Memorial service: 2 p.m. Friday, Kingston Congregational Church. Private family burial: Old Fernwood Cemetery, Kingston. Arrangements: Avery-Storti Funeral Home, Kingston. Memorials may be made to the South County Hospital Volunteer Association, 100 Canyon Ave., Wakefield, R.I.; or Hospice Care of Rhode Island, 143 Main St., Wakefield.
Gordon G. Bledsoe
1913-1999
HARLINGEN, California for 30 years and in Iowa.
Graveside service and burial: 10 a.m. Thursday, Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joseph. Family visitation: 6:30 to 8 tonight, at Meierhoffer Family Funeral Care, St. Joseph.
Maxon L. Davidson
TARKIO, Mo. -- Maxon Luke Davidson, two-day-old son of Joseph and JoAnn Davidson, Tarkio, died Monday, July 5, 1999, at a Kansas City hospital.
Maxon was born at a Kansas City hospital on July 3, 1999.
Additional survivors: two brothers, Adler J. and Erik P., both of the home; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Murray, Lowry, Minn.; paternal grandparents, Wayne and Betty Davidson, Tarkio; maternal great-grandfathers, Roland Kraft, Blackduck, Minn., and James Murray, Brainerd, Minn.; and paternal great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Davidson, Clearwater, Fla.
Service: 2 p.m. Friday, Baptist Church, Tarkio. Burial: Tarkio Home Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Arrangements: Davis Funeral Home, Tarkio. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church, Tarkio.
Elizabeth Deters
1912-1999
SENECA, Kan. -- Elizabeth (Fangman) Deters, 88, Seneca, died Monday, July 5, 1999, at a Seneca hospital.
Mrs. Deters was born July 22, 1912, on a farm north of Seneca and attended St. Mary's School, St. Benedict, Kan.
She was a member of SS. Peter & Paul Church, Seneca, and St. Ann's Altar Society of the church.
On Sept. 23, 1931, she married Joseph C. Deters in St. Benedict. They farmed north of Baileyville, Kan., until 1976, when they retired and moved to Seneca. He survives of Seneca.
Mrs. Deters was preceded in death by her parents, Anton and Mary Fangman; three sisters; and five brothers.
Additional survivors: three sons, Gerald, Seattle, John, Topeka, Kan., and Stephen, Baileyville; two daughters, Janice Wallace, Albuquerque, N.M., and Doris Grilliot, Mount Pleasant, Missouri.
In 1934, he married Mae Kline in Kansas City. She died in 1984. Then he married Cynthia A. Thomas on March 17, 1986, in Gallatin. She survives of the home.
Mr. Doyle also was preceded in death by his parents, Michael R. and Pearl; and two sisters, Madonna M. Temple and Monta Bryant.
Additional survivors: a nephew and foster child, Gerald W. Temple, Breckenridge, Mo.; a stepson, Jim Pierce, Gallatin; a stepdaughter, Constance L. Thomas, Gallatin; seven stepgrandchildren; and 11 step great-grandchildren.
Service: 1:30 p.m. Friday, Bram Funeral Home, Gallatin. Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Breckenridge. Visitation: after 9 a.m. Thursday, at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Memorials may be made to the Comfort Care Hospice, 314 W. 4th St., Cameron, MO 64429, or First Baptist Church, 511 W. Richardson, Gallatin, MO 64440.
Esther Fox
1909-1999
PARKVILLE, Mo. -- Esther Fox, 90, Parkville, in Platte County, Mo., died Sunday, July 4, 1999, at her home.
Born in Lincoln, Neb., on March 11, 1909, Mrs. Fox had lived in Caldwell, Kan., and North Kansas City, Mo., before moving to Parkville in 1932.
A homemaker, she was a member of Moore's Extension Club in Platte City and was a democratic committeewoman for Waldron, Mo.
Mrs. Fox was preceded in death by her husband, Lee H. Fox, in 1995; three brothers, Art, Victor and John Murdock; and three sisters, Nellie Boylans, Dorothy Meyer and Clara Murdock.
Surviving: a sister, Alice Culop, Wichtia, Kan.
Service: 1 p.m. today, Rollins Funeral Home, Platte City, Mo. Burial: Platte City Cemetery.
Gene Furlong
1928-1999
COLORADO SPRINGS, Missouri Employment Office, St. Joseph, and a Fashion Bar in Colorado.
He was born Jan. 30, 1928, in Trenton.
On March 1, 1973, he married his second wife, Betty Hess, in Trenton. She survives of the home.
Mr. Furlong was preceded in death by his first wife, Barbara; his parents, Mike and May; and a brother, Stanley.
Surviving: a daughter, Theresa Cordua, South Sherman, Calif., and David, Reno, Nev.; four stepsons, Danual Riddle, Colo. -- Lorene "Do" (Crawford) Hodges, 84, Colorado Springs, formerly of St. Joseph, died Friday, July 2, 1999, at her residence.
Mrs. Hodges had been employed by the St. Joseph Credit Bureau in St. Joseph. She also had owned and operated the Maytag Westside Laundromat of Colorado Springs.
Born on Jan. 24, 1915, she moved from St. Joseph to Colorado Springs 36 years ago.
Mrs. Hodges was a former member of the Woodson Chapel Christian Church and Shady Beach Rebecca Lodge, both of St. Joseph.
On May 30, 1932, she married Ray Hodges. He survives of the home.
Mrs. Hodges was preceded in death by a daughter, Shirley Shewmaker; and her parents, James and Avice Crawford.
Additional survivors: a daughter, Carla Heiser, Colorado Springs; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
Service: 1 p.m. today, Shrine of Remembrance Funeral Home, Colorado Springs. Burial: Woodland Park Cemetery, Colorado Springs.
Franklin D. Bright
1927-1999
SALEM, Neb. -- Franklin D. "Red'' Bright, 72, Salem, died Wednesday, July 7, 1999, at a hospital in Lincoln, Neb.
Mr. Bright had owned and operated a backhoe business since 1971, and other equipment business. He also had operated a mechanical shop in Falls City and Verdon, Neb.
Born in Siloam Springs, Ark., on July 6, 1927, he moved with his parents as a child to Shubert, Neb., and then Dawson, Neb.
On Jan. 19, 1949, he married Donna B. Ackerman in Pawnee City, Neb. They made their home near Shubert for two years before moving to Humboldt, Neb., where they lived for five years. The Brights moved to Verdon in 1956 and Salem in 1994. She survives in a health-care center in Falls City.
Mr. Bright was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Janice M.; his parents, Charles and Florence; a brother, John; and two half sisters, Edith McKinney and Bernice Stringfield.
Additional survivors: Mildred White of the home; a son, Mark, Milford, Neb.; a daughter, Paula Blevins, Savannah, Mo.; a brother, Myron, Humboldt; a sister, Rachel Kunze, Humboldt; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Service: 10 a.m. Saturday, Dorr Funeral Home, Falls City. Burial: Verdon Cemetery. Family visitation: 7 to 8 tonight, at the funeral home.