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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Conrad Woeher died of pneumonia at his home east of Bible Grove, Saturday, Dec. 7, 1895, after a brief illness. He had lived there several years and was held in high esteem by those who knew him best.
Conrad Woeher, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 12 Dec 1895, p. 2, col. 3
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Addie Myrtle Woehrle
Addie Myrtle Woehrle, daughter of J. L. B. and Catherine Bauer McClamroch, was born near Rutledge, Missouri, in Scotland County, August 9, 1887, and passed away at the Scotland County Memorial Hospital on December 9, 1972, at the age of 85 years and 4 months.
On September 11, 1917, she was united in marriage to Alvin Woehrle. To this union was born 2 children, a son, Virgil, and a daughter, who died at birth.
She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband, Alvin, and son, Virgil, of the home. Also one sister, Amy Childers of Rutledge, three brothers, Orville, of Rutledge, Ralph, of Sierra Vista, Arizona, Wesley, of Phoenix, Arizona, nieces and nephews, and a host of relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, Virgil; a sister, Faith, and a daughter.
Early in life she confessed her faith in Christ, uniting with the Methodist Church at Sandhill, and was a loyal and faithful member as long as health permitted.
She was a devoted wife and mother who will be sadly missed by all who knew her.
Funeral services were held at Gerth & Baskett Chapel, Memphis, Missouri, Tuesday, December 12, 1972, at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. John Gooch officiated. Burial was in the Pauline Cemetery. Body bearers were Hillis McClamroch, LeRoy Huff, J. P. Childers, Wallace Matlock, Denver McClamroch and Erl [sic] Henry Forquer.
Addie Myrtle Woehrle, From Unknown Newspaper, 21 Dec 1972
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MARY WOELLER PASSES AWAY
Word was received March 17 of the death of Mary Twaddle Woeller in Toledo, Ohio, on March 10. Mary was the daughter of the late Florence Twaddle and Chester Twaddle who were residents of the Pleasant Hill neighborhood. Mary was a 1949 graduate of Memphis High School.
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SERVICES HELD FOR GEORGE H. WOLF TODAY
Died Saturday in Hospital Here; Was 78 Years Old
Funeral services for George H. Wolf, 78, 415 S. First, who died Saturday in a Kirksville hospital, were held this afternoon at two o’clock at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. W. R. Kornegay, pastor of the Nazarene Church. Interment was in the La Plata Cemetery.
Mr. Wolf was the son of Jacob I. and Mary (Isley) Wolf and was born in Clinton, Ia., March 8, 1870. He was married Jan. 15, 1896, at La Plata, to Judith P. Shortridge and to this marriage six children wer [sic] born. Mrs. Wolf died in 1937 and he was also preceded in death by one daughter and two brothers.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Walter (Beulah) Bailey, Niles, Mich.; and Mrs. Walter (Pauline) Turner, Kirksville; three sons, George J., Robert Olin and Forrest Wolf, all of Kirksville; two brothers, T. W. and D. L. Wolf, both of La Plata; ten grandchildren and one great granddaughter, Kathy Jo Bailey.
Mr. Wolf was a member of the Gibbs Methodist church.
He came to Missouri when a small child and spent most of his life in this community, farming near Gibbs, with the exception of five years spent in Ralls County. He moved to Kirksville in 1920.
Bearers were: Clarence Wolf, Dale Wolf, Warren Cody, William Northcraft, Edgar Bailey, and John R. Dodson.
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Lewis Wolf Dies In Monroe City
Lewis R. Wolf, 79, died at Monroe City Thursday. Funeral services were held at the Christian Church in Monroe City yesterday afternoon at two o’clock and interment was made in the La Plata Cemetery.
Mr. Wolf was the eldest son of Jacob I. and Mary C. (Isley) Wolf and was born near Winona, Minn., Nov. 19, 1865. He was married to Ethel Wheeler Sept. 21, 1895, and she died March 7, 1914. To this marriage five daughters were born, two of whom preceded him in death. He was married to Melvina Campbell in March, 1918, who with three daughters survive. The daughters are Mrs. Elsie Keller, and Miss Mazo Wolf, of Monroe City and Miss Allie Wolf, of Quincy, Ill. He is also survived by three brothers, George, of Kirksville, Warren and Lawrence, of near La Plata; one grandson, William Hall, with the U. S. Army in the Pacific. One brother preceded him in death.
Mr. Wolf was a member of the Monroe City Christian Church.
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V. M. WOLF, COUNTY ASSESSOR, DIED LAST NIGHT
Funeral Services Will Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon
Virgil M. Wolf, assessor of Adair County, died last night at midnight as his home on East Pierce street, at the age of 61 years.
Mr. Wolf has been ill for nearly a year, having sustained a stroke of paralysis last July. He rallied from the stroke, however, and was able to be at his office in the fall. He took ill last December and has been confined to his bed since then.
He was born in Springfield, Ill., Sept. 6, 1861, and has been a resident of the county for about 15 years. Before coming to this county he was a resident of San Francisco and was engaged in the livery business there when the earthquake wrecked the city in 1906. His barn, horses, and everything he had were destroyed by the fire which followed the earthquake. He was at one time proprietor of a hotel at Greencastle and after coming to Kirksville sold fruit trees and traversed much of the county. He was also clerk at the Dockery Hotel for several years. He was a member of the Elks lodge.
He is survived by his widow and two children by a former marriage. They are a son, F. M. Wolf and Mrs. Otis Ray, of Texas.
The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Summers & Taylor Chapel, the services being conducted by the Rev. F. W. Condit. The body will be buried in Highland Park cemetery.
The Elks will have charge of the services and all Elks are asked to meet at the club room at 2 o’clock.
The deceased has many friends in this city and county who will be sorry to hear of his death and extend sincere sympathy to his widow.
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E. F. Wolfert Died at Home March 1st
E. F. Wolfert, who has been in failing health the past few years, passed away Wednesday morning, March 1 at his home in Memphis.
He was born January 8, 1883 at Burlington, Iowa, the son of Henry and Anna Curtis Wolfert.
Funeral services will be held at the Payne chapel, Friday at 2:00 p.m., conducted by Rev. J. Joseph Trower.
E. F. Wolfert, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 2 Mar 1961, p. 1, col. 2
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Miss Emma Wolfert died at her home six miles northwest of Memphis, at 2:30 p.m., on Monday, of pneumonia. Miss Wolfert and her brother had been ill with the flu and in her case pneumonia followed. She, with her father, E F. Wolfert, and brother came from Burlington, Iowa, about seven years ago.
The body was taken to Burlington, interment being made today–the 19th. The neighbors hold the friendship of this family in high esteem and mourn with them over the death of their loved one.
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MRS. E. F. WOLFERT IS DEAD
Moved to Memphis Last December From Farm Home
Mrs. E. F. Wolfert died in Mercy Hospital at Burlington, Iowa, Friday, June 9, following a serious illness of several weeks.
Funeral services were conducted at the Presbyterian church in Memphis by her pastor, Rev. W. G. Bensberg, Monday afternoon at one o’clock. A quarter composed of Mrs. Harry Craig, Mrs. W. T. Barker, E. F. Bertram, and J. J. Wiegner, sang; “In the Garden” and “Jesus Will”. Mrs. Wm. Ware was the organist.
A second service was held at the Presbyterian church in Warsaw, Ill., at three o’clock, and burial was in the Oakland cemetery. Rev. W. G. Bensberg of Memphis was in charge.
The pall bearers for the Memphis service were Paul Schenk, Paul Morrison, George Davidson Jr., John Morrison, William Becraft, and Lloyd Lancaster.
Lillie Elizabeth Trautvetter was born in Rocky Run township, Warsaw, Illinois, October 18, 1882. She was the daughter of the late Theodore and Hannah Schildman Trautvetter. On June 28, 1927, she was united in marriage to Edward F. Wolfert of Memphis. They resided on their farm northwest of Memphis until they moved into town last December in the home they bought from S. L. West, 203 North Market street.
She is survived by her husband, one sister, Miss Mary A. Trautvetter, one brother, Fred C. Trautvetter, both of Warsaw, Ill.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Mrs. Anna McMahon, and one brother, George C. Trautvetter.
She became a member of the Presbyterian church of Warsaw in 1914, of which she was a faithful member, and after her marriage transferred her membership to the Presbyterian church of Memphis.
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FUNERAL RITES FOR MRS. ED WOLFERT
Lillie Elizabeth Trautvetter was born in Rocky Run township, Warsaw, Illinois, October 18, 1882, and passed away in Mercy Hospital at Burlington, Iowa, Friday, June 9, 1944, after a serious illness of several weeks. She was the daughter of the late Theodore and Hannah Schildman Trautvetter. On June 28, 1927, she was united in marriage to Edward F. Wolfert of Memphis, and they resided on their farm northwest of Memphis until they moved into town last December.
She is survived by her husband, one sister, Miss Mary A. Trautvetter, one brother, Fred C. Trautvetter, both of Warsaw, Illinois and several neices [sic] and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Anna McMahon, and one brother, George C. Trautvetter.
She became a member of the Presbyterian church of Warsaw, Illinois, in 1914, of which she was a faithful member, and after her marriage transferred her membershap [sic] to the Presbyterian church of Memphis.
Funeral services were conducted at the Presbyterian church, Memphis, Mo., by her pastor, the Rev. W. G. Bensberg, at one o’clock. A quarter composed of Mrs. Harry Craig, Mrs. Barker, E. F. Bertram, and J. J. Wiegner, sang; “In the Garden” and “Jesus Will”. Mrs. William Ware was the organist. A second service was held at the Presbyterian church in Warsaw, Illinois at three o’clock, and burial was in the Oakland cemetery. The Rev. W. G. Bensberg of Memphis was in charge. The body bearers for the Memphis service were Paul Schenk, Paul Morrison, George Davidson, Jr., John Morrison, William Becraft, and Lloyd Lancaster.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our thanks for the flowers and the many expressions of sympathy which have come to us since the passing of our dear wife and sister, Lillie Trautvetter Wolfert. Also to those who assisted in the service of music we extend our appreciation.
Edward F. Wolfert Miss Mary A. Trautvetter Fred C. Trautvetter
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Mrs. Stella Wolford, mother of John Wolford and Mrs. Ruth Lile of LaPlata, died Sunday at her home near Goldsberry, where she lived with her son, Gene. Rev. Harold P. Johnson will officiate at the service, to be held, Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock, in the Adventist Church, at the Helton cemetery, where interment will be made.
Stella Wolford, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 19 Oct 1956, Sec B, p. 3, col. 2, LaPlata Col., Friday
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Funeral Services Held at Cantril on Tuesday of Last Week
Funeral services for Mrs. C. A. Wollam, 68, were conducted by Rev. A. M. Hadley at the Cantril Methodist church at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Burial was in the Cantril cemetery.
Estella Belle Hatch was a daughter of George and Anna Hatch. She was born Sept. 18, 1876, in Scotland county, Missouri, and died at her home three miles southeast of Cantril at 9:45 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9.
