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Wendell Dean Bader

Wendell D. Bader, 69, of 904 W. North St., Bloomfield, Iowa, formerly of Bader, died at 5 p. m. Saturday, Dec. 2, 1995, at Kingman Regional Medical Center in Kingman, Ariz.
Born Sept. 14, 1926, in Browning to Howard O. and Inez Robertson Bader, he married Mary Alice Hinman {called Alice}. She preceded him in death. He also was preceded in death by one grandchild.
Surviving are four sons, Mark of Platteville, Wis., Jeff of Keota, Iowa, Curt of Bloomfield and Michael of Ollie, Iowa; three daughters, Wanda Bader of Oceanside, Calif., Amy Tinsley of Columbia, Mo., and Terri Williams of Kingman {Ariz.}; 10 grandchildren; one brother, Harold of Morrisonville, Wi.; and two sisters, Anna Crafton Psinas of Manito and Esther Baxter of Kankakee.
An agricultural mineral feed salesman, he also taught school in Bader in Schuyler County. {He also taught in Warren, Illinois}.
He was a member of the Bloomfield Christian Church.
He was a Navy veteran {WWII}.
Services will be at 1 p. m. Saturday at Bader Christian Church. The Rev. James Shirley will officiate. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p. m. Friday at Shawgo Memorial Home in Astoria. Burial will be in Bader Cemetery.

[Peoria Journal Star, December 5, 1995, Page: D7
Submitted by Sara Hemp]


Mary Alice (Hindman) Hinman Bader

Funeral Card
Mary Alice Bader
Born: August 6, 1927 Dallas City, Hancock County, Illinois
Entered Into Rest: October 17, 1984 Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa
Services: Saturday, October 20, 1984, 10:00 A.M., Bloomfield Christian Church, Bloomfield, Iowa
Words of Comfort: Rev. John Hulsizer
Music: Organist, Joleen Doggett, Organ Selections
Casket Bearers: Mark Bader, Jeffery Bader, Curt Bader, Mikel Bader.
Final Resting Place: Bader Cemetery, Bader, Illinois

Note: Aunt Alice was a nurse in Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois when she married Wendell Dean Robertson Bader. Besides her sons that were the casket bearers, there are three daughters, Amy Tinsley, Terri Williams, and Wanda Bader. A second service before interment was held at the Bader Christian Church, Bader, Illinois. There was a brother who came to the funeral-burial but left before we could get any info. Not positive on the spelling of her maiden name. Local newspapers near Bader, IL just stated burial info. Looking for info. Sara Hemp <cryssara@merr.com>


W. E. Baumgartner

William Earl Baumgartner, aged 29, died Tuesday night in a local sanitarium. He came to El Paso about one month ago from Bloomfield, Iowa, where the body will be shipped by the J. J. Kaster Undertaking company. A brother, J. F. Baumgartner, resides in El Paso.

[El Paso Herald, El Paso, Texas, February 22, 1917, submitted by Dale Donlon]


Mary "Wilma" Wilmina Bader Brook

Obit: Astoria - Mary Wilmina Brook, 81, formerly of Sunrise, Fla., died at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 14, 1994, at her brother's home in Bloomfield, Iowa. Born Dec. 31, 1912, in Browning to Howard and Inez Robertson Bader, she married Henry Brook in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He died in 1981. Two brothers and three sisters also preceded her in death. Surviving are two sisters, Anna Krafton Psinas of Manito and Esther Baxter of Kankakee; and two brothers, Harold Bader of Morrisonville, Wis., and Wendell Bader of Bloomfield. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Bader Christian Church in Bader. The Rev. James Shirley will officiate. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Shawgo Memorial Home in Astoria. Burial will be in Bader Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Bader Christian Church.

[Newspaper: Peoria Journal Star, May 15, 1994, Page C17,
Submitted By Ida Maack Recu
]


Harriet Don Carlos Carlos

Harriet Don Carlos, aged 27y, died at her father's residence in Davis Co., Iowa. Joined M.E. Church 1840; d. 3 July 1853.

(Central Christian Advocate, Vol 1., 10 Nov 1853, p. 179
submitted by K. Torp)


William Harrison Hancock

PIONEER PASSES AWAY
W. H. HANCOCK AGED 82 YEARS
Died at Floris, Iowa

Came to Iowa in October 1855. Was ancestor to 8 children, 42 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren. One of Davis Counties leading pioneers, passed away at Floris, Iowa Thursday December 30, 1909. When Mr. W. H. Hancock aged 82 years answered the call to the Great Reaper for many years he reside in Floris and was know by practically everyone in the entire county as some of the finest and noblest of our citizens. The entire county joins with his family in morning his loss.

He was born on April 26, 1827 in the the state of Kentucky. At an early age his parents moved to Edgar county Illinois where the great majority of his younger days were passed. In 1846 he was united in marriage to Sarah Jones on the farm which is now the site of the town of St. Bernice, Vermillion County, Indiana.In 1855 they came to Davis County, settling in Floris, there to reside the remainder of his days.

To Mr. & and Mrs. Hancock were born 8 children, two of whom have preceded their father across the river of death. They are Mary Wilkenson and Nancy Harward. Those living are Wesley Hancock, Marion Hancock, Mrs. Emma Wilkinson, Clay Hancock, Mrs Eliza Box and Amanda Hancock

(Date not included, submitted by Ann L. Graham)


Joseph Weingartner

Near Broomfield, Davis Co., Iowa, March 4, of apoplexy of the lungs, Joseph Weingartner, 65, formerly of Sparland.

The death of the singular German, Joseph Weingartner, which took place near Bloomfield, Iowa, is referred to in a letter to the Chicago Evening Journal from Des Moines. It says: "Last fall there came to Davis county an old man, evidently German, accompanied by a little girl six years old. He took possession of an unoccupied house just outside the town of Bloomfield, where he lived quietly and soon gained the confidence and respect of those who knew him. He was quite reserved and reticent. Between him and the girl there was a strong attachment; they were always together. A few days since a neighbor, while passing the premises, observed the little girl watering the old man's horses and crying bitterly. He inquired as to her trouble, when she said her father was dead. He went to the house, and found the old man lying in bed dead. The little girl said: "Father woke up in the night and said he was going to die. He tried to say more, but I couldn't here him." Investigation by the coroner disclosed apoplexy of the lungs as the cause of his death. There was a small amount of money on his person, and some papers. From the latter it is supposed his name is Joseph Weingartner, and that he was once a resident of Sparland, Marshall county, Ill. He frequently spoke of living in Kansas, and of going back to Illinois. He was buried by the county, and the little girl left with Daniel Coy, who is inclined to adopt her."

[Henry Republican, Henry, IL, Published March 17, 1881]
Contributed by: Nancy Piper

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