Duncan, son of Smith and Mary Ann Duncan, was born on September 25, 1855, near Sciota, Ill. Died Aug. 11, 1933, after a lingering illness at his home near Brock, Scotland County.
He is the last of a family of 14 children, being next to the youngest[.]
He grew to manhool [sic] and made his home with his sister, Mrs. John English, after his parents [sic] death, living in McDonough and Warren Counties, Ill. January 18, 1900 he was married to Jennie Belle Martin, at Keithburg, Ill. One child was born to this union, Eugene Clare.
They first made their home in a farm near Monmouth, Ill. In 1906 they moved to Scotland County, Mo. and farmed on different farms until 1911, they bought and moved to the present farm. The family circle was broken by his wife’s death on March 11, 1930.
Mr. Duncan united with the Christian Church in Memphis, Mo., in 1921, where he hed [sic] membership at the time of his death.
He was a man of sterling character who considered his word his bond always ready to help those he could[.] His strong traits of honor endeared him to a large circle of friends who mourn their loss with the son, nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were held at Payne’s undertaking rooms and was conducted by Revs. Hadley and McQuoid. Burial was in Memphis cemetery.
Those from out of town who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. John Kleinert, Warsaw, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. Hudson, Quincy, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Duncan, Niota, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Skipper, Unionville, Mrs. Christofferson and daughter, Mrs. Smith, of Nickols, Iowa.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our appreciation for the many acts of kindness and words of sympathy, and the many beautiful flowers during the sickness and death of our father and relative.
Eugene Duncan and Relatives
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Oletha Pearl Duncan
Oletha Pearl Duncan, Kahoka, a former Keokuk resident died at 1:50 p.m., Tuesday at Sacred Heart Hospital, Ft. Madison.
She had been in failing health for four years, serious for one day.
Born April 18, 1914, in Arbela, Mo., she was the daughter of Marion A. and Mary K. Nolan Thompson.
She lived in Keokuk most of her life, moving 10 years ago.
She was a homemaker and a cook.
She married Charles F. Duncan, January 31, 1933. He preceded her in death July 23, 1968.
She was of the Methodist faith.
She is survived by three sons, Charles E. and Robert L. of Keokuk, Richard E. of Moberly, Mo.; three daughters, Mrs. George (Marion) Shafer, Kahoka, Mrs. Joe (Judy) Dochterman, St. Francisville, Mrs. Verilyn (Barbara) Davis, Omaha; one brother, Troy Thompson, Keokuk; one sister, Mrs. Frank (Faye) More, Keokuk; 17 grandchildren.
Beside her husband, she was preceded in death by one infant son and two infant brothers.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday at DeJong’s Funeral Home with the Rev. Hubert Lowes officiating.
Burial was in Oakland Cemetery.
Oletha Pearl Duncan, From Unknown Newspaper, 16 Nov 1972
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MRS. ALMEDA DUNHAM, 89, DIES HERE
Funeral Services To Be Tomorrow In Brashear.
Mrs. Almeda A. Dunham, 89, died at her home at 512 S. Florence, yesterday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock. She had been in failing health the past three years. Last Friday she fell from a chair and injured her hip after which she developed pneumonia.
Funeral services will be held at the Easley Funeral Home in Brashear tomorrow afternoon at two o’clock, conducted by Rev. J. V. Hawk, a retired Methodist minister in Kirksville, and a friend of the deceased. Interment will b in the Brashear Cemetery.
Mrs. Dunham was the daughter of Valentine and Mary Briggs Hines and was born Feb. 29, 1856 in Harding County, Ohio. With her parents she came to Missouri when she was four years of age, her parents settling on a farm northwest of Brashear. She had lived in Adair County since then.
She was married to Samuel R. Dunham March 7, 1878. Mrs. Mary E. Martin, 516 S. Florence, was the only child born to them.
Mrs. Dunham is also survived by a step-daughter, Mrs. Etta Schoene, of Canadian, Texas, who will be unable to attend the funeral; an aged sister, Mrs. Sadie Jeness, of Cleveland, Ohio; three grandchildren, three great grandchildren, a number of step-grandchildren. The late R. M. Hines and James Hines, of Brashear, were her brothers.
Mrs. Dunham and her husband lived in Brashear forty years, then moved to Kirksville. Her husband died Jan. 20, 1923. Mrs. Dunham’s father was killed in the Centralia, Mo., massacre and was buried at Centralia.
She was a member of the Methodist Church.
The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Albert Walters, Elza Walters, James Ludden, Elmer Henry and Frank Coppers.
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JAMES JOSEPH DUNHAM DIES AT EDINA
Funeral Thursday Morning for Brashear Man.
Brashear, Mo., July 17, (Special)—James Joseph Dunham, 67, of Brashear, died in a hospital in Edina last night at 10:25 o’clock.
A graveside service will be held in the Brashear Cemetery at 10:30 o’clock Thursday morning by Rev. Martin Cross.
Mr. Dunham was the son of Hubbard and Missouri (Payton) Dunham and was born near Sublette, April 20, 1879. He was married to Miss Cora Wright.
He is survived by two sons, Brant Dunham, of Avanal, Calif., and L. T. Dunham, of St. Paul, Minn., and one sister, Mrs. Everett Milstead, of Brashear. His parents and two brothers have preceded him in death.
The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home.
The pallbearers will be Gene Lyons, Bobby Strickler, Charles Strickler, Junior Maltbie, Raphael Milstead and Kenneth Milstead.
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W. A. DUNHAM, AGED 49, DIES OF MENINGITIS
William Anson Dunham, widely and favorably known in Adair county as “Ancie” Dunham, died Friday night at 11 o’clock of meningitis, after an illness which started last Sunday, and after 36 hours in a state of coma. Mr. Dunham was 49 years old, and had lived all his life in the Sabbath Home and Brashear neighborhoods.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Sabbath Home church, conducted by the Rev. J. H. Lane, and burial was in the Sabbath Home cemetery.
Mr. Dunham, was the son of William and Loretta Marquis Dunham, and was born Oct. 10, 1882, within a short distance of the home in which he died. With the exception of five years spent in Brashear he resided in the same community all his life. He was married Feb. 26, 1928, to Miss Nellie Watson, who survives him. He was a member of a family of seven children, only three of whom are now living. They are Mrs. James Mitten, of Hurdland; J. P. Dunham, of Wendell, Idaho. The late Logan Dunham was a brother. His father died in July 1888, and his mother on April 11, 1927.