She was married, August 20, 1899, to C. A. Wollam, who survives. A son, Bates, died at the age of 14 years, and a daughter died in infancy. Other survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Roy Smith of Colfax, Wash., and Mrs. Ella Barnett of Memphis and one brother, Leslie Hatch, of Weiser, Idaho.
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WOLTMANN.
Leder Woltmann, born October 1, 1828, in the Province Hanover, Germany, died March 16, 1913, of pneumonia, after an illness of nine days, aged 84 years, 5 months and 15 days.
He came to this country with his parents at the age of 8 years and lived on a farm near Farmington, Iowa. When a young man he went to Burlington, Iowa, where he worked as a carpenter for three years. Here he and Miss Sarah Mary Garsey were married April 20, 1858. The following year they moved to the old homestead at Neeper, Mo.
During the Civil War, he served as a home guard for three years. He was a member of Colonel Moore’s regiment.
In early life, he united with the German M. E. church. He was a loyal member and a licensed local preacher for many years until his home church disorganized. He then transferred his membership to the English M. E. church, which took its place.
His wife and two daughters preceded him in death. Surviving are three sons and five daughters: Mrs. Oliver Wright, Kahoka, Mo.; Mrs. H. P. Lafrenz, Wyaconda, Mo.; Daniel Woltmann, Tyrone, Oklahoma; Dr. Fred Woltmann, Kampsville, Ill.; Mrs. Oscar Martin, Mason City, Ill.; Dr. Katharine Woltmann, Delavan, Ill.; Miss Helena Woltmann, Chicago, Ill.; Dr. Henry Woltmann, Jacksonville, Ill.; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral services were held at Ballard church at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, conducted by Rev. E. M. Houchens. Burial in cemetery adjoining church.
Leder Woltmann, Kahoka, Missouri, The Clark County Courier, 21 Mar 1913
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MRS. CLARA A. WOOD DIES AT HOME HERE
Came with Parents to Missouri in Covered Wagon at Age of 8.
Mrs. Clara A. Wood died at her home, 314 N. Mulanix street, yesterday afternoon at 5:04 o’clock. She had been in failing health the past eighteen months and was bedfast last week.
Funeral services will be held at the Davis Funeral Chapel Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock conducted by Rev. P. M. Lind, of Queen City. Interment will be in Refuge cemetery.
Mrs. Wood was the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Keim and was born near Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 6, 1859. She came with her parents to Missouri in a covered wagon when eight years old and settled near Kirksville. She was married to Andrew Wood in Kirksville, Feb. 22, 1882. Three children were born to this union; one son, Merton, died Dec. 18, 1914. Her husband died March 5, 1920. Three brothers also preceded her in death.
Surviving her are two daughters, Mrs. A. L. Bartlett, of Kirksville, and Mrs. Mark Moots, of near Sperry; five grandchildren, 1 great granddaughter; one sister, Mrs. Isaac Yates and one brother, H. S. Keim, both of Kirksville.
The body will lie in state at the Davis Funeral Home.
The pallbearers will be Fred Rogers, Virgil Lowrance, Roy Amon, Fred Bartlett, S. C. Cochran and Robert Craig.
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DAVID CLARENCE WOOD IS DEAD; RITES TODAY
Native of Gifford Community Was 76 Years Old
David Clarence Wood, 76, died at his home near Gifford Monday morning at 4 o’clock.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at two o’clock at the McCollum Funeral Home in Gifford conducted by Rev. R. L. Prather, pastor of the La Plata Christian Church. Interment was made in the Cannady cemetery, northeast of Gifford.
He was the son of Jeremiah and Sarah Jane Wood and was born in Adair County on Feb. 14, 1875.
He spent his entire life on the home place where he was born. He was never married.
He was preceded in death by his parents, six brothers and one sister.
Surviving is one sister, Mrs. Gertrude Crout, who made her home with him; two brothers, B. T. wood, of La Plata, and George Wood, of Kirksville; several nieces and nephews.
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BODY OF PVT. ELLIS WOOD ARRIVING
Services to be Held Thursday In Greencastle
The body of Pvt. Ellis L. Wood, who was killed in action on Luzon, April 10, 1945, will arrive in Green City today, and funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church in Greencastle at 2:30 o’clock Thursday. Burial will be in the Greencastle Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Kent Funeral home in Green City until shortly before the service.
Pvt. Wood was the son of Dory and Sylvia (Sullivan) Wood, and was born near Loeffler Aug. 18, 1919. He was married to Miss Viola Daniel, of Greencastle, May 10, 1941, and one daughter, Patricia June, was born to the union. He was employed for several years on the Hill turkey farm.
He was inducted into the army Aug. 7, 1944, and after 17 weeks training at Camp Fannin, Texas, he was sent overseas in January, 1945. He was killed in action April 10, 1945, while serving with the 129th Infantry of the 37th Division.
Besides his wife and daughter, he is survived by his father, Dory Wood, of Novinger, a sister, Mrs. Russell Zeigler, RFD Novinger, and a brother, Cleo Wood, of Nebraska City, Neb. His mother preceded him in death in 1929.
The pallbearers will be Levi Hays, Paul Wood, Cecil Buress, Roy Wood, T. H. Hill and Paul Holman.
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George R. Wood, a prominent farmer and highly respected citizen, of the Millard neighborhood, died Sunday evening after an illness of three years. Mr. Wood was born in Casley, Ill., and came with his parents to Adair county when a boy. He had lived on the farm where he died for forty-five years. He leaves his wife and four children as follows: Pearl Wood and J. N. Wood, of Millard, Mrs. Zack Flynn, of LaPlata, and Mrs. H. D. Beecher, of Millard. He was the last of ten children and has no brothers or sisters living. Mr. Wood was a member of the Presbyterian church and for many years he had been an elder in the Millard congregation and superintendent of the Sunday school. The funeral took place from the Presbyterian church in Millard Tuesday afternoon at 1:30. Funeral service was conducted by Rev. R. A. Waggoner. Burial in Millard cemetery.
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Mrs. Ida Wood Rites at LaPlata Today
LaPlata, Mo., Oct. 20—Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Christian Church here for Mrs. Ida Odessa Wood, of LaPlata, who died in a Kirksville hospital Saturday. The services were conducted by Rev. Claude Thompson, past of the Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. Raymond Prather, pastor of the Christian Church. Interment was in the LaPlata cemetery.
She was the daughter of Harlan and Evelyn Tucker and was born near LaPlata on Sept. 20, 1888. She was married to Jeff A. Wood at Gifford on July 5, 1908. One son was born, Bernis, of Sioux City, Iowa. She had lived in LaPlata since 1911 and was a member of the La Plata Christian Church.
Surviving are here husband; the son, Bernis, and two grandchildren, Rex and Max Wood; one sister, Bertha Keithley, of LaPlata, and two brothers, J. M. Tucker, of Gifford, and Earl Tucker, of Novelty.
Her parents, two brothers and two sisters preceded her in death.
Ida Odessa Wood, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 20 Oct 1952, p. 4, col. 2
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J. N. WOOD, AGED 63, DIES AT MILLARD
Had Been in Failing Health Over Year.
Jesse Narl Wood, 63, died at 4 o’clock yesterday morning at his home near Millard. He had been in failing health for more than a year and had been seriously ill for the past four days.
The body will lie in state at the Summers & Powell Funeral Home until arrangements are completed for the funeral.
Mr. Wood was born May 16, 1879, in the vicinity of Millard. He married the former Mattie Davison and they resided all of their married life near Millard, where Mr. Wood was engaged in farming.
Surviving, besides his widow, are two daughters, Mrs. Yvonne Hardin, of Monticello, Wis., and Mrs. Auverne Orendorff, of North Hollywood, Calif.; a brother, Pearl Wood, and two sisters, Mrs. Lenie Beecher and Mrs. Lula Flynn, all of near Millard.
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John Thomas Wood Buried Wednesday
Funeral services were held at the Christie Funeral Home in La Plata Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock for John Thomas Wood, 74, who died at his home in Millard Tuesday morning at 8 o’clock. The rites were conducted by Mrs. Emma Garlock, of Fowler, Ill. Burial was made in the Canady Cemetery near his former home in the Illinois Bend vicinity.
Mr. Wood was born in the Illinois Bend vicinity July 13, 1864 and was married to Sarah Smith March 9, 1901. Three children were born, Mrs. Eva Crout, of Millard; Joe Wood and Mrs. Agnes Thompson, of Kirksville.
Besides his wife and children, he is survived by four brothers, Jim Wood, Toot Wood, George Wood, Dave Wood, and one sisters [sic], Mrs. Gertie Crout.
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MRS. JOSEPHINE WOOD, FORMER RESIDENT, DIES
Succumbs in Arizona; Funeral Services Sunday at Winigan
Green City, Mo., Dec. 30—(Special)—Funeral services will be held Sunday at Winigan for Mrs. Josephine Wood, 32, who died Dec. 19 in a hospital in Kingman, Ariz.
The body arrived in Green City at the Glenn E. Kent Funeral Home Thursday evening where it will be until time for the funeral services which will be held at the Baptist Church in Winigan Sunday at two o’clock. Rev. D. D. Reynolds, pastor of the church, will conduct the services. Interment will be in the Winigan cemetery.
Mrs. Woods was the daughter of Curtis and Dollie (Davis) Yoakum and was born near Winigan on Aug. 18, 1917. She was married Aug. 22, 1939, to Nile Wood. They lived in Kirksville until four years ago when they went to Arizona. One daughter, Jolene, was born to this marriage.
Besides her husband, daughter and parents, she is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Lorene Van Wye, of Green City, Mrs. Lovena Coram, of Moore, Ida., and Mrs. Bernice Cowell, of Marceline; three brothers, Marlin and Orvie Yoakum, both of Brashear, and Arthur, of St. Louis.
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ATTORNEY DIED YESTERDAY
Kenneth Wood Was Graduated From Memphis High School
Kenneth Wood of Seattle, Wash., died in California yesterday, according to word received here by Mrs. Faye Crist from the former’s mother, Mrs. Emma Wood, of Kirksville.
Kenneth was the son of Mrs. Emma Wood of Kirksville and lived here until after he was graduated from high school with the class of 1922.
He had become a prominent lawyer in Seattle, and recently was stricken with a heart ailment. He quit his law practice there and he, with his wife, went to California where he was taking a rest cure when he died.
He was in his middle forties.
Kenneth Wood, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 2 Feb 1950, p. 1, col. 4
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MRS. LEAH J. WOOD, 101, OF LA PLATA, DIES
Wilsontown Resident Succumbs at Home of Daughter In Mexico.
Mrs. Leah J. Wood, 101 years old, one of the oldest residents of this vicinity, died at 11 o’clock yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ida Johnson, in Mexico, Mo., where she had been spending the winter. She had been in excellent health until the morning of March 4, when she said she felt too weak to get up from her bed. She remained in bed from that time and her death was attributed to weakness from old age.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Wilsontown Church, conducted by Rev. Claude Thompson of La Plata. Burial will be made in the Wilsontown cemetery. Her grandsons and grandsons-in-law will act as pallbearers. The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home in Brashear until 9 o’clock Sunday morning when it will be taken to the home of her son, C. T. Wood, near Wilsontown, where it will remain until time for services.
