Springfield (Missouri) Leader-Press
February 6, 1948
Obituary
Mrs. Edith Jane Edmonds, 55, died at 2:05 this morning in a hospital here [St. John's Hospital] following an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Edmonds formerly lived here, but moved to Terre Haute, Ind., several years ago. She returned to Springfield three weeks ago to stay with a daughter, Mrs. Merle Lyons, who lives off Kearney west of the city. She was a member of the Methodist church and of the War Mothers.
Other survivors include her husband, Joseph; a son, Dr. K. T. Edmonds of Indianapolis; five grandchildren; a brother, Kelly Peacock of Lutie, Mo.; and four sisters, Mrs. Flossie Jones of Rogersville, Route 2; Mrs. Leah Hogard of Britton, Okla.; Mrs. Glessie Stehle of Ocie, Mo.; and Mrs. Jessie Rose of Lutie.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Thieme.
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Edith died from breast cancer, from which she had suffered for three years. Her funeral was held at True Hope Church, near Lutie Cemetery, and John Harlin officiated.
Her widowed husband, Joseph, remarried the following year -- to Effie Condreay Edmonds, the widow of his half-brother, Calvin Edmonds. They settled in Vista, California. Although Joseph's name appears on the headstone with Edith (at Lutie Cemetery), he was buried with his second wife at Eternal Hills Memorial Park in Oceanside, California.
February 6, 1948
Obituary
Mrs. Edith Jane Edmonds, 55, died at 2:05 this morning in a hospital here [St. John's Hospital] following an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Edmonds formerly lived here, but moved to Terre Haute, Ind., several years ago. She returned to Springfield three weeks ago to stay with a daughter, Mrs. Merle Lyons, who lives off Kearney west of the city. She was a member of the Methodist church and of the War Mothers.
Other survivors include her husband, Joseph; a son, Dr. K. T. Edmonds of Indianapolis; five grandchildren; a brother, Kelly Peacock of Lutie, Mo.; and four sisters, Mrs. Flossie Jones of Rogersville, Route 2; Mrs. Leah Hogard of Britton, Okla.; Mrs. Glessie Stehle of Ocie, Mo.; and Mrs. Jessie Rose of Lutie.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Thieme.
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Edith died from breast cancer, from which she had suffered for three years. Her funeral was held at True Hope Church, near Lutie Cemetery, and John Harlin officiated.
Her widowed husband, Joseph, remarried the following year -- to Effie Condreay Edmonds, the widow of his half-brother, Calvin Edmonds. They settled in Vista, California. Although Joseph's name appears on the headstone with Edith (at Lutie Cemetery), he was buried with his second wife at Eternal Hills Memorial Park in Oceanside, California.
Springfield (Missouri) Leader-Press
February 6, 1948
Obituary
Mrs. Edith Jane Edmonds, 55, died at 2:05 this morning in a hospital here [St. John's Hospital] following an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Edmonds formerly lived here, but moved to Terre Haute, Ind., several years ago. She returned to Springfield three weeks ago to stay with a daughter, Mrs. Merle Lyons, who lives off Kearney west of the city. She was a member of the Methodist church and of the War Mothers.
Other survivors include her husband, Joseph; a son, Dr. K. T. Edmonds of Indianapolis; five grandchildren; a brother, Kelly Peacock of Lutie, Mo.; and four sisters, Mrs. Flossie Jones of Rogersville, Route 2; Mrs. Leah Hogard of Britton, Okla.; Mrs. Glessie Stehle of Ocie, Mo.; and Mrs. Jessie Rose of Lutie.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Thieme.
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Edith died from breast cancer, from which she had suffered for three years. Her funeral was held at True Hope Church, near Lutie Cemetery, and John Harlin officiated.
Her widowed husband, Joseph, remarried the following year -- to Effie Condreay Edmonds, the widow of his half-brother, Calvin Edmonds. They settled in Vista, California. Although Joseph's name appears on the headstone with Edith (at Lutie Cemetery), he was buried with his second wife at Eternal Hills Memorial Park in Oceanside, California.
February 6, 1948
Obituary
Mrs. Edith Jane Edmonds, 55, died at 2:05 this morning in a hospital here [St. John's Hospital] following an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Edmonds formerly lived here, but moved to Terre Haute, Ind., several years ago. She returned to Springfield three weeks ago to stay with a daughter, Mrs. Merle Lyons, who lives off Kearney west of the city. She was a member of the Methodist church and of the War Mothers.
Other survivors include her husband, Joseph; a son, Dr. K. T. Edmonds of Indianapolis; five grandchildren; a brother, Kelly Peacock of Lutie, Mo.; and four sisters, Mrs. Flossie Jones of Rogersville, Route 2; Mrs. Leah Hogard of Britton, Okla.; Mrs. Glessie Stehle of Ocie, Mo.; and Mrs. Jessie Rose of Lutie.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Thieme.
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Edith died from breast cancer, from which she had suffered for three years. Her funeral was held at True Hope Church, near Lutie Cemetery, and John Harlin officiated.
Her widowed husband, Joseph, remarried the following year -- to Effie Condreay Edmonds, the widow of his half-brother, Calvin Edmonds. They settled in Vista, California. Although Joseph's name appears on the headstone with Edith (at Lutie Cemetery), he was buried with his second wife at Eternal Hills Memorial Park in Oceanside, California.
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NOTE: Joseph L. Edmonds is not buried here. See link to his memorial above.
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