Obituaries
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[Bird, Dale Lawrence]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Wednesday      May 30, 1990

Dale Bird

Dale Lawrence Bird, 77, Sheridan, died Tuesday, May 29, at his home.

Born Nov. 22,1912, at Sheridan to Joseph [Owen] and Edna [Mable] Stewart Bird, Mr. Bird was a farmer. He was a member of   the   Maple   Grove   Methodist Church, attended the Wray Memorial United Methodist Church of Hopkins, and was a former board member of the Nodaway County Historical Society. He married M. Elizabeth Jones May 15, 1943, in Excelsior Springs.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and a sister.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Richard L. Bird, Hopkins; a sister, Neva Crain, Bedford, Iowa; two grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Wray Memorial United Methodist Church in Hopkins with the Rev. Ray Forsyth and the Rev. Joyce Nicholas officiating.

Burial will be in the New Hope Cemetery at Hopkins. Friends may call anytime after 4 p.m. Thursday at the Swanson-Price Chapel in Hopkins with family visitation from 7-8 p.m. Mr. Bird will lie in state at the church from 1-2 p. m. Friday preceding the funeral service.

[Bird, Dale Lawrence]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Monday      June 4, 1990

Dale Bird services held

Services for Dale L. [awrence] Bird, 77, OM Sheridan, were held Friday, June 1, at Wray Memorial United Methodist Church, Hopkins, with the Rev. Ray Forsyth and the Rev. Joyce Nicholas officiating.

Mr. Bird died Tuesday, May 29, at Sheridan.

Burial was in the New Hope Cemetery, Hopkins, under the direction of Swanson-Price Funeral Home, Hopkins.

Pallbearers were Eldon Hart, Eldon Young, Dick Rogers, Doyle Johnson, Richard Miller and Howard Bramblett.

[Bird, Edna Mable Stewart]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday      January 28, 1965      p. 6

Edna M. Bird Rites Monday

Funeral services for Mrs. Joseph (Edna) Bird, 83, lifelong Taylor county resident, were held at the Bedford Methodist Church Jan. 25 with Rev J. Milton Kinney officiating. Mrs. Bird died January 22 at Court Street Rest Home, at the age of 83 years, nine months and 16 days. Interment was at New Hope Cemetery, Missouri.

Included In the services was the following obituary.

Edna Mable Stewart Bird was born in Holt Center, Taylor County, Ia., April 6, 1881. It was here in Taylor County that she spent her childhood and received her education.

Edna Stewart was married to Joseph Owen Bird on March 9, 1904. To this union six children were born, Mrs. Garland Buzzard and Mrs. Neva Crane of Bedford; Dale [Lawrence] of Sheridan, Mo., Edwin of Denver, Colo., Kenneth of Stockton, Calif., and a daughter, Iva, who died as an infant. Later in life she was blessed with 10 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.

Mrs. Bird was baptized into the Christian faith at the Maple Grove church south of Bedford. In 1943 Mrs. Bird moved to Bedford.

Edna was a willing worker whether it was for the church, family or to help friends and neighbors, never complaining over adversities but making the best of very situation.

She was preceded in death by her husband, father, mother, five sisters, two brothers, an infant daughter and one grandson.

[Bird, Joseph Owen]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday      February 10, 1938      p. 4

Obituary

Joe Bird

The funeral services for Joseph Owen Bird, whose death occurred at his home Friday night, was conducted by Rev. C. C. Pritchard of Parnell, at the Maple Grove church Sunday afternoon.

He was the oldest child of Leander and Viola Bird and was born in Madison county, Ind. Nov. 10, 1880, being aged 58 years and three months at the time of his death. He had been ill for two years.

At the age of one year he came with his parents to Nodaway County, Mo. He was married to Edna M. Stewart March 9, 1904. To them were born six children: Mrs. Loren Buzzard of Hopkins, Edwin Bird of New Market, Mrs Eugene Crane of Hopkins, Kenneth Bird of Stockton, Calif., and Dale Bird at home. One daughter died in infancy.

