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[Moats, Olive P. "Ollie" Reeves]
Adams County Free Press (Corning, Iowa)
Saturday February 21, 1920
Ollie, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Reeves, was born Nov 25, 1875, and passed away at her home near Guss February 12, 1920 at the age of 44 years, 2 months, and 17 days. She lived near Guss until 1893 when the family moved to Villisca where she graduated from the Villisca High School in 1895, after which she taught school for several years. She was married to Alva Moats July 27, 1899, returning again to the Guss community. To this union two children were born, a daughter who died in infancy and a son, Ernest, who remains with his father to mourn the untimely departure of a faithful, loving wife and mother. Her aged father and mother have now laid the last one of their three children to rest. At the age of fourteen Mrs. Moats gave her heart to God and united with the M.E. church at Guss. She was faithful and conscientious in her Christian life, was at one time superintendent of the Sunday school at Guss; has also served as president of the Ladies Aid Society. The funeral was from the home on Saturday conducted by her pastor, the Rev. Ivan R. Mills, and the interment was in the Guss cemetery.
[Moats, Olive P. "Ollie" Reeves]
New Market Herald
Thursday February 19, 1920 p. 3
Walter Reeves of Van Wert came Saturday to attend the funeral services of his cousin Mrs. Alva Moats [Olive Reeves].
Mr. and Mrs. John Reeves of Blockton were called here Friday by the death of their daughter, Mrs. Alva Moats [Olive Reeves] of near Guss.
[Moats, Olive P. "Ollie" Reeves]
New Market Herald
Thursday February 26, 1920 p. 3
Mrs. Alva Moats is Dead
Mrs. Alva Moats, known to many residents of Villisca and vicinity, died Thursday of last week at the home near Guss. Mrs. Moats had been sick with pneumonia for only a few days.
Ollie [Olive], the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs John Reeves was born, November 25, 1875, and passed away at her home near Guss, February 12, 1920 at the age of 44 years 2, months and 17 days.
She was married to Alva [Holland] Moats July 27, 1899, returning again to the Guss community. To this union two children were born— a daughter, who died in infancy, and a son, Ernest, who remains with his father to mourn the untimely departure of a faithful, loving wife and mother. Her aged father and mother have now laid to rest the last of their three children.
At the age of 14 Mrs. Moats united with the M. E. church at Guss. She was faithful and conscientious in her Christian life, was at one time superintendent of the Sunday school at Guss and also served as president of the ladies aid society.
The funeral was from the home on Saturday, conducted by her pastor, Ivan R. Mills. The interment was in the Guss cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Reeves of Blockton were among those present at the funeral services. ---Villisca Review.
New Market Herald
Thursday November 28, 1918 p. 2
Guss and Vicinity
Ora Moats, living two and a half miles west and north of Guss died of pneumonia, resulting from the flu, Sunday evening, after an illness of only a few days.
Adams County Free Press (Corning, Iowa)
Saturday March 22, 1919, p. 7
Friends in this city and vicinity will regret to learn of the death of Mrs. Thomas A. [saph] Ware, which occurred Sunday, March 9, at her home at Blockton. The funeral was held the following Tuesday at the residence conducted by her pastor, Rev. E. J. Laird. Interment was made in Rose Hill cemetery. Mrs. Ware was formerly Miss Myra Reeves and was born in Nodaway Township in Taylor County, April 10, 1876, and was aged 42 years, 10 months, and 20 days. She was a graduate of the Villisca high school, also a graduate of Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, and was one of the efficient high school instructors in Corning. She was married to Thomas A. Ware August 29, 1910, who with their little eleven months old son, Floyd John, survives her, also her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Reeves of Blockton and one sister, Mrs. Olive Moats, of Guss.
Bedford Free Press
Wednesday March 12, 1919 [p. 1]
Mrs. T. A. Ware Dies
Mrs. Thomas A. [saph] Ware [Myra Reeves], wife of T. [homas] A. [saph] Ware, cashier of the Blockton Bank, died at her home in Blockton Saturday evening. Mrs. Ware was a niece of Capt. Reeves of New Market.
