Obituaries
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[ANDERSON, ALMA M. WHITTEN CUMMINGS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, August 27, 1931, [p. 1]
Funeral of Mrs. Sam Anderson Is Held in Omaha, Neb.; Today
Mrs. Sam Anderson, former resident of Hopkins, who died Tuesday night in a hospital at Omaha, Neb., will be buried tomorrow morning in the Hopkins cemetery. Funeral services were held in Omaha this afternoon.

Mrs. Anderson, who was 38 years old, was born near Hopkins and lived there until twelve years ago.

She is survived by her husband and one son, Robert Cummings, who live in Omaha, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Whitten of Hopkins, a sister, Mrs. Edgar Miller of Hopkins and three brothers, Alfred Whitten and John Whitten of Hopkins and Will Whitten of Pickering.

[ANDERSON, ALMA M. WHITTEN CUMMINGS]
Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), Thursday, August 27, 1931
ANDERSON – Mrs. Alma, Aug. 25, 1931, aged 38 years. Is survived by her husband, Samuel; one son, Robert Cuming, Omaha; her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Whitten; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Miller; three brothers, John and Alfred Whitten, all of Hopkins, Mo., and William, Pickering, Mo.
Funeral services will be held from the Brailey & Dorrance chapel, Thursday, Aug. 27, at 2 p. m. Interment to be at her old home, Hopkins, Mo., where remains will be taken Friday, via auto.

[ANDERSON, ALMA M. WHITTEN CUMMINGS]
Hopkins Journal (Hopkins, Missouri), Thursday, August 27, 1931
Died In Omaha
Mrs. Minnie Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Whitten, died Tuesday night at a hospital in Omaha following an operation that took place a month or more ago.
The remains will be brought to Hopkins for burial and short services will be held at the grave Friday at 1:30 p. m.
Mrs. Anderson was about 35 years of age and besides the parents is survived by the husband and one son, Robert Cummings. Also two brothers, John and Alfred Whitten of Hopkins and one sister, Mrs. Edgar Miller, of the Good Hope vicinity. An obituary will likely be furnished us next week.

[ANDERSON, ALMA M. WHITTEN CUMMINGS]
Hopkins Journal (Hopkins, Missouri), Thursday, September 3, 1931
Alma Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Whitten of Hopkins, was born in Hopkins, Mo., March 26, 1893, and died in Omaha, Neb., August 26, 1931, aged 38 years, 4 months and 29 days. In 1919 she was united in marriage to Sam Anderson at Omaha and is survived by her parents, husband and son Robert Cummings, of Omaha; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, of Hopkins; three brothers, Wm. Whitten, of Pickering and John and Alfred, of Hopkins and many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held in Omaha Thursday and the remains brought to Hopkins for burial on Friday, a brief sermon and prayer being given by Rev. B. H. Harmon at the grave at 1:30.


[BEERS, WILLIAM ASA]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, March 18, 1963, p. 2

Mrs. Dieter's Father Dies in St. Joseph

Word has been received by Mrs. Forrest dieter, Maryville, of the death of her father, W. [illiam] A.[sa] Beers, 76, Atchison, Kas. Mr. Beers died Sunday at a St. Joseph hospital, where he had been a patient three weeks.

Funeral rites will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Maple Grove Chapel, Stewartsville, with the Rev. Norman Hendrix officiating. Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery.

Other survivors include another daughter and three sons.

[BROWN, MABEL EMELIE CLUTTER]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, November 10, 1914, [p. 1]
Mrs. French Brown Dies
Succumbs This Morning at St. Francis Hospital
Mrs. Mabel Emelie Brown, the wife of French Brown, living west of Burlington Junction, died this morning at St. Francis hospital in this city. No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral.
Ms. Brown was 33 years old. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.[lfred] C. Clutter of Braddyville, Ia. She is survived by her husband and one child. She also is survived by her parents and one brother, Harry Clutter of Hopkins.

[BROWN, MABEL EMELIE CLUTTER]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, November 11, 1914, [p. 1]
To Hold Brown Funeral Rites
Services for Mrs. French Brown at Clearmont Christian Church Tomorrow
The funeral services for Mrs. French Brown of Burlington Junction, who died yesterday morning at St. Francis hospital, will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Christian church of Clearmont.

The interment will be made in the Clearmont cemetery.

[BROWN, MABEL EMELIE CLUTTER]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, November 17, 1914
HOPKINS – Mrs. French Brown, formerly Miss Mabel Clutter, died in a Maryville hospital Tuesday morning, from an attack of acute indigestion. Mrs. Brown since her marriage has lived near Clearmont and was in her usual health until the Thursday before her death. The funeral was held Thursday at the home and interment was in the cemetery at Clearmont.

[BROWN, MABEL EMELIE CLUTTER]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, November 19, 1914
HOPKINS – Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clutter and family attended the funeral of Mr. Clutter's sister, Mrs. French Brown, at Clearmont last week. Mrs. Brown lived in Hopkins when a girl and as Mabel Clutter was known to a large circle of friends. Mrs. Fred Wooldridge, Mrs. Luke Brown, Mrs. Bess Goodson and Mrs. Ed Herbert, all girlhood friends, also attended the services.



[CASSELL, EDWARD ANDREW]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 28, 1938, [p. 1]
Edward A. Cassell Dies, Funeral Is Held Today
Edward A. Cassell, 60 years of age, a farm manager and until the last few years a contractor, died at 6 o'clock Saturday evening at the St. Francis hospital. He had been ill of heart trouble the last two months.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Price funeral home, conducted by Rev. E. F. Hagee of Lenox, Ia. Burial was in the Miriam cemetery.

Mr. Cassell was born June 9, 1877 in Brown County, Kas.
He was a contractor here for years but a few years ago he took over the managership of the Martin Farms, Inc. and also insurance companies' farms. His home is at 315 West Lincoln street.

Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Jessie A. Cassell; four brothers, Walter Cassell, living in California, Pearl Cassell, Council Grove, Kas., James Cassell, Abilene, Kas., and Charles Cassell, Sterling, Ill.; and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Green, Los Angeles and Mrs. Rosina Summers, Kansas City, Mo.

[CASSELL, MALINDA JANE HOWARD]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, June 28, 1926, p. 6
Mrs. M. J. Cassell Dies This Afternoon
Succumbs at Her Home on South Fillmore Street Following an Extended Illness—Funeral Arrangements Incomplete
Mrs. Malinda Jane Cassell died late this afternoon at the home of her son, Ed Cassell, 515 South Fillmore street. She had been an invalid about two years. No funeral arrangements have been made.

[CASSELL, MALINDA JANE HOWARD]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, June 29, 1926, p. 4
Cassell Funeral Rites to Be Held Tomorrow
Eight Children Survive Woman Who Died Late Yesterday at Home of Son Here
Funeral services for Mrs. Malinda Jane Cassell, who died late yesterday afternoon at the home of her son, Ed Cassell, 515 South Fillmore street, will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Cassell home. Burial will be in Miriam cemetery.

Mrs. Cassell was born in Kentucky Nov. 28, 1839. When only six years old she and her parents moved to Missouri, locating on a farm seven miles southeast of St. Joseph. She was married Nov. 25, 1857 to Charley F. Cassell. They were the parents of ten children, eight of whom survive. They are J. H. Cassell, Manchester, Kan., J. G. Cassell, Salem, Neb., I. W. Cassell, Hiawatha, Kan., C. W. Cassell, St. Joseph, A. P. Cassell, Council Grove, Kan., Mrs. Rosena Summers, Kansas City, Mrs. Mary Green, Oregon, and Ed Cassell of Maryville with whom she had made her home for twelve years. Two children died in infancy. Mrs. Cassel also leaves three brothers and two sisters, as follows: William and Isaac Howard, St. Joseph, James Howard, Portland, Ore., Mrs. Emily Shelton, Stanberry, and Mrs. Nancy Clink of Arkansas City, Kan. Fifteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren also survive.

[COMBS, FREELOVE SEXTON]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, May 27, 1912, p. 8
Death at Clearmont
Mrs. Freelove Combs, for many years a resident of Clearmont, died at her home there Saturday evening after a year's illness. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Christian church in Clearmont by the pastor. Burial in the cemetery at that place. Mrs. Combs was fifty-eight years old and is survived by six children. They are: Mrs. Ida Frymire of Braddyville; Mrs. Jeff Frymire of Clearmont and Delbert, James, Fred and Viola Combs of Clearmont.

[COMBS, JAMES ANDREW]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, March 14, 1963, [p. 1]
James A. Combs, 93, Dies in Hospital
James A. [ndrew] Combs, 93, retired farmer and carpenter, died at 9:20 p. m. Wednesday at the St. Francis Hospital where he had been a patient two hours. The family home is at 421 W. 5th St.

Mr. Combs was born July 28, 1869, near Clearmont, the son of the late W. [illiam] B.[yrd] and Freelove Sexson Combs. On Dec. 12, 1887, he was married at Clearmont to Lurretta Maddox, who survives. The couple observed their 65th wedding anniversary last December.

Mr. Combs had resided in Nodaway County all of his life and in Maryville the past 15 years. He was a member of the Clearmont Christian Church.

In addition to his wife, of the home, he is survived by one daughter, Miss Freelove Combs, also of the home, who is a teacher in the Maryville Junior High School and one brother, F. C. Combs, Clearmont.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Saturday at the Clearmont Christian Church. Burial will be in the Clearmont cemetery. The body is at the Price Funeral Home.

[COMBS, JAMES ANDREW]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, March 18, 1963, p. 2
Final Rites Held For James A. Combs
Final rites for James A. [ndrew] Combs, 93, Maryville, who died Wednesday evening at the St. Francis Hospital were held Saturday at the Clearmont Christian Church with the Rev. Delbert Dick officiating.

Mrs. Alva Hazelton, organist, accompanied Dan Cornelison who sang "Sweet By and By" and "Near to the Heart of God."

[COOK, EUGENE]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, February 20, 1919, [p. 1]
Baby's Funeral Today
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cook of Guilford Buried
Eugene, the one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cook of Guilford, died yesterday, his death following a short illness with spinal meningitis. The funeral services were held this afternoon.

[CUNNING, CLYDE]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, September 8, 1960, p. 6
Hopkins News
Clyde Cunning Dies
Word was received at Hopkins Thursday, of the death of Clyde Cunning, a former Hopkins boy. His wife was Florence Mendenhall of the Valley community. Their home is now in Gothenburg, Nebraska. Mr. Cunning died in his sleep Wednesday night, Aug. 31. He is survived by a married daughter, Elaine of California and one son in Wyoming and his wife of the home.