Mr. Dunham united with the Methodist church at Sabbath Home in 1910 under the ministry of the Rev. Glen Lewis. He was a splendid citizen and devoted the five years of his residence in Brashear to the care of his mother in her failing health.
William Anson “Ancie” Dunham, Brashear, Missouri, The Brashear News, 21 Apr 1932, p. 1, col.4
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Died.
DUNKIN – In Memphis, Mo., Sept. 27th, 1874, Mary Jane Dunkin, daughter of John and Esther Dunkin – aged 17 years, 7 months and 14 days.
IN MEMORIAM.
The subject of this memoir was born in Huntington County, Indiana, Feb. l3th, 1874, “Death loves a shining mark.”
Early in life he seized Mary as his own lawful prey, and never relaxed his grasp until – (by slowly rolling months “the fading glory disappeared.”) he had laid her in his empire. Early in life she gave her heart to the Saviour, uniting with the M. E. Church Feb. 6th, 1873, ever after leading an exemplary life, faithful to duty, always at her post, loved and respected by all who knew her. She loved and prized the Sunday School and the Church, was never absent when her health would permit her to go, often going when others of less courage would have remained at home. She attended Church and visited her friends up till a very short time of her death. Her disease like an insidious enemy lurking in ambush seemed to watch an opportunity of surprise. She arose on Sabbath morning seemingly as well as usual, and continued so until near eleven o’clock, when the final struggle for life came. At twelve the weary wheels of life ceased to move, and all was over. She died without a struggle or groan. Mary was a patient sufferer, not a murmur or complaint escaped her lips. On Monday she was borne to the church, and a sermon preached from the beautiful words of Paul, 11-16: “But now they desire a better country that is an heavenly.”
“In the fadeless spring-time on the heavenly shore,
Kindred spirits wait us, who have gone before.
There no flowers wither, and no pleasures clog.
In that land of beauty, in that home of joy.
By the gate they’ll meet us, ‘neath that golden sky.
Meet us at the portal, meet us by and by.” J. G. T.
Mary Jane Dunkin, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 8 Oct 1874, p. 3, col. 6
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MRS. SARAH E. DUNKIN, 72, DIES HERE
Funeral Services Will Be Held Here Wednesday.
Mrs. Sarah Etta Dunkin, 72, died at her home at 707 W. Hildreth this morning.
Funeral services for her will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock, conducted by Rev. R. J. Patterson, pastor of Church of God, Mission. Interment will be in Highland Park Cemetery.
Sarah Etta Buckallew was born in Adair County, June 14, 1873. She was married to Thomas Glidewell and five children were born to this marriage. Mr. Glidewell died in 1918. Later she was married to Charles Dunkin.
Surviving her are two daughters, Mrs. J. M. DeWitt and Mrs. William Jackson, both of Kirksville; three sons, Raymond Glidewell, of Kirksville, George Glidewell, of Moberly, and Raphael Glidewell, of the U. S. Navy, San Diego, Calif.; three step-sons, Gerald Dunkin, of Terre Haute, Ind., Vern and Marion Dunkin, of Fort Madison, Ia.; one brother, Pearl Buckallew, of Forsyth, Mont.; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Heyd, a twin sister, of Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Nellie Parks, of Kirksville.
Mrs. Dunkin lived her entire life in Adair County and was a member of the Church of God Holiness.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral home.
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Died
In Memphis, Mo., Feb. 3d, 1872, Sarah Orpha Dunkin, daughter of John and Esther Dunkin – aged 18 years, 1 month and 5 days.
In Memoriam
The subject of this memoir was born in Duncansville, Adams County, Ohio. Dec. 28th, 1853, and departed this life February 3d, 1872.
Our sister died young in years, and the material for an extended notice would naturally be wanted. Her career, though brief, was brilliant – leaving a reputation many might envy. At an early age she was brought to the Savior of the world – uniting with the M. E. church on the 14th of Nov., 1808. Her love for the cause never grew cold; her interest in religion never waned. During her sickness it was to her a constant source of regret that she could not be at church. In the Sunday school, as either a scholar or a teacher, you could always be sure of finding her. In prayer and class meetings she was constant in her attendance – to the latter not as a spectator, but as the “willing to bear the cross.” Not being able, by reason of her sickness, to meet with us in public, in accordance with her wish we had made arrangements to hold a social prayer meeting in her home one evening of this week, naturally expecting to see her again enjoy the prayers and the sweet songs of Zion. Little did we anticipate that before that time should come she would be beyond the pearly gates with the blood-washed, and listening to praises sung by no “stammering tongues.”
Her sickness was severe, but intermittent – fears and hopes alternating. She was ready for the journey and frequently expressed her willingness to die. We followed her to the grave and left her, with the pure, white, virgin snow over the little mound as the most fitting emblem of her character as a daughter, sister or friend.
Peaceful be thy silent slumbers,
Peaceful in the grave so low;
Thou no more shall join our numbers,
Thou no more our songs shall know.
Yet again we hope to meet you
When the day of life is tied,
Then in Heaven with joy to greet thee
Where no farewell tear is shed.
Sarah Orpha Dunkin, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 8 Feb 1872
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Funeral services were held yesterday in St. Louis, for Cecil Dunlap, 49, formerly of Memphis, who died there Saturday.
Cecil Dunlap, From Unknown Newspaper, 1952
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FUNERAL HELD WEDNESDAY FOR MRS. I. T. DUNLAP
Funeral services were held at Gorin Christian church yesterday afternoon for Mrs. I. T. Dunlap, 71, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Adrian Black Monday night after a long illness. Rev. Ramsey was in charge.
Mrs. Dunlap was born Docia Williams, daughter of John and Minnie Rollins Williams at Lawrence, Kansas, Jan. 11, 1882. The family moved to Scotland county when she was a small child, and she has spent the rest of her life here, dying the day after her 71st birthday.
She joined the United Bretehren [sic] church and later transferred her membership to the Salem Christian church, remaining a member until that church was closed, at which time she joined the Gorin church.
In 1901 she married I. T. Dunlap, who preceded her in death. The couple moved to Gorin about ten years ago and Mrs. Dunlap continued to make her home there until her illness, when she moved to the home of her daughter.
Surviving are three of her four daughters, Imogene Peterson, Ica Mae Fulk, and Mrs. Black; 13 grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Gertrude Fulk of Arkansas, Kansas.