Beside his wife and children he is survived by his aged mother, Mrs. Lee Bird, of Hopkins; two sisters, Mrs. Clyde Olmstead of Hopkins and Mrs. Ralph Boyd of Payette, Idaho; four brothers, Cliff Bird of Superior, Nebr., John O. Bird of Little Rock, Calif., Eugene Bird of Glendale, Calif., and Wilfred Bird of Shenandoah. There are also seven grandchildren.

He spent his entire life, with the exception of one year, in the Maple Grove community where he was engaged in farming. He was converted at Maple Grove church in early life and has followed his father's footsteps by being a leader in all church activities as well as community affairs until the last two years, when he was overtaken by ill health and forced to give up church work, which he enjoyed so much. The outstanding feature of his life was his devotion to his home. He was a most be beloved husband and father, giving all and sacrificing everything for his family, happiest when his family was gathered about him. Burial was in the New Hope cemetery.

Attend Bird Funeral

The following relatives from a distance attended the- funeral of Joe Bird at Maple Grove church: Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bird of New Market; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miller of Lenox; Mr. and Mrs. Port Miller of Sharpsburg; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mason of Clearfield; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hunter and Mr. and Mrs John Mason of Conway; Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Simmons and Duane of Sheridan, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Bird of Shenandoah; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Olmstead and Donald of Hopkins; Mr. and Mrs. Esther Olmstead of Westboro, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Thompson and Bonnie, and Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Nash of Bedford; Mrs. Blanche Lawler of Maryville; Miss Phyllis Nixon of Leon.

 

 

[Clark, Robert Gailien]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Thursday     June 7, 1990

Robert Clark

Robert G. [ailien] Clark, 20, Maryville died Tuesday, June 5. Services are pending at Price Funeral Home, Inc., Maryville.

[Clark, Robert Gailien]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Friday       June 8, 1990

Robert Clark

Robert G. [alien] Clark, 20, Maryville, died Wednesday, June 6, near Bismarck, North Dakota.

Born Sept. 28, 1969 at St. Joseph to Robert W. and Linda Gail Saxton Clark, Mr. Clark was a member of the Jehovah Witness Church, Maryville.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather.

Survivors include his father, Robert W. Clark, Kansas City; mother, Linda Saxton-Clark, Maryville; two sisters, Rhonda Malinda Clark and Rehnee Lisette Clark, Maryville; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Saxton, Graham; and paternal grandmother, Flossie Clark, St. Joseph.

Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, June 11, at the Prairie Home Cemetery, Graham, under the direction of Price Funeral Home, Inc., Maryville.

Visitation is currently under way at the funeral home.

[Clary, Amy Ella Allison]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Monday       December 30, 1940      [p. 1]

Mrs. Ed Clary Dies, Rites Held Sunday at Bedford

Funeral services were held yesterday for Mrs. Ed Clary who died Saturday at her home in Bedford. Mrs. Clary was the former Miss Amy [Ella] Allison and formerly lived four miles northeast of Parnell.

She is survived by her husband; six children, Mrs. Newt Burns, Bedford; Mrs. Harley Dowis, Bedford; Mrs. Wilson, Rosendale, and Luther, Carl and Marlan Clary.

[Emrich, Mark Earl]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Monday      June 4, 1990

Earl Emrich

Mark Earl Emrich, 64, Licking, a former Stanberry resident, died Wednesday, May 30, at Texas County Memorial Hospital, Houston, Mo.

Born Jan. 14, 1926, at Stanberry to Mark and Elsie Duley Emrich, Mr. Emrich was a truck driver. He attended the Baptist church, and was a member of the VFW Memorial Post no. 6337 in Licking. He married Della Marie Elrod on Sept. 6, 1952, in Arkansas.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Earl Eugene Emrich, Kansas City, Kan.; a daughter, Mrs. Billy Jean Bunch, Kansas City, Kan.; three brothers, Wray Emrich, Reno, Nev., Harold and Robert Emrich, both of Cabool; two grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

Services were held at 1 p.m. today at the Johnson Funeral Home Chapel in Stanberry with the Rev. Mike Roberts officiating. U.S. Military honors were provided by the Honor Guard from Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.