Blockton News
Thursday March 13, 1919 [p. 1]
Obituary—Mrs. Thomas A. Ware
Myra Reeves was born in Nodaway Township, Taylor County, Iowa, April 10, 1876, and departed this life March 9, 1919, aged 42 years, 10 months and 29 days.
In the spring of 1893, with her parents, she moved to Villisca, Iowa, where she lived until her marriage to Thomas A. [saph] Ware Aug. 29, 1910, when she went to Troy Mills, Iowa, living there until October, 1911, when she came with her husband to Blockton and made her home here until her death.
She was a graduate of the Villisca high school and also of Cornell College, Mt. Vernon. She was a successful teacher and spent years of her life as an instructor in the high schools of Corning and Villisca.
She united with the Methodist church at the age of thirteen years and lived a devoted and consistent life until death overtook her, being a willing worker and serving in various capacities, being at different times Junior League superintendent, Sunday school teacher, president of the Women's Foreign Missionary society. When the Red Cross society was organized here at the opening of the war, she became its first secretary and served until compelled to resign on account of her health.
She leaves to mourn her early departure her husband, baby boy, Floyd John Ware, aged 11 months; also her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. John Reeves, of this place, and a sister, Mrs, Olive Moats of Guss. A little daughter, Nadine Frances Mary, preceded her to the better world on January 11, 1916, at the age of 5 months and 25 days.
Mrs. Ware will be remembered as a lady of kindly disposition and self-sacrificing life. She loved her home and it was her greatest hope that she might live to raise her little boy from boyhood to Christian manhood. Upon her husband and parents falls the mantle of her ambition and devotion to rear the little boy to the career of Christian usefulness which his mamma had so earnestly and prayerfully coveted for him.
It sometimes seems a failure of Providence that one so much needed and so deserving of a ripe old age should be called away at noonday from the activities and duties of life. But we must always remember that God in His wisdom does all things well. In Him is love and light and life. With him is the rainbow and the throne, the house of many mansions and the crown.
Funeral services were held at the home Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. E. J. Laird. The floral offerings of friends were many and beautiful. Interment was made in Rose Hill cemetery.
The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved husband, little motherless son and aged parents.
Blockton News
Thursday March 13, 1919 p. 4
F. [red] P. Ondler and wife returned to their home at Walker Tuesday evening, having been called here by the death of their sister-in-law, Mrs. Thomas A. Ware [Myra Reeves].
Blockton News
Thursday January 20, 1916 p. 4
Fred Ondler and wife, of Walker, came last Thursday morning to attend the funeral of their little niece, Nadine Ware, returning home that evening.
Bedford Times-Republican
Thursday January 20, 1916 p. 8
BLOCKTON
Nadine Frances Mary Ware was born in Blockton July 16, 1915, and died January 11, 1916, aged five months and 25 days. She was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. [saph] Ware [Myra Reeves]. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. William Mercer. Interment in Rose Hill cemetery.
Blockton News
Thursday January 13, 1916 [p. 1]
At Rest
Tuesday evening at 9 o'clock the spirit of little Nadine Frances Mary Ware, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. [saph] Ware [Myra Reeves], passed peacefully to the realm of perfect day.
Hovering between life and death for several days, nature at last yielded the conflict to the grim destroyer, and the idol, care, sunshine, and pet of the household had given back the spirit to its Maker.
While the little soul returns to God who gave it, unscathed, and unspotted by its short conflict in this sinful world, it leaves behind without detaching from its own brightness, a path of light that will ever serve as a guide to those with whom it came in touch.
The little girl was born July 16th, 1915, and died Tuesday evening, January 11th, 1916, aged 5 months and 25 days.
She was taken ill Sunday, January 2d, with acute kidney trouble and in spite of every thing that could be done grew gradually worse until the end.
The parents have the sympathy of all in the loss of their only child, as well as the grandfather, Floyd J. Ware, to whom the little one had become greatly endeared and to whom her death was a sad blow.
The funeral services were held at the Methodist Episcopal church this afternoon, conducted by Rev. William Mercer and interment took place in Rose Hill cemetery.