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JOSEPH ELWOOD WILSON
Joseph Elwood Wilson, son of Joseph A and Magaret Soey Wilson,
was born in Benton
County, Mo., on March 3, 1875 and passed away at his farm home south
of Stover,
September 14, 1964 after being bedfast for nine weeks. He attained
the age of 89 years, 6
months and 11 days.
On March 17,1889 he was united in marriage with Emma G Reynolds,
who preceded
him in death January 21, 1960. He was also preceded in death by three
children, Floyd,
Mary and Joseph Archie, four sisters, Laura Dressler, Mary Knutsen,
Daisy Adams and
Ruth Wilson and one brother, Robert.
He is survived by his son, Paul, three granddaughters, Mrs Grace
Summers and Mrs
Frances Brown of Kansas City,Mo.,and Mrs Mildred Heimsoth of near Stover;
three great
grandchildren, Kathryn and Stephen Heimsoth and James Brown; one sister,
Mrs Jessie
Campbell, Kansas City,Kansas; and one brother Emmett Wilson of Melstone,
Montana, a
number of nieces and nephews and many friends.
He united with the Lindloff Baptist Church in young manhood and
later transferred his
membership to the Stover Baptist Church.
Mr Wilson was a kind husband, father, and grandfather. He was
held in high regard by
his neighbors and friends. He was always willing and ready to lend
a helping hand.
Funeral services were held from the First Baptist Church of Stover,
September 16 at
2pm, the pastor Rev Eugene Edwards conducted the services.
A mixed quartette composed of Mrs Cournal Carter, Mrs Harold
Hughes, Raymond
Huffman and Bob Ferguson sang " Abide With Me" "In The Garden" and
"Beyond The
Sunset" They were accompanied at the piano by Mrs Ray Goetze.
Pallbears were Cloyd Smith, Joe Byler, Enloe Williams, Clarence
Albright, Orlyn
Merriott and Cournal Carter.Interment was in the Stover cemetery under
the direction of
Scrivner-Stevinson Funeral Home.
MILTON L. TAYLOR
Funeral services for Milton Lloyd Taylor who passed away at his
home in the east part of
Stover May 9th were held at the Stevinson Funeral Home in Stover at
2 o'clock Sunday
afternoon, Rev Chas. Whaley, Baptist pastor officiating. Milton
Lloyd Taylor, son of
Enoch Woodson and Martha Reed Taylor, was
born in Benton County, Mo., August 1, 1885, and departed from this
life at his home in
the early morning of May 10, 1958, at the age of 72 years, 9 months
and 9 days.
Early in life he accepted Christ and became a member of the Big
Buffalo Baptist Church
and remained a member of this church until his death.
While still a young man he enlisted in the United States Army
for a
period of three years.
On February 7, 1812, he was united in marriage to Miss Pearl
Roberts. To this union
three children were born, namely; Mrs Edith Fisher of Kansas City,
Mo.,Dr. Milton
Taylor of Cole Camp,Mo.,and Mrs Erlene Brunjes fo Austin, Minnesota.
Besides his wife and three children he is survived by two grandchildren:
Mrs Betty Hart
of El Monte,California andn Dennis Taylor of Cole Camp; also two great
grandchildren
and one sister, Miss Theresa Taylor of Nevada,Mo.
Other relatives who preceded him in death were: Mrs Laura Goetze,
Samuel Taylor, Wm
E. Taylor, Arthur Taylor, Luther Taylor, Mrs Rosa Taylor and Mrs Mary
Geary.
CLARENCE H. FRISCH
Clarence H. Frisch, native of Boylers Mills, Mo., passed away
Tuesday morning, Nov.
17, following a heart attack. He reached the age of 76 years, 6 months
and 8 days. Mr
Frisch passed away at the Cedar House Rest Home at Ottawa, Kansas,
where he had
resided three years.
The remains were brought to Cole Camp, where last rites were
held Friday afternoon,
Rev J.L. Fischer , pastor of the Cole Camp Methodist Church, officiating.
Burial was in
the Cole Camp cemetery.
Mr Frisch was born at Boylers Mills May 9, 1883, a son of the
late Charles H. and Mary
Fritchie Frisch. After reaching manhood he went to Chicago
where he was employed as a jeweler and watch repairman. He was a member
of the
Methodist Church. Surviving is a sister, Mrs Zora Winchester of Cole
Camp;
a nephew, R.C. Winchester. A brother, Leo B Frisch, died last December
26th.
HERMAN L. FRISH
DIED OF A HEART ATTACK
Funeral services for Herman L Frisch, a prominent citizen of
Stover, were held at the
Eickhoff Funeral Chapel in Cole Camp Monday of this week. Mr
Frisch, who had been a
resident of Kansas City the past 25 years, died Wednesday of last week.
Death was due to
a heart attack while he was on his way home from work. He had just
stepped from a
street car. He was seen to fall to the ground. He was helped up but
fell a second time. He
was carried into a police station nearby, but was dead when an ambulance
arrived.