Burial was in the High Ridge Cemetery at Stanberry under the direction of the Johnson Funeral Home of Stanberry.

[Garrard, John Roach]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Tuesday     December 22, 1942      [p. 1]

John R. Garrard Dies At Home Near Gaynor

John Roach Garrard, 73 years of age, died suddenly at 8 o’clock this morning at his home, one mile south of Gaynor, where he had resided sixty years. Mr. Garrard had been in failing health for some time.

He was born November 3, 1869 at Spencer, Ind. and was married at Maryville on September 26, 1893, to Miss Lilly V. Killion, who preceded him in death.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Hardie Shelman, Parnell, and Mrs. Leo Owens, Fort Blakely, Wash.; three sons, Ernest Garrard, Hopkins, Loren Garrard, Parnell, and Cpl. Harley Garrard, Camp Hood, Tex.; one brother, Walter Garrard, Sheridan; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

[Garrard, Siberia Olive “Sibbie” Smith]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Friday      August 30, 1940     p. 3

Mrs. Garrard Dies

Funeral for Sheridan Woman Pends Arrival of Daughter

Definite funeral arrangements for Mrs. Walter Garrard [Siberia Olive Smith], who died Tuesday morning at her home in Sheridan, are pending the arrival of a daughter, Mrs. Jacob Shellman, from the state of Oregon tomorrow afternoon.

The funeral will probably be held Sunday at the Brethren church west of Sheridan in charge of Rev. L. B. Day of Pickering. Burial will be in the Brethren cemetery.

Mrs. Garrard, 77 years of age, was born near Worthington, Ind., October 24, 1862. She had lived at Sheridan for several years.

Surviving are her husband and two children, Mrs. Shellman [Pearl] and Mrs. Gilbert Whitney [Elda Mae] of near Sheridan.

Mrs. Garrard was a member of the Christian church.

[Garrard, Siberia Olive “Sibbie” Smith]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Monday       August 31, 1940      p. 3

Garrard Funeral Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Walter Garrard [Siberia Olive Smith] of Sheridan, who died Tuesday morning, were held at 3 o’clock this afternoon at the Brethren church, two and a half miles west of Sheridan. Rev. L. B. Day of Pickering conducted the services. Burial was in Brethren cemetery.

[Garrard, Walter]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Tuesday      May 18, 1948      [p. 1]

Garrard Rites Are Held

Funeral Conducted Sunday at the Brethren Church

Funeral services for Walter Garrard were held Sunday afternoon at the Brethren church. The Rev. L. B. Day, Maryville, conducted the services. Mr. Garrard died May 13 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Gilbert Whitney [Elda Mae], near Sheridan.

Miss Mae Bowen, accompanied by Mrs. Luther Cook, sang “Only A Shadow,” “No Night There” and “Abide With Me.”

Pallbearers were Loren Garrard, Oral Morrow, Claude Singser, Floyd Brogan and Ora Dukes, Sheridan, and Cpl. Robert Findley, Chanute Field, Ill.

Burial was in the church cemetery.

[Garrard, William]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Monday       December 30, 1940      [p. 1]

William Garrard Dies, Funeral to Be Tuesday

William Garrard, 83 years of age, died last night at the county farm after being ill one week.

He was born August 30, 1857, in Indiana and lived in Sheridan until a month ago when he came to Maryville, where he lived a short time before going to the county farm.

He is survived by two brothers, Walter Garrard, Sheridan, and John [Roach] Garrard, Parnell.

Funeral services will be at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Orrsburg church. Burial will be in the Orrsburg cemetery.

[Greever, Alta Beauchamp]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Monday      June 4, 1990

Alta B. Greever, 82, Maryville, died Saturday, June 2, at St. Francis Hospital in Maryville.

