Mrs. Northover Rites Held Here
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Edward Northover of Bedford at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Service Home on Madison Street, Thursday afternoon, April 26, Rev. Colvin Caughey officiating. Burial in the Hopkins cemetery. Mrs. Northover passed away at her home in west Bedford on Tuesday, April 24 at the age of 83 years.
Mamie Mae Esmay was born July 20, 1878 at Sabula, Iowa. When a small child her family moved to North Dakota and then to a farm near Hopkins, Mo., where she grew to adulthood. On Jan. 4, 1901 she was married to Edward A. Northover and to them were born six children. They farmed near Hopkins until they moved to Bedford in 1930.
She was preceded in death by her husband, who died in 1954; by her parents and an only brother, Earl Esmay.
She is survived by her six children: Edward and Alford [Alfred] of Bedford, Mrs. Glen H. (Esther) Moore and Myrl of California, Woodrow of Idaho, Harry of Gravity. There are 12 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren.
She became a Christian when a young girl and was baptized a member of the Hopkins Christian church, later uniting with the Presbyterian church at Hopkins with her husband and in recent years transferring her membership to the Baptist church in Bedford.
She was a fine mother, had as fine a nature as a person could possess; her every word and gesture were for the good of her family, her friends and her church.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Edward Northover of Bedford at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Service Home on Madison Street, Thursday afternoon, April 26, Rev. Colvin Caughey officiating. Burial in the Hopkins cemetery. Mrs. Northover passed away at her home in west Bedford on Tuesday, April 24 at the age of 83 years.
Mamie Mae Esmay was born July 20, 1878 at Sabula, Iowa. When a small child her family moved to North Dakota and then to a farm near Hopkins, Mo., where she grew to adulthood. On Jan. 4, 1901 she was married to Edward A. Northover and to them were born six children. They farmed near Hopkins until they moved to Bedford in 1930.
She was preceded in death by her husband, who died in 1954; by her parents and an only brother, Earl Esmay.
She is survived by her six children: Edward and Alford [Alfred] of Bedford, Mrs. Glen H. (Esther) Moore and Myrl of California, Woodrow of Idaho, Harry of Gravity. There are 12 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren.
She became a Christian when a young girl and was baptized a member of the Hopkins Christian church, later uniting with the Presbyterian church at Hopkins with her husband and in recent years transferring her membership to the Baptist church in Bedford.
She was a fine mother, had as fine a nature as a person could possess; her every word and gesture were for the good of her family, her friends and her church.
Mrs. Northover Rites Held Here
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Edward Northover of Bedford at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Service Home on Madison Street, Thursday afternoon, April 26, Rev. Colvin Caughey officiating. Burial in the Hopkins cemetery. Mrs. Northover passed away at her home in west Bedford on Tuesday, April 24 at the age of 83 years.
Mamie Mae Esmay was born July 20, 1878 at Sabula, Iowa. When a small child her family moved to North Dakota and then to a farm near Hopkins, Mo., where she grew to adulthood. On Jan. 4, 1901 she was married to Edward A. Northover and to them were born six children. They farmed near Hopkins until they moved to Bedford in 1930.
She was preceded in death by her husband, who died in 1954; by her parents and an only brother, Earl Esmay.
She is survived by her six children: Edward and Alford [Alfred] of Bedford, Mrs. Glen H. (Esther) Moore and Myrl of California, Woodrow of Idaho, Harry of Gravity. There are 12 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren.
She became a Christian when a young girl and was baptized a member of the Hopkins Christian church, later uniting with the Presbyterian church at Hopkins with her husband and in recent years transferring her membership to the Baptist church in Bedford.
She was a fine mother, had as fine a nature as a person could possess; her every word and gesture were for the good of her family, her friends and her church.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Edward Northover of Bedford at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Service Home on Madison Street, Thursday afternoon, April 26, Rev. Colvin Caughey officiating. Burial in the Hopkins cemetery. Mrs. Northover passed away at her home in west Bedford on Tuesday, April 24 at the age of 83 years.
Mamie Mae Esmay was born July 20, 1878 at Sabula, Iowa. When a small child her family moved to North Dakota and then to a farm near Hopkins, Mo., where she grew to adulthood. On Jan. 4, 1901 she was married to Edward A. Northover and to them were born six children. They farmed near Hopkins until they moved to Bedford in 1930.
She was preceded in death by her husband, who died in 1954; by her parents and an only brother, Earl Esmay.
She is survived by her six children: Edward and Alford [Alfred] of Bedford, Mrs. Glen H. (Esther) Moore and Myrl of California, Woodrow of Idaho, Harry of Gravity. There are 12 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren.
She became a Christian when a young girl and was baptized a member of the Hopkins Christian church, later uniting with the Presbyterian church at Hopkins with her husband and in recent years transferring her membership to the Baptist church in Bedford.
She was a fine mother, had as fine a nature as a person could possess; her every word and gesture were for the good of her family, her friends and her church.
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