For some years H.L. had been office manager for a commission
firm. He was in his 67th
year. He is survived by a younger brother, Lawrence of Casper,
Wyo and by two sisters,
Mrs Alice Wright of California state, and Mrs Blanche Mills of Casper,
Wyo. His
parents, Mr and Mrs Gottlieb Frisch, and one brother,Walter, preceded
him in death.
Lawrence Frisch and Mrs Mills came to Cole Camp for the last
rites. The former arrived
in Kansas City the latter part of last week and took charge of the
funeral arrangements.
Mrs Wright has been an invalid for some years and was unable to attend.
Herman was of the third generation of Frisches that were outstanding
citizens of the
early settlement know as Boylers Mills. His father, Gottlieb Frisch,
and brother Charles,
were sons of a Geman innigrant who established quite an early day milling
business at
Boylers Mills, where a spring of high volume furnished water power.
The Frisch brothers
carried on the business at Boylers Mills until the Rock Island railroad
was built.
The Frisch brothers were large stockholders in the Farmers Bank
of Stover, started by
the late B.T. Vickery in 1905, and Herman L Frisch was the first assistant
cashier in that
institution. He remained with the Farmers Bank of Stover until the
spring of 1918. In
May, 1918 he took a position of assistant cashier in the Sedalia Trust
Company, which he
held about five years. He went from Sedalia to Kansas City, where he
remained until his
death.
During the ten or twelve years of his connection with the business
life of Stover, Herman
was popular, and was an efficient and dependable man in the bank. He
was active in civic
matters and was a member of the Stover Concert Band. He was never married.
Rev Geo. Winton, pastor of the Cole Camp Methodist Church, conducted
the service.
The floral tribute was liberal. Pall bearers were Dr. Reimenschnitter,
Rudy Frederichs,
A.E. Wright, Mr. Morrow, Henry Lumpee and H.A. Harrell. Burial was
in the Cole Camp
cemetery west of the city. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Frisch who have
resided in
Casper,Wyo. the past twenty years or more, are spending the winter
in McAlister, Texas.
Lawrence returned to Kansas City from Cole Camp to take charge of his
brother's affairs.
Attending the funeral from Stover were the following; Mr and
Mrs Albert Aulgar, Mr
and Mrs Oscar Scrivner, Mrs Gloria Rapp, Mrs Mollie Vickrey, Mrs Amelia
Warnke, Mr
and Mrs H.A. Harrell, Mrs C.E. Ausman, John W. Coester, H.K. Welpman,
Floyd
Rowland, W.F. Geary and Chas. Rapp.
LEO B. FRISH
LEO B. FRISCH DIES
The Cole Camp Courier reports---
Funeral rites were held for Leo B Frisch at 1 o'clock Sunday
afternoon at the Eickhoff
Funeral Chapel in Cole Camp with the Rev J.L. Fischer, pastor of the
First Methodist
Church, officiating.
Mr Frisch passed away at a hospital at Nevada, Mo., at 12:40
Friday afternoon, Dec.
26th. He had been a patient there the past six months and 18 days.
He attained the age of
71 years, nine months and eight days.
Pallbearers were J.W. Morrow, Arlie Goetze, William Goetz, Wm.
Goetz,Cecil Hunter,
R.C. Fredrich and Lyle Webb.
Leo Benjamin Frisch was born March 20, 1887, at Boylers Mills,Mo.
He was the son of
the late Charles H. and Mary Fritche Frisch. His childhood was spent
at Boylers Mills.
Mr. Frisch spent the greater part of his life in Chicago, where
for many years he was
employed with the Santa Fe Railroad Co. In recent years he spent part
of each year in
Cole Camp.
He was a veteran of World War I, serving in the Navy. He was
a member of the Masonic
Lodge.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs Zora Winchester of Cole Camp
and a brother, Clarence
H. Frisch of Ottawa, Kansas.
BERTRAM LEROY TAYLOR
Bertram Leroy Taylor was born near Zora,Missouri, in Benton County,
March 3rd, 1890.
He departed this life suddenly at his home in New Rochelle, New York,
March
11th,1958, at the age of 68 years and 9 days.
He was the son of Rosa J. and William A. Taylor, both of whom
preceded him in death.
He spent his entire life as an instructor of education. In his
early life te taught in public
schools thoughout Benton County. He attended State Teachers College
at Warrensburg,
Mo., and University of Madison,Wisconsin.
While teaching at Webb City, Mo.,in 1917, he enlisted in the
First World War. After the
war he returned to his teaching profession in Missouri. In 1919 he
was united in marriage
to Miss Lavina Morris of New York City. To this union two sons were
born, Bertram Jr
and Daniel.
