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Bessie Mae <I>Ford</I> Stewart

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Bessie Mae Ford Stewart

Birth
White Lake, Aurora County, South Dakota, USA
Death
3 Apr 1977 (aged 91)
Raymond, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Raymond, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 199, No 6, p 31, June, 1977.
Bessie M. Ford Stewart, eldest daughter of Milton E. and Adalaide V. Ford, was born Sept. 1, 1885 in White Lake, South Dakota and was called to rest at her home in Raymond, Ill., April 3, 1977.
She married Dwight T. Stewart June 2, 1909 in Garwin, Iowa; the ceremony was conducted by her pastor, Rev. John T. Davis.
To this union were born five sons and one daughter; another boy was legally adopted in 1931.
She is survived by all her children, Leigh, Milton, Gertrude, Allen, Philip, Neil and William (Skippy). One sister, Lennora Winter, lives in Dysart, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1973.
Before her marriage she taught school in northern Iowa, and later journeyed from her home in Waterloo, Iowa, to a homestead in northeast Wyoming.
She came to St. Louis in 1925 and in 1947 moved to Raymond, Ill.
Funeral services were conducted at the Farina, Ill., Seventh Day Baptist Church where she was a member, by her pastor, Rev. Francis D. Saunders. Interment was beside her husband at Raymond, Ill., April 6, 1977. L. T. S.
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 199, No 6, p 31, June, 1977.
Bessie M. Ford Stewart, eldest daughter of Milton E. and Adalaide V. Ford, was born Sept. 1, 1885 in White Lake, South Dakota and was called to rest at her home in Raymond, Ill., April 3, 1977.
She married Dwight T. Stewart June 2, 1909 in Garwin, Iowa; the ceremony was conducted by her pastor, Rev. John T. Davis.
To this union were born five sons and one daughter; another boy was legally adopted in 1931.
She is survived by all her children, Leigh, Milton, Gertrude, Allen, Philip, Neil and William (Skippy). One sister, Lennora Winter, lives in Dysart, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1973.
Before her marriage she taught school in northern Iowa, and later journeyed from her home in Waterloo, Iowa, to a homestead in northeast Wyoming.
She came to St. Louis in 1925 and in 1947 moved to Raymond, Ill.
Funeral services were conducted at the Farina, Ill., Seventh Day Baptist Church where she was a member, by her pastor, Rev. Francis D. Saunders. Interment was beside her husband at Raymond, Ill., April 6, 1977. L. T. S.

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wife of Dwight T Stewart, married June 2, 1909



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  • Maintained by: Nora Yahl
  • Originally Created by: Ann
  • Added: Jun 13, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53630484/bessie_mae-stewart: accessed ), memorial page for Bessie Mae Ford Stewart (1 Sep 1885–3 Apr 1977), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53630484, citing Asbury Cemetery, Raymond, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Nora Yahl (contributor 46842717).