Rites Held Here Nov 27 for Tom Croy
Funeral services for Thomas Oscar Croy 85 Bedford were held November 27 at Shum Novinger Funeral Home Bedford conducted by Carl Cummings. Croy died November 23 1971 at St Francis Hospital Maryville Mo. Interment at Fairview Cemetery Bedford. He moved from Union County Town to Taylor County as a youth and married Sylvia Snyder February 26 1908 in Bedford. Survived by sons Glenn and Ruth Spencer daughter with spouses and eight great grandchildren. He was a former deputy sheriff of Taylor County and a Baptist church member.
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Thomias
Oscar Croy
Bedford
Shum - Novinger
Carl Cummings
Mr. Croy
St. Francis Hospital
Maryville
Fairview Cemetery
Thomas O. Croy
Abraham
Martha Jones Croy
Union County
Taylor County
Sylvia Snyder
Glenn
Uth
Tylor County
Leta
Buffalo
N. Y
Ruth Spencer
Glen
Kenmore
Patricia Weaver
Idleburg
Germany
Beatrice McCumiskey
Anchorage
Alaska
David E. Spencer
Largo
Florida
The
Baptist Church
Christmas Centerpiece Craft at Bedford Library
Crafts lovers are invited to the Neighborhood Service Center in the Bedford Public Library basement on Friday December 3 at 1 30 PM. A low cost Christmas centerpiece will be made using a foam ball pins nylon net pot ribbon flowers and scissors.
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Bedford Public Library
Birthday Observances At Pearl Terrace
Three residents Harry Clark Charles Hale and Miss Alice Hale were honored for November birthdays at Pearl Terrace Bedford. Norma McNutt planned special observances. December honorees include Bertha Wintermute Dave Lawson Vera Henry Bertha Anderson and Charles Baker with birth years listed.
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Harry Clark
Charles Hale
Alice Hale
Pearl Terrace Manor
Miss Hale
Charles
Bedford
Mr. Clark
Pearl Terrace
Norma McNutt
Bertha Wintermute
Dave Lawson
Vera Henry
Bertha Anderson
Charles Baker
Lester Corbin Rites Nov 21
Funeral services for Lester Corbin 82 formerly of Gravity were held at Roland Funeral Home Corning with Rev. Ross Keyt officiating. He died in Corning after residing at Colonial Manor nursing home for about a month. Interment at Prairie Rose Cemetery near Oak Hill Church north of Gravity. Survived by Myrtle wife a son Jay and wife Freda a daughter Mary Lou and husband Leslie Jackson a stepdaughter Marie and husband Leonard Perdew a granddaughter Norma Jean and husband Walter Finnell plus 10 other grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
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Lester Corbin
Gravity
Roland Funeral Home
Corning
Ross Keyt
Corbin
Colonial Manor
Prairie Rose Cemetery
Oak Hill Church
Myrtle
Jay
Freda
Mary Lou
Leslie Jackson
Marie
Leonard Perdew
Norma Jean
Walter Finnell
Gravity-Bridge Club Hosts Guests and Local Visit Highlights
Gravity-Bridge Club met with Mrs Verla Moore on Friday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Elmer Britt of Clarinda were dinner guests of Mary Hill. Maude Epperely and Sue Routh of Clearfield visited Ed Lock at his home Sunday. Vera Brown and Grace Beemer called on Mrs Nettie Perdew at Clarinda Hospital Sunday evening.
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Gravity — Bridge Club
Verla Moore
Elmer Britt
Clarinda
Mary Hill
Maude Epperely
Sue Routh
Clearfield
Athe
Ed Lock
Vera Brown
Grace Beemer
Nettie Perdew
Clarinda Hospital
Weekend Socials And Church Notices From Bedford Area
Alyene McMahill stayed with Mr and Mrs Hank Ronneau in Kansas City over the weekend. Lawrence Meirs visited Henry Glass in Bedford. Nora Jane Meirs visited Sara Haidsiak in Bedford. GRAVITY UMC worship 11 am. Sunday School 10 am. Nazarene Church 11 am. Ross Kent pastor. Children Service 7 pm. WSCS met with Mrs Joyce Truitt. Jennie King spoke on gratitude. Stella Stephens visited relatives in Rockford and Racine for Thanksgiving. Azella Fluke visited Davidson home and attended Nazarene Sunday school. Davidson family later with Bill Moon in Bedford for birthday dinner for Harlan Davidson. Stella Stephens weekend with Fred Beck in Beatrice. United Methodist primary and junior classes ongoing.
