Local Church Schedules and Funeral Notices
A collection of church meeting times across Bedford area including First Baptist Carter W. Smith and Dwayne Madsen, United Christian Presbyterian C. Ray McCain, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Hamilton Memorial Missionary, Seventh Day Adventist, Sacred Heart, St Timothy Lutheran, Gravity Church, Nazarenes, Berea Church of Christ, and Pentecost. plus obituaries for Charley Damewood of Phoenix and Darrell A. Dunn of Sterling and funeral details for Russell Miller Stearns of Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Christian Presbyterian Church
C. Ray McCain
Church
Bedford Manor
Last Rites for Fred White Jr. Held in Bedford
Funeral services for Fred Ellsworth White Jr. 66 of Conway were conducted May 26 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home Bedford by Carl Cummings. He died May 22, 1977 at Rosary Hospital Corning Iowa and is interred at Conway Cemetery. He was born September 18 1910 in Conway and married Hazel B Van Winkle October 26 1932 in Savannah Missouri. He worked 34 years for Burlington Northern Railroad retiring in 1974. He was survived by wife Hazel sons Allan Danny Ivan daughters Farylan Mary and Vicki and 22 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Lodge No. 230.
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Fred Ellsworth White
Conway
Shum- Novinger
Bedford
Carl Cummings
Mr. White
Rosary Hospital
Corning
Iowa
Conway Cemetery
Fred Ellsworth White Jr
Fred Ellsworth White Sr
Margaret Opal Shimer
Hazel B. van Winkle
Savannah
Burlington Northern Railroad
Richard David
Mark Jeffrey Combs
Hazel
Allan
Council Bluffs
Danny
Groton
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Lodge No
Social Security tips for SSI eligibility and retirement effects
District Manager Bill Bjorn answers common questions about Supplemental Security Income and retirement benefits. Topics include asset limits for SSI, work earnings treatment, and required work credits, with contact details for local SSA offices in Creston and Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Bjorn
Social Security Administration
Creston
Iowa
Social Security Office
Social Security
Court House
Bedford
N. Elm
Final Rites Held for Wade Larison in Bedford
Funeral services for Wade T. Larison aged 69 of Bedford were held May 29 at First Baptist Church Bedford with Pastor Carter Smith officiating. He died May 26, 1977 at St Joseph's Hospital St. Joe Missouri. Interment was near Bedford Cemetery.
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Wade T. Larison
Bedford
First Baptist Church
Carter Smith
Mr. Larison
St. Joseph’s Hospital
St. Joe
Missouri
Bedford Cemetery
Card of Thanks from Charley Million
A note expresses gratitude to relatives and friends for cards and letters during a hospital stay at Mt. Ayr and Council Bluffs. The writer says they are recuperating at home now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Ayr
Council Bluffs
Charley
New Market News Highlights Local Graduations and Visits
Mrs Frances Drennen attended her daughter Peggy Drennen’s graduation from Dean College in Crete Nebraska. Genevieve Pendergraft and Merle Greeley joined the Page County Farm Bureau Women’s meeting in Clarinda with speaker Julie Stephens on South Africa. Community updates note trips to the Ozarks, farm visits, a Bermuda honeymoon, and plans for church Bible schools and a summer softball program. Ralph Pratt’s death, the Shenandoah Nishna Production fund drive, and multiple family gatherings are also reported.
