Local Cemetery Historian Mrs Shields Shares Taylor Page County Roots
Siam native Mrs Frank Shields answers cemetery questions for the Clarinda Herald Journal and Times Press collects local history in scrapbooks. She and daughter Betty Crawford visit sites like Shearer and Helm cemeteries, documenting tombstones and church histories dating back decades.
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Frank
Fannie) Shields
Taylor
Page County
Siam
Shields
Clark
Betty) Crawford
Shearer and
Helm
Shearer
New Market Social Guests Visit Fort Calle Cato and Clarinda Pair
Mrs we tae Fort Calle Cato and Mrs Merle Ba of Clarinda were callers May 31 in the Mrs Holly Clark home.
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We Tae Fort
Cato
Merle Baof
Clarinda
Holly Clark
May gatherings and weddings mark New Market area
A flurry of visits and events fills the New Market Creston Clarinda region. Sandra Miller wed Kenneth Klenk of Detroit at Creston United Methodist Church. Families from Omaha Council Bluffs Clarinda Hopkins Kansas City and Des Moines attended. The New Market Saddle Club hosts a June 5 meeting after a May 23 show.
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Leonard Schaffer
Marilyn
Omaha
LaVern Fuller
United Methodist Church
Creston
Sandra
Lowell Miller
New Market
Floyd Journey
Darmand Fuller
Council Bluffs
LaVerne Fuller
Fuller
Hilton Mick
Hopkins
Art Clare
Kansas City
John’ Santee
Glenn Mick
Roger Mick
Larry
Elbert Miller
Melvin Maxwell
Scotts Bluff
Nebr
James Maxwell
Clarinda
Dick Bramble
John
Clarrinda
Combs
Carroll Ingram
Clinton Runizes
Carl Runyon
Red Oak
Max Funkhauser
Longmont
Colo
Carl Runyons
Clinton
Mrs. Funkhauser
Don Seal
Des Moines
Ethel Slight
Gilbert Yearous
Slaight
Pete Dougherty
Prorence Churchill
John Dean McNees
John McNees Sr
David Crow
Sioux City
Ruby Maxwell
John Bramble
Floyd Dougherty
Billy Dougherty
Trenton
Agatha Slaight
Walt Stanton
Don Hargis
Jack Hargis
Lloyd Bradley
St. Joseph
Frances Drennen
Drennen
Corning
Lily Menoher
Ruth
Laura Mankle
Bill Hutchinson
Springfield
Asa Berger
Anna Belle Drennen
Mission
Kansas
Kenneth Pronenu
Jimmy
Shawnee Mission
Kans
Saddle Club
Sharpburg News Highlights Memorial Weekend Travel
SHARPSBURG events recount Memorial weekend visits by Atlantic and Eagleville families, extended family gatherers in Gravity and Bedford areas, and local church notices. Several residents attend graduation, birthday observances, and community activities across Gravity Bedford and nearby towns.
Memorial Day visits and community notices in Oak Hill area
Destese West reports on Memorial Day observances, visits among Oak Hill residents, and travels to Bedford Red Oak Gravity and nearby towns. Notable mentions include tornado damage near Red Oak, deaths in Colton California, and local church services plus family gatherings at Thogmartin and Legion Hall.
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Oak Hill
Mary Young
Darlene West
Helen Goodhue
Carlisle
Dale Goodhue
Gravity Methodist Church
The
Legion Hall
Mark Young
Mrs. Young
Thogmartins
Bedford
Funeral Services Held For Lenox Resident Walter Beadel
Mr and Mrs Bob Blair Adeline Campbell Nellie Borden and Mrs Roy Kerns attended funeral services for Walter Beadel in Lenox on Monday. Callers Sunday in Flo Grimm home included Henry Steele Wichita Kansas Mrs Newhardt Kenneth Boltinghouse and Adena Kay of Lenox.
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Deane Hughes
Teresa
Dana College
Blair Nebraska
Hughes
Bernard Peterson
Wm. Chandler
Santa Ana
Calif
Chandler
Gertrude Becherer
Wallace Klakken
Wild Rose’ Club
Beaulah Mahaffey
Russell Stearns
Bedford
Sharpsburg
Jim Blake
Atlantic
Irene Blake
Dallas Howes
Eagleville
Blake
A. L. Pennebaker
Clearfield
David Pennebaker
Lewistown
Penn
Harry Pennebaker
Tom Walston
Elvin Walston
Randy
Kansas City
Ralph Hoover
Coon Rapids
Dale Fisher
Sioux City
Edna Ranch
North Gate Manor
Corning
Mae Barker
Harold Gaecher
Austin Sisk
Council Bluffs
Barker
David Smerage
Zion
Ill
Leona Stewart
Marian Blood
Jack Blood
Irene Gold
Georgia
Nellie Borden
Richard Gold
Borden
John Kitterman
Des Moines
Bob Blair
Adeline Campbell
Roy Kerns
Lenox
Walter Beadel
Flo Grimm
Henry Steele
Wichita
Kansas
Newhardt
Kenneth Boltinghouse
Adena Kay
Danny Fietchall
Grant City
Joe Brammer
Edd Hinton
Pittsburg
Kans
Tom Grimm
Ben Woods
Janet Woods
Ten Walston
William Price Rites June 8
Funeral services for William Harrison Price 83 of Gravity were held June 8 at ShamNovinger Funeral Home Bedford conducted by Rev Ollie Odle. Price died June 4 1971 at Pearl Terrace Manor.