[DEW, ROGER]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, February 20, 1919, p. 16
Pneumonia Proves Fatal
Roger Dew, Well Known Farmer of Clearmont, Dies This Morning—Funeral services Tomorrow
Roger Dew, 64 years old, a well-known farmer living near Clearmont, died at nine o'clock this morning with pneumonia, which followed an attack of influenza.

The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Mr. Dew had lived in Nodaway county since he was a small boy. The only near surviving relative is his wife.

[DEWITT, JOSEPHINE OPHELIA MCCLEAVE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, September 17, 1962, p. 2
Mrs. DeWitt Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Josephine O. [phelia] DeWitt, 76-year-old Maryville resident for five years, died t 12:15 a. m. today at St. Francis Hospital after suffering a long illness. She formerly lived at Bolckow.

Mrs. DeWitt was born at Clearfield, Ia., the daughter of Milton McCleave and Margaret F. Douglas McCleave. She was married to Thomas F. DeWitt who survives.
She is survived by her husband, of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Victor Soetaert, Maryville; a brother, Earl McCleave, Barnard; two sisters, Mrs. Willa Sommer, Kansas City, and Mrs. Ida Todd, Camarillo, Calif., and two grandsons.

Funeral rites will be conducted at 2 p. m. Wednesday at Atchison Funeral Home, Maryville, by the Rev. F. Hauser Winter. Burial will be in a Hopkins Cemetery. The family will meet friends from 7:30 to 9 p. m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
The body is at Atchison's.

[DEWITT, JOSEPHINE OPHELIA MCCLEAVE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, September 20, 1962, p. 4
Last Rites Held For Mrs. DeWitt
Funeral rites for Mrs. Josephine O. [phelia] DeWitt were held Wednesday at Atchison Funeral Home with the Rev. F. Hauser Winter officiating. Mrs. DeWitt died Monday at St. Francis Hospital.

Mrs. Donal Schultz, accompanied by Mrs. Ward Rounds, organist, sang "Beautiful Isle" and "I Won't Have to Cross Jordan Alone."

Pallbearers were Earl McCleave, Joseph McCleave, John McCleave, George McCleave, Milton Sommers and Herman DeWitt.
Burial was in the Hopkins Cemetery.

[DEWITT, THOMAS FRANKLIN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, November 4, 1963, p. 2
Thomas DeWitt Dies Following Long Illness
Thomas F. [ranklin] DeWitt, 87, Maryville, died Sunday morning at his home following a long illness.
The son of the late Thomas C. [orwin] and Mary Johnston DeWitt, he was born June 19, 1876, at Hopkins. Mr. DeWitt lived most of his life at Hopkins with the exception of 10 years when he resided at Bolckow and the past six years at Maryville. He was married Jan. 22, 1908, to Miss Josephine McCleave, Maryville, who preceded him in death. He was a member of the Gilman City Chapel Church and the Christian Union. Mr. DeWitt held a 60-year membership in the Xenia Masonic Lodge, Hopkins.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Victor Soetaert, Maryville; two sisters, Mrs. Eva Brown, Gilman City, and Mrs. Jennie Lovell, Kansas City, and two grandsons.
Funeral rites will be held at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Atchison Funeral Home with the Rev. F. Hauser Winter officiating. Masonic rites will be conducted at the Hopkins Cemetery.

[DEWITT, THOMAS FRANKLIN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, November 6, 1963, p. 7
Funeral Services Held For Thomas F. DeWitt
Funeral services for Thomas Franklin DeWitt, Maryville, who died Sunday at his home, were held Tuesday at the Atchison Funeral Home. The Rev. F. Hauser Winter officiated.

Mrs. Donald Schutz sang "In the Garden" and "The Old Rugged Cross." She was accompanied by Mrs. Ward Rounds, organist.

Serving as pallbearers were Roy Whaley, Harley Whaley, Ed Appleton, Carl Gray, John Lee and James Godsey.

Masonic rites were conducted at the graveside by Charles Wilkerson. Burial was in the Hopkins Cemetery.

[DOWNING, JAMES RILEY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, May 13, 1940, p. 5
James Downing Dies
Funeral for Hopkins Man to Be Held Tuesday
James Rilen [Riley] Downing, 82 years of age, died at 10:20 o'clock last night at his home in Hopkins. He had been ill six months.

Born February 22, 1858, in Taylor county, Ia., Mr. Downing had lived at Hopkins fifty-six years. He was formerly engaged as a drayman but had not worked at this business for the last fifteen years.

Mr. Downing was married to Louisa Vardaman October 7, 1879.
Surviving, besides the widow, are three daughters, Mrs. Harry Chambers and Mrs. Ross Albright of Hopkins and Mrs. Howard Swaim of Bedford.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Methodist church in Hopkins by the pastor, Rev. Paul Barton. Burial will be in Hopkins cemetery.

[FARMER, RUTH ADELIA DEWITT]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, June 3, 1944, p. 2
Mrs. Ole Farmer Dies
Funeral Services were held in Kansas City on Thursday for Mrs. Ole Farmer, the former Ruth Dewitt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dewitt of Hopkins, who died May 29 in a hospital there following an illness of several months due to complications of rheumatic fever.

The body was brought to Hopkins Thursday afternoon for burial and graveside services were conducted by Rev. W. H. Hansford, pastor of the Methodist church of Hopkins.

The Eastern Star, of which Mrs. Farmer was a member, attended in a body.

Pallbearers were Mark Davis, Harry Shinabargar, Harry Clayton, Henry Morehouse, Walter Morehouse and A. Reeder.
Besides her husband of Kansas City and her parents of Hopkins, she is survived by one sister, Miss Edna Myrl Dewitt of Kansas City.

[FORNEY, GEORGE FRANKLIN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, December 5, 1929, [p. 1]
G. F. Forney Dies of Heart Attack
Hopkins Man Stricken After Short Walk to Business District
Hopkins, Mo., Dec. 5—G. [eorge] F. [ranklin] Forney, seventy-two, died of a heart attack at his home here about 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The attack occurred just as Mr. Forney entered his home after returning from a short walk to the business district. He had mentioned to acquaintances a short while before that he felt short of breath.

Mr. Forney had lived in Hopkins for the last eleven years, moving here from Tabor, Ia., where he was born and where he lived his entire life before coming here.

He is survived by his wife and five sons: Orpha Forney, Berk, Idaho; Claude Forney, Wayne, Neb.; Lee Forney, Shenandoah, Ia.; and Raymond and Harvey of Hopkins.
No funeral arrangements have been made.

[FORNEY, GEORGE FRANKLIN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, December 9, 1929, p. 4
Services for G. F. Forney Held Yesterday
Funeral services for G. F. Forney, 73 years old, who died suddenly Wednesday at his home in Hopkins, were held at 11 o'clock yesterday morning from the Methodist church in Hopkins. The Rev. J. Howard Thompson officiated. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.

[FORNEY, LUCINDA KREPS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, October 29, 1956, p. 2
Mrs. Lucinda Forney Dies at Home in Hopkins
Mrs. Lucinda Kreps Forney, 95, died at 10:30 p. m. yesterday at her home in Hopkins after a long illness. She had lived in Hopkins since 1918.

Mrs. Forney was born Sept. 28, 1861, near Macon. She was married to George Franklin Forney, who died Dec. 4, 1929. She was a member of the Presbyterian church.

Survivors include two sons, Raymond Forney, of the home in Hopkins, and Claude Forney, Ponca, Neb.; eight grandchildren and several great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Wray Memorial Methodist church in Hopkins. The Rev. H. R. Tate will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery. Swanson's have charge of the services. The body will lie in state from 1 until 2 p. m. Wednesday at the church.

[GIESKEN, JOHN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, March 14, 1963, p. 2
John Giesken, 48, Dies Following Long Illness
John Giesken, 48, Burlington Jct., a veteran of 19 years of service with the Air Force, died at 8:45 a. m. today at the St. Francis Hospital following a long illness.

The son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Giesken, Burlington Jct., he was born Jan. 20, 1915, at Parnell. He served overseas with the Air Force as a technical sergeant in England, Germany, Japan and Newfoundland.

Mr. Giesken was a 4th degree in the Knights of Columbus, was a member of the Elks and Moose Lodges, American Legion and St. Benedict's Catholic Church of Burlington Jct.

Besides his parents, survivors include two brothers, George Giesken, El Dorado Springs, and Joseph Giesken, Quitman, and three sisters, Mrs. Charley Wynn, sr., Skidmore; Mrs. John Gallagher, Ravenwood and Mrs. Wilbert Zirfas, Maryville.

The body is at the Atchison Funeral Home, but funeral arrangements have not been completed.

[GIESKEN, JOHN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, March 18, 1963, p. 2
Final Rites Held For John Giesken
Final rites for John Giesken, 48, Burlington Jct., who died Thursday at St. Francis Hospital, Maryville, were held Saturday morning at St. Gregory's Catholic Church.
The requiem High Mass was said by Rev. S. J. Hoppe. The St. Gregory School choir sang requiem mass.
The acolytes were Ronnie Stiens, Lane Zimmerman, Richard Gaukel, Stephen Wiederholt and Gary Wiederholt.
Pallbearers were Don Hawk, Leo Tobin, George B. Hawk, Francis Gallagher, Earl McDonald, jr., and Wilford Harden.
Burial was in the St. Joseph Cemetery, Parnell.

[GRAY, WILLIAM FRANCIS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, June 8, 1936, [p. 1]
W. F. GRAY, RESIDENT OF COUNTY 86 YEARS DIES.
W. [illiam] F. Gray, 86 years of age, a resident of Nodaway county all of his life, died early yesterday afternoon at his home in Pickering.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Methodist church in Pickering conducted by the pastor, A. R. Lamb. Burial will be in Hopkins cemetery.
Born in Nodaway county December 28, 1849, Mr. Gray had lived at Pickering for twenty-three years. He was married to Miss Sarah Tracy, January 13, 1874. She died in 1935. Mr. Gray was a member of the Methodist church for many years.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Nettie Shanklin, of Drummond, Mont. and Mrs. Iva Spurgin of Pickering; and one brother, Jack Gray of Hopkins. Two sons preceded him in death.

