- Final Rites Held In Bedford For Stella M. Marley
Funeral services for Mrs. John E. (Stella) Marley, 91, of Bedford, held June 19 in Shum-Novinger Funeral Home, were conducted by Rev. Carl Cummings. Mrs. Marley died June 16, 1982 in Rosary Hospital, Corning, Iowa. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Ia.
Stella M. Marley, eldest daughter of Joseph A. McElfish and Mary Geneva Crawford McElfish, was born in Worth County, Missouri, May 21, 1891.
Her father was killed in line of duty in World War I and is buried in France. Her mother then married Attorney R. [ichard] T. Burrell; both are deceased.
On April 10, 1922 Stella was united in marriage to John E. [arl] Marley of Bedford, Iowa. He served in World War I overseas. To this union, one son, John E. [arl] Marley, Jr. (Jack), was born.
In 1909 she went to work for the Payton Abstract Company and continued there until 1917 when she was secretary for World War I draft board. In July 1918 she went to work as an Abstracter of Titles for the firm of Crum & Dinges and she was private secretary for W. E. Crum, Jr., who was an attorney and president of the Bedford National Bank. She retired from public work in 1947 but in 1952-1953 she did some part time work for the Bedford Telephone Company.
Her husband drew a homestead in Wyoming, which the U. S. Government opened to World War I veterans, and she spent two summers there and learned much about homesteaders' life.
She was a member of the Bedford United Methodist Church since 1907; also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary; school and civic groups.
She was preceded in death by her husband July 25, 1965; her mother in February 1955; sister Edith Hamilton Ackley in early September 1955; and sister Helen Smith in late September 1955.
She will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.
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