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William Harrison Price
Sham-Novinger
Bedford
Ollie Odle
Price
Pearl Terrace Manor
Leighton Rites Held for Darrell L Leighton
Funeral services for Darrell Leonard Leighton 42 of Springfield Missouri formerly Gravity were conducted June 7 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home by Carl Cum. He died June 4 1971 in Springfield. The Gravity American Legion provided military rites at Pa Cemetery Gravity.
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Darrell Leonard Leighton
Springfield, Mo
Gravity
Shum-Novinger
Carl Cum
Leighton
Springfield
Gravity American Legion
Pa Cemetery
Gravys
Also Mentioned on This Page
Herald Journal & Times Press
Clarinda Herald Journal
Emi
Arthur Dinwiddie Agency
Iowa
Hubbard
H. D. Lee
Munsingwear
Shapley
Milwaukee
H.D. Lee Co
Dad
Gravity News
Frances Cadson
Will Nixon
Ruth Boltinghouse
Isabel Nixon
Mae Becherer
Annola Toller
Frances Carlson
Nelle Davis
Darrell Thompson
Bob
Linda
Randy Goring
Shenandoah
Alaska
Thompson
Grace Weston
Glen Lock
Phoenix
Ariz
Glen Heyer
Rockford
Douglas Moore
Cleo Wetzel
Marcia
Angie Moore
Galen Nickel
Hap
Villisca
Opal Nugent
Greencastle
Ind
Fred Burk
Brazil
Ross Keyt
Burk
Nugent
Keyt
Dick Mains
League City
Texas
Wendell Mains, Jr
Wendell Mains Sr
Robert Schwitters
Schuitters
Rilda Ginn
Pearl Burgher
Clarence McHinley
Marsh Lake
Mt. Ayr
Mary Hill
Elmer Britt
LeRoy Lock
Brighton
Melvin Dickey
Cliff Johnson
Sheridan
Dwight
Glenda McMillen
Edford
Flossie West
Ronald Wetzel
Ames
Verne
Marie Boyd
Home Ark
Earl King
Cecil Morgan
Merle -Richmond
Will Chandler
Keith McKerchner
Dorothy Power
Leland Morgan
Iva McPherrin
Beatrice
Rogers
Everas
Ralph Ceme
Roy
Lucas
Ralph Price
Duane Hughes
Minden
Frank Landon
Wetzel
Perry Cozadd
Doyle
Gloria
Ernest
Harlie Diggs
David
Roger
Dale
Karen
Horace Nickel
Galen
Edwin
Gordon
Shelby
Katie
Angie
Paul
Jeanne Rockford
Steven Pollard
Glenda McMillan
Bedord
Gerald Bates
Glenwood
Ray Hays
Dwight Wetzel
Lorene Buckner
Dick Humboldt
Quentin King
Centerville
Quentin
Paul Morris
C.R. Morgan
Sharpsburg News
Destese West
Harley Davis
Stella Davis
Carl Rouse
Arthur Sellars
Larry Martins
May West
Claude
Darlene
Darrel Sollars
Robert
Richmond
Eugene Sollars
Corine
Lexington
Cliff Yearington
Fairview
Jake Green
Denver, Mo
Old Holt Cemetery
Wayne Burright
Dennis
Thogmartin
Mark
Chas
Hilma) Cloyd
Colton
Sweden
Loma Linda Rest Home
Vern
Russell
Oliver
California
Charles
Ekey
Everett
Thelma) Manbeck
ALL Kinds Insurance
Spencer Peck Sharpsburg
Blockton
John Olizeria
Rosa Gillespie
Glade Keith
Bessie Underwood
Gene Becherer
Richard Underwood
Seattle
Hawkeye State Telephone Company
Mser
Mee
William Price
Terment
Lexington Cemetery
Rites
Darrell Leighton
Country Boys
Cook
Country Boys Lumber & Concrete
Mount Ayr
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