[HOPPLE, LETHA PEARL NOLES]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, October 14, 1976, p. 3
Mrs. Letha Pearl Hopple
Mrs. Letha Pearl Hopple, 69, King City, formerly of Hopkins, died Wednesday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nina Coon, St. Joseph.
Born in Hopkins, Mrs. Hopple had lived in King City most of her life. She was married to W. [alter] Rex Hopple, who died in 1973. She was a member of the Hopkins First Baptist Church.

Besides her daughter, she is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Kathleen Newson, Charter Oak, Calif; two sons, Franklin Hopple, Santa Clara, Calif., and Paul Hopple, Kansas City; two sisters, Mrs. Neola Gill, Maryville, and Mrs. Freda Bridgewater, Hopkins, and five grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Hopkins Cemetery. The Rev. Martin Barker will officiate. The body is at the Clark Funeral Home, King City.

[HOPPLE, WALTER REX]
Tri-County News (King City, Missouri), Friday, December 21, 1973, p. 4
Rex Hopple – Walter (Rex) Hopple, 74, died Friday morning, Dec. 14, at his home here.

A native of Hopkins, Mo., he had resided in King City since 1945. He was a member of the United Methodist church and a retired electrician for the St. Joseph Light and Power Co.
Burial was at Hopkins.
Surviving are his wife, Letha, two daughters, Mrs. Clarence (Kathleen) Newson, Mrs. Jerry (Nina) Coon; two sons, Franklin Hopple, Paul Hopple and five grandchildren.

[HOPPLE, WALTER REX]
Tri-County News (King City, Missouri), Friday, December 21, 1973, p.10
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Newson of Charter Oaks, Calif., and Franklin Hopple of Santa Clara, Calif., were called here this week because of the serious illness and death of their father Rex Hopple.

Mr. and Mrs. Newson returned home Wednesday and Mr. Hopple plans to remain here until after the holidays.

[HOPPLE, WALTER REX]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, December 22, 1973, p. 4
Graveside Services for Walter Hopple
Graveside services were held Monday afternoon at the Hopkins Cemetery for Walter "Rex" Hopple, King City, 74, who died Dec. 14 at his home where he had resided since 1945.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Letha Pearl Hopple, two sons, Franklin Hopple, Santa Clara, Calif., and Paul Hopple, Kansas City; two daughters, Mrs. Clarence Newson, Charter Oak, Calif., and Mrs. Jerry Coon, St. Joseph and five grandchildren.

[HOSTETTER, MARY ELIZABETH BURCH]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, January 29, 1925, p. 6
Mrs. Sam Hostetter Dies This Afternoon
Mrs Sam Hostetter, 87 years old, died at 3:20 o'clock this afternoon at her home in Pickering of complications. She had been sick for about three weeks.
No funeral arrangements have been made at this time. She is survived by her husband and three sisters and three brothers. They are: Mrs. William Bays and John Burch of Pickering; Mrs. Jacob Filbert of Des Moines; Jasper Burch of Casper, Wyo.; Fuel Burch of Indiana; and a sister in California.

[HOSTETTER, MARY ELIZABETH BURCH]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, January 30, 1925, p. 5
Hostetter Rites to be Tomorrow Afternoon
Will Be Held at Residence in Pickering, Conducted by Clarksdale Minister—Burial in Miriam Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs. Sam Hostetter of Pickering, who died yesterday afternoon, will be held at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the residence, conducted by the Rev. C. C. Moore of Clarksdale, Mo. Burial will be in Miriam cemetery in Maryville.

Mrs. Hostetter was born July 24, 1839. Her death followed a three weeks illness of a complication of diseases.

[HOSTETTER, SAMUEL]
Clarinda Herald (Clarinda, Iowa), Thursday, January 19, 1928, p. 4
Samuel Hostetter – Samuel Hostetter passed away January 13th at the home of his brother, Cyrus Hostetter, east of Braddyville. Funeral services were held Sunday, Jan. 15th, 1 o'clock, at the Christian Church in Braddyville, brother W. W. Laughlin of the Clearmont Baptist Church officiating. Interment was in the cemetery at Maryville.
The following brief review of his life was written by him, shortly before he passed to the Great Beyond; Samuel Hostetter was born in Stark county, Ohio, the 11th day of Jan. 1838. When about fifteen years of age he moved to the state of Indiana, where he grew to manhood. In the year 1856 he was married to Miss Mary Elizabeth Burch. No children were born to this union. In the year 1860 he united with the Regular Predestination Baptist Church at Burch Creek and was baptised by Elder Davis Burch. In the year 1873 he came to Missouri and united with the Three Larks Church in Page County, Iowa. Early in the seventies he settled on a farm north of Maryville and was there until about 1913, at that time moving to Maryville, then moved to Pickering in 1923. There, on the 29th day of January, his wife, Mary E., departed this life. From that time to his death he made his home with his brother Cyrus Hostetter near Braddyville.

[KING, ELIZABETH ARTHUR CAVENDER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, January 29, 1951, [p. 1]
Mrs. Sam King Died Yesterday
Mrs. Sam King of Hopkins died at 8 o'clock Sunday night at the St. Francis hospital, where she had been ill for a long time. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Christian church in Hopkins, conducted by the Rev. C. A. Abbott. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mrs. King was 67 years of age. She is survived by her husband; one son, Roy Cavender of Omaha, son of a former marriage, two stepsons, Clarence King of Jackson Center, Ohio, and Ray King of Blockton, Ia.; two granddaughters, Mrs. Phyllis Tucker, living in California and Mrs. Orlin Florea of Hopkins and one grandson, Edwin King of Blockton.

The body is at the Campbell funeral home.

[KING, NANCY JANE "JENNIE" COX]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, August 18, 1948, [p. 1]
Mrs. Sam L. King Dies at Her Home in Hopkins
Mrs. Jane N. King, wife of Sam L. King of Hopkins, died at 5 o'clock this morning at her home following an illness of two weeks. Mrs. King, 77 years of age, had lived most of her life in Hopkins.

She was born March 24, 1871, at Bedford, Ia., the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Cox. She was married Feb. 25, 1891, to Mr. King at Maryville. Mr. and Mrs. King celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with an open house at their home in 1941.

Besides her husband she is survived by two sons, Ray L. King, Blockton, Ia., and Clarence C. King, Jackson Center, Ohio; two sisters, Miss Tadie Cox, Huntington Park, Calif. and Mrs. Lola Miller, San Diego, Calif.; four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at the Hopkins Methodist church. The body is at the Campbell funeral home.

[KING, NANCY JANE "JENNIE" COX]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, August 21, 1948, p. 2
King Rites at Hopkins
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy Jane King were held at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning at the Hopkins Methodist church. The Rev. J. Vernon Wheeler, pastor, conducted the services. Mrs. King, wife of Sam King of Hopkins, died Wednesday at her home.
Music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mrs. Wren Peve, Mrs. F. O. Litsch, the Rev. Wheeler and Paul Dooley, accompanied by Mrs. L. R. Wiley, pianist. They sang "God's Tomorrow" and "Abide With Me." Mrs. Peve sang a solo, "Beyond the Sunset and Sunrise."
Pallbearers were Landon Wallace, Everett Orme, Howard Wolverton, Ralph Woods, Dwight Hopple and Beryl Mathers.

[KING, SAMUEL L.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, July 22, 1957, p. 2
Samuel L. King Dies at Home in Hopkins
Samuel L. King, 86, a retired stock buyer, died at 2 p. m. Saturday at his home in Hopkins after a long illness. He had lived at Hopkins most of his life.
Mr. King was born Aug. 14, 1870, in Westmoreland County, Pa., the son of James D. and Mary Ellen Earhart King. He was a member of the Wray Memorial Methodist Church.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Sarah V. King, of the home; two sons, Ray L. King, Lyons, Colo., and Clarence C. King, Jackson Center, O.; a stepson, Bryan Young, Hopkins; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Jerry Conty, Hiawatha, Kas.; two sisters, Mrs. Thomas Younger, Kansas City, and Mrs. Maggie Stingley, San Diego, Calif.; four grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

The funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the Wray Memorial Methodist Church, Hopkins. The body will lie in state at the church from 1 until 2 p. m. The Rev. Norman Lewis, Forest City, will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.
The body is at the Atchison Funeral home here.

[KING, SAMUEL L.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, July 24, 1957, p. 2
Hold Funeral Services for Samuel L. King
Funeral services for Samuel L. King, who died Saturday, were held yesterday afternoon at the Wray Memorial Church, Hopkins. The Rev. Norman Lewis officiated, and burial was in the Hopkins Cemetery.
Mrs. Wren Peve sang "The Old Rugged Cross," "Beyond the Sunset" and "Sunrise Tomorrow." Mrs. Lawrence Wiley was the organist.
The pallbearers were Merle Traster, Carl Gray, Ernie Jefferies, Leonard Owens, Everett Owens and Dwight Hopple.
Those in charge of flowers were Mrs. Merle Traster, Miss Opal Orme, Mrs. Irene Chaney, Mrs. Ed Blackney, Mrs. Fay Andrews and Mrs. Jerry Canty.

[KING, SAMUEL L.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, July 26, 157, p. 6
Hopkins News
Mr. and Mrs. Ray L. King, Lyons, Colo., have arrived to attend the funeral services for his father, Samuel King and to visit his son, Edwin King, Mrs. King and sons, Philip and Daniel, Blockton, Ia., and his daughter, Mrs. Orlin E. Florea, Mr. Florea and children, Larry, Roger Lee, and Paula Jean.

[LONG, AMELIA EMALINE "MILLIE" BOATMAN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, October 2, 1936, [p. 1]
Funeral Services Held for Mrs. Long of Near Hopkins
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon for Mrs. Lon Long, who died at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday night at her home near Hopkins. Rev. C. M. Kennaugh officiated. Burial was in Hopkins cemetery.
Mrs. Long would have been 66 years old in November. She was born on a farm near Hopkins and lived in that vicinity all her life with the exception of a few years of residence near Sheridan.
She is survived by her husband, two sons, George Long, Grayson, Mo.; Mervin Long at home; a brother, George Boatman, Hopkins; and a sister, Mrs. Allie Mobley, Albert Lea, Minn.

[LUNTE, HULDAH KATHRYN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, December 26, 1961, [p. 1]
Miss Huldah Lunte Dies in Hospital
Miss Huldah Kathryn Lunte, 66, a teacher in the South Nodaway R-IV School system, died at 11:45 a. m. Saturday at a St. Joseph hospital where she had been a patient eight days. She had taught in the school at Barnard for the past 26 years.

