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Crawford Marshall Funeral Chapel

500 Main Street
Bedford, IA 50833
(712) 374-2233
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Eickemeyer Funeral Chapel

501 King Street
Bedford, IA 50833
(712) 523-2662
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Novinger Taylor

1406 Madison Street
Bedford, IA 50833
(712) 523-3312
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Nevada A. (Bollman) Ruby Obituary - WKBN.com

Monday, May 01, 2017

December 2, 1930 in Hickory Hill, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late John Edward and Nevada S. (Thomas) Bollman.She is survived by her beloved children, Donna M. (the late Donald “Donnie”) Swope of Bedford, Pennsylvania, John E. (Patricia) Ruby of Austintown, Ohio, David D. (Elaine) Ruby of Canfild, Ohio, Geraldine “Gerrie” (James) Thomas, of Meridian, Mississippi, Edith A. (the late Kenneth, Sr.) Slusher of Lake Milton, Ohio, Dwayne I. “Buddy” (Connie) Ruby of Kingston, Ohio and Nevada “Liz” (the Robert K. Sr.) Chalfant of Youngstown, Ohio; siblings, Ethel Ford, Hannah McKnight, Margaret Cornelius, Elise Gates, Sally Hess and Joe Bollman; 19 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren and 17 great-great-grandchildren.Besides her parents Nevada was preceded in death by her beloved husband, William D Ruby; siblings, Ruth Tedrow, Paul Bollman, Dolly DuVall, Maryann Weaver, David Bollman; two grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.While Nevada had a hard life her family said that she was the most kind and loving mother anyone could ever have, that she made sure all of her grandchildren had a blanket made by her own hand, that her door was always open and no matter how little she had nobody was ever turned away because she would make a place for them so they felt welcome. Nevada was proud of her long time membership at Grace Church of th...

James Morland

Saturday, April 08, 2017

Jimmy) Morland, 69, of Holts Summit, passed away Sunday, March 26, after a lengthy illness.Jimmy was born in Jefferson City on September 1, 1947, to Virginia Darlene (Ousley) Morland and James Bedford (JB) Morland, both deceased.On June 16, 1996, he was married to Judy (Baumbach) Morland, who survives.A lifelong resident of the mid-Missouri area, Jimmy attended New Bloomfield schools. He joined the Navy in 1963 and “celebrated” his 17th birthday in Vietnam. After his discharge from the Navy, he worked in the construction field for his father, and others. He owned the Silver Dollar Saloon, worked at the Missouri State Penitentiary, owned Show Me Used Cars, co-owned Judy’s Cafe with his wife, and for the last 10 years transported traveler trailers from Indiana to dealers throughout the country. He also played in various bands with JD Wyatt and others, and then became the leader of The Southern Knights Band for many years. He and his wife also managed the Truman Lake Opry for a year and played with many well-known country stars.Jimmy was a member of the American Legion, Roscoe Enloe Post 5, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Roy Sone Post 1003 and a lifetime member of the Disabled American Vete...

'Hits close to home': Area funeral directors face emotional burden from flood of fatal overdoses - TribDem.com

