BEDFORD MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1901 The four years old child of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mavity, which died at Carlisle, was brought here Saturday, and the funeral services took place at the home of John Felkner, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, services conducted by Elder W. B. Chrisler. Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. ******************************** OBITUARY. Mabel, the four year old daughter of Seward and Estella Mavity, whose death occurred April 4th, at the home of the parents, in Carlisle, Sullivan county, was a very interesting and highly intelligent child, much loved by all who knew her. Her untimely death is especially heartrending to the father and the mother. Two of their loved ones had preceded her and they fondly hoped that the afflicting hand of death was stayed and that their sweet Mabel would be spared to grow up to womanhood to be a stay and consolation to them in the evening of life. But it is otherwise. The consolation to the bereaved parents is the words of Him who, while among men took little children in his arms and said "Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid then not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven." At 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon the funeral was held at the residence of the grandfather, john Felkner, corner of 16th and H streets, by Elder W. B. Chrisler, after which the remains of the loved child were laid to rest in Green Hill.

BEDFORD MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1901 Mose Mathers, a well known citizen living near Mitchell, and a brother-in-law of Henry Murray, the furniture and rug man of that city, died April 3 after a ten days illness from pneumonia, the funeral occurring Friday. His son, Frank, aged about 14 years, died two weeks ago of the same disease. Mr. Mathers was a prominent member of the Odd fellows lodge at Mitchell, and is well known by a number of Bedford people.

BEDFORD MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1901 Washington, Ind., April 1. – Frank Corning, a well-known young blacksmith, was killed this morning while shoeing a horse. The animal kicked Corning on the left temple, fracturing his skull and breaking his neck. He was 22 years old.

BEDFORD MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1901 John W. Hudson received a telegram Wednesday from T. J. Hudson, at Winterset, Iowa, announcing the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Hudson at that place Tuesday. Mrs. Hudson was the mother of the late Geo. W. Hudson, Jr., and spent last summer in this city, returning to Iowa in October. She lived in Bedford many years. Mrs. Hudson was nearly 80 years of age.

BEDFORD MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1901 Pat Fullen went to Crawfordsville Wednesday, to attend the funeral of his niece, formerly Miss Susan McCune, of this city.

BEDFORD MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1901 BOY KILLED Elmer Evans Crushed By a Falling Stone At the Oolitic Mill. While Elmer Evans, a water boy employed at the Oolitic stone mill, was leaning against a pile of stone at the mill, about 10 o'clock Wednesday, a piece of stone about 18 inches thick fell off the top of the pile and struck him in the breast, crushing him to death instantly. Elmer was about 16 years of age, and a son of Frank Evans. ******** FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1901 The funeral of Elmer Evans took place at the New Union Christian church at 12:30 noon Thursday. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Harley Jackson. The remains were laid to rest in the graveyard at the church. *********** OVER THE WAY The burial of Elmer Evans, the 15 year-old son of Frank Evans, of Trippleton, who was killed at the Hoosier quarry Wednesday, took place at New Union Thursday afternoon. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Harley Jackson, of Bedford. The bereaved father, mother and sisters have the sympathy of the entire community. NOTE: Elmer Evans: 11 June 1886 – 3 April 1901. Burial at New Union Cemetery, Indian Creek Twp.

BEDFORD MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1901 Brownstown, Ind., April 1. – Aunt Betty Dowling, who bore the distinction of being the oldest spinster in the United States, died last night at her home near Sparksville, this county, aged 105. She was born in Kentucky in 1796, and came to this country 85 years ago, where she had since resided. She was never married, never on a train, and never had her picture taken until she was past 100 years old, when she consented to sit for a photo, which was reproduced with a sketch of the interesting old lady in the Enquirer. **************** WEDDLEVILLE Died – Betsy Dowling was born twenty miles from Louisville, Ky., in 1795, and came to Indiana when a child. Three families lived in the settlement where she and her parents moved. She lived in three counties, namely, Washington, Lawrence and Jackson. She had lived at the place where she died for 36 years. She became a member of the Church of Christ 46 years ago. Elder Daniel Sommer preached her funeral.