Miss Lunte was born at Pickering, the daughter of the late C. [hristopher] H. Lunte and Agnes E.[llen] Scane Lunte. She was a graduate of Northwest State College and attended Nebraska University a year. She was a member of the Methodist Church.

Her only survivor is a sister, Miss Ruth Lunte, of the home in Barnard.

Rites will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Price Funeral Home. The Rev. J. J. Munshaw will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

[LUNTE, HULDAH KATHRYN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, December 28, 1961, p. 4
Final Lunte Rites at Price's Chapel
Services for Miss Hulda Kathryn Lunte, who died Saturday at a St. Joseph hospital, were held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Price Funral Home. Burial was in the Hopkins Cemetery.

The Rev. J. J. Munshaw officiated. Mrs. Munshaw sang "When the Sunset Rays of Gold Have Turned to Twilight." Mrs. Kenney Tebow was organist.

Pallbearers were James Sexson, Russell Sherman, William K. Ray, Blondia Neil, David McConkey and Roe Miller.

[MCCLEAVE, CORNELIUS A. "NICK"]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, September 1, 1960, [p. 1]
"Nick" McCleave Dies at Clarinda Hospital
Cornelius A. "Nick" McCleave, retired Hopkins farmer, died early today at a Clarinda hospital. His home was in Hopkins.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Goldie McCleave, Hopkins; a brother, Earl McCleave, Barnard, and a sister, Mrs. Frank DeWitt, Bolckow.
The body is at the Atchison Funeral Home pending arrangements.

[MCCLEAVE, CORNELIUS A. "NICK"]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, September 2, 1960, [p. 1]
McCleave Services Planned for Saturday
Rites for Cornelius A. "Nick" McCleave, Hopkins, who died Thursday at a Clarinda hospital, will be held at 10:30 a. m. Saturday at the Atchison Funeral Home here. The Rev. Howard Judah will officiate.

Surviving besides his widow of the home are a brother, Earl McCleave, Barnard, and three sisters, Mrs. Frank DeWitt, Bolckow; Mrs. William Sommers, Kansas City, and Mrs. William Neal, state of California.

[MCCLEAVE, CORNELIUS A. "NICK"]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, September 8, 1960, p. 4
"Nick" McCleave of Hopkins Dies
Cornelius A. (Nick) McCleave, 70, of Hopkins, died Thursday at a Clarinda hospital. Mr. McCleave, a retired farmer, had resided in Hopkins 60 years.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Goldie McCleave of the home; one brother, Earl McCleave, Barnard, Mo.; three sisters, Mrs. Frank DeWitt of Bolckow, Mrs. William Sommer of Kansas City, Mrs. William Neal of California.

[MOREHOUSE, HARLEY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, December 22, 1973, p. 4
Harley Morehouse Dies in Oregon
Word has been received by Hopkins relatives of the death of Harley Morehouse, 74, Portland, Ore., former resident, who died Tuesday after suffering injuries in a car accident on Sunday.

Funeral and burial services were held Friday at Portland.

Among his survivors are two daughters; one son; two sisters, including Mrs. Glen Woldruff, Hopkins, and two brothers, including Henry Morehouse, Hopkins.

[PARKS, CORDELIA ANN TEEPLE CARMICHAEL]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, September 8, 1960, p. 4
Former Hopkins Mother Dies at Cedar Falls
Mrs. Cordelia Ann Parks, 85, formerly of Hopkins, died Saturday, Sept. 3 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Guy Wray, Cedar Falls.
In addition to the daughter, survivors include three sons, Homer Carmichael of Bedford, Arthur Carmichael of Cedar Falls; one brother, Oscar Teeple of Warren, Ohio; one sister, Mrs. Robert Rowe, Massillon, Ohio; 20 grandchildren; 31 great grandchildren, two great great grandchildren.

Services were at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Swanson chapel in Hopkins with Rev. Walter Cox officiating. Burial in Hopkins cemetery.

[SCHMIDT, ANNA]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, June 8, 1915, p. 6
Former Resident Dies
Body of Mrs. Anna Schmidt of St. Joseph Will Be Taken to Hopkin For Burial
Mrs. Anna Schmidt, 65 years old, the widow of Henry Schmidt and a former resident of this city, died at 2:45 yesterday morning at her home in St. Joseph. Her death followed a prolonged illness. The only survivor is a daughter, Miss Anna Schmidt. Funeral services were held at the home at 4 o'clock this afternoon and the body will be taken to Hopkins for burial tomorrow. The body will be interred in the Hopkins Cemetery beside that of her husband, who died a number of years ago and a son, Heina Schmidt. The son died ten years ago in this city. Mrs. Schmidt was a member of the Royal Neighbors lodge of Maryville and a number of the members will probably go to Hopkins to attend the burial services.

The Schmidt family resided at Hopkins for a number of years. Later they came to Maryville and after the death of her son, Mrs. Schmidt and daughter went to St. Joseph to reside.

[SCHMIDT, ANNA]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, June 9, 1915, p. 6
Attend Burial at Hopkins
Body of Mrs. Anna Schmidt Brought From St. Joseph Today
Mrs. Richard Kuchs, Mrs. Lizette Lippman and Mrs. Fred Diss went to Hopkins at noon today to attend the burial service this afternoon of Mrs. Anna Schmidt, a former resident of this city, who died Monday morning at her home in St. Joseph.
The body was taken to Hopkins from St. Joseph at noon today and the burial was made in the Hopkins cemetery.

[SCHRIEBER, ODILO, FATHER]
Stanberry Headlight (Stanberry, Missouri), Thursday, February 23, 1961, [p. 1]
Father Schrieber Taken by Death
Final rites were held last Friday morning at the Abbey basilica in Conception for the Rev. Odilo Schrieber,85, a Conception Abbey monk, who was taken by death the preceding Wednesday at the St. Francis hospital in Maryville, following a long illness.

Solemn pontifical rites were conducted, with Father Abbot Stephen Schappler was celebrant. Burial was in St. Columba cemetery, Conception.

Father Schrieber, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Schrieber, was born in Conception Dec. 16, 1875. He was professed a monk of Conception Abbey Oct. 5, 1897 and was ordained a priest Apr. 6, 1902.
For many years he was pastor in communities of the Nodaway county area. Father Schrieber was a pastor in Maryville from 1915 to 1920 and again from 1934 to 1938. While pastor at Parnell, he aided in the construction of the Catholic church in 1922. Later, he was pastor at Conception Junction. The last five years, Father Schrieber had been in retirement at the Conception Abbey infirmary.
Surviving are two brothers, Aloysius (Eli) and Leo Schrieber, and two sisters, Mrs. August Lager and Mrs. Ed Archer, all of Conception.

[SHAFER, PETER W.]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, November 18, 1925, [p. 1]
Hopkins Man Dies in St. Joe Hotel Lobby
Heart Disease Fatal to Peter W. Shafer, 70, at 3:40 O'Clock Yesterday
Peter W. Shafer of Hopkins, 70 years old, died at 3:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon while sitting in a lobby at the St. Francis Hotel in St. Joseph. Death was due to heart disease.

The body arrived in Hopkins last night. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Christian Church and burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mr. Shafer, who was a retired farmer, had lived in and near Hopkins for the last fifty years. Besides the widow, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Catherine Peve, also of Hopkins.

[SHORES, JAMES MONROE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, October 19, 1953, p. 7
Funeral services Saturday for James Monroe Shores
Funeral services for James Monroe Shores, Maryville, who died Oct. 14, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Atchison funeral chapel, conducted by the Rev. Monk Bryan. Burial was in the White Oak cemetery at Pickering.

John Hood, soloist, accompanied by Mrs. Orville Wray, sang "Sunrise Tomorrow" and "Ivory Palaces." Pallbearers wee Loren McIntosh, Wilbur Kruse, J. H. Brown, Lloyd Ormes, Harold D. Ingels and Sam Ingels.

[SIERP, JESSE LYNN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, April 30, 1974, p. 4
Jesse Lynn Sierp - Jesse Lynn Sierp, 62, Hopkins trucker, died at 8 a.m. Monday in a hospital at Springfield, where he had been a patient two days after suffering an injury while making a delivery.

He was born Dec. 14, 1911, at Clarinda, Iowa, the son of the late Karl and Pearl Fulton Sierp. On Dec. 10, 1932, he was married at St. Joseph to Louise Dougherty, who survives. He was a member of the Wray Memorial United Methodist Church, and Xenia Masonic Lodge, Hopkins, and the Elks Lodge, Maryville.
Besides his wife, he is survived by one son, Roger Sierp, Bolivar; two daughters, Mrs. Caryl Cavner, Waukee, Iowa, and Mrs. Gerald Godsey, Ravenwood; four brothers, Orie Sierp and Glenn Sierp, Villisca, Iowa; Irvin Sierp, Louisburg, and Lee Sierp, Vero Beach, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. Harvey Cantrell, Daytona Beach, Fla., and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Wray Memorial Church, with the Rev. Norman Lewis and the Rev. John Shipley officiating. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home.

[SISK, HARRY BRISON]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, June 7, 1954, p. 2
Old Time Hopkins Resident Dies This Morning
Harry Brison Sisk, 76, unmarried, died this morning at his home in Hopkins, where he had lived for 67 years. He was born in White Rock, Kas.

Mr. Sisk is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Cosgrove, who lived with him in Hopkins and Mrs. C. W. Johnson, Live Oak, Bell Garden, Calif.

Funeral services will be held at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Swanson funeral home, conducted by the Rev. Norman Lewis, pastor of the Baptist church, Hopkins. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

[SISK, JESSE ANDREW]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 26, 1934, [p. 1]
J. A. Fisk, Last Hopkins Civil War Vet, Dies
Jess Andrew Fisk [Sisk], who was the last Civil War veteran living in the Hopkins vicinity, died at noon Sunday at his home in Hopkins. Several months ago he broke his hip and nearly all of that time had been bedfast. He would have been 90 years old in June.

The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Gordon and Price Funeral Home in Hopkins, Rev. J. Howard Thompson, of Westboro, former Methodist pastor at Hopkins, will conduct the rites. Burial will be in Hopkins cemetery.

Mr. Fisk [Sisk] was born in Indiana in 1844. He had lived in the Hopkins community ever since he was a young man.

