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Maude Emma Ernest

Female 1879 - 1971  (92 years)


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  • Name Maude Emma Ernest  [1
    Born 03 Jan 1879  Taylor County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 13 Oct 1971  Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I9763  Jerry Milo Johnson
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2015 

    Father August Ernest,   b. 17 Oct 1843, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Aug 1906, Jackson Township, Taylor County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Hannah Magdeline Deitch,   b. 11 Jan 1858, Fredericksburg, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1923, Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married 02 Sep 1873  [1
    Family ID F3347  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Roy Orville Spurgeon,   b. 03 Aug 1881, Bloomfield, Davis, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1965, Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 31 Dec 1903  Near Fairgrove, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    Married:
    • Newspaper Announcement:
      Spurgeon, Roy wed Maud Ernest; 31 Dec near Fairgrove.
      (Bedford Times Republic & Bedford Free Press 07 Jan 1904; BFP 31 Dec 1903)
    Children 
     1. Leila M Spurgeon,   b. Abt 1904, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 23 Feb 1974  (Age ~ 70 years)  [Natural]
    Family ID F3374  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 03 Jan 1879 - Taylor County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 31 Dec 1903 - Near Fairgrove, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Oct 1971 - Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Listed in 1880 Iowa Census, Taylor County, Jackson Twp (ED# 218, Page 4)

      Listed in 1900 Iowa Census, Taylor County, Jackson Twp (ED# 122, Sheet 2B)

      Listed in 1910 Iowa Census, Taylor County, Bedford Twp (ED# 128, Sheet 2B)

      Newspaper Obit:
      Spurgeon, Maude Emma, b. 03 Jan 1879 Taylor Co; d. 13 Oct 1971 Bfd; wed 31 Dec 1903 Roy Spurgeon, 1 ch; f August Ernest; m Hannah --; interred Fairview - Bedford; #100.
      (Bedford 21 Oct 1971)

      Obit:
      Spurgeon, Maude Emma Ernest
      Maude Spurgeon Rites October 15
      Funeral services for Mrs. Roy (Maude) Spurgeon, 92, of Bedford, were held October 15 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home here with Carl Cummings officiating. Mrs. Spurgeon died October 13, 1971 at Pearl Terrace Manor in Bedford. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery.
      Maude Emma Ernest, daughter of August and Hannah [Ditch] Ernest, was born in Taylor County, Iowa January 3, 1879.
      On December 31, 1903, she was united in marriage to Roy Spurgeon, who passed away June 18, 1965. To them was born one daughter, Leila, now Mrs. Karl Zral of White Rock, B. C., Canada.
      Maude attended school at Forest Grove and lived in this community until young womanhood. She accepted Christ as her Savior and united with the Presbyterian Church during the pastorate of Rev. E. N. Ware.
      In 1912 the family moved to Canada and returned to Bedford in 1930 to make their home.
      She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three brothers and one sister.
      Left to cherish fond memories ae the daughter, Leila and her husband Karl; two granddaughters, Dorothy and her husband Gerry MacDonald, Judy and her husband, David Parish; four great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren, all living in Canada; two sisters, [Mary] Alice Brown and Lula Reece of Bedford; two brothers, Herman Ernest of Clarinda and Glen Ernest of Bedford; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.
      She was a kind and loving wife, mother, sister and friend, and she will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.
      Bedford Times-Press, Thursday October 21, 1971 p. 7

  • Sources 
    1. [S117] Chester Family Gedcom, Joe Chester.


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