BEDFORD MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1901 Mitchell, Ind., April 2. – Mrs. Adaline Burton, aged seventy-one years, died at her home here this morning, of pneumonia. She was the mother of Senator J. Ralph Burton, of Kansas; Mrs. J. B. Myers, of Lexington, Ky.; Mrs. S. A. Reyman, Salem, Ind.; and J. B. Burton, of Sanborn, Ind. NOTE: Sarah Adeline Richards Burton: 19 July 1830 – 1 April 1901. Wife of Allen C. Burial in Burton Cemetery, Marion Twp.

BEDFORD MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1901 Lillie, four year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Sears, died Sunday afternoon and was buried Monday afternoon, at Old Union. ******************** OVER THE WAY A child of Homer Sears, which died at Bedford, was brought through here and taken to White River Union for burial, last Tuesday. ************ OBITUARY. Lillie Sears, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Sears, died Sunday afternoon, March 31st, 1901, aged 4 years and 3 days old. Burial took place at Old Union Monday afternoon. "Our darling from us has gone A place is vacant in our home. But from earth to heaven she was taken To shine a little star in heaven. And a flower to bloom for us to follow O! Mourn not for her as for one that has no hope. Sleep on darling we'll try to meet you at the golden gate."

TIMES MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA SATURDAY, DEC. 9, 1961 MRS. BUSH DIED AT 90 Martha Ellen Bush, age 90, died at 6:10 a.m. today at the Dunn Memorial Hospital, where she had entered December 4. She had been in failing health several years. Mrs. Bush was born in Monroe county on July 12, 1871. She was first married to A. L. Cazee in early life, and he preceded her in death. Her second marriage was to Isaac D. Bush, who survives. Other survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Branchie (Myrtle) Foddrill, Bedford, R. R. 1; three step-children - Mrs. Ben Young and Mrs. Hobart Noel, both of Bedford, and Mrs. Opal Spires of Oolitic; 11 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Also preceding Mrs. Bush in death were a daughter, Edith Taylor, and four sons – Robert, Ralph, Orlando and Harley Cazee. She was a member of the Oolitic Pentecostal Church. Final rites will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Elmwood Chapel of Day & Carter Mortuary, with Rev. Henry Skinner and Rev. Elmer Patton officiating. Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery. Friends may call after noon Sunday at Day & Carter Mortuary, which is in charge of arrangements.

DAILY TIMES MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, DEC. 8, 1961 CHARLES BUSH OF OOLITIC IS KILLED ON HIGHWAY 37 IN TRUCK-CAR WRECK TODAY GASOLINE SADDLE TANK EXPLODES An Oolitic father of one and Army veteran of World War Two, Charles Robert (Bob) Bush, 34, became Lawrence County’s 14th traffic fatality of the year early this morning when he died instantly in a flaming car-truck smashup on the Salt Creek hill north of Bedford. He was en route home from bowling leagues when his 1954 Chevrolet went out of control on the hill. State police said the auto left the pavement and continued downhill for some 300 feet before shooting back onto the roadway and into the left front of a south-bound truck. The impact was at the south edge of the Salt Creek bridge. Troopers assisted at the scene by both city and county police, said a gasoline saddle tank on the truck exploded on contact setting the truck afire. Bush was thrown out of this auto at impact; his body was found over the bank 70 feet away; his laced shoes were still on the front floorboard. The car's engine and entire motor compartment were torn loose from the rest of the vehicle and found scattered along the right of way. A headlight wound up in a tree. One wheel came to rest in the creek. We pronounced Bush dead of a crushed chest and multiple skull fractures. Police said he was undoubtedly dead before being thrown clear of the wreckage. Crosswise of Road His car continued driverless into the bridge, finally crashing into a railing where it came to a stop crosswise the highway. The truck, a two-ton 1957 Chevrolet loaded with 26,650 pounds of shell corn and driven by Everett E. Stalcup, 45, R. R. 1 Bloomfield, was slammed into a high rock bluff just off the truck-lane and became engulfed in flames almost immediately. Stalcup, his hair and eyebrows singed from the flames, virtually pried his way to freedom. Troopers said the man couldn't get out the driver's door and the passenger side was crushed against the bank. Fortunately, however, the cab roof was so collapsed that Stalcup was able to place his back against the passenger door and force an opening just big enough that he was able to squeeze out between the cab roof and top of the door. His pressure and fight to extricate himself from the burning truck was so great that before he was returned home, his back was giving him extreme pain, however. Still Burning Flames reached into his load of shell corn, too, which was still burning at mid-morning. Police estimated the accident happened about 12:10 a.m. The wreckage hadn't been cleared away yet at 9:30. Fire trucks and State Highway equipment were dispatched to the scene and were still cleaning up debris at noon. Bush was taken to Day & Carter Mortuary where final rites have been set for 1:30 p.m. Monday, December 11, with burial following in Green Hill Cemetery. A member of Gillen Post 33 of the American Legion, military rites will also be accorded at the graveside. Long active in youth affairs and a coach of a biddy baseball team this summer, Bush had been employed as a storekeeper at the RCA Plant in Bloomington. He was born January 9, 1927, in Oolitic to William and Mattie Staley Bush. He married Peggy Sowders on March 12, 1949. The couple has one son, Danny Bob, at home. Survivors besides the wife, son, father and stepmother, include: three sisters, Mrs. Warren Jones, Oolitic; Mrs. Dolores Ladotto, St. Louis; and Peggy Jean Bush, Oolitic. A brother, William Bush of Louisville, also survives, along with the maternal grandfather, Cyrus Staley, of Oolitic. Friends may call at Day & Carter after 7 p.m. Saturday.