Born Jan. 22, 1908, in Taylor County near Bedford, Iowa, to Elmer H. [ilery] and Elsie Wilson Beauchamp, Mrs. Greever was employed as a telephone operator for United Telephone in Maryville, serving as chief operator for 25 years. She retired in 1971. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Maryville and the Rebekah Lodge.

She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and two sisters.

Survivors include a son, Max Greever and his wife Leona, Stanberry; two brothers, Roy Beauchamp and John Beauchamp, both of Des Moines, Iowa; three sisters, Elizabeth King, Maryville, Clarice Bartlett, Le Roy, Kan., and Edna Barbour, Sheridan, Wyo.; two grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, at Price Funeral Home Chapel, Maryville, with Dr. Donald Childers officiating.

Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery, Hopkins, under the direction of Price Funeral Home, Maryville.

Visitation will be held from 7-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church of Maryville.

[Hayes, Glen Arthur]

Clarinda Herald Journal

Wednesday    February 15, 1995

Glen A. Hayes

Glen A. [rthur] Hayes, 75 of Maryville, Mo., died Wednesday night, Feb. 8, 1995 in his home.

He was the son of Arthur [John] and Julia [Symon] Richards Hayes, born Sept. 14, 1919 at Catesby, Ok.

Hayes served with the U.S. Army, during World War II. He worked at the Ford Ideal Cleaners in Kansas City, Mo., before his retirement in 1972.

He also worked in the custodial services at Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, after his retirement and at the National Guard Armory.

He married Dorothy [Mae Walker] Staples on July 22, 1973 at Wilcox, Mo.

He was preceded in death by his, parents, three brothers, two sisters and a grandson.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, of the home; two sons, Nelson Hayes, Kansas City; and Freeman [Bruce] Hayes, Sedalia, Mo.; two daughters, Glenda Anderson, Hamilton, Mo.; and Yvonne O'Grady, Mircible, Mo.; three stepsons, Eddie Staples, Mound City, Mo.; Gary Staples, Peru, Ne.; and Dave Staples, Maryville; sister, Julie Means, Ringwood, Ok.

There are 26 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.

Services were Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Barr-Merrick Funeral Chapel, Burlington Junction, Mo. Burial was at the Ohio Cemetery, Burlington Junction.

Arrangements were with Barr-Merrick Funeral Chapel, Burlington Junction.

[Lilly, Walter Martin]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Monday       December 30, 1940      [p. 1]

Walter M. Lilly Dies At Home Near Barnard

Walter Martin Lilly, 64 years of age, died at 2 o’clock yesterday at his home west of Barnard.

He was born November 17, 1876, at Lexington, Ky. He had lived on the same farm the past twenty-eight years. He was married December 28, 1910, to Miss Lillie Williams.

He is survived by two brothers, Robert Lilly, Lexington, Ky. and Lewis Lilly; two sisters, Mrs. Harry Hopkins and Mrs. Walter Butcher, Lexington, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Katie Lilly of the home. His wife preceded him in death several years ago.

Funeral services will be at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Methodist church in Graham with Rev. William Moore of Fillmore officiating. Burial will be in the Graham cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Colvert Elliott, Lee Burns, Ray Thrasher, Edgar Elliott, Paul Kiser and Glen Wolford.

[Looker, John Edwin]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Monday       December 30, 1940      [p. 1]

John E. Looker Dies; Funeral Is Wednesday

John Edwin Looker, 66 years of age, died at 10:30 o’clock last night at his home, 1405 East Second Street. He had been in failing health for several years and had been bedfast the past sixteen months.

He was born November 23, 1874, on a farm five miles east of Maryville and had lived on that same farm 49 years, when he moved to Maryville. He was married to Miss Ada Reece of Maryville, June 1, 1901.