Relatives attending the funeral from a distance: Mrs. Marguerite Hinton and Mrs. Ethel Dunlap of Canton; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Winscott of Macon; Mr. and Mrs. Ormal Williams of Princeton; Mrs. Eva Berry of Moberly; Mrs. Opal Roberts of Cairo; Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Hamilton of Kirksville; and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Black of Hutchinson, Kansas.
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FORMER RESIDENT IS DEAD
Geo. W. Dunlap Was a Carpenter in Memphis Several Years
George W. Dunlap, for many years sexton of the Forest Grove cemetery in Canton, died suddenly Sunday night, August 8, soon after retiring. His wife found him dead when she made some remark to him and looked at him to see if he was asleep when he did not answer. His instant death was reported to have been caused from apoplexy says the Canton-Press News.
Funeral services were held from the Barkley funeral home at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon, August 11, Rev. J. R. Shultz, officiating. Interment was in Forest Grove cemetery at Canton.
George William Dunlap was born at Milton, Iowa, December 18, 1874. He later moved to Memphis where he spent most of his life until moving to Lewis County 21 years ago. He had been for many years and was at the time of his death employed as sexton of Forest Grove cemetery in Canton.
He is survived by his wife and four children, Mrs. Margerite Hinton, Harry Dunlap and Mrs. Evernia [unreadable] of Canton, and Cecil Dunlap of St. Louis [.] One son, Roy, died in infancy.
Also surviving him are two brothers [unreadable] T. Dunlap of Gorin and [unreadable] Dunlap of Memphis.
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Roy Edwin Dunlap Died Wed. July 17
Roy Edwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dunlap of this city, died of typhoid fever on Wednesday evening, July 17, 1918, aged 7 years, 10 months and 13 days.
Since early in the spring the child had been feeling badly and when stricken with fever his system was so badly run down that he could not resist the ravages of the dread disease. He was a bright and manly little chap and had many friends who regret his demise.
Roy Edwin Dunlap was born September 4, 1910, and died July 17, 1918, aged 7 years, 10 months and 13 days. He leaves to mourn his loss, father, mother, two brothers, Cecil and Harry and two sisters, Everna and Marguerite, and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held at the family home on Friday morning at 10 o’clock a.m., conducted by Rev. J.R. Shultz. Interment was made in the Memphis cemetery.
Roy Edwin Dunlap, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 25 Jul 1918, p. 1, col. 1
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We wish to thank our many friends and neighbors for their kindness shown us during the sickness and death of our dear son, Roy, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dunlap and family.
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Charles H. Dunn, son of Jeremiah and Clara Dunn, was born August 12, 1872, departed this life January 7, 1934, aged 61 years, 4 months and 26 days. He was married to Ethel Croley January 1, 1900. To this union two children were born, Mrs. Aldra Purvis of Jefferson, Iowa and Jerry C. at home. He also leaves seven grandchildren, two brothers, C. D. and J. W. Dunn of Greensburg, and one sister, Mrs. Rosa Slocum of Baring, as well as a host of other relatives and friends. He united with the Christian church twenty five years ago, was faithful and when the end came, was resigned to the Lord’s will, and ready to go. He always had a kind word and smile for everyone. He will be sadly missed in the community where he lived.
Funeral services were held at the Bible Grove church, Wednesday, January 10, at 11 a.m., conducted by Rev. A. W. Wiles of Stahl, Missouri. Burial at Bible Grove. Body bearers were R. A. Clark, Sr., Frank Fisher, Elmer Johnston, J. M. Frederick, Sol Corwin and Barton Hunt.
Charles H. Dunn, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 18 Jan 1934, p. 1, col. 4
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An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. J. Dunn was buried at the Grove last Monday.
Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 21 Jul 1904, Bible Grove Column
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J. W. DUNN FUNERAL SUNDAY
Well Known Farmer Was Born in Scotland County in 1870
Funeral services for J. W. Dunn, who died at the Laughlin hospital at Kirksville last Thursday morning, Sept. 1, were held at the Church of Christ at Bible Grove Sunday afternoon and interment was in the Bible Grove cemetery. Services were conducted by Rev. A. M. Wiles.
Pall bearers were Floyd Dunn, Claude Dunn, Albert Dye, Rouster Pearce, Jessie Purvis and Gus Corwin.
Mr. Dunn was born on the farm where he spent his life, on May 9, 1870, being 79 years of age last May. He was married on September 27, 1899, to Miss Samantha A. Purvis, who survives. He is also survived by one son, Harold Dunn of Bible Grove, and one grandson, Keith Dunn; also a sister, Mrs. Rosie Slocum of Knox county.
He had two brothers, Judge Clarence D. Dunn and Charles Dunn, both of whom preceded him in death.
He was a member of the Church of Christ at Bible Grove and active in community affairs. He and son have been among the leading farmers and cattle breeders of the county. For several years he was a director in the Bank of Memphis.
He was a leading citizen, one that will be missed in the community and in the county. The funeral was largely attended Sunday afternoon.
J. W. Dunn, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 8 Sep 1949
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Native Born Citizen Dies
Lewis K. Dunn Funeral Services Thursday Afternoon
Lewis K. Dunn, who was born in Scotland county near Arbela on Aug. 12, 1864, died at his home in Memphis Tuesday night, Jan. 23, about midnight.
Funeral services are to be held this afternoon at the Gerth & Baskett funeral parlor at 2 o’clock and will be conducted by Rev. W. M. Feay of the Christian church. Interment will be in the Memphis cemetery.
The pall bearers will be Marvin Tall, Roy Van Dyke, J. T. Forrester, Joe Forrester, Clyde Garrett and Harry D. Orcutt.
Mrs. Elza Burns, accompanied by Mrs. A. E. Platter will sing.
Mr. Dunn, who was ill only three days, had been a resident of Scotland county all his life.
He was married in Memphis on Sept. 13, 1885, to Miss Mary Jane Harker, who survives. He also leaves one daughter, Mrs. C. R. Nightingale of Canton, Mo.; one grandson, Henry L. Nightingale of Canton, and a great grandson, James Russell Nightingale.
He is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Susan Dauma of Gorin, Miss Permelia Dunn and Mrs. Harriett Allen, both of the Salem community.
Mr. Dunn had been a member of the Salem Christian church for sixty years.