DAILY TIMES MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, DEC. 8, 1961 RITES HELD FOR BERTHA SHOWERS Funeral services were held yesterday for Mrs. Bertha Showers, 78, one of the founders of Kappa Kappa Kappa Sorority and a member of a pioneer family in the Indiana limestone quarry business. She died Tuesday in Bloomington Hospital. Mrs. Showers and six friends founded the Indiana philanthropic sorority while attending the Girls’ Classical School in Indianapolis. Her father, the late Frederick Matthews, was a founder of the firm which opened the first Indiana limestone quarry in Monroe County 100 years ago.

DAILY TIMES MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, DEC. 8, 1961 NORA A. MITCHELL SUCCUMBS Nora A. Mitchell, 83-year-old resident of 706 P street, died at 8:50 p.m. Thursday at her home. She had been in failing health for three months. Mrs. Mitchell was born November 30, 1900 in Lawrence County, to William Riley and Ruth Woodsmall Williams. She was united in marriage to Jesse E. Mitchell, December 30, 1900 in Lawrence County, who survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Arvil Guthrie of Bedford and Mrs. Leonard Fender of Indianapolis; three grandchildren, Kenneth Guthrie of Florissant, Mo., Mrs. Patty Thrasher, Pittsburg, Pa., and Tom Fender, Acushnet, Mass.; five great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Maude Pender, Bedford; and one brother, L. D. Williams, Route 6, Bedford. A brother, William L. Williams preceded her in death. She was a member of the Central Church of Christ. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Central Church of Christ. Burial will be in the Pinhook Cemetery under the direction of the Ferguson-Lee Funeral Home. Friends may call at the Ferguson-Lee Funeral Home after 6 p.m. today. The body will lie in state at the church after 1 p.m. Sunday. NOTE: Cemetery listings say she was born November 23, 1878.

DAILY TIMES MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, DEC. 8, 1961 GRANDSON OF LOCAL MAN DIES IN SEATTLE Jacob F. Kruchten of 1615 Eighteenth street, Bedford, received word late Thursday of the death of a grandson, Robert Freeman of Seattle, Washington. Mr. Freeman, 24, was the son of Christine Kruchten Freeman, also of Seattle. He was a landscape gardener in Seattle and operated his own business. Death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage. Survivors include the wife, the mother, five brothers an five sisters, all of the state of Washington; the grandfather in Bedford, and five uncles, one aunt and several cousins. Funeral services and burial will be in Seattle.

DAILY TIMES MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, DEC. 8, 1961 WILSON INFANT DIES Eddie Lee Wilson, infant son of Jerry and Bonnie Jean Jones Wilson of Campbellsburg, passed away at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at the Washington County Hospital in Salem. The infant was born at 12:30 a.m. Thursday. Surviving are the parents, one sister, Sherry lee Wilson, at home; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Jones of Mitchell; and the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Grace Brunson of Campbellsburg. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Newkirk Memorial Chapel in Campbellsburg with the Rev. George Cleaver, pastor of the Campbellsburg Methodist Church officiating. Burial will take place in the Freedom Cemetery under the direction of the Newkirk Memorial Chapel. Friends may call at the Newkirk Memorial Chapel after 7 p.m. today.