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Frances Drennen
Charles Drennen
Yorktown
Crete
Nebr
Man
Peggy Drennen
Dean College
Merle Greeley
Genevieve Pendergraft
Page County Farm Bureau
Christian Church
Clarinda
Julie Stephens
South Africa
Doris Damewood
Warren Bird
Charles
Ozarks
David Starnes
Nellie Gwynn
Lebanon
Keith Pratt
Cindy
Phil Pratt
Omaha
Tim Pratt
Overland Park
Kans
Bruce Pratt
St. Joseph
Terry Pratt
Craig, Mo
Kenny Pratt
New Market
Lou Reed
Jean Motsinger
Villisca
Darrell Pratt
Red Oak
Joe Brooks
Janet
Atlantic
Sylvia Sebeniecher
Harold Murren
Harold, Jr
Gene Scroggs
John Dean McNees
Maureen Cruth
Thelma Rapp
Chicago
Ruth Scalf
John
Bethesda Nursing Home
Rhoda O'Dell
Golden
Arkenses
UMW
Wed
David Williams
Harold Graham
Presbyterian Church
Fort Collins
Colo
Bermuda
Baltimore
Maryland
al Lombolo
Snohomish
Wash
Weldon Jones
David
Weldon
Jim Miller
Bob McMullen
Elvin Farquhar
Nodaway Valley Park
Methodist Bible School
Ron Blix
Church of Christ Bible School
Loren Daly
Kenneth Thompson
Hazel Howes
Floyd Cole
Bridgewater
Ralph Pratt
Shenandoah
Garnette Stroburg
Phyllis Scroggs
Alice Sorenson
Melvin Harges
Lourada McAlpin
Jane Crawford
Steve Wood
Jim Wymore
Miller Feed
McAlpin
John Pace
Ames
Lois Glassgow
Robert Runion
Denny
Topeka
Teresa Barr
Phyllis
Teresa
Lois
Car! Birch
Johnston
Truck Haven
Allan Combs
Randy Larson
Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Mary Anne Churchill
Lew Market
Griff Taylor
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Bedford Times Press
Bedford, Iowa
Times-Republican
The
Bedford Free Press
Taylor County
Main St
Taylor
United States
Bedford Times-Press
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
Area Church News
Carter W. Smith
Sr. Citizens Fellowship
Jr. & Sr
Bedford & Gravity United Methodist Church
Dwayne Madsen
Jehovah's Witnesses
Kingdom Hall
Jefferson St. Bedford
Carroll Akes
Hamilton Memorial Missionary Church
Larry Secor
Dwight Menden
KMA
Q.J. Everest
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Jefferson and
Penn
Leonard Kitson
Town and Country
P.m
Sacred Heart Church
Nelo Leto
ST. Timothy Lutheran Church
Gravity Christian Church
Marty Burgus
Gravity Church OF the Nazarene Ross Keys
BEREA
Church OF Christ South of Bedford
Church OF the Pentecost
James McCaughlin
Charley Damewood
Arizona
Phoenix
Siam, la
Damewood
Veterans Hospital
Siam
W.W. I
Masonic Lodge
American Legion
U.F.W
Mr. Damewood
Stanley
Clyde
Jackie
Jimmy Damewood
Los Angeles
Calif
Harry
June
Carl
Almagarda
New Mexico
Terry Carr
N.M
Darrell Dunn
Virginia
Darrell A. Dunn
Sterling
Herndon
Mr. Dunn
Chestnut Grove
Adessa Gebhards
Nelson
Adessa
Patrick J
Dennis G
Grace Clark
Lenox
Darrell
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Russell Stearns
Russell Miller Stearns
Sham- Novinger
Mr. Stearns
Washington Cemetery
Gravity
P.O
Belleville
Ontario
Canada
Mule Barn Theatre
Txt
Cottere
South Pacific
Guys and Dolls
the King and Show Boat
Fred White, Jr
Social Secur
Sharpsburg
Thomas Grimm
Glen Cree
Barbara Million
Colorado Springs
Glen
Retta Gillette
Ora Tucker
Alien Gripp
Kent
Bob Basler
Elva West
Denver
Colorado
Martin Taylor
Muscatine
Charles Huss
Carl Pierce Abanada
Paul Ginn
Ivan Gillette
Belle Phelan
Marguerite Barlow
Dora Hinton
Wanda of Corning
Wade Larison
RED Kidney
Lima
Henderson
Stowells Evergreen
Severs
Stacy Howe
Rexall
Chuck Downey
Grant City
Grant City Granite Works
Genevieve
Pendergraft
Office Machines CO
N. Elm ST
Creston,owa
Clarinda Drive-In
Chuck Norris
Vitancia Victrola
Niobe Treade
Scotsman
Zenith A. M
Letha McKune
Judd Beemer
Elvin Wells
Auds
Cash Evans
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