Monday, March 06, 2017

But they do," said Hindman, whose family operates funeral homes in Johnstown, Hastings and Hyndman, Bedford County."It's tragic," he said.'Slaves' to addictionHoffman said his family's Davidsville and Boswell locations handled funerals for five overdose victims last year.In the past six weeks, he's had three more.Harris said his Johnstown and Conemaugh funeral homes handled a dozen last year.Late last year, he laid four to rest in one month.Hindman said there are times his funeral homes average one a week.Figures vary from one funeral home location to another, but Hindman said the percentage is rising at both his Johnstown locations and pastoral spots such as Hyndman at similar rates.But every lost life had a story – and a room full of grieving loved ones, many of them struggling to come to grips with their shock and sudden grief, funeral home operators said.Hoffman recalled a young mother whose life was suddenly claimed by her addiction.Harris reflected on the 18-year-old high school student who left the tragic note on his hand.The boy's grieving mother said she'd been fighting to rescue him from drug dependency since he was 14 years old, Harris said."He was from a good family and a nice part of town," Harris said.They're not aloneLocal funeral directors aren't the only ones grieving – and struggling to adapt.Pockets of North America are reeling in the wake of a sudden surge in fatal overdoses.In British Columbia, Canada, a funeral association sent bulletins to its membership, urging funeral directors to begin carrying the overdose reversal drug naloxone.The group cited fears that mourning addicts attending an overdose victim's funeral might decide to numb their pain with deadly drugs.In Dayton, Ohio, the Montgomery County Coroners office had to temporarily rent refrigerated trucks to store bodies last year.But the count kept piling up in the 500,000-population county.Earlier this month, after the overdose death count climbed to 163 cases in 33 days, Montgomery County Coroner Kenneth Betz turned to a Dayton-area funeral parlor to temporarily store four bodies, the New York Times reported."We now call funeral homes immediately" to ask if there's space available, Betz told the newspaper. Lost generationIn Wisconsin, a local funeral home posted billboards on the city of Fond du Lac's main street after staff there became frustrated about burying "too many" young men and women due to drug overdoses.That Wisconsin undertaker displayed a funeral hearse and a grim message: "Side effect of heroin: Your vehicle changes."There was advice, too: "Be aware. Speak up. We can wait," the billboard showed.Funeral home operators across the nation are taking notice, according to Robert Biggins, a spokesman for the National Funeral Directors Association."It's probably topic No. 1 right now," said Biggins, a 40-year veteran of the industry who operates a funeral home in Rockland, Massachusetts."We're seeing cases where a funeral home might be seeing a family two or three times because there are siblings involved."And, somehow, it just keeps growing worse, he said."It's a tragedy that's taking away a good portion of a generation," Biggins said.'A mother's fear'Harris and Decort said no words can console grieving parents dealing with the reality they've suddenly lost a son or daughter."I've seen parents torn apart by it," Harris said.Too often, Decort said, he's sat down with parents who suffer silently or fight the fact that a drug like heroin was to blame."Let's face it," Decort said. "Drug addiction is a mother's fear because once it grabs ahold of a child, they feel there's n...

Obituary: Joan Shoemaker, of Newton - Patch.com

Monday, February 20, 2017

K. Shoemaker and his sons Isaac and Zachary.Joan was a great-grandmother to Aubrey Rose. She also leaves her former husband, Carmen Malone.Past President of American Legion Auxillary Unit 221, Bedford. Current member of Post 440 Auxillary, Newton. She enjoyed travelling to the Caribbean and time with family.In lieu of flowers, donations in Joan’s name may be made to the American Legion Post 440, 295 California St, Newton, MA 02458 or to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.Visiting hours in the Andrew J. Magni & Son Funeral Home, 365 Watertown St, Rt. 16, Newton, Tuesday, Feb. 14, from 4-8PM. Funeral Service Wednesday morning at 10AM. Burial at 1:15pm at MA National Cemetery in Bourne (Cape Cod).Obituary and photo courtesy of Magni Funeral Home...

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Nevada A. (Bollman) Ruby Obituary - WKBN.com

Monday, May 01, 2017

December 2, 1930 in Hickory Hill, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late John Edward and Nevada S. (Thomas) Bollman.She is survived by her beloved children, Donna M. (the late Donald “Donnie”) Swope of Bedford, Pennsylvania, John E. (Patricia) Ruby of Austintown, Ohio, David D. (Elaine) Ruby of Canfild, Ohio, Geraldine “Gerrie” (James) Thomas, of Meridian, Mississippi, Edith A. (the late Kenneth, Sr.) Slusher of Lake Milton, Ohio, Dwayne I. “Buddy” (Connie) Ruby of Kingston, Ohio and Nevada “Liz” (the Robert K. Sr.) Chalfant of Youngstown, Ohio; siblings, Ethel Ford, Hannah McKnight, Margaret Cornelius, Elise Gates, Sally Hess and Joe Bollman; 19 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren and 17 great-great-grandchildren.Besides her parents Nevada was preceded in death by her beloved husband, William D Ruby; siblings, Ruth Tedrow, Paul Bollman, Dolly DuVall, Maryann Weaver, David Bollman; two grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.While Nevada had a hard life her family said that she was the most kind and loving mother anyone could ever have, that she made sure all of her grandchildren had a blanket made by her own hand, that her door was always open and no matter how little she had nobody was ever turned away because she would make a place for them so they felt welcome. Nevada was proud of her long time membership at Grace Church of th...

James Morland

Saturday, April 08, 2017

Jimmy) Morland, 69, of Holts Summit, passed away Sunday, March 26, after a lengthy illness.Jimmy was born in Jefferson City on September 1, 1947, to Virginia Darlene (Ousley) Morland and James Bedford (JB) Morland, both deceased.On June 16, 1996, he was married to Judy (Baumbach) Morland, who survives.A lifelong resident of the mid-Missouri area, Jimmy attended New Bloomfield schools. He joined the Navy in 1963 and “celebrated” his 17th birthday in Vietnam. After his discharge from the Navy, he worked in the construction field for his father, and others. He owned the Silver Dollar Saloon, worked at the Missouri State Penitentiary, owned Show Me Used Cars, co-owned Judy’s Cafe with his wife, and for the last 10 years transported traveler trailers from Indiana to dealers throughout the country. He also played in various bands with JD Wyatt and others, and then became the leader of The Southern Knights Band for many years. He and his wife also managed the Truman Lake Opry for a year and played with many well-known country stars.Jimmy was a member of the American Legion, Roscoe Enloe Post 5, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Roy Sone Post 1003 and a lifetime member of the Disabled American Vete...