Lewis K. Dunn, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 25 Jan 1940, p. 1, col. 5
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Samantha Dunn Services Held At Bible Grove
Samantha Ann Purvis Dunn, daughter of Elma and William Purvis was born in Scotland county, September 20, 1878 and passed away December 19, 1959 at the Laughlin hospital, being 81 years of age.
On September 27, 1899 she was married to James William Dunn who passed away September 1, 1949. To this union two children were born, a daughter who died in infancy and Harold Purvis Dunn of the home.
She is survived by her son, Harold and wife, Lesta, one grandson, Keith and his wife, Marilyn.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Billy Purvis, two sisters, Elva Corwin and Sarah Corwin and twin brother and sister, Sinas and Sina who both died at two years of age.
Mrs. Dunn lived her entire life on the farm where she was born with the exception of her first two years of married life. She was a faithful member of the Church of Christ at Bible Grove.
Relatives and friends regret the passing of this splendid Christian lady whose rugged faith and religious principles were held high in her pattern of life.
Funeral services were held from the Church of Christ at Bible Grove, Mo., Tuesday, Dec. 22 at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev Lowell Manchester. Burial was in the Bible Grove cemetery. The body bearers were Floyd Dunn, Jesse Purvis, Rouster Pearce, Albert Dye, Claude Dunn and Gus Corwin.
Samantha Ann (Purvis) Dunn, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 31 Dec 1959, p. 2, col. 7
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Dr. Bert Dunnington Dies In Springfield
Dr. Bert L. Dunnington, a former resident of Kirksville and a graduate of the American School of Osteopathy about 40 years ago, died suddenly Friday morning at his home in Springfield, Mo., of a heart attack, according to word received by his sister-in-law, Mrs. W. E. Shirley.
He had practiced in Springfield since graduation until a few years ago when he retired on account of failing health. He had been advised by a physician to go to bed but Friday morning he went about his work on the place as usual. He had returned to the house and was dead on the floor when found by his wife.
Dr. Dunnington was born and reared in Kirksville and was graduated from the State Teachers College before studying osteopathy. He was married to Miss Susan Nicholas on June 27, 1907, and to them were born three daughters. He is survived by his widow and the three daughters.
The funeral service will not be held until Tuesday, awaiting arrival of one of the daughters from California.
Prosecuting Attorney W. E. Shirley took Mrs. Shirley to Springfield and returned home yesterday. He expects to go to Springfield the latter part of this week for Mrs. Shirley.
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WM. E. DUPREE DIES IN WEST PART OF COUNTY
Funeral Services To Be Held at the Home Friday Afternoon.
William E. Dupree, 78-year-old farmer and life-long resident of Adair County, died Tuesday night at 9:41 o’clock at his home in the western part of the county. He had been ill for several months with heart trouble.
Funeral services will be held at the Dupree home Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. Clyde Johnson and burial will be in the Campbell cemetery.
Mr. Dupree was born in Schuyler County May 20, 1863, the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Dupree. He was married to Miss Susan Lanie Williams on October 18, 1891, and to this union five children were born.
He is survived by his widow, four children, Mrs. Lulu Dimmitt of Greencastle, Wallace Dupree of Worland, Wyoming, Mrs. S. June Bartlett of Burley, Idaho, and Willie Dupree at home. A daughter Alma preceded him in death Feb. 14, 1920. There are nine grand children and eight great grand children.
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BESSIE DURALL, LIVING NEAR HERE, IS DEAD
Succumbs in Hospital After Being Ill For Two Weeks
Brashear, Mo., June 3, (Special)—Mrs. Bert (Bessie) Durall, 62, of twelve miles southwest of Kirksville, died in a Kirksville hospital this morning at ten o’clock. She had been ill the past two weeks and became seriously ill suddenly shortly after midnight last night. She was taken to the hospital about three o’clock this morning.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending word from relatives and will be announced later by the Easley Funeral Home.
Mrs. Durall was the daughter of Samuel Robert and Isabelle (Richardson) St. Clair and was born near Callao in Macon County on Nov. 21, 1887. She was married to Charles Summers and three daughters and two sons were born to them. On Sept. 23, 1943, she was married to Bert H. Durall, who survives.
Also surviving are her three daughters, Mrs. Francis (Elizabeth) Charles, of Kirksville, Mrs. James (Sadie) Armstrong, of Delmont, N. J., and Mrs. Walter (Vadie) Piotraschke, of Des Moines, Ia.; two sons, Robert A. Summers, of Novinger, and Harvey S. Summers, of Greybull, Wyo.; twelve grandchildren; her mother, of Callao; four borthers [sic], John Sinclair, Carl and Homer, all of Callao, and Paul, of La Plata; four sisters, Mrs. Bud (Minnie) Dunseithe, and Mrs. Maude Veach, both of Callao, Mrs. Albert (Blanche) Boen, of Novinger, and Mrs. (Lena) Simpson, Brookfield.
Mrs. Durall was a member of a Christian Church near Callao.
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C. W. DURALL, OF HURDLAND, DIES IN IOWA
Was 67 Years Old; Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon.
Charles William Durall, 67, of Hurdland, died this morning at 2:45 o’clock in a hospital at Ft. Madison, Ia., after being ill there since April 12 this year.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:00 p.m., from the Easley Funeral Home in Hurdland conducted by the Rev. T. W. Jolly, of Kirksville. Burial will be in the Paultown cemetery.
Mr. Durall was born on Oct. 26, 1882, at Blanchard, Ia., the son of David Sylvester and Martha Hunter Durall. He came to Missouri and settled with his parents on a farm north of Hurdland in 1884 and moved with them to Hurdland in 1894.
He was married in Chase, Kan., to Gladys Hoover on December 25, 1918. They had three children: Mrs. Arch (Martha) Adkins, Ft. Madison, Ia.; Charles L. Durall, Kirksville, and Mrs. Clark (Virginia) Miller, El Paso, Tex.
Other survivors, besides the widow, are two sisters, Mrs. Mary Golden, Dubuque, Ia., and Mrs. Guy (Sue) Surry, Hurdland; two brothers, Bert, of Novinger, and Millard F., of Seattle, Wash. One sister, Mrs. William (Myrtle) Pate, preceded him in death.
He was a member of the Hurdland Methodist Church.
Bearers for the funeral will be Francis Elmore, Orville West, Lawrence Haffner, Jake Adkins, and Roscoe Whiteaker.
The body will be at the Easley Funeral Home in Hurdland until time of the funeral.