Mrs. Wood was the daughter of Henry and Nancy Sherburn Guipe and was born in Center County, Pennsylvania, March 1, 1841. She was married Dec. 22, 1859, to Asa Wood in Mercer County. In the year 1870 she came with her husband to Missouri and they settled on a farm seven miles east of La Plata where she lived until March 4, 1936. Her husband died Jan. 19, 1904.
Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wood, two sons and two daughters. One son died in infancy and one daughter, Mrs. Minnie Malone died Oct. 22, 1931. The surviving children are Mrs. Ida Johnson, Mexico, Mo., and C. T. Wood. She also leaves eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Wood continued to live at the family home near La Plata until it burned six years ago. Since that time she has spent her summers with her son and her winters with her daughter.
Until her last illness Mrs. Wood enjoyed good health and full possession of her faculties, except for sight and hearing which weakened a little with her age. She was remarkably strong, having been under the care of a doctor only when her children were born, before she was stricken this spring.
Mrs. Wood was a member of the Baptist Church at La Plata, and had been very active in religious and community activities there. Even after her hundredth birthday, she wanted to register for civilian defense work.
When her family gathered to celebrate her 101st birthday last March, her routine question was, “How are the boys doing today?” She referred to the men in the forces in this, the fourth war she saw the United States enter.
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MRS. WOOD DIES TODAY AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS
Was Old Resident of the County—Funeral at Greentop Tomorrow
Mrs. Louisa Wood, aged 88 years, died at her home 5 1-2 miles northeast of Kirksville this morning at 1 o’clock. She had been in ill health for some time and for the past several weeks her condition had been considered critical.
She was born in Kentucky, January 13, 1832, and moved to Indiana with her parents at the age of 2 years. She came to Adair county in 1870 and has been a resident here since that time, formerly residing near Greentop.
Her father’s name was Butner, and the maiden name of her mother was Nancy West.
Mrs. Wood is survived by her daughters, Mrs. Della Keim, of Kirksville and Mrs. Minnie Pickens, of Leedy, Okla. She is also survived by two sons, William E. Wood, of Bozeman, Mont., and Jasper Wood, living near Kirksville, and her daughters-in-law, Mrs. Emma Wood, of Memphis, Mrs. Mitie E. Wood and Mrs. Clara Wood, of Kirksville, 22 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held tomorrow at 11 o’clock at Greentop, conducted by Rev. Bloomster and burial will be in the Greentop cemetery.
Louisa Wood, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 16 Jul 1920, p. 1, col. 4, Friday
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Kenneth Wood was called to Greentop Friday on account of the death of his grandmother, Mrs. Louisa Wood. (1920)
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MRS. MARGARETT WOOD, 76, DIES NEAR MILLARD
Succumbs To a Heart Ailment; Funeral at Millard Sunday.
Margrett Jane Stukey Wood, 76, died at her home one half mile north of Millard, early this morning following a four years’ illness with a heart ailment. The body is lying in state at the Wood home until Sunday when funeral services will be held at the Millard Church at 2:00 p.m., and burial will be in the Millard Cemetery. the Rev. Ralph M. G. Smith of the First Baptist Church is to conduct the services.
Mrs. Wood was born May 25, 1860, the daughter of Abel and Mandena Stukey. She was married to G. R. Wood, March 18, 1877, and to this union were born seven children, two dying in infancy and one daughter, Alice, dying at the age of six years. Her husband preceded her in death September 14, 1924.
She us survived by her children, Zulu Flynn, J. N. Wood, Pearl Wood and Lennie Beecher, all of near Millard; 7 grandchildren, Marion Wood of Moberly, Yvonne Wood Harden of Greenwood, South Carolina; Eva Wood Bolton of Englewood New Jersey; Anna Wood Whitney of Kirksville; Auverne Wood of Kirksville; Blanche Beecher of Slater; George W. Flynn of Kirksville, and one great grandchild, John Wood Bolton.
Mrs. Wood was a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church, and had lived her entire life in the Millard community.
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FUNERAL FOR MRS. GEO. WOOD SATURDAY
Kirksville Woman Dies Thursday at Age of 65
Mrs. Martha Ann (Steele) Wood, 65, died at her home at 1306 S. Osteopathy, in Kirksville, Thursday morning at 8 o’clock, following a long illness.
Funeral services will be held at Yarrow Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock and interment will be in the Yarrow Cemetery.
She was the daughter of William and Josephine Steele and was born Feb. 20, 1881. She was married to George Wood, Nov. 23, 1904, and two children were born to this marriage.
She us survived by her husband, one son, Carl Wood, and one daughter, Mrs. Beulah Rogers, of Kirksville, eight grandchildren and one great granddaughter; three brothers, Joseph Steele, of California, Charles Steele, of Colorado, and Eli Steele, of Kirksville; one sister, Mrs. Belle Iaiser, of Kirksville.
Mrs. Wood was converted and united with the South Side Baptist Church in Kirksville in 1934.
The body is at the family home.
The pallbearers will be: Merl and Marion Plumlee, Dean Cupp, Raymond Prather, Harvey Hardin and Estal Epperson.
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Mrs. A. R. Wood Dies
Mrs. A. R. Wood of near Union Temple Church died, Tuesday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cecil Buress of near Kirksville. She had been in failing health for some time. She was 61 years of age.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Union Temple Church at 2:30. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Wood, whose maiden name was Mary L. Miller, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller, and was born in Indiana, Sept. 8, 1880. She came to Missouri with her parents when a small child and they settled in the community where she was living at the time she became ill. She spent the remainder of her live in that community.
She was married to Albert R. Wood, Feb. 10, 1901.
Besides her husband she is survived by the following children: Mrs. George Hays, of Winigan; Mrs. Cecil Buress and Roy Wood, Novinger; Miss Fleda Wood of Kirksville, and Miss Leola at home. She also leaves ten grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Cohoon of New Boston, and Mrs. Hollis Hamilton of Kirksville.
Mrs. Wood was converted into the Church of Christ during her early life.
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YEAR’S ILLNESS FATAL TO MRS. A. R. WOOD
Lived Most of Life Near Union Temple Church.
Mrs. A. R. Wood, 61, years of age, died Tuesday afternoon at 3:15 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cecil Buress, 12 miles west of Kirksville. She had been in failing health the past year with kidney disease and complications, and had been seriously ill the past week. She lived almost her entire life in the Salisbury School District near the Union Temple Church, where the family home is located, but when she became ill was taken to the home of her daughter.
Funeral services will be held at the Union Temple Church Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Burial will be made in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Wood, whose maiden name was Mary L. Miller, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller, and was born in Indiana, Sept. 3, 1880. She came to Missouri with her parents when a small child and they settled in the community where she was living at the time she became ill. She spent the remainder of her life in that community.
She was married to Albert R. Wood, Feb. 10, 1901.
Besides her husband she is survived by the following children: Mrs. George Hays, of Winigan; Mrs. Emery Helton, Brashear; Mrs. Cecil Buress and Roy Wood, Novinger; Miss Fleda Wood of Kirksville, and Miss Leola at home. She also leaves ten grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Cohoon of New Boston, and Mrs. Hollis Hamilton of Kirksville.
Mrs. Wood was converted into the Church of Christ during her early life
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Mrs. Rosa Wood, 77, Dies in Rockford
Mrs. Rosa Wood, 77, a former resident of Kirksville, died Wednesday at her home in Rockford, Ill. Mrs. wood and her husband, the late George Wood, operated a music store at 220 N. Elson about 15 years ago. Mr. Wood has been dead for a number of years.
Mrs. Wood is a cousin of Mrs. Gertrude Hardy, of 402. S. High Street in Kirksville. She was a Past Noble Grand of the Rebekah Lodge.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon at Wyaconda, Mo. Burial also will be at Wyaconda.
Rosa Wood, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 14 Jan 1949, p. 2, col. 2
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THOMAS WOOD, 86 YEARS OLD, SUCCUMBS HERE
Had Been in Failing Health; Funeral Services Monday
Thomas Ellsworth Wood, 86, died at his home, 601 W. Gardner street, Saturday morning at 8:45 o’clock. He had been in failing health the past six months.
Funeral services will be held in the chapel at Bell cemetery three miles northwest of Elmer in Macon county Monday afternoon at one o’clock, conducted by Rev. Bryan Adair, of Atlanta. Interment will be in Bell cemetery.
Mr. Wood was the son of John and Thirza Wood and was born Mar. 10, 1863, in Wisconsin. In early life he came to Sullivan county, Mo., and on Dec. 28, 1887, he was married to Armada Belle DeWitt. Five children were born to this marriage. One daughter died about twenty years ago. His wife died Feb. 17, 1899.
On Dec. 9, 1900 he was married to Gertie Love and one son was born to them. The son died in infancy.
He is survived by his invalid wife; two daughters, Mrs. Amy Brown, of Mason City, Ia., and Mrs. R. M. (Bertha) Wilson, of Milan; two sons, Clarence Wood, of Greentop, and Forest Wood, of Quincy; one stepson, Ray Love, of Silver City, Iowa; 14 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Mr. Wood had been a resident of Adair county over forty years, thirty years of which were spent on a farm. Ten years ago he had to give up farming on account of ill health and moved to Kirksville, where he had since lives.
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William E. Wood Dies In Montana
Word has been received here of the death in Billings, Mont., of William E. Wood, 77, a former Kirksville resident. Mr. Wood had been in ill health 18 months, suffering from paralysis.
Born in Terre Haute, Ind., July 30, 1863, Wood spent the early years of his life in Kirksville, where he was married to Miss Louisa Orr, and they went to Bozeman, Mont., 37 years ago. Mrs. Wood died in 1923.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C. B. (Bessie) Johnson, Billings, Mont., and Mrs. Charles (Iola) Kirk, Scottsbluff, Neb.; a son, Glen Wood, in California; a sister, Miss Mattie Wood, Kirksville, Mo., and two grandchildren. For the past few years Mr. Wood had lived with his sister here and his daughter in Billings.
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WILLIAM WOOD, 55 YEARS OLD, DIES HERE
Had Been Seriously Ill; Funeral To Be Held in Yarrow.
William Emmett Wood, 55, of this city, died in a hospital here last night at 10:10 o’clock. He had been seriously ill the past week.
Funeral services will be held in the Yarrow Church Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock with interment in the cemetery there. Rev. Russell E. Otto, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church will conduct the services.
The body will lie in state at the Davis Funeral Home until time for the funeral.
The son of Benjamin F. and Ella Wood, he was born June 6, 1890, near Yarrow. He was married to Daisy Boley in 1911. To them four children were born.
He is survived by his wife, the children, Oral and Lester Wood, both of New London, Ia., Cecil Murrell Wood, of the home and Mrs. Sam Vice, of near Kirksville; five grandchildren; one brother, Chester Wood, of California; three half-sisters, Mrs. H. Trader, of Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Hazel Hayes, of Kirksville, Mrs. Cora Quinn, of Salisbury, Mo.; three half-brothers, Harold and Raymond Wood, of New Cambria, Mo., Marvin Wood, of New London, Ia., and step-mother, Mrs. B. T. Wood, of New Cambria.