Surviving are the widow, three daughters, Mrs. Lillian Coxgrove [Cosgrove], Topeka, Kan., who has been in Hopkins several weeks helping care for her father; Mrs. Anna Johnson, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Temp Hilton, Emporia, Kan.; two sons, Ben Fisk [Sisk], Council Bluffs, Ia.; and Harry Fisk [Sisk], Hopkins. He also leaves a granddaughter, Mrs. Helen Armstrong, whom he reared.

Mr. Fisk [Sisk] served in the Union army during the Civil War and was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

[SISK, JESSE ANDREW]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, February 27, 1934, p. 6
Sisk Funeral Today
The funeral services for Jess Andrew Sisk, the last of the Civil War veterans living in the Hopkins vicinity, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Gordon and Price Funeral Home in Hopkins. Rev. J. Howard Thompson of Westboro and former pastor of the Methodist church of Hopkins, conducted the service. Burial was in the Hopkins Cemetery.

[SMITH, CORDELL ENIS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, February 1, 1940, [p. 1]
Cordell E. Smith Dies
Former Houston, Mo., Resident Succumbs at Hopkins: Was 86
Cordell Enis Smith, 86 years of age, died at 9:25 o'clock last night at the home of his son, Sidney Smith, in Hopkins after a three weeks' illness.

A farmer all of his life, Mr. Smith had lived at Hopkins since 1936, coming from Houston, Mo. He was born May 6, 1853, at Houston.

Surviving is another son, Kirby Smith of Houston.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Methodist church in Hopkins, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Paul Barton. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

[SMITH, RUBY ESTHER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, May 28, 1934, [p. 1]
Dies in Hospital Here
Ruby Esther Smith, Was 11-Year-Old Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Smith
Ruby Esther Smith, age 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Williard [Willard] Smith of Hopkins, died at 10:30 o'clock last night at St. Francis Hospital.
Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Besides the parents, surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Howard Spencer, Iva Ruth, Olive, and Alice Smith, and three brothers, Kirk, Carl, and Galen Smith, all of whom live in Hopkins.

[SMITH, SIDNEY SYLVESTER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, December 4, 1957, [p. 1]
Sidney Sylvester Smith Dies at Hospital
Sidney Sylvester Smith, 70, died at 5:45 a. m. today at St. Francis Hospital after a long illness. His home was at 521 N. Market St.

Mr. Smith was born Jan. 1, 1887, in Texas County, Mo., the son of the late Cordil [Cordell] and Amanda Stigall Smith. He was married to Nellie Shelton, July 20, 1936.

Survivors include his widow, of the home; five stepsons, Darwin Shelton, Griswold, Ia., and Glenn, Joe and Rex Shelton, all of Council Bluffs, Ia., and Donald Shelton, Omaha, Neb. and four grandsons.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Friday at the Price Funeral Home. The late Rev. L. B. Day will officiate, and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

[SMITH, WILLIAM VINCENT]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, December 26, 1953, [p. 1]
William Smith Dies Today at Home of Daughter
William Vincent Smith, 77, native of Quitman, died at 7:30 o'clock this morning of a heart attack at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred Coulter and Mr. Coulter, Clearmont, where he had lived for 18 months. His wife died July 15, 1952.
Born Aug. 16, 1876 on a farm near Quitman, Mr. Smith lived in Burlington Junction for 15 years. He was a member of the Methodist church of Burlington Junction and besides the daughter, Mrs. Coulter, he is survived by a granddaughter, Mrs. Arthur Nowasell, Milwaukee, Wis.; a grandson, Donald Coulter, stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Tex., and two sisters, Mrs. Jane Campbell, Elmo, and Mrs. Roy Yates, Riverside, Calif.

Funeral services have not been arranged. The body is at Prices.

[SMITH, WILLIAM VINCENT]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, December 21, 1953, p. 7
Funeral Rites Monday for William Vincent Smith
Funeral rites were conducted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Methodist church in Burlington Junction for William Vincent Smith, who died Saturday in Clearmont. The Rev. Clyde Hulet was assisted in conducting the service by the Rev. Hugo Rolens, Burlington Junction. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery in charge of the Price funeral directors.
Miss Bertha Schmauger, Mrs. John Bowes, Ms. Logan Carter and Mrs. Omer Brown, accompanied by Mrs. Herman Miller, sang "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," "Lead Me Gently Home Father" and "Take My Hand Precious Lord."
Pallbearers were Allen Martin, George Bennett, Lawson McIntyre, Clyde Short, Austin Scott [?] and W. R. Miller.

[SMITH, WILLIAM VINCENT]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, December 26, 1953, [p. 1]
William Smith Dies Today At Home of Daughter
William Vincent Smith, 77, native of Quitman, died at 7:30 o'clock this morning of a heart attack at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred Coulter and Mr. Coulter, Clearmont, where he had lived for 18 months. His wife died July15, 1952.

Born Aug. 16, 1876 on a farm near Quitman, Mr. Smith lived in Burlington Junction for 15 years. He was a member of the Methodist church of Burlington Junction and besides the daughter, Mrs. Coulter, he is survived by a granddaughter, Mrs. Arthur Nowasell, Milwaukee, Wis., a grandson, Donald Coulter, stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Tex., and two sisters, Mrs. Jane Campbell, Elmo, and Mrs. Roy Yates, Riverside, Calif.

Funeral services have not been arranged. The body is at Prices.

 

[SMITH, WILLIAM VINCENT]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, December 31, 1953, p. 7
Funeral Rites Monday For William Vincent Smith
Funeral rites were conducted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Methodist church in Burlington Junction for William Vincent Smith, who died Saturday in Clearmont. The Rev. Clyde Hulet was assisted in conducting the service by the Rev. Hugo Rolens, Burlington Junction. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery in charge of the Price funeral directors.

Miss Bertha Schmauder, Mrs. John Bowes, Mrs. Logan Carter and Mrs. Omer Brown, accompanied by Mrs. Herman Miller, sang "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," "Lead Me Gently Home Father" and "Take My Hand Precious Lord."

Pallbearers were Allen Martin, George Bennett, Lawson McIntyre, Clyde Short, Austin Sharr and W. R. Miller.



[SNODGRASS, MYRTLE SARAH GARVIN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, July 8, 1941, p. 2
Myrtle Snodgrass Dies; Funeral to Be at Hopkins
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Christian church in Hopkins for Mrs. Ernest Snodgrass, 44 years of age, of Bennet, Neb., who died at 7 o'clock last night at the St. Francis hospital. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.
Mrs. Snodgrass, the former Miss Myrtle Garvin, formerly resided at Hopkins and at one time was a teacher in the Hopkins school. She had been teaching at Bennet, Neb.
She is survived by her husband; one daughter, Barbara, of Bennet; her mother, Mrs. William Garvin, Hopkinton, Ia.; two sisters, Mrs. Earl Griffith, Greeley, Ia., and Mrs. John Holliday of Carmel, Ind.

[SNODGRASS, ROXANA "SANNIE" EWING]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, June 23, 1926, p. 4
Mrs. R. E. Snodgrass Dies; Funeral Friday
Body of Former Resident to Be Brought Back to Hopkins From Weslaco, Texas

Mrs. Roxana Snodgrass, wife of Robert E. Snodgrass, of Weslaco, Tex., died at 9:15 o'clock Tuesday morning at the home of her sister, Mrs. S. E. Wible, in St. Joseph. Mr. and Mrs. Snodgrass are former residents of Maryville and Hopkins. Mrs. Snodgrass leaves two sisters and two brothers. They are: Mrs. Josephine Markley, Hopkins; Mrs. Daisy Corken, Denver, Colo.; George Ewing, San Pedro, Cal.; and John Ewing, Omaha, Neb.

Funeral services will be held at 11 o'clock Friday morning at the home of Mrs. Markley in Hopkins and burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

[SOWERS, ELIZABETH EADS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, November 4, 1939, [p. 1
Mrs. A. B. Sowers Dies at Home Near Hopkins
Mrs. A. [bner] B. Sowers, age 78, died at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at her home six miles southwest of Hopkins. Mr. and Mrs. Sowers, who had been married sixty-two years, had lived at the present home for the past fifty-six years.

Mrs. Sowers was born in Monroe county, Iowa, April 14, 1861. Surviving are her husband, three sons and a sister: Clarence Sowers, Murdock, Kas., Harley Sowers, Oxnard, Calif.; Dale Sowers, Hopkins, and Mrs. Mary Thompson, Clarinda, Ia.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Methodist church in Hopkins. Rev. Paul Barton will officiate. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

[STEWART, MARY ORDELIA "DELIA" VARVIL]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, June 22, 1936, [p. 1]
Mrs. Stewart Dies, Rites Are Held at Hopkins Today
Funeral services for Mrs. P. [erry] H. [oward] Stewart, age 66, a former Hopkins resident who died Saturday at her home in St. Louis, were held at 1 o'clock this afternoon at the residence in Hopkins. Rev. H. C. McNamee officiated. Burial was in Hopkins cemetery.
Pallbearers were Dr. E. A. Miller, H. A. Dalbey, Lawrence Wiley, H. C. Clutter, Charles Flemming and A. J. Gordon.
The body arrived in Maryville from St. Louis on the early Wabash train this morning.
Mis Delia Varvil was born in Jasper County, Ill., February 11, 1870, the daughter of John and Liza Varvil. She was a small girl when the family moved from Illinois to Missouri. She lived for a time on a farm west of Maryville and later resided in the Hopkins vicinity. Her marriage to Mr. Stewart took place December 2, 1883. The Stewarts had lived in St. Louis since ten years ago.

Surviving are the husband, a son, Howard; a granddaughter, Marilyn; a sister, Mrs. Pearl Matherly, a brother, Noel Varvil.
[Note: Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, gives the marriage date as December 25, 1892 at Barnard, Nodaway County, Missouri.]

[STEWART, HOWARD VARVIL]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, April 8, 1968, p. 6
Howard Stewart, 69, Dies in Warrensburg
Howard Stewart, 69, a former Hopkins resident, died at 2:30 p. m. Sunday in a Warrensburg hospital. He was a resident of Knob Noster.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Omega McKinney Stewart, of the home, a daughter, Mrs. William Lyons, Flagstaff, Ariz.; a son, Frank Stewart, Midland, Mich., and six grandchildren. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Perry H. [oward] Stewart, Hopkins.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. Wednesday at the Sweeny Phillips Funeral Home, Warrensburg. Graveside services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Hopkins Cemetery.