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DAVID DURALL DEAD
David Durall, a highly respected zen [sic] of Hudland [sic] passed away at one o’clock this (Thursday) morning. Funeral services will be conducted from the home at 2 o’clock Friday. Burial in Paultown cemetery. An obituary will be published next week
David Durall, Brashear, Missouri, The Brashear News, 5 May 1932, p. 1, col. 3
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OBITUARY
David Sylvester Durall, well known resident of Hurdland and vicinity, died at his home in Hurdland Thursday morning at 1:05 o’clock. Death was due to heart trouble from which he had been suffering for several months. He had been critically ill for the past three weeks. He was 77 years of age.
Mr. Durall was an apiarist by occupation and was a graduate of the L. A. R. School in Iowa. He was born near Sheridan, Ia., Nov. 9, 1854. He was married to Martha Hunter at Blanchard, Iowa, May 30, 1880, and they celebrated heir golden wedding anniversary in May, 1930.
Mr. and Mrs. Durall moved to Knox county, Missouri, in 1884, and settled on a farm one and a half miles north of Hurdland in 1894, where Mr. Durall operated a grist and sawmill.
Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Durall, two preceding the father in death. He is survived by his widow and the following children: Mrs. Myrtle Pate, of Kansas City, Kan.; Charles W., of Hurdland; Millard F. of Seattle, Wash.; Bert H., of Hurdland; Mrs. Mary Golden and Mrs. Sue Van Hyning, of Hurdland. He also leaves four brothers, William Durall, Kansas City, Mo., Charles E., of Eldorado Springs, Mo., Mack, of Joplin, Harrison L., of Naches, Wash., and two half brothers, Ben H. Durall, of Ponca city, Okla., and George, of Bartlesville, Okla. there are twelve grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the home Friday at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. Robert Finnell. Burial was in the Paultown cemetery.
David Sylvester Durall, Brashear, Missouri, The Brashear News, 12 May 1932, p. 1, col.6
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FOUR DEATHS IN FAMILY LEAVE 2 GIRLS HOMELESS
Children, Aged 9 and 11, Brought Here from Yarrow.
Two little girls, 9 and 11 years old, were brought to Kirksville yesterday from Yarrow by Dr. Conner, county health officer, and were placed in the county infirmary until a home can be provided for them.
The girls are sisters, named Austin, and they were adopted children of Mrs. Frances Durham, who died at her home near Yarrow about a week ago.
Mrs. Durham’s death was one of four deaths from influenza which occurred in the same family within 8 days. She died on Wednesday, Feb. 11, the day following the death of her son, Frank Durham, aged 35. Then, on Friday, Feb. 13, followed the death of her daughter, Mrs. William Summers. All of these deaths were caused from pneumonia, following influenza.
The fourth death in the family occurred yesterday morning, when Mrs. Summers’ husband died of a like illness. Mr. and Mrs. Summers left three small children, who were taken by a sister of Mrs. Summers to her home, where they will live.
Frances and Frank Durham, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 18 Feb 1920, p. 1, col. 4, Wednesday
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FRANK DURHAM DIES TODAY IN CAMDENTON
Former Kirksville Resident; Services To Be Held Here
Frank T. Durham, formerly of Kirksville, died this morning at Camdenton, Mo., where he had been living for the past year.
He had been in failing health for some time.
The body will arrive at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Friday and funeral services will be held there Sunday afternoon at two o’clock. Interment will be in the Maple Hills Cemetery.
Mr. Durham is survived by his wife, the former Amy Wilson; one son, Roy, of Warrensburg, and three daughters, Mrs. Reva Anderson, Carthage, Ill.; Mrs. Reta Merle Stage and Mrs. Ruth Randell, both of California; two brothers, Earl, of Moberly, and George of St. Louis, and one sister, Mrs. Lucratia [sic] Durham, of Kirksville.
Mr. Durham is a retired employe of the Missouri Power and Light Company.
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MRS. LUCRETIA DURHAM DIES AT HOME HERE
Was 69 Years Old; Funeral Services This Afternoon
Mrs. Lucretia Durham 69, for many years a resident of Kirksville and community, died at her home at 607 W. Pierce street Friday afternoon at 3:15.
Funeral services will be held from the memorial chapel of the Robert B. Davis Funeral Home, 115 W. Jefferson, this afternoon at two o’clock conducted by the Rev. Ralph H. Hicks, pastor of the Kirksville Methodist Church.
Interment will be in Oakwood cemetery at Moberly.
She was the daughter of B. F. and Mary C. Durham and was born near Moberly, March 31, 1883. She lived in Macon and Adair counties until 1904. On Jan. 26, 1904, she was married to M. Melvin Durham at Macon. After their marriage they lived in Kansas City from 1904 until the death of her husband and only son, Darrell Melvin, who died in 1930 and 1931. Her parents, three brothers and one sister also preceded her in death.
In October 1931 Mrs. Durham returned to Kirksville where she has since resided.
Surviving are two brothers, Milton Earl Durham, of Moberly, and George K. Durham, of Ferguson, Mo.; one grandson, Darrell C. Durham, and three great-grandchildren.
She was a member of the Jackson Avenue Christian Church, Hesperia Chapter O. E. S. (172) Local B. B. Union No. 60, all of Kansas City.
During her residence here she was an employee of the Weekly Graphic under the ownership of T. E. Sublette.
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MRS. DURHAM DIES HERE AT THE AGE OF 83
Had Been In Declining Health for Five Years.
Mrs. Mary Catherine Durham, 83, wife of Z. T. Durham, died here Christmas morning at 11:10 o’clock at her home at 403 West Illinois Street. She had been in declining health for the past five years and her death was attributed to general infirmities of advanced age.
The funeral has been scheduled for 10 o’clock Saturday morning at the Summers & Son Funeral Home. Burial will be at Moberly. The body is to lie in state at the funeral home until the rites.
Mrs. Durham had made her home in Kirksville for the past 35 years. She was a member of the Church of God.
She is survived by her husband, four sons, Frank, 719 South Sixth Street, Kirksville; George, of Ferguson, Mo.; Earl, who lives in Arkansas; Sam, Bolivar, Mo., and one daughter, Lucretia Durham, at home.
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Z. T. DURHAM, AGED 91, DIES HERE TODAY
Had Heart Attack At Noon; Lived Here 36 Years.
Zachary Taylor Durham, 91 years old, died suddenly at 12:10 o’clock this afternoon at his home at 403 West Illinois Street from a heart attack.