'Hits close to home': Area funeral directors face emotional burden from flood of fatal overdoses - TribDem.com

Monday, March 06, 2017

But they do," said Hindman, whose family operates funeral homes in Johnstown, Hastings and Hyndman, Bedford County."It's tragic," he said.'Slaves' to addictionHoffman said his family's Davidsville and Boswell locations handled funerals for five overdose victims last year.In the past six weeks, he's had three more.Harris said his Johnstown and Conemaugh funeral homes handled a dozen last year.Late last year, he laid four to rest in one month.Hindman said there are times his funeral homes average one a week.Figures vary from one funeral home location to another, but Hindman said the percentage is rising at both his Johnstown locations and pastoral spots such as Hyndman at similar rates.But every lost life had a story – and a room full of grieving loved ones, many of them struggling to come to grips with their shock and sudden grief, funeral home operators said.Hoffman recalled a young mother whose life was suddenly claimed by her addiction.Harris reflected on the 18-year-old high school student who left the tragic note on his hand.The boy's grieving mother said she'd been fighting to rescue him from drug dependency since he was 14 years old, Harris said."He was from a good family and a nice part of town," Harris said.They're not aloneLocal funeral directors aren't the only ones grieving – and struggling to adapt.Pockets of North America are reeling in the wake of a sudden surge in fatal overdoses.In British Columbia, Canada, a funeral association sent bulletins to its membership, urging funeral directors to begin carrying the overdose reversal drug naloxone.The group cited fears that mourning addicts attending an overdose victim's funeral might decide to numb their pain with deadly drugs.In Dayton, Ohio, the Montgomery County Coroners office had to temporarily rent refrigerated trucks to store bodies last year.But the count kept piling up in the 500,000-population county.Earlier this month, after the overdose death count climbed to 163 cases in 33 days, Montgomery County Coroner Kenneth Betz turned to a Dayton-area funeral parlor to temporarily store four bodies, the New York Times reported."We now call funeral homes immediately" to ask if there's space available, Betz told the newspaper. Lost generationIn Wisconsin, a local funeral home posted billboards on the city of Fond du Lac's main street after staff there became frustrated about burying "too many" young men and women due to drug overdoses.That Wisconsin undertaker displayed a funeral hearse and a grim message: "Side effect of heroin: Your vehicle changes."There was advice, too: "Be aware. Speak up. We can wait," the billboard showed.Funeral home operators across the nation are taking notice, according to Robert Biggins, a spokesman for the National Funeral Directors Association."It's probably topic No. 1 right now," said Biggins, a 40-year veteran of the industry who operates a funeral home in Rockland, Massachusetts."We're seeing cases where a funeral home might be seeing a family two or three times because there are siblings involved."And, somehow, it just keeps growing worse, he said."It's a tragedy that's taking away a good portion of a generation," Biggins said.'A mother's fear'Harris and Decort said no words can console grieving parents dealing with the reality they've suddenly lost a son or daughter."I've seen parents torn apart by it," Harris said.Too often, Decort said, he's sat down with parents who suffer silently or fight the fact that a drug like heroin was to blame."Let's face it," Decort said. "Drug addiction is a mother's fear because once it grabs ahold of a child, they feel there's n...

Obituary: Joan Shoemaker, of Newton - Patch.com

Monday, February 20, 2017

K. Shoemaker and his sons Isaac and Zachary.Joan was a great-grandmother to Aubrey Rose. She also leaves her former husband, Carmen Malone.Past President of American Legion Auxillary Unit 221, Bedford. Current member of Post 440 Auxillary, Newton. She enjoyed travelling to the Caribbean and time with family.In lieu of flowers, donations in Joan’s name may be made to the American Legion Post 440, 295 California St, Newton, MA 02458 or to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.Visiting hours in the Andrew J. Magni & Son Funeral Home, 365 Watertown St, Rt. 16, Newton, Tuesday, Feb. 14, from 4-8PM. Funeral Service Wednesday morning at 10AM. Burial at 1:15pm at MA National Cemetery in Bourne (Cape Cod).Obituary and photo courtesy of Magni Funeral Home...