Mr. Wood lived in Adair County all his live. He lived on a farm in the Yarrow neighborhood. For the past three years he has been employed at the Producer’s Creamery here.
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Funeral Services Held Friday Afternoon for Rebecca Woodard
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Summers and Powell Funeral Home for Rebecca (Dolly) Woodard, 75, daughter of Isaac and Sarah Johnson, who died in Des Moines, Iowa, last Monday. Interment was made in Rose Cemetery at Graysville.
She was born May 24, 1869 at Graysville in Putnam County. She was married to Francis Marion (Doc) Franklin, Sept. 19, 1885. To this marriage ten children was born, seven of whom survive, Mrs. Everett Sparks and Mrs. Augusta Gnaggy, both of Des Moines, Iowa, Herbert Franklin of Kirksville, Mrs. Roxie Trepp of San Francisco, Calif., Mrs. Sarah Payton and Joe Franklin, both of McCook, Neb., and Mrs. Lola Fields of San Monica, Calif., also two sisters, Mrs. Bloos Cooley of Kirksville and Mrs. Charley Shipley of Graysville, ad one brother, Joe Johnson of Unionville, fourteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
She was later married to Jefferson Woodard on March 8, 1932. He died April 29, 1934.
She was preceded in death by her parents, three sons, Jennings, Charles and Treffel; three sisters, Mrs. Matilda Rose, Mrs. Ona Rose and Mrs. Priscilla Johnson.
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Mother of Herbert Franklin Dies
Rebecca Jane (Dolly) Woodard, daughter of Isaac and Sarah Johnson, died in Des Moines, Iowa, yesterday.
Funeral services will be held at the Summer and Powell Funeral Home Friday afternoon at two o’clock. Burial will be in Rose Cemetery at Graysville.
She was born May 24, 1869 at Graysville in Putnam County. She was married to Francis Marion (Doc) Franklin, Sept. 19, 1885. He died April 27, 1925. To this marriage ten children were born, seven of whom survive, Mrs. Everett Sparks and Mrs. Augusta Gnaggy, both of Des Moines, Ia., Herbert Franklin, of Kirksville, Mrs. Roxie Trepp, of San Francisco, Calif., Mrs. Sarah Payton and Joe Franklin, both of McCook, Neb. and Mrs. Lola Fields, of Santa Monica, Calif., also two sisters, Mrs. Bloss Cooley, of Kirksville and Mrs. Charles Shipley of Graysville, and one brother, Joe Johnson, of Unionville, fourteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
She was later married to Jefferson Woodard on March 8, 1932. He died Apr. 29, 1934.
She was preceded in death by her parents, three sons, Jennings, Charles and Treffel; three sisters, Mrs. Matilda Rose, Mrs. Ona Rose and Mrs. Priscilla Johnson.
The body will arrive Friday morning and lie in state at the Summers and Powell Funeral Home until time for the funeral.
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MRS. SARAH A. [sic] WOODARD, 79, OF HURDLAND, DIES
Had Been Bedfast 6 weeks; Rites Thursday at Mt. Carmel.
Special to the Daily Express.
Hurdland, Mo., July 7—Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Woodard, 79, widow of George Marshall Woodard, died this morning at 5:30 o’clock at her home 2 1-2 miles south of Hurdland. She had been confined to her bed for the past six weeks and death was attributed to the infirmities of age.
Funeral services and burial will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Mt. Carmel Methodist Church. Rev. J. H. Lane, of Brashear, will have charge of the services.
Mrs. Woodard was born in Bath County, Kentucky, June 23, 1858, the daughter of J. W. and Martha Grimsley Anderson. She was married to George Marshall Woodard in Bath County on January 21, 1877. They came to Missouri in December 1903 and located in the Bee Ridge community south of Edina. She spent the remainder of her life in Knox County and had lived on the farm where she died for the past year.
Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Woodard, four sons and four girls. Those living are Mrs. Belle Gregory, of Brashear; Mrs. C. A. Mabis, of Villa Grove, Ill.; Cleveland Woodard, of Sharpsburg, Ky., and John W. Woodard of the home. She also leaves one brother, G. E. Anderson, of Decatur, Ill., eight grandchildren, two of whom, George and Beatrice Gooch, made their home with their grandmother, and eight great-grandchildren. Her husband died July 3, 1924. Mrs. Mabis was here when her mother passed away.
Mrs. Woodard was a member of the Christian Church at Baring.
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RITES FOR DAN WOODRUFF
Died at Burlington, Iowa, Early Friday Morning
Dan H. Woodruff, 65, who went to Burlington with his wife a few weeks ago to spend the winter with his daughter, died there Friday morning, Jan. 20, at 1:30 o’clock. The body was brought to Memphis where funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church and interment was in the Memphis cemetery.
Services were conducted by Rev. W. E. Longstreth. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Boucher sang, accompanied by Mrs. Longstreth.
Mr. Woodruff was born in Scotland county June 6, 1884, a son of George M. and Mattie A. Freeman Woodruff[.] He lived in this vicinity all his life, except a few years in Clinton, Iowa. He was a member of the Methodist church. He married Miss Myrtle O. Matlick January 16, 1915, in the Memphis Presbyterian church.
Surviving are the widow; four daughters, Mrs. Kathleen Steinhagen of Gary, Ind.; Mrs. Josephine Townsend of Memphis, Mrs. Doris Smith of Rock Island, Ill., and Miss Jeanette Woodruff of Burlington, at whose home he died; two brothers, George F. Woodruff of North Hollywood, Calif., and Fred Woodruff of Molalla, Oregon; a sister, Miss Mamie Woodruff, City Collector of Memphis, and three grandchildren, George and Mary Ann Townsend and Christina Steinhagen.
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Funeral in Oregon For Fred Woodruff
Funeral services were held May 23 at Holman and sons funeral home in Portland, Ore., May 23 for Fred Gordon Woodruff, 72, who died May 21 at Providence Hospital there, after an illness of several months.
Rev. Donald S. Cox conducted the private services, with interment in Portland Memorial Mausoleum.
Mr. Woodruff was born April 17, 1881, in Clay county, Mo., to Mr. and Mrs. George M. Woodruff. At the age of three, he moved to Scotland county with the family.
In 1910 he married Miss Iva Bozarth, who died in 1928. For several years he operated a restaurant in Memphis. In 1932 he moved to Oregon.
Mr. Woodruff married Miss Katherine McIntyre of Beaver Creek, Ore., in 1939, and they made their home near Molalla, Ore., until the time of his death.
Surviving in addition to his wife are a brother, George F., of North Hollywood, Calif.; a sister, Miss Maymie of Memphis; and nine nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Dan in 1950, and Ray in 1901.
Miss Maymie Wodruff [sic] left here by train May 21 to attend her brother’s funeral. After the services she and her brother George went by plane to North Hollywood for a two-day visit with his family. She returned to Memphis Saturday afternoon, May 30.
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Death of Ray Woodruff
Ray Woodruff died at the home of his parents, Mr. And Mrs. Geo. M. Woodruff, southwest of this city, Saturday, Dec. 29, after a protracted illness.
Two or three years ago he injured his right leg below the knee, tuberculosis of the bone developed and resulted in complications that finally caused his death. Ray was more familiarly known by his nickname, “Joker,” and was a promising boy, good natured, a lover of music, of honesty and purity and constantly looked on the more hopeful and cheerful side of life. He was thirteen years, seven months and sixteen days of age.
The funeral services were held at the family home Monday, Dec. 30, and were conducted by Elder Granville Snell. A choir of singers from Memphis assisted in the music and a large number of friends, both from Memphis and from the neighborhood, were in attendance. The burial occurred at 3 p.m. at Edinburg Church.
Ray Woodruff, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 2 Jan 1902, p. 2, col. 6
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MISS ALMETA WOODS
Miss Almeta Woods, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stacy and Luella Woods was born January 29th, 1908, and passed away at her parents [sic] home north-west of Memphis, November 14th, 1934. At the time of her death she was 26 years, 9 months and 16 days of age.
She leaves to mourn her departure her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stacy Woods, and six brothers: Glen, Price, Andrew, Roy, Stacy and Morris Woods. All of whom reside at Memphis, Missouri.
Miss Woods was an excellent young lady whose early departure is sad indeed. The whole life lay before, but her Heavenly Father in His wise Providence took her to her Heavenly Home to await the coming of her loved ones. She was a member of the Dover Baptist Church[.] At the age of 16 years she confessed her Savior publicly and since she has loved and prized the occasions which enabled her to attend the Church she loved and served.
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Anna H. Woods Services Are Held Here
Anna Hanley Woods, the daughter of Joseph G. and Paulina Bennett Hanley, was born in Scotland County, Missouri, on March 11, 1811 [sic], and passed away about 9:30 A.M. at her home southwest of Memphis on April 11, 1968. She was 57 years and 1 month of age.
She attended school in the Bible Grove Community and at the age of 16 confessed her faith in Jesus uniting with the Antioch Christian Church. She attended and served the church in many ways as long as her health permitted.
In Kirksville, Missouri, on April 16, 1932, she was married to Andrew J. Woods. They established a home in Scotland County, Missouri, and to this union two sons were born, Lowell Max and Larry. She was devoted to her home and family and enjoyed the fellowship of her friends and neighbors. She had been in ill health the past two years and had not been able to attend church services for three months.
She was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband, her sons, Lowell Max of Baring, Mis [stationed at Ft. McClellan, souri, and Larry, who is serving in the Armed Forces and Alabama,] [sic] a daughter-in-law, Darlene, and her grandson, Leslie, two sisters, Mrs. Freda Sanderson of Edina and Mrs. Hilda Riney of Rutledge, one brother, Albert Hanley of Baring, other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were conducted at the Memphis Christian Church April 13, 1968, at 2 P.M. by Rev. Faye Black and Rev. Howard Merchant. Music was by Mrs. Howard Merchant and Miss Nola Kirkpatrick.
Body bearers were Warren Jones, Kenneth Bradley, George Rice, David Gutman, Basil Lancaster and Harry James. Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery.
Anna (Hanley) Woods, From Unknown Newspaper, 18 Apr 1968
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Found After Kahoka Fire
Funeral of Arthur Woods Held at Greensburg Sunday
While cleaning up the debris of the old Tucker livery barn which was destroyed by fire at Kahoka Wednesday night of last week, Dec. 12, workmen Friday discovered the charred body of a man, identified as that of Arthur Woods who lived southwest of Kahoka near the Woodville church.
Woods had apparently been sleeping in the barn which had been used in recent years as the site of community sales, one of which had been held that day.
Twenty-three years of age Woods had been employed the past two weeks as a truck driver by Ray Denny of Kahoka.
Identification was made by his mother.
Woods was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Woods and lived with his grandfather, R. A. Clark Sr., near Wyaconda.
He was born in Scotland county, February 24, 1923, and was not married.
He lived most of his life with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Clark, near Bible Grove. He went to Clark county in 1943 and had been employed until recently at Electric Metals Co., Keokuk. He was to have been married in the near future to Miss Lucille Salyers of Mt. Union, Iowa.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Woods; one sister, Lucille Woods; his grandfather, R. A. Clark Sr., and his grandmother, Mrs. Mary A. Woods, at Downing.