He is survived by his wife; ten children, Mrs. Jesse Compton and Raymond Looker, Maryville; Fay Looker, Hopkins; Mrs. Chester Dixon, Burlington Junction; Mrs. Jimmy Dice, Davenport, Ia.; Mrs. James McMahan, jr., Dixon, Ill., and Opal, Dean, Glen and Lester of the home; three sisters, Mrs. Elmer Young and Mrs. M. S. Casteel, Maryville, and Mrs. Cora Woods, Seward, Neb.; four grandchildren, Billy Looker, Norma Jean Davison, Charlene Davison and Gerald Chester Davison; three nieces and four nephews. Two children preceded him in death.

Funeral services will be at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the Campbell funeral home in Maryville with Rev. Sherman Moore officiating. Burial will be in the Myrtle Tree cemetery.

[McMichael, Vonda Lou Safley]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Thursday     June 7, 1990

Vonda Safley-McMichael

Vonda Lou Safley-McMichael, 29, St. Joseph, died Wednesday, June 6, at Heartland West Hospital in St. Joseph.

Born Feb. 12, 1961, to Harland I. and Mary Lou Curry Safley, she was employed as a waitress. She was a member of the Church of Christ, St. Joseph.

She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents and paternal grandfather.

Survivors include two daughters, Amanda Grace and Amber Donelle [Dawnelle] McMichael, of the home; father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. Harland I. Safley, Blair, Neb.; mother and stepfather, Morris and Mary Lou Weaver, Maryville; a brother, Maurice LeRoy Safley, St. Joseph; two sisters, Synthia Lynn Austin, Omaha, Neb., and Winifred Charlene Jones, Maryville; and her paternal grandmother, Edna C. Keats, Maryville.

Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, June 9, at Price Funeral Home Chapel, Maryville, with the Rev. Tyreen Yates officiating.

Burial will be in the New Hope Cemetery, Hopkins, under the direction of the Price Funeral Home, Inc., Maryville.

Visitation will be from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

[McMichael, Vonda Lou Safley]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Monday      June 11, 1990

Vonda Safley-McMichael _

Services for Vonda Lou Safley-McMichael, 29, St. Joseph, were held Saturday, June 9, at Price Funeral Home Chapel, Maryville, with the Rev. Tyreen Yates officiating.

She died Wednesday, June 6, in St. Joseph.

Burial was in the New Hope Cemetery, Hopkins, under the direction of Price Funeral Home, Inc., Maryville.

Pallbearers were T.W. Osborn, Russell Ray, Gary Hurst, Robert Curry, Jason Austin, Carl Brinkman and Robert Brinkman.

[MCMICHAEL, VONDA LOU SAFELY]
St. Joseph News-Press (St. Joseph, Missouri), Thursday, June 7, 1990
Vonda Safley-McMichael – Vonda L. Safely-McMichael, 29, St. Joseph, died unexpectedly Wednesday, June 6, 1990, at a local hospital.
Born in Mount Ayr, Iowa, she was a former resident of Maryville, Mo. and had lived in St. Joseph for the past 3 ½ years. She was a waitress.
Mrs. Safley-McMichael served in the United States Navy. She was a member of the Church of Christ in St. Joseph.
She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Roy and Grace Curry; and by her paternal grandfather, Mervin Safley.
Surviving: her parents, Harland I. Safley of Blair, Neb., and Mary L. Weaver of Maryville; two daughters, Amanda G. and Amber D. McMichael of the home; a brother, Maurice L. Safley of St. Joseph; two sisters, Synthia L. Austin of Omaha, Neb., and Winifred C. Jones of Maryville; and paternal grandmother, Edna C. Keats of Maryville.
Services: 10:30 a. m., Saturday, Price Funeral Home, Maryville, Mo. Burial, New Hope Cemetery, Hopkins, Mo. The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 8 p. m. Friday, at funeral home.
[Note: The same obituary was published in the Hopkins Journal, June 13, 1990.]

 

[MCMICHAEL, VONDA LOU SAFELY]
St. Joseph News-Press (St. Joseph, Missouri), Friday, June 8, 1990
Woman apparently dies of self-inflicted gunshot
A 29-year-old local woman died Wednesday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
The victim was Vonda L. Safley-McMichael.
The woman suffered a fatal wound to her head from a .25-caliber pistol, Dr. York E. Silliman, the Buchanan County medical examiner, said.