No funeral plans have been made, pending arrival of a son from Michigan. The body is lying in state at the Summers & Flinchpaugh Funeral Home.
Mr. Durham was born in Randolph County, Missouri, Feb. 14, 1850 but had lived most of his life in Macon and Adair counties. He was in the monument business in La Plata and Macon from 1883 to 1905, coming to Kirksville in 1905. His wife, Mrs. Mary Catherine Durham, died on Christmas Day, 1935.
A daughter, Miss Lucretia Durham, of Kansas City, came here in 1931 to take care of her parents in their declining years and he was living with her at the time of his death.
Surviving are four sons, Milton E. Durham, of Moberly, now in Michigan; George K. Durham, Ferguson, Mo.; S. I. Durham, Bolivar, Mo., and Frank Durham, Kirksville; and one daughter, Lucretia Durham, Kirksville.
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Mrs. Maria B. Durkee died at her home in this city Tuesday morning, February 13, 1900, after a short illness, aged 59 years, 4 months and 27days. Deceased had lived in this city many years. Her husband, the late Henry M. Durkee, died here several years ago. One son, Embry, survives to mourn the loss of a mother. He has always made his home with her and will miss her presence and tender care as long as he lives. She was a faithful member of the Christian Church. Funeral services were held yesterday, Eld. G. Snell officiating, after which the body was laid to rest in the Masonic cemetery.
Maria B. Durkee, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis, Reveille, 15 Feb 1900, p. 3, col. 3
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DIED THIS MORNING AT TWO
B. C. Durnal Funeral Tomorrow at Richland Church
Bernard C. Durnal, who has been ill several months, died this morning at 2 o’clock at the Laughlin hospital, Kirksville.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Richland Baptist church at Hitt tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by Rev. W. E. Longstreth of Memphis. Interment will be in the Richland cemetery.
Mr. Durnal was the elder son of the late Jake Durnal, who was one of the first secretaries of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Scotland county. He was born in Scotland county on May 30, 1869, and would have been 80 years of age the 30th of this month.
He was married to Miss Bertie Shelley on October 12, 1903. They had no children. She died Sept. 22, 1931. Mr. Durnal lived his entire life in this county in the community where he was born and reared.
He is survived by one brother, G. C. Durnal, of the same community, and one sister, Miss Martha Durnal, who has lived with him since the death of his wife.
He was a member of the Pleasant Hill church in the Hitt community.
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Miss Martha Durnal Funeral Thursday
Funeral services were held for Miss Martha Durnal who lost her life when her home burned in Memphis last week, were held from the Gerth & Baskett Chapel Thursday conducted by Rev. D. H. Newland. Miss Durnal was a member of the Memphis Methodist church.
Body bearers were William Dowdall, Virgil Chamberlain, Vane McDaniel, Millard Odell, W. E. Lawrence and Albert Lancaster. Burial was in Richland cemetery.
Miss Durnal was born in Scotland county Sept. 1, 1874, the daughter of Jacob L. and Elizabeth Kuntz Durnal, and died Sept. 19, 1955.
She is survived by one brother, Grover C. Durnal, Memphis; one niece Roberta Durnal, and three nephews, John Lloyd, Memphis; George Gail, St. Louis; and Dwight of Gladbrock, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and one brother, Bernard Durnal.
Martha Durnal, From Unknown Newspaper, 29 Sep 1955
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Mrs. Cleve Durnal Dies in Kirksville
Mrs. Cleve Durnal, 61, died at the Laughlin hospital in Kirksville January 11, following a lingering illness.
Vallie Lancaster Durnal, the daughter of George W. Lancaster and Nora Smith Lancaster, was born November 14, 1893, at Memphis, Mo.
She was married to G. Cleve Durnal November 29, 1917.
She is survived by three sons, John L., George Gail, and Dwight, and one daughter, Roberta, also a half brother, Garland Shelly.
Funeral services are being held today at 2 p.m. at Richland Baptist church with Rev. B. R. Tatom in charge with interment in the Richland cemetery.
Bodybearers are Fern Lay, Merritt Hyde, [unreadable] Carlson, Clarence Hicks, Leo Darr, Harvey Nichols.
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MRS. SUSAN L. DUTTON, AGED 84 YEARS, DIES
Succumbs at Home of Daughter Near Cherry Box.
La Plata, Jan. 25 (Special)—Mrs. Susan Dutton of near Cherry Box died Sunday morning following a lingering illness.
Susanah Lovingier, daughter of Henry and Mahala Lovingier, was born in Knox County near Locust Hill, Mo., Aug. 29, 1854 and died at the age of 84 years. She was married to William Dutton in December 1872. To them were born four children. Mr. Dutton preceded her in death Dec. 20, 1882 and also a son, Marion, March 23, 1895.
Those surviving are: Three children, Melvin Dutton, Amanda (Mrs. E. R. Stockham) and Laura (Mrs. Tom Shores) all of near Cherry Box; one sister, Mahala Lovingier of Novelty; six grandchildren, Mrs. Foster Vose of La Plata, Carl Stockham of Novelty, Dr. H. U. Dutton of Bethel and John Dutton of Browning, Mo.; four great grandchildren, Larry Vose, Kenneth and Mary Jeanne Stockham and Claude Jr. Stockham and a host of neighbors and friends.
She became a member of the Methodist Church in early life and lived in that faith to the last.
After her husband’s death, Mrs. Dutton stayed on the farm they owned until 1935, when, on account of ill health, she moved to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Tom Shores for two years.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, Jan. 23 at the Eucebia Church, conducted by Rev. Mr. Lane of Brashear, and burial was beside her husband in the Eucebia Cemetery.
Those attending the funeral from La Plata were: Mr. and Mrs. Foster Vose and Larry, Mrs. Ethel McEwen and Mrs. M. A. Horan. Mrs. Horan was a guest at Mrs. Dutton’s wedding 66 years ago.
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Services for Joe Duvall at Bible Grove Wed.
Funeral services for Joseph Duvall were held in the New Christian Church in Bible Grove Wednesday afternoon, June 2, 1954. Burial was in the church cemetery, Rev. G. Lolin Eaton officiating. Music was furnished by the Chappell sisters.
Joseph Duvall, son of Jake and Anna Duvall, was born on March 22, 1869 near Bible Grove, Mo.
He departed this life Sunday morning, May 30, 1954 at 2:45 a.m. in his home near Memphis.
