Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone
June 14, 1928
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DEATH LIST/BEDFORD
- Mrs. Benjamin F. Chambers, 81, following several paralytic strokes. The husband and two sons survive.
- Mrs. Martha Ann Cox at the home of a sister, Mrs. Lillie Holmes in Avoca. Burial was made in Switz City.
- Frank, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jones, at East Oolitic.
- William Lafferty, 75, prominent farmer. He is survived by a son and a daughter.
- The body of Edward Porter, 53, of Indianapolis was taken to Bedford for burial. He was a former resident of Bedford. He is survived by the widow and two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Kern and Thelma Porter of Indianapolis.
- Ruth Iris Wagoner, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Wagner [sic], died of complications following the flu.
Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone
June 19, 1928
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MISS CAROLINE ERWIN
BEDFORD WOMAN'S DEATH
A beautiful life came to a close Sunday at noon when Miss Caroline Erwin of Bedford yielded to the final summons and passed from suffering into eternal rest. Death came to Miss Erwin at the Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, where for over a period of years she had at intervals been cared for and where she had been receiving treatment for the past few weeks.
Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone
June 21, 1928
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DEATHS ABOUT BEDFORD
- Mrs. Virginia Cassoday [consider Cassidy a spelling variant] age 70, wife of the Rev. S. W. Cassoday, is dead at her home near Mitchell. The husband and two stepchildren survive.
- John A. Hood, age 53 [difficult to read], who served in the Spanish-American War in Company F, 38th [difficult to read] Infantry, is dead. He is survived by the widow, one son and two daughters.
Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone
June 23, 1928
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MRS. NELSON JOYNER DEATH AT BEDFORD
The death of Mrs. Nelson Joyner at her home in Bedford last week is announced in a dispatch to The Telephone. She had been ill for some time and had only recently returned from Florida.
The Joyner family lived on North College Avenue in Bloomington several years ago, then moved back to Bedford. There are two children. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church and aged about 55. Mr. Joyner is one of the superintendents for the Indiana Limestone Co.
Bloomington (IN) Daily Telephone
June 25, 1928
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NEAR BEDFORD WOMAN KILLED BY AN AUTO
There was an auto tragedy last night at Bedford when Mrs. Emma Richardson, 68 years old, wife of James Richardson, grocer of Englewood, suburb of that city, was fatally injured in being struck by an automobile driven by Miss Agnes Hunt of Mitchell. She died three hours later in the Dunn Memorial Hospital. She is survived by the husband and four children. No blame was attached to Miss Hunt.
Typed and donated by Randi Richardson.