Mr. Taylor was superintendent of the Butler, Mo. high school
in the early 1920's and
after finishing duties there in 1925, he moved to Mt Vernon, NY to
make his home,
where he was principal of the New Rochelle high school and where he
retired in 1955.
He became a member of the Baptist Church early in life and after
moving to New
Rochelle, became a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was also a
member of the
Masonic Lodge.
One brother, Lester Wray Taylor, preceded him in death in 1951.
Survivors are his wife, Lavina, two sons Bertram Jr., of Newark,
Delaware; Dr. Daniel
Taylor , New Britian, Conn., one brother, Thomas W. Taylor of Kansas
City, Mo.,two
sisters, Mrs Arthur Call of Warsaw, Mo.,Mrs Pat Adams of Eldon,Mo.,six
grandchildren,a niece, Mrs Bob Foster of Kansas City,Mo., and a grand
nephew, Franklin
Foster of Kansas City,Mo.
Bertram was a cousin of N.L. and C.W. Geary, and related to most
of the Taylors who
formerly resided on Big Buffalo.
ATHEL TAYLOR
Athel Adam Taylor, son of Rufus and Elizabeth Taylor, passed
away at the Veterans
Administration Hosptial in Kansas City, Mo., on October 14, 1960, where
he had been a
patient for 16 days. He was born at Proctor,Mo., April 27, 1894. His
age was 66 years.
Mr Taylor farmed in the Little Buffalo community, where her spent
the greater part of
his life.
On October 13, 1932, he was united in marriage to Ella Hilderbrand.
To this union one
daughter and three sons were born.
Mr Taylor served in the Infantry in World War I as a Private
1st class. He is survived by
his wife of the home, one daughter, Mrs Mary Mitchell of Kansas City;
three sons,
Robert, Donald and James Taylor all of the home; also one granddaughter,
Sharon
Mitchell, one grandson, Douglas Mitchell; one sister, Mrs Bessie Dilcom
of Long Beach,
California. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and
one sister.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, October 18, 1960, 1:30pm
at the Stover Baptist
Church, with Rev Wm Pennell officiating. Pallbearers were A.J. Lefever
Jr.,Dewey Lett,
Ross Cable, Herbert Braden, John Croy and Dewey Carder. Interment was
in the Stover
cemetery with Galloway-Martens Post No. 343 conducting graveside services.
Funeral
arrangements were by the Scriver & Stevinson Funeral Home of Stover
MRS. ADA B. TAYLOR
Ada Beatrice Rapp, the eldest daughter of John Lewis and Elizabeth
Robnett Rapp, was
born on December 8, 1874, on a farm about 4 miles south of Stover,
Missouri, and passed
away at Bothwell Hospital, Sedalia,Missouri, on February 2, 1957, having
reached the
age of 82 years, 1 month and 24 days.
At an early age she accepted Christ and became a member of the
Big Buffalo Baptist
Church and retained her membership there until in 1952 when she and
Mr Taylor moved
to Stover. On October 22, 1893, she was united in marriage to Johnny
R. Taylor in a
ceremoney at the Big Buffalo Church. Besides this couple two other
couples, Mr and Mrs
Will Geary and Mr and Mrs A.E. Wright, were also married in this ceremoney.
These
three couples lived within a few miles of each other and in 1948 were
permitted to
celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary before death claimed the first
of their group, Mr
Will Geary. Now only Mr and Mrs A.E. Wright remain of the six.
On their first wedding anniversary the arrival of a son, Leslie,
blessed this union but he
died in infancy. Four other children, Mrs Zelma Tucker of Cole Camp,
Missouri; Lee of
Stover,Missouri; Reed of Versailles, Missouri; and Mrs Monta Harms
of Chillhowee,
Missouri, blessed the union.
Besides the son, Leslie, she was preceded in death by a brother,
C.R. Rapp, and her
husband who passed away February 28, 1956.
Besides her children she is survived by seven grandchildren,
twelve great grandchildren,
one sister,Mrs Cora Small of Stover,Missouri, and two brothers, Lee
of Union,
Missouri,and Charlies of Stover, Missouri, and many other relatives
and freinds.
Mrs Taylor was a splendid Christian; a kind, loving, always helpful,
self-sacrificing,
quiet and industrious wife, mother,sister, friend and neighbor. Her
sweet and gracious
nature endeared her to all persons who knew her and she will be sadly
missed here.
IVAN SMITH
Ivan Smith,21, a brother of Mrs W.W. George, Green Ridge, whose
home was at
Windsor, died Sunday morning at Windsor Hospital. Survivors include
another sister,
Miss Linda Smith, and a brother, Jerry Smith. He was a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Smith
and when 14 years old received a gunshot wound. He was hospitalized
five weeks ago
and before his death underwent three operations.
Funeral services will be at 2pm Wednesday at the Huston Funeral
Home in Windsor. The
Rev Theodore Davis, pastor of Windsor First Baptist Church will officiate.
Burial will be
in Laurel Oak Cemetery
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