He was married to Myrtle Howe on the 29th day of January, 1902. To this union was born one son, Otto Jay Duvall.
His second marriage was to Lula Tennant, on February 28, 1923. He is survived by his wife, Lula Duvall, his one son, Otto Jay Duvall, one grandson, Otto Duvall Jr., two great grandsons, Larry and Tommy Duvall of Quincy, Ill., and nephews and nieces.
He was preceded in death by his father, mother, two brothers, John and Jim Duvall; and three half-sisters, Sally Bradley, Lizzie Jack and Tech Wieland. He was a member of the Christian church of Bible Grove. His entire life was spent in farming in the Bible Grove community.
Joseph Duvall, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 3 June 1954, p. 1, col. 5
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Funeral Yesterday for Joseph Duvall
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon in the Bible Grove Christian Church for Joseph Duvall, 85, who died Sunday morning at his home near Memphis.
Mr. Duvall was born March 22, 1869, near Bible Grove to Jake and Anna Duvall. In 1902 he married Myrtle Howe. One son, Otto Jay Duvall, was born to this union.
In 1923 he married Lula Tennant, who survives.
He spent his entire life farming in the Bible Grove neighborhood and was a member of the Bible Grove Christian Church.
Surviving, besides his wife and son Otto, are a grandson, Otto Duvall, Jr., two great grandsons, Larry and Tommy of Quincy.
Preceding him in death were his parents, two brothers, John and Jim; and three half sisters.
Rev. G. Lolin Eaton was in charge of the services, with burial in the church cemetery. Music was furnished by the Chappell sisters.
Joseph Duvall, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 3 Jun 1954, p. 1, col. 6
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Lulu Duvall Dies At Age of 83
Lulu Duvall, 83, of a Palmyra Rest home passed away Friday, Dec. 31, 1971 in Levering Hospital at Hannibal, Mo. She was born May 30, 1888, in Scotland County Missouri a daughter of John F. and Josie J. Bertram Morgan.
On February 28, 1923, she was united in marriage to Joe Duvall.
Mrs. Duvall was preceded in death by her parents, one sister and her husband on March 30, 1954.
She is survived by one nephew Ellis Harness of Donnellson, Iowa.
Services were held from the Gerth and Baskett Chapel of Memphis, Missouri on Tuesday, January 4, at 10:30 a.m. Rev. Kenneth Campbell officiating.
Interment was in the Lawn Ridge Cemetery. Body bearers were Myron Bissell, Jess Anders, Roger Poole, Harry Callahan, Charles Brewer and Cliff Padgett.
Lulu Duvall, From Unknown Newspaper, 6 Jan 1972
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MRS. NARCISA DUVALL, 71, DIES NEAR BRASHEAR
Funeral Services To Be Held Friday at Sabbath Home.
Special to The Daily Express.
Brashear, Mo., April 10—Mrs. Narcisa A. Duvall, 71, died at her home north of the Sabbath Home Church yesterday afternoon at 1:45 o’clock. She had been ill with neuritis and a heart ailment for the past year.
Funeral services will be Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Sabbath Home Cemetery. The Rev. James McClanahan, of Brashear, will conduct the ceremonies. The body will lie in state at the family home until time for the services.
Pallbearers will be Guy Miller, Lyle Erwin, Emery Hilton, Warren Miller, Teddy Rowe and Sidney Rowe.
Mrs. Duvall was born in Scotland County, near Bible Grove, on Feb. 17, 1870. She was married to James Duvall, on March 13, 1900. Three children, one dying in infancy, were born to this union. They are Mrs. Della Eagen of Brashear, and Victor Duvall, of the home. She is survived by two children by a former marriage, Mrs. Cecilia Byrns, of Downing; and Glen Chapman, of Chicago.
Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Bess Humphrey, Milton, Ia., Mrs. Robert Duvall, Green Forest, Ark., and Mrs. Belle Fowler, of Ava, Mo., three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Mrs. Duvall came to Adair County about 25 years ago, and seven years ago bought the farm where she died. She united with the Methodist Church in young womanhood.
Mr. Duvall preceded his wife in death on June 5, 1935.
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MRS. ELIZABETH DYE SUCCUMBS AT HOME HERE
89-Year-Old Woman Born in Ohio; Came Here as Small Child
Mrs. Elizabeth Dye, 89, died this morning at her home at 607 S. Osteopathy.
Mrs. Dye was the daughter of John and Jane (Clifford) Rainier and was born in Akron, Ohio, May 15, 1863. She was married to Lee J. Dye July 24, 1880, in Adair county, and five children were born to this marriage. She was preceded in death by her husband, two daughters, one son, five brothers and three sisters.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. George (Della) Till, and Mrs. Pearl (Nell) Scott, both of Kirksville; one brother, John Rainier, Dunning, Neb.; seven grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and three step-grandchildren.
Mrs. Dye came to Missouri when a small child and spent her life time here. She was a member of the Jehovah Witnesses.
The body is at the Dee Riley Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Elizabeth Dye, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 8 Sep 1952, p. 3, col. 3
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MRS. EMMA JANE DYE DIES HERE
Funeral Services To Be Held On Thursday Afternoon.
Mrs. Emma Jane Dye, 84, died at 12:45 o’clock this afternoon in a Kirksville hospital.
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the East Center Church by Rev. F. P. Hanes, pastor of the Methodist Church. Interment will be in the East Center Cemetery.
Emma Jane Collop, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca Collop, was born Nov. 25, 1861 in Adair County, Mo. She was married to John C. Dye, Dec. 25, 1880. Two daughters were born to this marriage, one, Lula Merl, dying in infancy. Mr. Dye died April 15, 1931.
She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. C. E. Vaughn, of Kirksville, two sisters, Mrs. Cathryn McClelland, of Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Mildred Sunquist, of Battle Creek, Mich.; three brothers, John, Joseph and Elmer Collop, of Kirksville; two granddaughters and three great grandsons; several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Dye united with the Methodist Church, South, when a young woman and later with the Methodist Church in Kirksville.
The body will lie in state at the Davis Funeral Home.
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JAMES B. DYE, AGED 84, DIES THIS MORNING
Had Lived Most of Life In East Center Vicinity.
James Buchanan Dye, 84, died at his home in the East Center community this morning at 8:12 o’clock after a complicated illness of several weeks.
Funeral arrangements await word from relatives. The body is lying in state at the Davis & Wilson Funeral Home.