Funeral services were held at the Greensburg Christian church, Sunday afternoon, Dec. 16, conducted by Elder C. C. Parker, and burial was in the Greensburg cemetery.
Music was furnished by Miss Fern Kaiser, Mrs. Eva Childress, Mrs. Lester Kaiser and Chas. Brosius, accompanied by Mrs. Brosius.
Pall bearers were Dale Woods, Charles Patterson, Roscoe Frederick, Emery Clark, Elton Emel and Earnest Clark.
In addition to the discovery of the man’s death, it has now been determined that the fire destroyed more than 25 cattle, 140 head of hogs and 20 or more sheep in addition to 100 bales of straw.
Neither the barn nor the Diehl blacksmith shop, also lost in the blaze, were insured. Neither was the livestock covered by insurance unless the owners had their own policies.
Arthur Woods, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 20 Dec 1945
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Arthur Glen Woods Dies At Age of 72
Arthur Glen Woods, 72, passed away suddenly at 9 a.m., Thursday, May 22, 1969, at his home.
Glen was born November 3, 1896, in Scotland County, Missouri. He was the eldest son of Stacey and Louella Donaldson Woods, and was united in marriage to Verna Chancellor on December 15, 1918. They observed their Golden Wedding Anniversary on December 22, 1968.
Surviving are the widow; two sons, Ivan of Memphis, Eugene of Vermillion, South Dakota; two daughters, Mrs. Dewey (Evelyn) Garrett, of Memphis, and Mrs. Raymond (Ada Lucile) Cossel of Newton, Iowa; Four Brothers, Price, Andrew, and Roy of Memphis, and Morris, of Hobbs, New Mexico; Eighteen grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by an infant son, his parents, three sisters, and six brothers.
He was a member of the Oak Ridge Baptist Church and has served faithfully in its offices for many years.
He was engaged in farming until 1950 when his health would not permit him to continue farming alone. However he assisted in all the activities.
Brother Woods was a faithful servant to his Lord in his home, church, and in associational work.
Funeral services were held Saturday, May 24th, at 2 p.m., at the Payne Chapel, conducted by Rev. Harry Kearns, assisted by Bro. Elmer Snelling. Music was furnished by Kenneth Campbell, accompanied by Mrs. Madeline Ewing. Body bearers were Robert Garrett, Norman Swank, Stanley Woods, Paul Woods, Jimmie Woods, and Jon Rader. Interment was in Memphis cemetery.
Arthur Glen Woods, From Unknown Newspaper May 1969
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Mrs. Lowell Woods, 25, died at her home, north of Dover school house Tuesday evening at about 8:20, of Bright’s disease, after a short illness. Mrs. Woods was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McGee, and leaves beside her husband and other relatives, a 2-year-old child. Burial in Friendship cemetery today.
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Audrey P. McGee was born August 19th, 1905, in Scotland County, Missouri, and departed this life on March 17th, 1931, at the home west of Memphis, Mo., at the age of 25 years, 6 months and 20 days.
She was united in marriage to Lowell A. Woods at Memphis, Mo., on February 14th, 1928. One child was born, Richard Lowell, who is now two years of age.
In addition to this child and her husband, she is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McGee, and two brothers, Glenn and Roy McGee, all of whom live west of Memphis and also by one sister, Mrs. Daisy Woods of Keokuk, Iowa.
Mrs. Woods was a devoted wife and mother. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Death came to her after a brief illness.
Funeral Thursday morning at Camp Ground, conducted by Rev. Paul Barton.
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Chester Woods, a retired farmer living in Brashear, died Friday morning in a Kirksville hospital of a heart ailment. He had been in failing health for several months and was taken to the hospital a week ago. He would have been 75 years old Monday. Mr. Woods was born in Mercer county, Pa., Sept. 5, 1857, the son of Cyrus and Amanda Caldwell Woods. He was brought to Missouri by his parents in 1868, and the family settled on a farm in the Wilsontown vicinity. He was married Nov. 22, 1882 to Miss Maggie Sleeth, and to this union four children were born, three of whom survive. They are: Wylie Woods, of Black River Falls, Wis., Mrs. May Thomas, of Cheeryville, Kansas, and Mrs. Elta Epperson, of Hurdland. He also leaves 15 grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Ella Steele, of Waitsburg, Wash. Mr. Woods was a farmer all his life until 1918 when he sold his 320-acre farm near Gibbs and moved to Brashear. Since the death of his wife two years ago he had lived alone. He was well and favorably known throughout the eastern part of the county, and was regarded as an excellent citizen. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the U. B. church at Brashear, conducted the Rev. Mr. McGlasbin. Burial was made in the Brashear cemetery.
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C. T. WOODS, 80, DIES IN WILSON COMMUNITY
Became Ill Yesterday; Funeral to Be on Friday
Clarence Trenmer “Trennie” Woods, 80, died at his home at Wilson, six miles south of Brashear, Tuesday evening at six o’clock. He took suddenly ill in the morning.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the Easley Funeral Home in Brashear. Rev. Claude E. Thompson of LaPlata will deliver the sermon. Interment will be in the Wilson cemetery.
He was the son of Asa and Leah (Guipe) Woods and was born at Wilson March 16, 1874. He was married to Edith Jane Wilson on Sept. 23, 1896. Two children were born to them.
Surviving besides his wife are one daughter, Mrs. Ernest (Rachel) Shouse, of Kansas City, and a son, Clarence Woods, of LaPlata; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Two sisters and one brother preceded him in death.
He was a lifelong resident of the Wilson community. He was clerk of the Wilson school district a number of years.
Bearers will be Harold Hunter, Guy McGee, Leland Shouse, Lloyd Moore, Arthur McGee and Zack Shouse.
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David Woods Services To Be Held Thursday
David Edgar (Ed) Woods of Downing, Mo. Passed away Monday March 6, 1972 at the St. Marys Hospital at Rochester, Minn. at the age of 71. He has been in failing health for two months.
Ed was born in Scotland Co. Mo. Jan. 6, 1901 and lived there on a farm all his life.
The son of Augusta and Mary A. Hardman Woods. He was married to Rosie E. Stone Oct. 19, 1927 at Memphis, Mo. To this union two sons and one daughter were born.
He was a member of the Dover Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Rosie, 2 sons Max of Packwood, Iowa, Jay of Pomona, California, 1 daughter Irene Keller of Farmington, Ia. also 4 grandchildren, 1 brother Louie E. of Downing, 2 sisters Julia A. Miller, Downing and Mary E. Powell of Farmington, Mo., 3 brothers and sisters are deceased.
Services will be held from the Payne Funeral Home, Thursday at 2 p.m. Burial will be at the Camp Ground Cemetery.
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Mrs. Edith B. Wood [Woods] Succumbs at Downing
Downing, Mo., Feb. 6. (Special)—Mrs. Edith Belle Wood, 42, died here Saturday afternoon.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock at Camp Brown [Campground] Church in Scotland county, conducted by Rev. G. L. Eaton, pastor of the Christian Church in Memphis. Burial will be in the cemetery by the church.
She was the daughter of Sidney and Nora (Barr) Rorabaugh and was born in Scotland county Apr. 24, 1907. She was married to Louie Wood Nov. 15, 1926. Five children were born to this marriage.
Surviving her are her husband, the five children, Mrs. Velma Van Baalen, of Memphis, and Vern, Myrtle, Lerea and Linda, all of the home, and one grandchild.
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DIED SUDDENLY AT HOME
Mrs. Louie Woods’ Funeral Tuesday at Camp Ground
Mrs. Louie Woods died suddenly at her home near Downing Saturday afternoon. She was in Memphis during the afternoon and became ill after returning home.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon by Rev. G. Lolin Eaton of Memphis at the Camp Ground church and interment was in the cemetery there.
Edith Belle Rorabaugh was born in Scotland county, the daughter of Nora and Sydney Rorabaugh. She grew to womanhood in this county and attended the Memphis high school.
She was married, November 15, 1926, to Louie Woods, and to this union five children were born–Mrs. Velma Lou Van Baalen of Memphis, Verne, Myrtle, Lera and Linda Kay, all at home.
She was preceded in death by her mother, who died when she was eleven years old; her father, Sydney Rorabaugh, who died in August, 1947, and a stepmother, who died in 1931.
She leaves her husband and children, one son-in-law, Russell Van Baalen, and a grandson, Terry Van Baalen, also her step-mother, Mrs. Sylvia Rorabaugh of Downing.
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IN MEMORIAM
In loving memory of our husband and father, Pvt. Ellis L. Wood, who was killed six years ago April 10, 1945 on Luzon, Philippine Islands.
We mourn for you in silence.
No eyes can see up weep
Though many a silent tear is shed
While others are asleep.
Through all this lonely sorrow
There’s a hope not far away.
That on the great tomorrow
We’ll meet again some day.
Sadly missed by wife
and daughter.
Pvt. Ellis L. Woods, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 10 Apr 1951, p. 6, col. 5 & 6, Tuesday
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Ira Woods Funeral
The funeral of Francis Ira Woods of Girard, Mich., who died February 18th in the Health Center at Coldwater, Mich., were held Tuesday, February 20 at Girard and burial was in the cemetery at Girard by the side of his wife who died March 8, 1950.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Bertha Shultz of Quincy, Mich., Mrs. Adelaide Johnson of Toledo, Ohio, two sons, Lee Woods of Coldwater and Clair of Detroit, one sister, Mrs. Belle Drummond of Memphis, besides several grandchildren and great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
One son, Paul Herbert, died at the age of 3 months.
He was married to Mary E. Sanders, February 13, 1901, near Memphis, Mo. He was a member of the Brock M. E. church while living in the county.
Francis Ira Woods, MD, 1 Mar 1951, p. 1, col. 4
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GUILFORD A. WOODS
Guilford A. Woods, son of Augustus J. and Mary Ann Woods, was born in Scotland county, Mo., January 12, 1893, and passed away at Sunny Slope, Ottumwa, Iowa, Sunday, Oct. 9, being at the time of his death 56 years and nine months of age.
He was united in marriage to Lola May Schupbach November 12, 1916. To this union seven children were born: Johnnie Lee, Hilla Opal, Dale Schupbach, Ruby Emogene, Bernie Dee, and two sons who died in infancy.
He lived his entire life in Scotland and Schuyler counties.
He accepted Christ as his Savior early in life.
Most of his life was spent in the occupation of farming, with the exception of 15 years which was spent as a blacksmith at Downing.
He was preceded in death by his wife, four sons, Johnnie Lee, Dale Schupbach and two infants; father and mother; three sisters.