[STEWART, PERRY HOWARD]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 3, 1961, [p. 1]
Perry Stewart, 93, Dies at Warrensburg
Perry H. [oward] Stewart, 93, formerly of Hopkins, died Thursday at Warrensburg. A native of Iowa, he lived at Hopkins for several years and was employed by the Wolfers Mercantile Co. there before moving from Hopkins about 25 years ago.
Survivors are a son, Howard V. [arvil] Stewart, Warrensburg, and two grandchildren. His wife, Adelia [Ordelia] Stewart, preceded him in death.
Services will be held at 9:30 a. m. Saturday at Warrensburg. Graveside rites will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Hopkins Cemetery with the Rev. Stephen Johnson officiating.

[STOCKTON, JEROME DOWLING]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, February 2, 1922, [p. 1]
Former Hopkins Resident Dead
The body of Jerome Stockton, who died Tuesday in Austin, Colo., is expected to reach Hopkins tonight for burial. Mr. Stockton was 80 years old and for many years resided in the vicinity of Hopkins, leaving there about twelve years ago to live in Colorado.

[STOOPS, EARL ROGER]
Stanberry Headlight (Stanberry, Missouri), Thursday, February 22, 1934, p. 2
Earl Stoop Kills Himself
Earl Stoops, 16 or 17 years of age, shot himself last Saturday evening with a shot gun at his home in East Hopkins. No one was at home and he was discovered by friends who happened in soon after he had committed the rash act.

He was rushed to the Maryville hospital, where he lived until Tuesday about 4 o'clock.

He was conscious to the last and told the doctors he shot himself because he seemed to be alone in the world with everybody having a "pick" at him. He did not attend school and had been restless for several months.

Besides the mother, Mrs. Mary Stoops, Earl is survived by three brothers, Virgil, Eugene and Raymond Stoops and four sisters, Mrs. Bernice Ray, of Blockton, Iowa; Mrs. Wright Wray and Miss Lela Stoops, of Hopkins, and Miss Lorne Stoops, of Trenton.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Price, Gordon & Young funeral parlors in Hopkins, conducted by Rev. B. H. Harmon and burial was in the Hopkins cemetery. – Hopkins Journal

[STOOPS, FRANK]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, June 25, 1927, [p. 1]
Frank Stoops, 44, Dies at Hopkins
Blacksmith Succumbs to Rheumatism and Leakage of the Heart; Funeral Tomorrow

Frank Stoops, 44 years old, blacksmith at Hopkins, died yesterday from rheumatism and leakage of the heart. He is survived by his wife and eight children.

Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Burial will be made in the Hopkins cemetery.
Mr. Stoops is survived by a sister, Ruth, Pond Creek, Okla.; and two brothers, Will of Gravity and Isaac, Council Bluffs, Ia.
He had been a resident of Hopkins for seven years, going there from Bedford, Ia.

[STOOPS, OPAL]
New Market Herald (New Market, Iowa), Thursday, December 2, 1920, [p. 1]
One of the saddest accidents in the history of Hopkins took place last Monday evening at about 5:30 when Opal Stoops, the 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stoops, was almost instantly killed when one wheel of the big Nash car belonging to Frank Andrews passed over the child's body. Mr. Andrews is one of the owners of the Saints garage in this city, but the accident took place at his residence, the Oliver Lewis property, a block east of the Linville hotel. It was dusk when he went to get his car and no children were in sight when he entered the garage. After he entered the garage, his mother noticed two of the Stoops children run across the yard, and fearing they might be run over, left the house to warn them to keep out of the way, but before she had time to give the warning, the fearful accident had occurred, taking place on the parking south of the cement walk running east and west; the left front wheel of the heavy car passed over the child's body just below the ribs. No bones were broken and after the little girl was picked up by Mr. Andrews, she spoke a few words, calling for her mother who was down town. The child was carried by Mr. Andrews to its home, just north of the Andrew home, and two doctors were called, both reaching the home in a very short time after the accident took place, but the child was beyond the aid of human hands, passing away in about fifteen minutes after being hurt and before the mother reached home. The heavy machine simply crushed the life out of the child without breaking a bone or mutilating the body. – Hopkins Journal

[STRAWN, ISAAC NELSON]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, October 1, 1910, p. 2
Mrs. Strawn Arrived
Mrs. I. [saac] N. [elson] Strawn and son, Paul, and Miss Elizabeth Strawn, of Colorado Springs, arrived in Maryville Saturday morning and were guests of their sister, Mrs. J. H. Sayler until noon, when all, together with another sister, Mrs. C. W. Pittman of Manhattan, Kan., who came two days before, went to Hopkins to attend the funeral of their husband and brother, I. [saac] N. [elson] Strawn, who died in the state hospital at St. Joseph Thursday morning.

[STURGEON, HEBRON SILOAM EUPHRATES]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, January 17, 1938, [p. 1]
Hebron Sturgeon, Age 77, Dies at Hopkins Home
Hebron Sturgeon, age 77, a resident of this vicinity all of his life, died at 5 o'clock this morning at his home in Hopkins. He had been ill several weeks.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Baptist church in Hopkins. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.
Mr. Sturgeon is survived by his widow; a daughter, Mrs. Everett Orme of Hopkins; a son, Roy Sturgeon, also of Hopkins; two grandchildren and a brother, James Sturgeon, Hopkins.

[STURGEON, LOODEMA SHEEKS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, November 21, 1949, [p. 1]
Mrs. Loodena Sturgeon of Hopkins Dies Here
Mrs. Loodema Sturgeon of Hopkins, age 83, died at 9:45 o'clock Sunday night at the Armstrong Nursing Home on North Main street, where she had been a patient for three months.
Mrs. Sturgeon was born February 7, 1866, the daughter of George and Mary Sheeks at Iconium, Ia., a former town near Moravia, Ia. She came to Hopkins when a small girl and continued to live in that community where she was employed a great part of time as a practical nurse. Her husband, Hebrom [Hebron] Sturgeon, died January 17, 1938.

Survivors include a son, Roy Sturgeon, Hopkins, a daughter, Mrs. Everett Orme, Hopkins and two grandchildren, Mrs. Opal Orme, Hopkins, a teacher of the second grade of the Eugen Field school of Maryville and Mrs. Harlan Hopple, Petaluma, Calif.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Baptist church of Hopkins by the Rev. Norman Lewis. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

[STURGEON, OBEDIAH]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, May 4, 1916, [p. 1]
Obidiah Sturgeon Dead
Man of 85 Had Lived in or Near Hopkins for More Than 50 Years
Obidiah [Obediah] Sturgeon died at the home of his son, Hebron Sturgeon, in Hopkins this morning. Pneumonia was the direct cause of his death. He had not been in good health for some time but was ill with pneumonia only a few days.
Mr. Sturgeon was 85 years old. He had lived in Nodaway county, near and in Hopkins, for 50 years. His wife died several years ago, and he has made his home since then with his son. He is survived by three sons and two daughters. The funeral arrangements have not been made.

[STURGEON, OBEDIAH]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, May 5, 1916, p. 2
O. Sturgeon A Veteran
Hopkins Man's Funeral Held This Afternoon—Member of Baptist Church Many Years
Funeral services of Obidiah [Obediah] Sturgeon were held at Hopkins this afternoon at the Baptist church, Rev. Griffith, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial in Hopkins cemetery.
Obidiah [Obediah] Sturgeon was born in Owen county, Indiana, July 6, 1828, and moved to Missouri in 1856. Lived in Morgan county, coming to Nodaway county in 1867, and has lived here continuously ever since. Was married to Julia Ann Greenlee in Morgan county, Indiana in 1851, she preceding him in death some five years. He leaves four sons and one daughter, also several grandchildren and great grandchildren. The children are Mrs. James Ulmer, James and Hebron Sturgeon, Hopkins, and George and J. W. Sturgeon of Oregon.

Mr. Sturgeon was a member of the 33rd regiment, Indiana infantry, also an active member of the Baptist church.

[STURGEON, OBEDIAH]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday May 16, 1916
HOPKINS – Obediah Sturgeon died at his home in Hopkins, Thursday, May 4. The funeral services were held at the home Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. D. W. Griffith, pastor of the First Baptist church. Mr. Sturgeon is survived by one daughter, Mrs. J. W. Ulmer, of Hopkins and four sons, William J. Sturgeon and G. W. Sturgeon of Oregon, and James and Hebron Sturgeon of Hopkins.
Mrs. Minnie Sturgeon Setzer of St. Joseph attended the funeral of O. Sturgeon here Friday.
John R. Jones of Maryville was in Hopkins Friday to attend the funeral of Obe Sturgeon.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lutz and Mr. and Mrs. N. Orme of Pickering attended the funeral of Obe Sturgeon.

[SWANSON, JOHN ALLEN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, October 8, 1973, [p. 1]
Swanson Killed Saturday
John Allen Swanson, 28, Maryville, was buried beneath the rubble of a collapsed wall after his vehicle struck an abandoned, burned out building in Burlington Jct. shortly before 8 p. m. Saturday.

Swanson was taken to St. Francis Hospital, Maryville, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

According to the State Patrol, Swanson was traveling east on U. S. 136 through Burlington Jct., lost control of his vehicle and skidded broadside 260 feet. The vehicle ran off the south side of the road, knocked over a fire hydrant and struck an unsupported section of a brick wall of an abandoned, burned out building at the southeast corner of Burlington Jct.'s Main and Davis streets.

Swanson was partially thrown from the vehicle. A section of the wall collapsed, and Swanson was buried under the rubble.

Bradley Culp, Elmo, and James Lyle, Burlington Jct., dug Swanson from the rubble. The fatal accident was investigated by Trooper George C. Scott, assisted by the Nodaway County sheriff's office.

Burlington Jct. residents were without water for several hours while the broken water line was being repaired.

Swanson's body was taken to the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins. Services have been set for 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Swanson chapel. The Rev. Norman Lewis will officiate. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

Swanson was born Jan. 2, 1945, at Des Moines, Iowa. He was married July 14 of this year to the former Miss Nora Mick, Hopkins. He was employed at the Wing Printing Co., St. Joseph. Surviving are his wife of the home in Maryville and his mother, Mrs. Pauline Miller, Des Moines.





