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Alice Edna Terrell

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Alice Edna Terrell

Birth
Taylor County, Iowa, USA
Death
16 Oct 1940 (aged 23)
Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 24, 1940 p. 4
OBITUARY
Miss Alice Terrell
Alice Edna Terrell, daughter of Charles S.[umner] and Olive L. [ea Hanson] Terrell, was born near Bedford, Iowa, on August 15, 1917 and died, in a St. Joseph, Mo., hospital, Oct. 16, 1940 at the age of 23 years, 2 months and one day.

Burial services were held at the Lexington cemetery Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Stanley Schlick.

She is survived by her parents; two brothers, Kendall Terrell and Ivan Terrell, both of Bedford; and four sisters, Mrs. Jean Horton of Norfolk, Nebr., Mrs. Doris Young of Bedford, Mrs. Mayre Harland of Clarinda and Mrs. Mildred Strand of Green River, Wyo.

Also by her paternal grandfather, L. [ycurgus] L. [awrence] Terrell of Bedford; her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Anna E. Hanson of St. Joseph; an aunt, Miss Myrtle Hanson of St. Joseph; and two uncles, Roy Hanson of St. Joseph and Fred Terrell of Denver, Colo.

Nearly all of her life was spent in Bedford and community and she will be greatly missed by her friends and loved ones.

Taylor County Herald (Bedford, Iowa)
Thursday October 17, 1940 [p. 1]
Polio Fatal to Alice Terrill
Iron Lung Fails to Save Bedford Girl's Life.
Infantile paralysis Wednesday claimed its first Taylor County victim in the person of Alice [Edna] Terrill [Terrell], 22, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Terrill [Terrell] of Bedford.

First stricken on Wednesday, October 9, the girl was rushed to a St. Joseph, Missouri isolation hospital Friday. Monday she was placed in an iron respirator in the hope of saving her life.

Her father said she was completely paralyzed with the exception of her speech and one arm.

Because of the seriousness of the disease, private funeral services were held this afternoon at the grave in Lexington cemetery.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 24, 1940 p. 4
OBITUARY
Miss Alice Terrell
Alice Edna Terrell, daughter of Charles S.[umner] and Olive L. [ea Hanson] Terrell, was born near Bedford, Iowa, on August 15, 1917 and died, in a St. Joseph, Mo., hospital, Oct. 16, 1940 at the age of 23 years, 2 months and one day.

Burial services were held at the Lexington cemetery Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Stanley Schlick.

She is survived by her parents; two brothers, Kendall Terrell and Ivan Terrell, both of Bedford; and four sisters, Mrs. Jean Horton of Norfolk, Nebr., Mrs. Doris Young of Bedford, Mrs. Mayre Harland of Clarinda and Mrs. Mildred Strand of Green River, Wyo.

Also by her paternal grandfather, L. [ycurgus] L. [awrence] Terrell of Bedford; her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Anna E. Hanson of St. Joseph; an aunt, Miss Myrtle Hanson of St. Joseph; and two uncles, Roy Hanson of St. Joseph and Fred Terrell of Denver, Colo.

Nearly all of her life was spent in Bedford and community and she will be greatly missed by her friends and loved ones.

Taylor County Herald (Bedford, Iowa)
Thursday October 17, 1940 [p. 1]
Polio Fatal to Alice Terrill
Iron Lung Fails to Save Bedford Girl's Life.
Infantile paralysis Wednesday claimed its first Taylor County victim in the person of Alice [Edna] Terrill [Terrell], 22, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Terrill [Terrell] of Bedford.

First stricken on Wednesday, October 9, the girl was rushed to a St. Joseph, Missouri isolation hospital Friday. Monday she was placed in an iron respirator in the hope of saving her life.

Her father said she was completely paralyzed with the exception of her speech and one arm.

Because of the seriousness of the disease, private funeral services were held this afternoon at the grave in Lexington cemetery.


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