He leaves to mourn his passing, two daughters Hila Opal Woods of Columbus, Ohio, and Ruby Emogene Robinson of Council Bluffs, Iowa; one son, Bernie Dee Woods; five grandchildren; two daughters-in-law; …
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An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Woods, of this city, died of quinsy, Thursday of last week and was buried Friday, Rev. R. A. Williams officiating, at the funeral. This was the only child and the loss to the parents is irreparable. In the presence of such an affliction it is hard to understand why our little ones are taken but the Good Shepherd makes no mistakes in dealing with his children. While here on earth He said “suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Infant Child Woods, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 7 Nov 1895, p. 1, col. 7
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JOHN ROY WOODS, AGED 1, DIES
John Roy Woods, the 1-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Woods, died this morning at 4 o’clock at their home, 1403 West Patterson avenue. The little fellow was born May 8, 1921, and was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Woods.
The funeral services will be held tomorrow at the home, conducted by the Rev. H. D. Martin, pastor of the Mulanix Street Methodist church, and interment will be in Forest cemetery. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Woods join in extending to them their sincere sympathy in their bereavement.
John Roy Woods, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 20 Jul 1922, p. 1, col. 3, Thursday
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Funeral services were held Thursday, June 17, for Johnnie Woods, 39, at the Christian church by Rev. Macdowell of Memphis. Music by Mmes. H. E. Gerwig, H. H. Lewis, Messrs. Harry West and Dee Rife with Miss Lena Shobe at piano. He is survived by his wife and two children, his mother Mrs. Mary Woods, brothers and sisters. Burial was in the Downing cemetery.
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MISS WOODS DIED FRIDAY
Funeral Services Were Held at Camp Ground Sunday
Funeral services for Miss Margaret Luelia Woods, 19, who died at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Woods of near Crawford Station Friday, Aug. 26, were conducted at the Camp Ground church Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. Arthur L. Huff. Interment was in the cemetery there.
Body bearers were Lillian Baker, Harriet Baker, Edith Crawford, Nellie Crawford, Evelyn Woods and Nellie Snodgrass
Music was furnished by the Camp Ground choir.
Margaret Luelia Woods was the daughter of Leslie Clarence and Goldie May Woods. She was born on Dec. 14, 1918.
Mr. and Mrs. Woods went to Florida for Margaret and her brother in the winter of 1924. With them she spent the remainder of her life except seven months spent with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Lease in O’Brien, Fla.
Margaret was preceded in death by her mother on June 26, 1924, and by her father on Oct. 29, 1926.
She leaves one brother, Raymond Edward Woods of Memphis, her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Woods of Memphis, and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Lease of O’Brien, Fla.
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MRS. A. J. WOODS DIES AT 81
Was a Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hardman
Mrs. Augustus J. Woods, whose maiden name was Mary A. Hardman, a daughter of William and Polly Hardman, and who was born in Scotland county on October 21, 1867, died at a Kirksville hospital last Saturday, Feb. 19, at the age of 81 years.
She was married to Mr. Woods, March 29, 1891, and to this union was born eleven children. Her husband and four children preceeded [sic] her in death.
The seven surviving children are Guilford, Willie, Edward, Charles and Louie Woods, Mrs. Julia Miller and Mrs. Mary Powell. She also leaves 27 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren, five brothers, Henry, Joe, James, Charles and Lee Hardman.
She was a member of the Camp Ground church where funeral services were conducted by Rev. G. Lolin Eaton of Memphis Monday afternoon, and interment was in the cemetery there.
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M. C. WOODS, 62, DROPS DEAD HERE TODAY
Former Lumberman and Mayor of West Lafayette, O.
Melville C. Woods, 62 years old former mayor of West Lafayette O., who has made his home here the past year, suffered a heart attack and died on a downtown street this morning about 10 o’clock. He had been in impaired health several years, due to diabetes and heart disease.
The body is to lie in state at the Summers & Powell Funeral Home here until 9 o’clock tonight. It then will be sent to Piqua, O., for the funeral. Burial will be made at Plainfield, O.
Mr. Woods was born at Plainfield Nov. 29, 1879 and was married in 1898 to Daisy Owens.
He was in the lumber business at West La Fayette, O., before retirement due to ill health several years ago and served several terms as mayor there. He and Mrs. Woods came to Kirksville about a year ago, prior to which they lived eight years in California. A grandson, Robert W. Halterman, student at the osteopathic college here, made his home with them.
Surviving him are two daughters, Mrs. Harold Smith, Burbank, Calif., and Mrs. A. E. Halterman, Piqua, O.; one son, Richard O. Woods, Piqua, O., and four grandchildren.
Melville C. Woods, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 23 Nov 1942, p. 1, col. 5, Monday
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Woods Baby Funeral Held Thursday
The young son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Woods whose death was reported in last week’s paper was Michael Leo Woods, age 1 year.
Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon, December 2 at 2 o’clock at the Christian church by Rev. Arthur Brewer, and burial was in the Memphis cemetery.
Michael Leo Woods, the son of Leo and Cleo Mathes Woods, was born October 6, 1953, and died at a Kirksville hospital December 1, 1954, after a short illness.
He is survived by his parents, a sister Mona, and brother Milo, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Price Woods and Mr. and Mrs. Okla Mathes, great grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Stace Woods, Mrs. Maud McGee and Mrs. J. H. Walker.
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RITES FOR STACEY F. WOODS
Died at Mt. Vernon Sanatorium Monday Morning
Funeral services for Stacey Floyd Woods, who died at the sanatorium at Mt. Vernon, Mo., Monday morning, Nov. 17, at 3:53 o’clock, were held at the Campground church yesterday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Howard Hayworth. Interment was in the cemetery there.
The pall bearers were Glen Woods, Price Woods, Andrew Woods, Roy Woods, Ralph Young and Oscar Reed. A Quartet composed of Mrs. Chas. Barbee, Mrs. Howard Hayworth, Harry West and James Kincheloe sang, accompanied by Mrs. James Kincheloe.
Stacey Woods was a son of Mr. and Mrs. S A. Woods. He was born 6 1/2 miles west of Memphis on August 4, 1915, and lived in this county most all his life, being operator of a service station at Gage, Okla., a few months in 1937.
He was married at Kirksville on Sept. 30, 1939, to Miss Marguerite Riddington, who survives. They have no children. He is also survived by his parents, and five brothers–Glen, Price, Andrew and Roy Woods of Scotland county and Morris Woods of Mt. Vernon, Mo.
The next day after their wedding, Mr. and Mrs. Woods went to Phoenix, Arizona, for the benefit of his health and lived there until February, 1941, when they moved to his father’s farm 1 1/2 miles south of Crawford Station, where they lived until he entered the sanatorium. Mrs. Woods has been with him there since Nov. 6.
He was a member of the Campground church.
Those here from a distance for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Sexton, Miss Gladys Sexton, Robert Leber and Mrs. E. E. Polze all of Muscatine, Iowa, and Morris Woods of Mt. Vernon, Mo.
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MRS. SUSAN WOODS, 92, DIES AT HOME
In Failing Health for Several Months; Burial Today.
Mrs. Susan Woods, aged 92, died at her home in Milan Friday evening at 6 o’clock. She had been in failing health the past several months.
Funeral services will be held at the Schoene Funeral Home in Milan this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock with interment in Asbury Chapel Cemetery west of Milan.
A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Black, Mrs. Woods was born April 17, 1852 in Sullivan County, Mo. She was married to John Dennis, and six children were born to them. One son, Charles Dennis and her husband, preceded her in death. She later married Louis Woods, who also preceded her in death.
Surviving are four daughters and one son: Mrs. H. L. Chapman, Rocky Ford, Colo.; Mrs. J. M. Lovell, Follette, Texas, Mrs. W. F. Johnson, Wichita, Kan.; Fred Dennis also of Wichita, and Mrs. M. C. Wemmer, of 1302 E. Pierce street, Kirksville; and several grandchildren, great grandchildren and one great-great-grand son.
Mrs. Woods had spent the last several winters in Kirksville with her daughter, Mrs. M. C. Wemmer.
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Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Wm. G. Woodsmall, living near Rainbow died the 6 inst., of bronchitis aged 73 years. Deceased was a member of the M. E. church south for a great many years and was one of the old settlers of the county.
Elizabeth Woodsmall, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 9 Apr 1885, p. 3, col. 3
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RITES WEDNESDAY FOR W. WOODSMALL
Aged Citizen Died at Home of His Daughter Following Illness of Three Days.
William Wesley Woodsmall, 87, pioneer citizen of Henry county, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Chas. Folsom, Monday evening at 11:20 following an illness lasting only three days.
Mr. Woodsmall was one of our pioneers, coming to Henry Co. from Scotland county, Mo., the year he was married in 1866. From that time until his death he made his home in Henry county.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Beulah church with the Rev. B. F. Finch, pastor of the church officiating. The pallbearers were Rollin and Marion Bonar, E. R. Morrow, A. L. McKasson, Ed Rief and C. H. Carlson. Burial was in Beulah cemetery.
William Woodsmall was born in Scotland county, Mo., November 11, 1844 and was united in marriage to Urbain Tague August 19, 1866 in Missouri. They then came to Henry county where they made their home, following farming as an occupation. Five years ago one son, Henry died. Mrs. Woodsmall passed way [sic] January 11, 1929. One son, John of Winfield and one daughter, Mrs. Anne Folsom survive. Also eight grandchildren, 34 great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren. Mr. Woodsmall was a member of the Lowell Baptist church.
Following his death the body was brought to the Elliott Funeral home where it remained until the funeral services were held. Mr. Woodsmall was a familiar figure on Main street and will be missed by his friends.
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Edina Woman Dies January 6 At Medical Center
Mrs. Laura Rossiter Woodward of Edina died Jan. 6 at the University Medical Center, Columbia. She had been a patient there for three days. Mrs. Woodward was 76.
Mrs. Woodward was born February 18, 1895, near Hedge City, a daughter of William Taylor and Callie Upright Hogan. She was married February 2, 1916, to Frederick E. Rossiter at Novelty, Mo. He preceded her in death September 24, 1952. She married Samuel Jessee Woodward December 20, 1961, at LaGrange, Missouri. He died February 22, 1969.
She is survived by two daughters, Mr. Grace Swearingen of Greensburg and Miss Mary Ellen Rossiter of Napton, Mo.; five sons, George Frederick Rossiter and James William Rossiter of Edina, Charles Alec Rossiter of LaGrange, Robert Leo of St. Louis, Billy Dean Rossiter of Arbela; 13 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Katie Leckbee of Hannibal and Mrs. Bessie Bledsoe of Wichita, Kans.; also a brother, William Hogan, of Arvada, Colorado.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter and a son in infancy, a son, Raymond, who died August 17, 1963, at LaBelle, and another son, who died July 29, 1970; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Stafford of Wichita, Kansas, and Mrs. Mary McNeil of Quincy, Illinois.
Mrs. Woodward had been in a private nursing home at Memphis since April 3, 1971, and on December 30, 1971, was admitted to the Knox County Nursing Home.
Funeral services were held at Hudson-Rimer Funeral Chapel in Edina Jan. 8 at 2 p.m. Rev. Ray Peters of Camp Point, Ill., officiated. Singing was provided by Rev. and Mrs. David Goodwin pastor and wife of the Assembly of God Church of Edina of which Mrs. Woodward was a member. Burial was in Mt. Carnel Cemetery west of Edina.
Pall bearers were Julian Probst of Bible Grove, Leroy Anderson, Barney Parton, Noble Bishop, Delbert Hawkins and Hugo Branham, all of Edina.