[TAME, WILLIAM ROBERT "WILL"]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, December 20, 1922, p. 3
Hopkins Journal
After a comparatively short illness with kidney trouble, "young Will" Tame died at his home east of Hopkins last Friday. William Robert Tame was born at Millington, Illinois, March 13, 1872, and died at his home near Hopkins, December 22, 1922, age 50 years, 9 months and 22 days. He moved with his parents to Missouri when about 11 years old and spent the remainder of his life near Hopkins. On March 28, 1897, he was married to Ruby Irene Churchill to whom were born four children; two were twins who died in infancy and Rex Reginald and Claude Robert who are at home. The funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church by Re. E. C. Wright. Burial in the Hopkins cemetery.

[THOMPSON, DOROTHY MAUDE "DOT" FLOREA]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, September 7, 1966, [p. 1]
Mrs. Dorothy Thompson Dies in Hospitals
Mrs. Dorothy Maud Thompson, 73, Hopkins, died at 1:45 p. m. Tuesday at the St. Francis Hospital where she had been admitted eight hours earlier.

She was born Feb. 11, 1893, at Pickering, and was the daughter of the late William and Lenora Killam Florea. She was married June 21, 1911 to Grover Thompson who proceded her in death Apr. 28, 1954. She had lived her entire life in the Pickering and Hopkins communities and was a member of the First Christian Church, Hopkins, and the Merry Ridge Club.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the First Christian Church, Hopkins. Loyd Means will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

She is survived by two sons, Jean Thompson, Hopkins; Ralph Thompson, Independence; three daughters, Mrs. Lyle Bennett, Lewistown, Idaho; Mrs. Guy Mohler, Des Moines, Ia.; Mrs. Tommy Thompson, Mission, Kas.; 14 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren, four sisters, Mrs. Henry Neumeyer, Hopkins, Mrs. Lee Spencer, Bedford, Ia.; Mrs. George Keigan, Burlington, Jct., Mrs. Frank Collins, Redlands, Cal.; four brothers, Frank Florea and Fred Florea, Bonners Ferry, Idaho; John Florea, Hampton, Neb.; and Bruce Florea, Spokane, Wash.
The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

[THOMPSON, DOROTHY MAUDE "DOT" FLOREA]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, September 13, 1966, p. 5
Hopkins
Among the out-of-town relatives and friends attending from a distance the funeral services Friday of Mrs. Dorothy Thompson were Mrs. Lyle Bennett, Lewiston, Idaho; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Mohler and Mr. and Mrs. Allen Mohler, Des Moines, Ia.; Mrs. Thomas Thomson, Mission, Kas., and Mr. and Mrs. John Florea, Hampton, Neb.

[THOMPSON, ELIZABETH ELLEN CAMPBELL]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 19, 1923, p. 6
Funeral of Mrs. Chas. Thompson Yesterday
Conducted by the Rev. S. P. Allison at Hopkins—Eastern Star Chapter in Charge
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles A. [lford] Thompson of Hopkins were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church in Hopkins, conducted by the Rev. S. P. Allison of Maryville. Mrs. Allison and Miss Helen Manifold also attended the services and Miss Manifold sang a solo. The Eastern Star Chapter at Hopkins, of which Mrs. Thompson was a member, was in charge of the service at the Hopkins cemetery. Mrs. Thompson's death occurred at 10:45 o'clock Friday night following an illness of pneumonia. Besides her husband, she is survived by three children, one son and two small daughters. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell, living east of Hopkins, also survive.

[THOMPSON, GARDNER A.]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, December 29, 1921, p. 5
Gardner Thompson died at his home in Omaha last Friday. His brother, Leo [Loa] Thompson, is now porter at the Garland Hotel.

[THOMPSON, GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1864-1938]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, September 5, 1938, p. 3
George Thompson Dies, Rites at Hopkins Tues.
George Thompson, 74 years of age, farmer living east of Hopkins, died at 2:20 o'clock this morning at a hospital in St. Joseph. His death was caused by pneumonia.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Methodist church in Hopkins with burial in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mr. Thompson was born April 10, 1864 in the vicinity of Hopkins and had lived there all of his life. He was married on February 24, 1901, to Miss Magdalene DeMott, who survives him.

Others surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Helen Godsey, Hopkins, Mrs. Esther Martin, Los Angeles, Mrs. Margaret Pittensberger [Pittensbarger], Manhattan, Kas., and Miss Mildred Thompson, Hopkins; two sons, Roy and Harry Thompson, both of Hopkins; a brother, Charles Thompson, Hopkins, and two sisters, Mrs. Amanda Dougherty, Hopkins, and Mrs. Elizabeth Underwood, Kansas City.

[THOMPSON, GROVER CLEVELAND]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, May 6, 1954, p. 3
Hopkins – Grover C. [leveland] Thompson died Wednesday, April 28 at his farm home east of Hopkins, after an illness of several years.

He was born in Taylor County, Iowa and his entire life of 67 years was spent in this community.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Hopkins Christian church, the pastor A. V. Hart conducting the service.
Survivors are his wife, Dorothea; two sons, Jean of Hopkins and Ralph of Kansas City, Mo.; three daughters, Mrs. Thomas Thomson of Mission, Kans., Mrs. Guy Mohler of Des Moines and Mrs. Lyle Bennett of Bonners Ferry, Idaho; three sisters, Mrs. Walter Coleman of Hopkins, Mrs. Effie Thomas of Denver, Colo., Mrs. Wheeler Campbell of Maryville. One son, Charles K. Thompson died Dec. 17, 1941, while serving in the armed forces.

Xenia Lodge No. 50 A. F. & A. M. were in charge of the graveside services. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.

[THOMPSON, JOHN B.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, December 16, 1932, [p. 1]
John D. Thompson, Civil War Veteran, Dies at 86
John D. [B.] Thompson, age 86, a Civil War veteran whose home was at Hopkins, died at 5 o'clock yesterday morning in Siloam Springs, Ark., where he had gone with Mrs. Thompson to spend the winter.
They had made frequent trips to Siloam Springs to spend the winter months in years past.
Mrs. Frank Black, of Hopkins, a daughter, went to Siloam Springs Wednesday evening. The funeral party will arrive in Hopkins this evening. Funeral arrangements will be made after that time.
Mr. Thompson was born in Illinois. He served in the Union army.
Surviving are his widow, four daughters, Mrs. Frank Black, Hopkins; Mrs. Leonard Whitten, Hopkins; Mrs. Neil Pickering, Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. Belle Townley, Omaha, Neb.; two sons, Loa Thompson, Bedford, Ia.; Wash Thompson, Hopkins.

[THOMPSON, HAROLD KENNETH]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, August 27, 1952, [p. 1]
Rites Friday for Harold K. Thompson
Harold Kenneth Thompson, age 41, Hopkins, died at 6 p. m. yesterday at his home. He had been ill for eight months.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the Methodist church in Hopkins and burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mr. Thompson was born Feb. 7, 1911 at Skidmore. He was married Oct. 20, 1937 to Orda Frances Bowman, who survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Audrey and Dora Sue, and one son, Howard, all of the home; his mother, Mrs. Betty Thompson, St. Joseph; three sisters, Mrs. Fred Pike and Mrs. John Tunnell, both of Maryville; and Mrs. Dave Kuntzman, Skidmore; three brothers, Frank Thompson, Clearmont; Donald Thompson, St. Joseph; and Hollis Thompson, near Graham.

[THOMPSON, HOMER FLOYD]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, Febuary 20, 1961, p. 2
Homer Floyd Thompson Dies of Heart Attack
Homer Floyd Thompson, 71, Hopkins farmer, died at 11:20 p. m. Sunday at the St. Francis Hospital after only five hours illness. He suffered a heart attack.

Mr. Thompson was born July 28, 1889, at Guilford, the son of the late Joseph Thompson and Elizabeth Floyd Thompson. He was married Jan. 29, 1913, to Bessie Lillian Baringer, who survives. Mr. Thompson was a member of the Wray Memorial Methodist Church.

Survivors are his widow, of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Daniel, Stanberry, and Mrs. Farris Gray, Bedford, Ia.; three granddaughters; three great grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Paul Campbell, Savannah, and Mrs. Evelyn Martin, Stanberry.

Rites will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Wray Memorial Methodist Church, Hopkins. The Rev. Stephen Johnson will officiate, and burial will be in Hopkins Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church from 1 to 2 p. m.
The body is at the Swanson Funeral home, Hopkins.

[THOMPSON, JOSEPH OLIVER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, October 26, 1942, [p. 1]
Joseph Thompson, A Former County Judge, Dies Today
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist church in Guilford for Joseph Oliver Thompson, 80 years of age, a retired farmer and former judge of the south district, who died at 1:55 o'clock this morning at his home in Guilford, following a paralytic stroke about ten days ago. He had been in failing health the past few years.
Rev. S. E. Hoover of St. Joseph will officiate. Burial will be in the Graves cemetery, near Guilford.
Mr. Thompson, who was born October 13, 1862, near DeKalb, Mo., a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thompson, had lived most of his life in the Guilford community. He had resided in Guilford the past six years.

Mr. Thompson was married November 18, 1884 to Miss Millie Elizabeth Floyd, who died November 23, 1893. On March 14, 1895, he was married at St. Joseph to Miss Jane Ann McClanahan of Guilford. Mr. Thompson was a member of the Methodist church and a former member of the Odd Fellow and Woodman lodges.

Mr. Thompson's last grandchild, Gerald Lee Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Nelson of Hollywood, Calif., formerly of this community, was born on his eightieth birthday anniversary.

Survivors include his wife; four children, Ellis Oliver Thompson, Edna, Kas.; Homer F. [loyd] Thompson, Stanberry; Mrs. Beulah Jane Campbell, Savannah, and Mrs. Mary Evelyn Martin, Guilford; one sister, Mrs. Emma Ham, Benkelman, Neb.; eleven grandchildren and five great grandchildren. An infant son, Marvin Alexander, preceded him in death.

[THOMPSON, LOA SYLVESTER]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, August 18, 1955, [p. 1]
Loa Thompson Buried Tuesday
Loa S. Thompson died at the home of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Charlotte Thompson, on August 13 after a long illness.

Funeral services were held at the Shum Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Clement D. Loehr. Burial in the Hopkins cemetery.

Loa Sylvester Thompson, son of John and Sarah Thompson, was born August 25, 1886, at Hopkins, Missouri, and died at the age of 68 years, 11 months, 18 days.

He was married on December 12, 1912 to Miss Nettie Barnum of Bedford and to them was born one son, Drexel Dean.

On September 15, 1923, he was married to Della Bristow.
He had lived in Bedford for more than 40 years.
He was preceded in death by his son, Drexel Dean on Feb. 14, 1955. Also by five brothers and one sister, two brothers who died in infancy, John Riley Thompson, W. [illiam] W. [ashington] Thompson, Gardner Thompson and Mrs. Leonard Whitten.

