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Beardshear Funeral Honors Iowa State College Leader
Universal sorrow marked Last Thursday as Iowa State College held funeral rites for W. M. Beardshear, president of the college. The service featured a horse-drawn hearse, a cross-section of trustees and faculty, and tributes praise for his leadership and Christian character guiding the school's expansion.
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Ames
W. M. Beardshear
Iowa State College
Little College
Dr. Welch
Margaret Stanton
Great South
John Wright
Rush Lincoln
Resler Eldon Usry
Charlotte King
Blanche Renne
Jesus
Cessna
Bookwalter
Western College
Toledo
Beardshear
Wayne Dinswore
J. B. Ashley
A. Gray
C. Gray
Claude Campbell
B. Hauser
Frank Cessna
Forrest Overholser
D. W. Day
Earl Buchanan
Judge Kinne
Des Moines
Stevens
Boone
Johnson Brigham
Loos
Iowa City
W. R. Boyd
Cedar Rapids
W. M. Greeley
J. B. Hungerford
Carroll
A. Marston
Dr. Beardshear
College Cemetery
A. S. Welch
Iowa
Barrows
Oberlin
Adams
Wisconsin
Beardshbear
Beardsbear
Beardshear’s
State College
Excelsior
McLean
State Uiversity
Isaac Loos
Same School