Thursday February 5, 1970 p. 2
Rites Here Feb. 1 For V. C. Wright
Funeral services for Verlin Clare Wright, 91, long time Bedford resident, were held here Sunday, Feb. 1, with Carl Cummings officiating. Mr. Wright died in Bedford, January 28, 1970. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery.
Verlin Clare Wright, son of William Clark [Carter] and Clorese [Clara Ann] Hastings [Hasty] Wright, was born January 30, 1878, at Winterset, Iowa.
He was united in marriage to Laura J. [ane] McKee March 22, 1900 and to them five children were born: Theron who is now deceased; Wesley Wright of Kansas City, Missouri; Esther Fay Laybourn of Beaverton, Oregon; Dorothy Lois, now deceased, and Dean Wright of St. Joseph, Missouri.
Also surviving are one sister, Lula Fleming, of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, she being the last of his family of three sisters and three brothers; 14 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren.
Mr. Wright moved to Bedford in 1907 and had lived in or near here since that time.
He was a kind husband, father, friend and neighbor and will be missed by both his loved ones and his friends.
Thursday February 5, 1970 p. 2
Rites Here Feb. 1 For V. C. Wright
Funeral services for Verlin Clare Wright, 91, long time Bedford resident, were held here Sunday, Feb. 1, with Carl Cummings officiating. Mr. Wright died in Bedford, January 28, 1970. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery.
Verlin Clare Wright, son of William Clark [Carter] and Clorese [Clara Ann] Hastings [Hasty] Wright, was born January 30, 1878, at Winterset, Iowa.
He was united in marriage to Laura J. [ane] McKee March 22, 1900 and to them five children were born: Theron who is now deceased; Wesley Wright of Kansas City, Missouri; Esther Fay Laybourn of Beaverton, Oregon; Dorothy Lois, now deceased, and Dean Wright of St. Joseph, Missouri.
Also surviving are one sister, Lula Fleming, of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, she being the last of his family of three sisters and three brothers; 14 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren.
Mr. Wright moved to Bedford in 1907 and had lived in or near here since that time.
He was a kind husband, father, friend and neighbor and will be missed by both his loved ones and his friends.
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