 

[Neal, James William]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Monday       December 30, 1940      [p. 1]

James W. Neal Dies at Home Near Clearmont

James William Neal, 84 years of age and a long time resident of the Clearmont community, died at 8:15 o’clock this morning at his home.

 He was born December 27, 1856, at Jonesboro, Ind., and had lived on the same farm for fifty-one years. He was married December 16, 1880, at Cincinnati, Ind.

He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Gaylord Reynolds of the home and Mrs. Lester Ringold of Hopkins; one brother, Ben Neal, Maryville; four grandchildren, Adrian Reynolds, Hopkins; LaVerne Reynolds, Clearmont, Olin Ringold, Maryville, and Lowell Dean Reynolds of the home; three great-grandchildren, Leona May Ringold, Rosellyn Ringold and Donnis Claire Reynolds. His wife preceded him in death five years ago.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the Price funeral home. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery.

[Perry, William D.]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Tuesday      June 5, 1990

Dr. William Perry

Dr. William D. Perry, 67, a St. Louis physician for nearly 30 years and a former chairman of the Missouri Board of Healing Arts, died Wednesday, May 23, at his home in Chesterfield after suffering an apparent heart attack.

Dr. Perry was born and reared in Mound City. He held degrees from Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville; the University of Missouri-Columbia; and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis.

He was chairman of the state Board of Healing Arts from 1960 to 1964 and also was president of the Barnes Hospital Allied Staff in 1964. He was a fellow in the American College of Physicians and an associate professor of clinical medicine at Washington University. He practiced medicine in the Clinic of Internal Medicine, Inc., a firm of 10 physicians, which was founded in 1962 by Dr. Ernest Rouse and Dr. Perry.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Survivors include his wife, Judith C. Perry; a son, David Perry of Montrose, Colo.; a daughter, Susan Morgan of Phoenix, Ariz.; a stepson, Brad Bullmer of west St. Louis County; a sister, Marjorie Person of Fort Wayne, Ind.; and seven grandchildren.

A memorial service was held Saturday, May 26, at Lupton Chapel, University City. His body was cremated.

Memorials may be made to the Barry Wood Fund at the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, or to the American Heart Association.

[Richardson, Mary Elizabeth Burch]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Thursday    September 4, 1947    [p. 1]

Woman Suffers Broken Neck in Auto Accident

Mrs. [William] Elmer Richardson, 33-year old farm wife of six miles southwest of Hopkins, was instantly killed at 5:45 o’clock Wednesday afternoon when the car she was driving, a 1947 Chevrolet coach, overturned in a ditch five and a half miles east of Hopkins on a gravel road.

Passenger Not Injured

Clyde Garten, 27-year-old Hopkins resident who was riding with Mrs. Richardson was uninjured.

Mrs. Richardson’s death was due to a broken neck according to a report by Dr. L. E. Dean of Maryville, county coroner. A coroner’s inquest was held at 2 o’clock this afternoon in the Swanson funeral home at Hopkins.

Mother of Four Boys

Garten, who was held in the county jail here last night to await the inquest today told Deputy George Beverlin that he and Mrs. Richardson, mother of four small boys were returning from Sheridan when the car overturned.

Elmer Richardson, owner of the car his wife was driving, was on the streets of Hopkins waiting for her to pick him up when the accident occurred, according to Beverlin. He was not notified of his wife’s death for several hours after it happened.

Going Over 60 Miles an Hour

An investigation made at the scene by Beverlin and Sgt. J. W. Whan, state trooper, showed that the car going west, began swerving at the top of a hill, skidded approximately 100 feet, then overturned into a ditch on the south side of the road.

Garten told Beverlin and Sgt. Whan that Mrs. Richardson was driving between 60 and 70 miles an hour when it began swerving.

The car was demolished according to the accident report.