DAILY TIME MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, DEC. 8, 1961 CHARLES A. DILLEY PASSES AWAY Charles A. Dilley, 53, of 1013 Q street, died at 5 p.m. Thursday at his residence, following a lengthy illness. A draftsman by trade, Mr. Dilley was born August 8, 1908 in Bedford, the son of Doyle and Kate Lucas Dilley. He married Ruth Allen, June 14, 1937 in Bedford, who survives. Other survivors include the mother, Mrs. Kate Dilley of Bedford; a sister, Mrs. Nelson Sears, also of Bedford and three nieces and one nephew. He was a member of the Elks Club No. 826 of Bedford and Draftsmen’s Union – Local No. 76. Final rites will be conducted at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Ferguson-Lee Funeral Home with the Rev. James Jones, pastor of the Avoca Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Hamer cemetery in Spring Mill State Park. Friends may call at the Ferguson-Lee Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Today. Mr. Dilley was the great-great-grandson of Thomas L. Hamer, the pioneer settler of the Spring Mill Village.

DAILY TIMES MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, DEC. 8, 1961 H. HACKLER RITES SET Herman Hackler, 50, of Terre Haute and former Bedford resident, passed away Wednesday at his home. Death was attributed to a heart attack. Mr. Hackler was born May 22, 1911 at Fayetteville, the son of Daniel and Lola Couthers Hackler. Survivors include the wife, Margaret; one son, Kenneth, at home; one sister, Mrs. William Baker of Fayetteville and several nieces and nephews. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Southern Baptist Church of Fayetteville. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Frank M. - Patrick J. Ryan Funeral Home, 602 South Seventh street in Terre Haute. The Rev. Merla Craig will officiate. Burial will be in the Calvary Cemetery in Terre Haute. Post No. 104, American Legion of Terre Haute will accord military rites at the graveside. Friends may call at the Frank M. – Patrick J. Ryan Funeral Home at any time.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, FEB. 15, 1901 OBITUARY. Death has again broken the family circle taking the father, Wm. E. Hendricks. He was born near Heltonville, Ind., Feb. 15th, 1852. His father, Wm. Hendricks, died when our subject was about five years old. Mrs. Hendricks, his mother, was twice married. She is now a widow lady of near three score and ten. Bro. Hendricks died Feb. 4th, 1901, aged 48 years, 11 months and 20 days. On April 14th, 1870 Miss Ursula Faubian became his wife. To this union were born nine children. Seven of whom are living. He was converted to Christ and united with the Christian church at Bartlettsville, at the age of eighteen. His was not a mere profession, but a living reality. He was a disciple of Christ and the fruit of the spirit was manifest in his every day walk. At the last election he was elected Trustee of Pleasant Run township and had already entered upon the duties of his office. Mr. Hendricks was by trade a carpenter, and there are many good barns and dwellings in the county which he built. When the summons came for him to leave this world he was ready. His house was in order. It was hard to give him up, just at the noon hour of life, but "God knows best." Many good friends and neighbors bear testimony to his real worth, as citizen, as neighbor and brother. The funeral was largely attended at the family residence conducted by the writer. He leaves a sorrowing family, a widowed mother, sister and the whole community to mourn. The remains were buried at Pleasant Run cemetery. "Let us be patient the severer afflictions Not from the ground arise; But oft times celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise." J. W.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, FEB. 15, 1901 Geo. W. Saladee died Tuesday of grip and pneumonia, aged 17 year, five months and three days. The funeral took place Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence No. 1825, West 14th street. Interment at Beech Grove cemetery. The young man was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Saladee. NOTE: George Saladee: 13 Sep 1883 – 12 Feb. 1901. Burial at Beech Grove Cemetery, Shawswick Twp.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, FEB. 15, 1901 DIED – At the home of her son-in-law, J. W. Lewis, of Huntingburg, Ind., Monday, Feb. 11, 1901, at 3:30 a.m., Mrs. Ann M. Beatly.