Mr. Dye, son of William and Susan Dye, was born March 13, 1852, in Hancock County, Ill. He came to Adair County with his parents when eight years old and spent the remainder of his life in the East Center vicinity.
He was married to Emma Mikle on Dec. 24, 1883. To them were born six children, who with the widow survive. They are Alvie Dye, Oskaloosa, Ia.; Harvey Dye, Huron, S. D.; Mrs. Ora Vaughn, Kirksville; Ray Dye, Greentop; Mrs. Effie Clark, Kirksville, and Charley Dye. There also are 15 grandchildren, one great grandchild, and two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Darrow, Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Francis Cason, Kirksville.
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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR SGT. JESSE DYE
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Arbela Methodist church for Sgt. Jesse Dye, who was killed in an airplane crash near Ft. Worth, Texas, December 18. Services were conducted by the Rev. J. C. Crenshaw, pastor, assisted by Rev. James Schultz of Wayland.
Bodybearers were servicemen home on furlough- Cpl. Millard Blaine, Sgt. Eston McHugh, Cpl. Wayne Havens, Pfc. Wm. R. Purvis, S2c Frank Sears, Cpl. Grover J. Woods, Cpl. Richard Wilburn. Cpl. Havens and Pfc. Purvis were guards of honor. Corp. Montague, who accompanied the body home, was also present.
At the grave taps was sounded by Paul Lancaster of Memphis. Arlie Power, representing the American Legion, before interment, presented the widow, Mrs. Betty Pauline Dye, with the American colors which was on the casket.
Following is the obituary read at the funeral.
Sgt. Jesse Jr. Dye, aerial engineer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dye, was born on February 1, 1921, at Arbela, Missouri and died in a crash landing of a B-24 bomber at Fort Worth, Texas army air field, December 18, 1943, at the age of 22 years, 10 months and four days.
Jesse Jr. attended the Morning View school, was a graduate of the Granger high school and attended the Chillicothe Business College. He served as president of the Epworth League of the Methodist church at Arbela for two years.
He enlisted in Chicago, where he was employed as a mechanic, February 2, 1942 and was sent to an army pilot school at Kelly Field Texas. He was later sent to Muskogee, Okla., and from there to Fort Worth, Texas. He had been awarded his wings and also a badge of merit which signifies that he had given merited service to his country for more than a year.
He was married to Miss Pauline Bettie Cresswell of Handley Texas, on December 30, 1942, at Weatherford, Texas.
He leaves his wife, Pauline Bettie Dye of Handley, Texas; mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dye of Arbela and a sister, Mrs. Irwin Padgett of Harvey, Ill., and a host of other relatives and friends.
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Jesse was our boy. We loved him as did his parents. His manliness as a student in our schools and his Christian service rendered as president of our Epworth League and place him as an example for all of our young people.
His going is our great loss and we can only say with Jesus that we know Heaven is richer today.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends for their kindness after the death of our son; for the flowers, also the servicemen on furlough and the American Legion. – Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dye, Mrs. Jesse Dye, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Irving Padgett.
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Leo A. Dye Services Held At Edina
Leo A. Dye, aged 58 years, Edina Street & Water Commissioner, who lived in the Millport Community, northeast of Edina, was killed around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 12, 1967, in a tractor accident while mowing weeds on the John Parrish farm (an uncle of Mrs. Dye) southeast of Colony near the Knox and Lewis County line. The tractor apparently dropped off in a deep Washed-out ditch and he was thrown off balance and was pinned between the left rear wheel and brush-hog type mower and was dragged about 50 feet. When he did not return for dinner, his wife, Rae, went to see about him and found him deceased under the tractor. She summoned an ambulance and the local authorities. Knox County Coroner, A. G. Rimer, stated there would be no inquest.
Mr. Dye was born December 4, 1908, in Scotland County, the son of Thomas Albertus and Henrietta Barker Dye. He came to Knox County in 1930.
On February 20, 1932, he was married to Ethel Rae Kiesow at Edina and she survives, also surviving, one daughter, June, Mrs. Kenneth Kline of northeast of Edina, and a son, Albert Dye of Edina, six grandchildren and one step great-granddaughter. Also, four brothers, John of near Baring, Raymond of Denver, Colorado, Albert of Lewistown and Charley of Ferris, Illinois, and two sisters, Ruby, Mrs. Otis Blaine of Bible Grove and Maude, Mrs. Carl Purvis of Baring and several nieces and nephews. And one uncle, John Barker of Memphis, Missouri.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Allie, Mrs. Gus Corwin and a brother, Hugh Dye.
Mr. Dye had taught school for a number of years in Knox County as a young man, had been on the Knox County Selective Service Board for several years.
He was a member of the Mo. Water & Sewage Conference and a member of the Millport Christian Church.
Funeral services were held Friday, September 15, 1967, at 2 p.m. at Hudson-Rimer Funeral Chapel, Edina, with Rev. Joe Todd, Troy, Mo., Rev. E. E. Hembree and Rev. Larry Davidson, both of Edina, Missouri, officiating and burial will be in the Millport Cemetery, northeast of Edina, Missouri.
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MRS. JENNIE DYE, 92, DIES THIS MORNING
She Had Lived in Adair County for Nearly 70 Years.
Mrs. Jennie Dye, of 1216 N. Franklin Street, who was 92 years old last Thursday, died at 8 o’clock this morning at a local hospital where she had been ill with pneumonia.
Her maiden name was Pleasy Jane Hamilton a daughter of Daniel and Nancy Hamilton and she was born Dec. 9, 1851, in Pennsylvania. She moved to Illinois with her parents while a child. She has lived in Adair County since 1884, the year in which she was married to W. W. Dye. They lived on a farm five miles northeast of Kirksville until eight years ago, when they moved to Kirksville. Mr. Dye died Feb. 15, 1936. She was first married to T. B. Duff in 1874 and four children were born to them, three of them preceding her in death. One daughter, Mrs. Lou Duff Langley lives in Wellington, Kan.
Four children were also born to Mr. and Mrs. Dye. They are Duke and Alice who live in San Francisco and are expected to arrive here this afternoon. Lee who lives in Los Angeles, and Glen Dye of Gibbs. She is also survived by one brother, C. E. Wallace of Colchester, Ill.
The deceased united with the Methodist Church when 13 years old, and for the past 30 years has been a member of the Bullion Church.
Funeral arrangements had not been made this afternoon.
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