Loa was blind and had been cared for the past six years by his daughter-in-law Charlotte Thompson.

Survivors are three sisters: Mrs. Daisy Black of Hopkins, Mrs. Nellie Pickering and Mrs. Bell Townley of Omaha; three grandchildren, Dean, Eva and Reva Thompson; the daughter-in-law, Charlotte Thompson of Bedford; several nieces and nephews.

[THOMPSON, MAGDALENE ELIZABETH DEMOTT]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 5, 1954, p. 2
Mrs. Magdalene Thompson Dies Unexpectedly
Mrs. Magdalene Elizabeth Thompson, 77, lifelong resident of the Hopkins community, died unexpectedly early this morning at her home seven miles southeast of Hopkins on the farm where she had lived for 51 years.
Mrs. Thompson was born Feb. 21, 1875 at Hopkins and was married Feb. 24, 1901 to George Thompson, who died in 1938. She is survived by two sons, Roy and Harry Thompson, Hopkins; four daughters, Mrs. Esther Martin, Mrs. Dave Godsey, and Mrs. Curtis Pittsenbarger, all of Hopkins and Mrs. Carl Deiter, Blue Springs, Mo., 19 grandchildren; four great grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Ben DeWitt, Maryville; and a brother, William DeMott, Hopkins.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church in Hopkins and burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery in charge of the Swanson funeral directors.

[THOMPSON MAGDALENE ELIZABETH DEMOTT]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, February 10, 1954, p. 3
Funeral Services Sunday For Mrs. M. E. Thompson
Funeral services for Mrs. Magdalene Elizabeth Thompson, who died Friday at her home, were held at the 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church in Hopkins when the Rev. Elmer Evans, Pickering, was assisted in conducting the service by the Rev. Bob Darby, Maryville. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mrs. Glen Florea and Mrs. Wayne White, accompanied by Mrs. William Wein, sang "Sometime We'll Understand" and "Sunrise Tomorrow."

Flowers were in charge of granddaughters of Mrs. Thompson, including Mrs. Dean Godsey, Mrs. Gerald Lee Godsey, Mrs. Robert Owens, Sharon Pittsenbarger, Helen Joy Wilson and Norma Rea DeMott. Pallbearers, grandsons, were Dean Godsey, Lowell Dean Thompson, Roy D. Thompson, George Martin, Gerald Lee Godsey and Ralph Martin.

[THOMPSON, PHILLIP ERWIN "PETE"]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, October 22, 1964, p. 12
Funeral Services Held For Erwin P. Thompson
Funeral services for Erwin "Pete" Thompson, Bedford, Ia., who died Monday morning in a veterans' hospital at Omaha, Neb., were held Wednesday afternoon at the Hopkins Baptist Church with the Rev. Eugene Hayes officiating.
Mr. Thompson, 53, was born May 29, 1911, to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd B. [lane] Thompson at Conway, Ia. Prior to moving to Bedford three years ago, he owned and operated a shoe shop for 30 years in Hopkins. He had been in failing health for several years.

He is survived by his father at Bedford; one brother, Robert Thompson, Council Bluffs, and an aunt, Mrs. Alma Chilcote, St. Joseph. He was preceded in death by his mother and a brother.
Graveside services were conducted by the Glen Ulmer American Legion Post, Hopkins, of which he was a member.
[Note: The name on his military headstone is Phillip E. Thompson.]

[THOMPSON, SARAH E. DAVIS]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, November 9, 1914, [p. 1]
Mrs. Thompson Dies
Succumbs This Morning at Home in Hopkins—Funeral Tuesday
Mrs. John B. Thompson of Hopkins died at 11 o'clock this morning at the family home. She was about 55 years old and had been ill several months. The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the home.

Mrs. Thompson is survived by her husband and seven children.

[THOMPSON, SARAH E. DAVIS]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, November 10, 1914, [p. 1]
Hold Thompson Rites
The funeral services of Mrs. J. B. Thompson of Hopkins, who died early yesterday morning, were held this afternoon at the family home, conducted by the Rev. B. W. Griffith, pastor of the Baptist church.
The body was interred in the Hopkins cemetery.

[THOMPSON, SARAH ELIZABETH DAVIS]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, November 12, 1914
HOPKINS – Mrs. John B. Thompson, who had been bed-fast for over twenty years, died at her home in north Hopkins Monday noon and was buried Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Griffith of the Baptist church officiating. Mrs. Thompson had lived in Bedford at different times and has a number of relatives there.

[THOMPSON, SARAH ELIZABETH DAVIS]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, November 17, 1914
HOPKINS – Mrs. William Hindman attended the funeral of her sister-in-law, Mrs. J. [ohn] B. Thompson at Hopkins last Tuesday. Mrs. Hindman was accompanied by her daughters, Mrs. J. P. Dallison and Mrs. Frank Spurgeon.



[THOMPSON, WILLIAM WASHINGTON]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, August 29, 1938, [p. 1]
Thompson Services to Be Conducted Tuesday
Washington Thompson, age 67, a resident of Hopkins fifty years, died at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his home near Hopkins. He had been in ill health several months.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Swanson funeral home, Hopkins, conducted by Rev. Paul Barton, pastor of the Hopkins Methodist church. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.
Mr. Thompson, an unmarried man, is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Leonard Whitten and Mrs. Daisy Black, Hopkins, and Mrs. Carl Pickering and Mrs. Belle Townley, Omaha, and a brother, Loah [Loa] Thompson, Bedford.

[TIBBETTS, CHARLES BARTON]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, December 26, 1959, p. 2

Charley Tibbetts Dies at Maryville Home
Charley Barton Tibbetts, 49, was found dead this morning at his home, 314 N. Alvin St., where he apparently suffered a heart attack while he slept. He died about 5 a. m.
Mrs. Jane Emery, Maryville, a daughter, found Mr. Tibbetts in his bed about 10 a. m. He had reportedly been in ill health for some time.

He was born Sept. 17, 1910, at Burlington Jct. to John and Melvina Tibbetts. He was married and divorced.
Survivors include his mother, of Maryville; four daughters, Mrs. Emery, Mrs. Herbert Emery, Maryville, Miss Shirley Tibbetts and Miss Janet Tibbetts, both of Pickering; four sons, Robert Leroy, Hopkins, Marvin, Wayne and Steven, all of Pickering; seven grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Clara Williams, Kansas City, and Mrs. Ona Fultz, St. Joseph; and one brother, Robert Tibbetts, LaGrande, Ore.
The body is at Price Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
[Note: His headstone gives his name as Charles Burton Tibbetts.]

[TIBBETTS, CHARLES BARTON]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, December 30, 1959, p. 2
Services at Price's For Charley Tibbetts
Funeral rites for Charley B. [urton] Tibbetts, who died Saturday, were held Tuesday afternoon at the Price Funeral Home. The Rev. Rex Anspaugh officiated. Burial was in the Hopkins Cemetery.

Mrs. Rex Anspaugh sang "Abide With Me" and "Beyond the Sunset." Mrs. J. W. Hake was the organist.

Pallbearers were Andy Rodrick, Earl Ingram, James Shrubshell, ross Scott, Maurice Truax and Lawrence Nicholson.

[WELCH, ANNA BELLE RITTER]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, May 15, 1951, [p. 1]
Mrs. Anna Welch Died Yesterday
Mrs. Anna Belle Welch, age 74, of Hopkins, died at 5:08 p. m. yesterday at her home four miles southeast of Hopkins where she had lived for 37 years. She had been ill for a long time.

Mrs. Welch was born Nov. 24, 1876 in Pattonsburg. Her husband, John Welch, died in 1931. She is survived by three children, Miss Reetha Welch and Harry and John Welch, all of the home; and one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Dobb of Deepwater, Mo. One son, Charles, was killed in action in Germany in 1944.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the Baptist church in Hopkins, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Norman Lewis. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

[WHITTLESEY, WILLIAM EUGENE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, August 9, 1940, p. 3
William E. Whittlesey Dies at Home in Hopkins
William Eugene Whittlesey, age 75, died at 7:45 o'clock last night at his home in Hopkins. He had lived in Hopkins the last year, moving there from Lamar, Mo., which was his home for thirty-three years.

Survivors include the widow; three sons, Lynn and Raymond Whittlesey, Boone, Ia., and Carl Whittlesey, Topeka, Kas., one daughter, Miss Inez Whittlesey, Topeka; two sisters, Mrs. Cordelia Gaskill, Juliet, Ill., and Mrs. Anna Wright, Maywood, Ill., and one brother, E. S. Whittlesey, Rochester, N. Y.

Rev. Paul Barton will conduct the funeral at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning at the Methodist church in Hopkins. Burial will be in Hopkins cemetery.

[YOUNG, MARTIN DAVID]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, March 18, 1963, p. 2
Martin D. Young Dies At Local Nursing Home
Martin David Young, 91, Hopkins, died at 11:50 p. m. Sunday at the Nodaway Nursing Home, Maryville, after a long illness. He had been a patient at the nursing home one year.

Mr. Young was born Mar. 1, 1872, in Wisconsin, the son of the late John and Nancy Stull Young. He was married to Susie Graybill, who survives.

Other survivors include one son, Francis Young, Hopkins, two grandsons and four great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Hopkins Christian church. The Rev. N. J. Lewis, Watson, and the Rev. Huell Warren, Hopkins, will officiate. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.
The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

[YOUNG, SUSAN OPHELIA "SUSIE" GRAYBILL]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, September 12, 1942, [p. 1]
Mrs. M. D. Young Dies at Home Near Hopkins
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Christian church in Hopkins for Mrs. M. [artin] D. [avid] Young, 76 years of age, who died at 6:20 o'clock Friday morning at her home west of Hopkins, following a lingering illness. Rev. Paul Barton, pastor of the Methodist church of Hopkins, will officiate. He will be assisted by Rev. Orlo Lincoln, pastor of the Christian church of Hopkins.

Pallbearers will be her six nephews, including Ernest, Roy, Luther, George, Edward and Oscar Sharp.

She was born March 18, 1866 at Hopkins, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Graybill. Mrs. Young had lived her entire life in the Hopkins community.
Surviving are her husband; one son, Francis Young, Hopkins; one sister, Mrs. Mary Sharp, Bedford, and two grandsons. One son, John, preceded her in death a few years ago.