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Alyene McMahill
Henry
Hank) Ronneau
Kansas City
Lawrence Meirs
Henry Glass
Bedford
Nora Jane Meirs
Sara Haidsiak
Gravity United Methodist Church
Church OF the Mazarene
Ross Kent
Methodist Church
Joyce Truitt
Jennie King
Stella Stephens
Rockford
Ill
Racine
Wisc
Azella Fluke
Blockton
Davidson
Birthday Party Honors Teacher at Odist Church
Odist Church hosted a birthday party for teacher Mrs Jella Stephens after school Wednesday. Central Christian College of Morhery Mo performers gave a musical program at the Christian Church Saturday night. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Meyers attended their daughter Sallys graduation at the University of Ames, where she earned a B S degree. Fred Meyers visits from Ames with his parents this week. Mr and Mrs Ralph Lucas of Omaha visited Grace Gray and Belle Lucas in Sewall Iowa with Cleo Boltinghouse.
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Central Christian College of
Oak Hill News Family Visits and Funeral Plans
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dunkin visited daughter and family in Council Bluffs Friday and returned Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. William Young of Des Moines planned to attend Ollie Williams funeral in Clarinda and had Sunday lunch with Mark Young. Mark then joined them for an eye checkup appointment Wednesday. Jeff, Joe, Julie and James.
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Oak Hill
Darlene West
Carl Dunkin
James Roeder
Council Bluffs
William Young
Des Moines
Ollie Williams
Clarinda
Mark Young
Mark
Jeff
Joe
Julie
James
Family notes and visits across states and overseas
A string of family updates covers travel plans to Greece where Tom O Dell will be stationed, delayed visits from Sgt and Mrs Thomas O Dell in El Paso, grandson Tomas approaching a 1940s Christmas wedding, and relatives including Barr, Freeman, Posten, Bosley and Powell sharing birthdays and weekends in Missouri Kansas Arizona and Mississippi. Christine Bailey visits grandparents in St Joseph with Freeman family.
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Aes Mande Dell
Amt
Thomas O'Dell
el Paso
Texas
Greece
Tom
Maude
Lewis
Arizona
Thomas
O’delis
Pvt
Ist
James
Mississippi
Forrester Barr
Mission
Kan
Forest Posten
Howard Freeman
Ferne Bosley
Maryville
Lloyd Powell
Ravenwood
Bosley
Christine Bailey
St. Joseph
Don Freeman
New Market
Wade Free
Lines on Living by Mrs Judith Carlson
Mrs Judith Carlson discusses future trends for Miss Teenagers based on Census data. She notes rising marriage rates and a possible birth rate uptick with smaller family sizes, plus more women in the labor force, many married with young children, and sustained demand for female labor.
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Judith S. Carlson
Midcrest
U. S
Partici
Clarin da Visit Among Howard Freemans Family
A man and his children from Clarin da visited their parents the Howard Freemans on Sunday afternoon.
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Man
Clarinda
The
Howard Freemans
Miller Feed Holds Open House in New Market
Miller Feed celebrated its 11th annual open house on November 20 in New Market drawing 150 to 200 attendees. The event featured lunch served by local volunteers, reports of 153 tons of feed sold, and several door prizes including items for Clarinda, Siam, Conway, Bedford, and New Market residents.
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Irvin Miller
Elmo Peterman Jr
Jessie Peterman
LaVerne Smith
Bertha Miller
Dana Taylor
Elbert Miller
Don Williams
Ron Steeve
Russell Sunderman
Siam
Hal Goudie
Clarinda
Don Humphrey
Dick Welch
Louis Riley
New Market
J. B. French
Conway
Doyle DeVoe
Wayne Swartz
Bedford
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Lyle E. Nelson
Lenox
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Dean E. Nelson
Judson Beemer
Wilson & Bennett Attorneys For
Odist Church
Jella Stephens
National Meat Packers Training
Broadway
Dept
Arthur
Dinwiddie
Agency
Knit-Wits
Elna
Necchi White
New Home
Ward’s
Knit Wits
Martha
Mrs. Mayest
Claude
Darlene
United States
Gordon C. Hill
Villisca City Square
Barrow
Roderick-Lean
New Holland
Welmore
Miller
Lloyd Jackson
Kenneth Gridley
Glen Greenfield
Dorothy Gridley
Betty Lantz
Heartland Express
Shenandoah, Iowa
Omaha
Farrowing Howe
Country Boys Lumber & Concrete
Mount Ayr
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