Bedford Times-Press, Thursday March 2, 1944 p. 3
F. E. Bellus
Forrest Elliott Bellus, son of George W. [esley] and Julia Lockwood Bellus, was born in Hampton, Iowa, Nov. 5, 1872, and died at the University Hospital in Iowa City, Monday, Feb. 21, 1944, at the age of 71 years, 3 months and 15 days.
Forrest Elliott, when two years of age, moved with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Geo. W. [esley] Bellus to Blockton in 1874, where he lived and grew to manhood. In March 1897, he was married to Martha Harriet Keeling, to whom was born one son, Theron F. [orrest].
On May 16, 1898, this union was dissolved by her death and on June 20, 1900 he was married to Minnie Mae Johnson. To them were born one daughter Olive I. and one son, Forrest Eldred.
In the year 1899 he entered the employ of the Chicago, Great Western railroad as telegrapher, which occupation he followed until February of 1938 when he retired, and he and Mrs. Bellus moved to Jefferson, Iowa, where he had since made his home.
Surviving beside his wife are the two sons, Theron F. [orrest] of Superior, Nebr., and Forrest Eldred of Merino, Colorado, and daughter Olive I. Spangler of Washington, D. C., two brothers, L. A. Bellus of Ft. Pierce, Fla., George Elbert of Blockton, and one sister, Mrs. Marian Huxtable of Yakima, Washington. One sister, Clara E. Briggs, preceded him in death in 1930. Four grandsons and two granddaughters also survive.
In his life work he was called to serve in many towns, and in all of them Forrest Bellus will be remembered for his sincere and untiring devotion to the tenants and teachings of the Methodist church, his passionate devotion to his family, by whom he will always be revered as a kind and understanding husband and father.
Funeral services and burial were at Blockton Feb. 24, 1944.
F. E. Bellus
Forrest Elliott Bellus, son of George W. [esley] and Julia Lockwood Bellus, was born in Hampton, Iowa, Nov. 5, 1872, and died at the University Hospital in Iowa City, Monday, Feb. 21, 1944, at the age of 71 years, 3 months and 15 days.
Forrest Elliott, when two years of age, moved with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Geo. W. [esley] Bellus to Blockton in 1874, where he lived and grew to manhood. In March 1897, he was married to Martha Harriet Keeling, to whom was born one son, Theron F. [orrest].
On May 16, 1898, this union was dissolved by her death and on June 20, 1900 he was married to Minnie Mae Johnson. To them were born one daughter Olive I. and one son, Forrest Eldred.
In the year 1899 he entered the employ of the Chicago, Great Western railroad as telegrapher, which occupation he followed until February of 1938 when he retired, and he and Mrs. Bellus moved to Jefferson, Iowa, where he had since made his home.
Surviving beside his wife are the two sons, Theron F. [orrest] of Superior, Nebr., and Forrest Eldred of Merino, Colorado, and daughter Olive I. Spangler of Washington, D. C., two brothers, L. A. Bellus of Ft. Pierce, Fla., George Elbert of Blockton, and one sister, Mrs. Marian Huxtable of Yakima, Washington. One sister, Clara E. Briggs, preceded him in death in 1930. Four grandsons and two granddaughters also survive.
In his life work he was called to serve in many towns, and in all of them Forrest Bellus will be remembered for his sincere and untiring devotion to the tenants and teachings of the Methodist church, his passionate devotion to his family, by whom he will always be revered as a kind and understanding husband and father.
Funeral services and burial were at Blockton Feb. 24, 1944.
Bedford Times-Press, Thursday March 2, 1944 p. 3
F. E. Bellus
Forrest Elliott Bellus, son of George W. [esley] and Julia Lockwood Bellus, was born in Hampton, Iowa, Nov. 5, 1872, and died at the University Hospital in Iowa City, Monday, Feb. 21, 1944, at the age of 71 years, 3 months and 15 days.
Forrest Elliott, when two years of age, moved with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Geo. W. [esley] Bellus to Blockton in 1874, where he lived and grew to manhood. In March 1897, he was married to Martha Harriet Keeling, to whom was born one son, Theron F. [orrest].
On May 16, 1898, this union was dissolved by her death and on June 20, 1900 he was married to Minnie Mae Johnson. To them were born one daughter Olive I. and one son, Forrest Eldred.
In the year 1899 he entered the employ of the Chicago, Great Western railroad as telegrapher, which occupation he followed until February of 1938 when he retired, and he and Mrs. Bellus moved to Jefferson, Iowa, where he had since made his home.
Surviving beside his wife are the two sons, Theron F. [orrest] of Superior, Nebr., and Forrest Eldred of Merino, Colorado, and daughter Olive I. Spangler of Washington, D. C., two brothers, L. A. Bellus of Ft. Pierce, Fla., George Elbert of Blockton, and one sister, Mrs. Marian Huxtable of Yakima, Washington. One sister, Clara E. Briggs, preceded him in death in 1930. Four grandsons and two granddaughters also survive.
In his life work he was called to serve in many towns, and in all of them Forrest Bellus will be remembered for his sincere and untiring devotion to the tenants and teachings of the Methodist church, his passionate devotion to his family, by whom he will always be revered as a kind and understanding husband and father.
Funeral services and burial were at Blockton Feb. 24, 1944.
F. E. Bellus
Forrest Elliott Bellus, son of George W. [esley] and Julia Lockwood Bellus, was born in Hampton, Iowa, Nov. 5, 1872, and died at the University Hospital in Iowa City, Monday, Feb. 21, 1944, at the age of 71 years, 3 months and 15 days.
Forrest Elliott, when two years of age, moved with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Geo. W. [esley] Bellus to Blockton in 1874, where he lived and grew to manhood. In March 1897, he was married to Martha Harriet Keeling, to whom was born one son, Theron F. [orrest].
On May 16, 1898, this union was dissolved by her death and on June 20, 1900 he was married to Minnie Mae Johnson. To them were born one daughter Olive I. and one son, Forrest Eldred.
In the year 1899 he entered the employ of the Chicago, Great Western railroad as telegrapher, which occupation he followed until February of 1938 when he retired, and he and Mrs. Bellus moved to Jefferson, Iowa, where he had since made his home.
Surviving beside his wife are the two sons, Theron F. [orrest] of Superior, Nebr., and Forrest Eldred of Merino, Colorado, and daughter Olive I. Spangler of Washington, D. C., two brothers, L. A. Bellus of Ft. Pierce, Fla., George Elbert of Blockton, and one sister, Mrs. Marian Huxtable of Yakima, Washington. One sister, Clara E. Briggs, preceded him in death in 1930. Four grandsons and two granddaughters also survive.
In his life work he was called to serve in many towns, and in all of them Forrest Bellus will be remembered for his sincere and untiring devotion to the tenants and teachings of the Methodist church, his passionate devotion to his family, by whom he will always be revered as a kind and understanding husband and father.
Funeral services and burial were at Blockton Feb. 24, 1944.
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