Laura Rossiter Woodward, Memphis, Missouri, The Gorin Argus, 27 Jan 1972
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YOUNG NEGRO KILLED: STRUCK BY TRAIN
Jonesburg, Mo., July 19. (UP)—A young Negro was instantly killed early today when he was struck by a Wabash train near here.
The body of Cameron Woolfolk, about 20, of Jonesburg, was found at 7 a.m. on the Wabash tracks. Duncan Jennings, Montgomery county prosecutor, said he had apparently been struck by the train either last night or early today. The verdict of a coroner’s jury was accidental death.
Cameron Woolfolk, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 19 Jul 1951, p. 2, col. 2, Thursday
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B. E. WORKMAN DIES SUDDENTLY AT FARM HOME
Stricken With Acute Indigestion Last Night.
Special to The Daily Express.
La Plata, Mo., March 17. Byron Elmore Workman, 50 years of age, died at his home five and one-half miles east of La Plata last night at 9:30 o’clock. His death resulted suddenly from an attack of acute indigestion. He had seemed to be in his usual health until the time of the attack.
He had lived his entire life in the vicinity where he died. He was born July 13, 1892, the son of Byron Franklin and Sabrina Elmore Workman. He was married June 25, 1911, to Mary Liona Wilson. They had three children: Mrs. Evelyn Barry, of Glen Rock, Wyo.; Mrs. Mildred Mercer, of Marceline, and a twin brother of Mrs. Mercer who died in infancy.
He is survived by his wife and daughters; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Workman of La Plata; two sisters, Miss Esther Workman, of La Plata, and Mrs. F. R. Easley, of Brashear; one grandson, Roger Workman Barry, and five nieces and four nephews. One nephew, Robert Wilson, made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Workman until he joined the U. S. Navy. He is now a radio man, second class, and has just returned from foreign duty. He is on his way home to La Plata and is expected today or tomorrow.
Funeral arrangements have not been made. The body will lie in state at the family home east of La Plata until time for the services.
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MRS. SABINA WORKMAN DIES AT LA PLATA
Had Been Seriously Ill For Past Six Weeks.
Mrs. Sabina Elmore Workman, 79, of La Plata, died at her home at 1:40 a.m. yesterday. She had been in failing health the past few years but had been more seriously ill the past six weeks.
Mrs. Workman was the daughter of John and Nancy Tweedel Elmore and was born 3 ½ miles south of Gibbs on Oct. 2, 1866. ON Jan. 18, 1885 she was married to Byron F. Workman. To this marriage three children were born.
One son, Byron Elmore, died March 16, 1943, and also one brother and four sisters preceded her in death. Survivors are her husband, two daughters, Esther, at home, and Mrs. F. R. (Leola) Easley of Brashear, two brothers, John Elmore of Gibbs and Emery Elmore of Los Angeles, Calif., five grandchildren, six greatgrandchildren, and a number of nephews and nieces.
Up until thirty-five years ago, Mrs. Workman lived on a farm east of La Plata. After this time, she lived in La Plata. She was a member of the La Plata Christian Church.
Funeral services will be tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at the LaPlata Christian Church. Rev. Carl Hoff will conduct the services. Burial will be in the Maple Hill Cemetery here.
The body will lie in state at the family home in La Plata from 1 o’clock today until time for services.
Pallbearers will be Clark Tuggle, Ernest Tuggle, John Hunter, Cleo Hunter, Mike Daugherty, and Lewis Main.
Sabina (Elmore) Workman, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 14 mar 1946, p. 5, col. 1 & 2, Thursday
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96-YEAR-OLD RESIDENT DIES AT HOME HERE
Isom Worthington Succumbs; Suffered Stroke Friday Night
Isom Worthington, 96-year-old resident of Kirksville, died Saturday morning at his home, 1102 W. Missouri street, after a brief illness. He had been in his usual good health until Friday night when he suffered a stroke.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Mr. Worthington was born in Kentucky, Aug. 3, 1852.
He was married to Susan Morrow and to this marriage eight children were born. Mrs. Worthington preceded him in death.
In 1927 he was married to Mary Frances Conley in Kirksville. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Roy (Oma) Erwin, Kansas City, Kan., and Mrs. Frank (Vernie) Samuelson, Chicago, Ill.; five sons, Morton, of Novinger, Cecil of Des Moines, Iowa, Clayford of Excelsior Springs, Roy of Knoxville, Ia., and Charley of Centerville, Ia.; 27 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. One son, Basil was was [sic] killed in service and he was also preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
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Services Held For Addie Wright on Tuesday
Addie Agnes Wright daughter of Andrew Jackson and Agnes Ann Pruett Roberts was born August 15, 1891 and passed away May 7, 1972 at the Davis County Hospital in Bloomfield, Ia. at the age of 80 years, 9 months and 21 days.
She was united in marriage to Elmer M. Wright, Feb. 26, 1911 in the home of Rev. Ed Willey in Greensburg, Mo. and to this union 8 children were born.
She was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers and three sisters.
Surviving are her husband Elmer, the children Mrs. Frank (Lila) Dennison of Marietta, Ill., Mrs. Zerita Meeks, of Memphis, Mo., Mrs. Harry (Aldra) Shultz of Baring, Mo., Mr. Floyd Wright of the home, Mrs. Millard (Muriel) Blaine of Edina, Mo., Mrs. Elton (Opal) Emel of Baring, Mo., Mr. Wayne Wright of Memphis, Mo., and Mr. Andy Wright of Gorin, Mo., a daughter-in-law Mrs. Wayne (Ruby) Wright, four sons-in-law, 26 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren; 2 sisters Mrs. Myrtle Burrus of Greensburg, Mo., and Mrs. Mae Meador of Chillicothe, Mo., nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was united with the Christian Church at an early age and was a member of the Loyal Women’s Class at the First Christian Church in Memphis where she was faithful in attendance as long as her health permitted.
She was a faithful and loving wife and mother and will be sadly missed by her family and friends.
Services were held from the Bible Grove Church of Christ on Tuesday May 9, 1972, at 2:00 p.m.
The Rev. Howard Merchant conducted the services.
Body Bearers were; Francis Kincheloe, Richard Meeks, Randy Emel, Hollis Meeks, Michael Blaine and Tom Barrickman.
The soloists were Nova Merchant and Letta Pulley.
Burial was in the Church of Christ Cemetery at Bible Grove
Addie Agnes Wright, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 11 May 1972, p. 6, col. 2, 3 & 4
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Macon Man Dies Here
Harry Wright, 65, of Macon, died in a Kirksville hospital Friday afternoon at 4:21. The body was removed to the Edwards Funeral Home in Bevier.
Harry Wright, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 09 Mar 1952, p.8, col.1
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MRS. ICAPHENE WRGHT, AGED 68, DIES HERE
Ill Only a Few Hours; Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon.
Mrs. J. R. Wright, 68-year-old resident of Adair County, died at her home, 610 East Pierce Street, at 4:20 o’clock yesterday afternoon. She had been ill only a few hours.
Funeral services will be held at the Kirksville Christian Church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock. The Rev. L. V. Freeman will conduct the ceremonies. The body will lie in state at the home until the funeral.
Mrs. Icaphene Wright was born near La Plata, July 28, 1872, the daughter of Milton T. and Phamy Bragg. She spent all of her life in Adair County with the exception of eight years spent in Montana.
She was married to J. R. Wright on December 7, 1897. Her husband preceded her in death on Feb. 26, 1932. Eight children were born to this union. Mrs. Wright united with the Christian Church at Illinois Bend in early girlhood. At the time of her death she was a member of the Brashear Christian Church. She also was a member of the Royal Neighbors.
Mrs. Wright is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Lola Sees, of La Plata; and Misses Elsia Wright and Doris Wright, of the home; five sons, Roscoe, Floyd and Robert, of Kirksville; Olan, of Hannibal; and Lester, of Moresville; two sisters, Mrs. John Curry, Kirksville; and Mrs. W. H. Hane, of Millard; thirteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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MRS. PEARL WRIGHT, 71, DIES HERE
Was Mother of Leo Wright; Funeral Sunday
Mrs. India Pearl Wright, 71, of the Jefferson Hotel, of this city, died Thursday evening at 11 o’clock in a Kirksville hospital.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at one o’clock at the Davis Funeral Chapel conducted by Rev. John Fox. For interment, the body will be taken to the Leonard Cemetery in Shelby County.
The daughter of Martin and Harriett (McWilliams) Stuart, she was born in Shelby County, on May 14, 1877. She was married to Notley Wright at Leonard, Mo., in 1894. Two sons were born to this marriage. Her husband died in 1934.
She is survived by her two sons, Leo Wright, of this city, who is manager of the Davis-Cleaver Produce Co., here and Otto Wright, of Quincy, Ill.; who is president of the Davis-Cleaver Produce Co. in Quincy, three grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.
Mrs. Wright came to Kirksville about seven to eight years ago.
She has been a member of the Christian Church at Leonard since early in life.
The body will lie in state at the Davis Funeral Home until time for the funeral services.
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JAS. R. WRIGHT DIES AT BULLION FARM
James Robert Wright, a resident of Adair county practically all his life, died Friday morning at 7:30 o’clock at his farm home near Bullion, at the age of 70 years and 10 months. He had been in failing health for about a year.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Bullion church, conducted by the Rev. Isaac Yates. Burial was in the Bullion cemetery.
Mr. Wright was the son of Willis and Karen Wright and was born April 24, 1861, near LaPlata. He was married to Icophene Bragg on Dec. 7, 1887. To this union eight children were born all of whom, with his wife, survive him. The children are Roscoe F. Wright, of Greentop; Floyd E. Wright, Mrs. Lola Sees and Lester Wright, of east of Kirksville; Olan and Robert Wright, of Kirksville, and Elsia and Doris Wright at home. There are 12 grandchildren.
He also leaves a brother, Richard Wright, of LaPlata, and two sisters, Mrs. Edna Moore, of Kirksville and Mrs. Jennie Tittle, of Meridian, Texas.
Mr. Wright’s entire life was spent in Adair county except for eight years in Montana. He united with the church at Illinois Bend in early manhood and was a member of the Christian church at Brashear at his death. He was a man of high principles and leaves a host of friends who join in sympathy with the breaved [sic] family.
James Robert Wright, Brashear, Missouri, The Brashear News, 3 Mar 1932, p. 1, col. 3
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James Robert Wright died Friday morning, February 26; at his farm home near Bullion at the age of 70 years and ten months. He had been in failing health for over a year. Mr. Wright was born April 24, 1861, in Adair county near LaPlata. His entire life was spent in this county with the exception of eight years in Montana. He was married December 7, 1887 to Icophene Bragg and to them eight children were born all of whom, with his wife, survive him. The children are: Roscoe F. Wright, of Greentop, Floyd E. Wright, Mrs. Lola Sees and Lester Wright, of east of Kirksville; Olan and Robert Wright, of Kirksville, and Elsia and Doris Wright at home. There are 12 grandchildren. He also leaves a brother, Richard Wright, of LaPlata, and two sisters, Mrs. Edna Moore, of Kirksville and Mrs. Jennie Tittle, of Meredian, Texas. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Bullion church and burial was made in the church cemetery.
