This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tyner, Bateman, Kingsolver Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1564 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. Dec. 3, 1931. "Mrs. John Bateman".--The death of Mrs. John Bateman takes from the commmunity in which she lived a most highly respected member. She was a daughter of a pioneer family, Jonas and Mary Tyner. The long residence of the family in the Farmer City neighborhood gave them a large circle of acquaintances. Mrs. Bateman was a native of Iowa, born on a farm near Davenport on October 2, 1871. When 2 years of age she came with her parents to Fremont county and has lived here since that long gone day. She and John Bateman were married October 2, 1889. Ten children were born to them, all of whom are living. Her death is the first in the family. The children who mourn her death with their father are Earl of Bay City, Michigan; Clarence of Randolph; William, Ernest, Allen and Cecil of Farmer City; Mrs. Mildred Kingsolver of Farragut; Edna, Russell and Lowell at home. Three sisters and three brothers also survive. Funeral services were held from the Methodist church in Shenandoah Thanksgiving afternoon conducted by James Pearson, assisted by Rev. Peter Jacobs who was a former pastor of the family. Mrs. Bateman's continuous residence of fifty-eight years in Fremont county numbers her among its pioneers. She was taken suddenly ill on Saturday. Recovering from this attack she went about her duties as usual. When taken again it was evident that her condition was serious, a nurse was called who gave her constant care. Tuesday , November 24, she passed away, bringing to a close a career fraught with usefulness.