Four Children Survive

Mrs. Richardson was born March 2, 1914 at Pickering, the daughter of the late George Burch and Miss Lola Myrtle Burch of Pickering.  Her maiden name was Mary Elizabeth. On Nov. 14, 1934 she was married to Elmer Richardson. They have four sons, Bill, 11, Gary, 8, Larry, 7, and Jimmie, 5.

She is survived by her husband; her mother; three sisters, Mrs. Esther Mozingo, Elmo; Mrs. Maybelle Fields, Richmond, Calif., and Mrs. Ethel Reichardt, Massena, Ia., and three brothers, Frank Burch, Marcus, Ia., Forest Burch, Minden, Ia., and George Ruola Burch, Cherokee, Ia. Her twin sister, Martha Lee, died in 1941.

Mrs. Richardson had lived in the Hopkins vicinity all her life.

[Riley, Linda Sheridan Congrove]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Tuesday     June 5, 1990

Linda Sheridan-Riley

Linda V. Sheridan-Riley, 82, Omaha, Neb., died Tuesday, June 5, at an Omaha hospital.

Born Sept. 15, 1907, at Conception Junction to James [Eli] and [Hannah] Vesta Meeker Sheridan, Mrs. Sheridan-Riley was a retired registered nurse. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Omaha, and the OES Trinity Chapter #299. She married A. B. Congrove on Oct. 11, 1930. She married Harry Riley, June 21, 1969 in Omaha.

She was preceded in death by both husbands, her parents, an adopted son, a brother and four sisters.

Survivors include two sisters, Grace Law, Orcutt, Calif., and Helen Chisolm, Wichita, Kan.; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Bert Neidel, Maryville; and nieces and nephews including Vesta Catherine Sheridan, Maryville.

Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Miriam Cemetery, Maryville, under the direction of Price Funeral Home, Inc., Maryville.

[Riley, Linda Sheridan Congrove]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Monday      June 11, 1990

Linda Sheridan-Riley

Graveside services for Linda V. Sheridan-Riley, 82, Omaha, Neb., were held Saturday, June 9 at Miriam Cemetery, Maryville, with the Rev. Robert Ceperley officiating.

She died Tuesday, June 5, in Omaha.

Arrangements were made by Price funeral Home, Inc., Maryville.

[Ross, Minnie Marie Crockett]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Friday       June 8, 1990

Minnie Ross

Minnie [Marie] Ross, 69, Maryville, died Friday, June 8, at the Maryville Health Care Center.

Born June 1, 1921, at Skidmore to Claude M. [aynard] and   Leatha [Inez] Newton Crockett, Mrs. Ross was a retired licensed practical nurse. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Maryville.  She married Eldon F. Ross on Nov. 26, 1939 at Pickering.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Survivors include her husband; two sons, Donald Ross, Wilbur, Neb., and Larry Ross, Clarinda, Iowa; two brothers, Eldon Crockett, Kansas City, and Leslie Crockett, Greenwood; five sisters, Irene Young, Yucca Valley, Calif., Clara Parshall, Burlington Junction, Beverly Graham, Kansas City, Roberta Hansen, Greenwood, Neb., and Deanna Bremer, St. Joseph; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 11, at Price Funeral Home Chapel, Maryville.

Burial will be in the Miriam Cemetery, Maryville, under the direction of Price Funeral Home, Inc., Maryville.

Visitation is currently under way at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church, Maryville.

[Woods, William Curtis]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri)

Saturday       June 9, 1990

Curtis Woods services held

Services    for    William    Curtis Woods, 42, Barnard, were held Friday, June 8, at the Barnard Christian Church with the Rev. Russell Evans officiating.

Mr. Woods died Tuesday, June 5, at Ann Arbor, Mich.

Burial was in the Barnard Cemetery under the direction of Price funeral Home, Inc., Maryville.

Pallbearers   were   Lee   Bowen, Mark   Plummer, John   Plummer, Chris LaMaster, Greg Nothstine and Chris Nothstine.