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Funeral At Bible Grove
Mrs. Alvin L. Wright, 67, Died at Her Home Monday
Mrs. Alvin L. Wright, who had been ill the past three years, died at her home southwest of Memphis near Ft. Donaldson, on Monday, December 11, aged 67 years.
Mrs. Wright, whose maiden name was Matilda Nancy Jane Pruett, was born in Scotland County, Missouri, on January 23, 1872. She was married to Alvin L. Wright on September 22, 1889, who survives.
She also leaves the following children: Mrs. Cora Corwin, Ft. Madison, Iowa; Elmer M. Wright, Greensburg, Mo.; Mrs. Margaret Armstrong, Arbela, Mo., and Mrs. Lillie Blaine, Greensburg, Mo. She is also survived by two brothers and two sisters- Lige Pruett, Edina, Mo.; Newton Pruett, Rutledge, Mo.; Mrs. Belle Watson, Ashland, Kansas, and Mrs. Nettie McAlester, Edina, Mo.; 27 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Bible Grove Christian Church, conducted by Rev. W. M. Feay of Memphis, on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Music was by the choir of the church. The pall bearers were six of her grandsons and four of her granddaughters acted as flower girls. Interment was in the Bible Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Wright was a member of the First Christian church at Bible Grove and had lived in Scotland County all her life.
Matilda Nancy Jane (Pruett) Wright, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 14 Dec 1939, p. 1, col. 6
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Mrs. Nancy Wright Buried This Afternoon
Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Nancy Wright, 65, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. A. VanCamp, in Omaha, Neb., on Sunday.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at Omaha with interment in Wymore, Neb.
She was born in Adair County, Mo., in 1882. She was married to I. R. Wright in Kirksville.
Mrs. Wright is survived by four children, Mrs. Leo Thompson and Howard Wright, both of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. S. A. VanCamp and Cecil Wright, both of Omaha, Neb., also one sister, Mrs. Effie Woods, of Queen City, Mo.
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FUNERAL FOR MRS. WYATT LAST NIGHT
Body Taken To Kansas City Today for Cremation.
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Wyatt who died Friday afternoon following an operation, were held Saturday evening at 7:30 at the Summers & Son Funeral Home. The services were conducted by a Christian Science reader from Moberly. The body was to be taken to Kansas City early this morning by train where it was to be cremated.
Mrs. Wyatt, who was the daughter of George R. Brewington, 92-year-old pioneer merchant of Kirksville, had suffered a stroke early last fall from which she never fully recovered. She was operated on last Sunday for gallstones and little hope for her recovery was felt at the time, but it was her wish to have the operation performed. Her death was attributed to cardiac failure.
Mrs. Wyatt was born and reared in Kirksville and was well known here, although she had spent several years of her married life in California. She returned to Kirksville a few years ago to make her home.
She is survived by her husband, Charles Wyatt, her father, and a son by a former marriage, Brewington Hall, who is believed to be in Idaho. Her first husband was the son of the late Mrs. Sarah T. Hall, of Kirksville.
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MRS. JOHN WYATT
Phoeba Elizabeth Harvey was born near Oskaloosa, Iowa, Feb. 4, 1861, and passed away at the home of her brother, Ed. Harvey, at 9:30 a.m., January 11, 1929, at the time of her death being 68 years, 11 months and 6 days old.
On November 5, 1896, she was married to John Wyatt. To this union was born one daughter, Mary Louise, who is now Mrs. Usa Bissell, who is left to mourn the loss of her mother.
When a young girl she was converted to the Christian life, and united with the Methodist Church in Oskaloosa, Iowa. She always made it a rule to take her church membership and place it in the church where she established her home, and at the time of her death her membership was in the Cantril Methodist Church in Iowa where she remained a faithful member until the end. At this place she lived for the past five years keeping house for George Short at Cantril, Iowa.
On September 17, 1928, she came to Oskaloosa, to visit her brothers and sisters, and on September 20, 1928, while on her way to visit a friend she met with a painful accidena [sic] being knocked down and run over by a car. She was taken to the hospital and everything was done that professional skill, and kind kind [sic] tender hands could do to relieve her suffering, but to no avail. She spent several weeks in the hospital and the past four months at the home of her brother where she bore her suffering with patience and Christian fortitude.
Mrs. Wyatt will be remembered by her many friends in the Brock neighborhood where she was known. She was a woman who spent a good many years in caring for the sick, and doing practical nursing. She served well, and whatsover [sic] her hands found to do, she did with all her might. Many trials and misfortunes overtook this good woman, but she met them bravely, and endeavored to keep her face towards the sunshine, so the shadows would fall behind. She was a wonderful mother, a noble sister, and a good true friend who was appreciative of the many little deeds of kindness that was administered while she was sick. She has gone, but will not be forgotten. Her memory will not be forgotten. Her memory will be cherished by those who knew her best.
Besides her daughter she leaves to mourn one sister, Miss Angie Harvey, Oskaloosa, Iowa, and three brothers, Ed. Harvey of Oskaloosa, Iowa, Oscar Harvey of Blakesburg, Iowa, and George Harvey of Des Moines, Iowa; besides a number of other relatives and a host of sorrowing friends.
The funeral service was conducted from the home of her brother, Ed. Harvey, to the Garland-Wilcox Funeral Home in Oskaloosa, Iowa, January 12, at 2 p.m. in the presence of a large number of sympathetic friends. Rev. Arthur S. Olsen pastor of the First Methodist church in Memphis, Mo., officiating. Interment was in the Oskaloosa cemetery where the remains were tenderly laid to rest.
The pallbearers were: Bert Dilley Koine Newport, Clyde Vermylea, Neal Grubb, Elmer Leach, Wilbur Dilley.
The quartet from Lacy, Iowa, sang: “The Old Rugged Cross,” “When the Mists Have Cleared away.” Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Olsen sang, “Beyond the Smiling and the Weeping.” Mrs. Cockran presided at the piano.
CARD OF THANKS
We express our grateful thanks to our many kind friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us during the sickness and death of our dear mother, and also for the beautiful floral offerings.
Mr. and Mrs. Usa Bissell
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W. D. WYATT, 59, VICTIM OF HEART ATTACK
Retired Miner Dies at Son’s Home In Novinger Friday.
William David Wyatt, 59, a resident of Novinger and the nearby vicinity for 35 years, died suddenly following a heart attack at 8 o’clock Friday night at the home of his son, Joie Howard Wyatt, in Novinger where he had been living for the past few months. Mr. Wyatt, who was a retired miner, had been in failing health for several years.
The body was brought to the Summers and Powell Funeral Home and remained there until last night when it was taken to Novinger to lie in state at the son’s home until the funeral services which will be held at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Novinger Baptist Church. The Rev. Ralph M. G. Smith will conduct the services and burial will be made in the Novinger Cemetery.
Mr. Wyatt was born Aug. 8, 1884, at Jamestown, Ind., the son of John and Anna Wyatt. He was married to Mollie Lee Dennie, Oct. 1, 1904, and in 1908 they moved to Novinger where they lived until 1924 when they moved to a farm northwest of Novinger. Mr. Wyatt had remained on that farm until recently when he moved to the home of his son.
Since 1909, Mr. Wyatt had been an active member of the I. O. O. F. and the Knights of Pythias fraternal organization. He was united with the Baptist Church of Novinger in 1921.
Besides his widow, Mr. Wyatt is survived by three sons, James William and Joie Howard Wyatt, of Novinger; John Alexander Wyatt, of Hannibal; a daughter, Virginia Alfretta, of Ethel; a brother, Sammie, of Ottumwa, Ia.; a sister, Lottie, also of Ottumwa; seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
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DEATH OF FORMER K. & W. CONDUCTOR
Frank S. Wycoff, for many years a conductor on the Keokuk and Western, died at Davenport, Iowa, Thursday, Jan. 28.
Mr. Wycoff was a life long [sic] resident of Keokuk, Iowa, and was seventy-nine years old at the time of his death. He was a member of the First congregational church the family having been among the early members of that church. Mr. Wycoff was a conductor on the Keokuk and Western railroad for many years.
Mrs. Wycoff’s death occurred some years ago. Mr. Wycoff is survived by his daughter and two sons, Mrs. Alice Friedholt, of Chicago, with whom he had made his home, Jay Wycoff, of Richmond, Va., and Joseph Wycoff, of Toledo. O.
The remains were brought to Keokuk and the funeral was held there.
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MRS. LUCY S. WYNN, 71 YEARS OLD, DIES HERE
Succumbs 3 Weeks After Husband; Native of England
Mrs. Lucy Winn, 71 years old, died at her home, 907 East Missouri Street, at 4 o’clock this morning. Mrs. Wynn’s death came only three weeks following that of her husband, Oliver Wynn, who died at his home following a heart attack.
Funeral services for Mrs. Wynn will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock. Arrangements for the ceremony will be similar to those for Mr. Wynn. The funeral services will be held at 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Davis Funeral Home, where the body will lie in state, and burial will be at the Llewellyn cemetery. The Rev. B. N. Covert, of the Presbyterian Church, will conduct the services. The same songs will be used at the funeral as were sung at Mr. Wynn’s.
A complication of diseases was given as the cause of death, but relatives and friends said that following her husband’s death, Mrs. Wynn stated that she had nothing to live for. She soon became ill and had been bedfast since last Saturday.
Mrs. Wynn was born September 27, 1866, in Sheffield, England, the daughter of George and Ann Shaw. The family moved from England when Mrs. Wynn was six years old to Baden Springs, near Pure Air, in Adair county. Mrs. Wynn lived in Adair county the rest of her life. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. She was married to Oliver Wynn twenty-six years ago.
She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. O. J. Painter, of Springfield, Mo., and Mrs. Anna Funk, of Kirksville; six nieces and five nephews. Mr. and Mrs. Painter and their daughter arrived here Wednesday to be with Mrs. Wynn.
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OBITUARY
Mary E. Wyrick, daughter of M. and Catherine Wyrick, was born on Sept. 4, 1854, in Montgomery County, Mo., and departed this life at her home near Memphis, Mo., July 15,1932. In her early girlhood she confessed her faith, in Christ, then in later years, placed her membership in the McAdow Presbyterian Church. In the year 1878, on January 20th, she was united in marriage to Thomas A. Hays, and to this union nine children were born, namely Earl and Grover of near Memphis, Ford of Lancaster, and Misses Effie, Essie and Stella at home. Three daughters, Virginia, Verlee and Marie having preceded their mother in death.
For several years previous, Mother Hays being an invalid, bearing her suffering patiently, until the death angel came and released her of all pain and sorrow, joining her loved ones who have gone on before.
Those that aare [sic] left to mourn her passing are her companion, six children, six grand children and one brother, Taylor B. Wyrick of St. Louis, Mo., also other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church, Sunday last at 2:30 conducted by Rev. H. V. McColloch. Interment in Memphis cemetery.
Mary E. Wyrick, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 21 Jul 1932, p. 5, col. 2
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