Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa)
Monday April 7, 1924 [p. 1]
H. B. RHOADS, MANY YEARS LOCAL DRUGGIST, FOUND DEAD
Harry Rhoads, the Pioneer Druggist of Bedford Was Found Dead in Bed Sunday Morning by His Family
Yesterday morning about 8:00 o'clock when the daughter went to her father's room to call him for breakfast she found his lifeless body lying on the bed. About one hour before, the family heard movements in the room and it was thought then that he was up walking around, but after waiting for some time and failing to come out of his room the daughter went to call him and found him dead.
While it has been expected, yet when the news was announced it came to his many friends as a shock. He had been suffering for some time with that fatal disease, cancer of the throat, and his passing was expected at any time. In the passing of Mr. Rhoads it removes from our midst one of our oldest residents, a man who was known by almost every resident in the county. His parents moved to Taylor County when he was a young man and located on a farm east of Bedford where he grew to manhood, after which he moved to Bedford and entered the drug and book business some 40 years ago or more under the firm name of the Rhoads-Remington Drug Co., located on the corner where the Bremer Drug store is now located. After several years he sold his interest to F. W. Bailey and opened a drug business for himself in the building where he conducted the business until his death.
Mr. Rhoads was a man who attended strictly to his own business and had friends wherever he was known. He had been one of our businessmen for over 40 years, and died in the harness.
He was born in Hillsborough, Ohio, and at the time of his death was aged 64 years.
Funeral services will be held at the Presbyterian Church tomorrow at 2:00 o'clock. The K. P.'s, of which order he was an honored member, will have charge. The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Lumbar.
He leaves to mourn his demise, his wife, two daughters and one son, who have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community.
[Rhoads, Harrison B. "Harry"]
Bedford Times-Republican
Thursday April 10, 1924 p. 4
Laid To Rest In Fairview Cemetery
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock the funeral services of the late H. [arrison] B. Rhoads took place at the Presbyterian Church. All business places were closed from 2 to 3 in honor of the man who had been in business in Bedford for some 40 years and was honored by all who knew him. The church was filled to its capacity and many could not gain entrance. The K. P's had charge of the funeral. After the services the body was followed by a host of friends to its last resting place in Fairview Cemetery.
Today we can all join in saying:
"Servant of God, well done;
Thy glorious warfare's past,
The battle's fought, the race is
won,
And thou art crowned at last."
The following obituary was read by Rev. Lumbar:
H. [arrison] B. Rhoads was born in Hillsborough, Ohio, January 20, 1860, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Rhoads; and here he received a common school education.
When a young man he came to Fairfield, Iowa, where he met, and in 1883, married [Martha] Anna Cummings [Cummins]. To them, four children were born. A daughter Helen died fifteen years ago; Hermia and Beryle are at home; and Hubert the only son lives at Des Moines. One brother, Tom, and a sister, Nan, preceeded him to the Great Beyond; his brother John lives in California, and Isaac, who was present at the funeral, lives in St. Louis, Mo.
For 40 years or more Mr. Rhoads has been an active businessman of Bedford, where he won the respect and confidence of his fellow businessmen and competitors, as well as of the community. He was a faithful and regular attendant upon church services, having joined the Presbyterian Church many years ago. He was a charter member of the K. P. Lodge.
Mr. Rhoads never made any display, but quietly and unobtrusively met the duties of home and community. Stricken several months ago with an incurable malady, he gradually failed; and though he suffered intensely he rarely complained. The end came expectedly and yet unexpectedly Sunday morning after being at the store until a late hour Saturday evening.
Your presence testifies to your appreciation of his character, and our sympathy goes out to these bereaved ones. No man can live in a community and transact business for 40 years without having an influence that lives long after he has gone.
Monday April 7, 1924 [p. 1]
H. B. RHOADS, MANY YEARS LOCAL DRUGGIST, FOUND DEAD
Harry Rhoads, the Pioneer Druggist of Bedford Was Found Dead in Bed Sunday Morning by His Family
Yesterday morning about 8:00 o'clock when the daughter went to her father's room to call him for breakfast she found his lifeless body lying on the bed. About one hour before, the family heard movements in the room and it was thought then that he was up walking around, but after waiting for some time and failing to come out of his room the daughter went to call him and found him dead.
While it has been expected, yet when the news was announced it came to his many friends as a shock. He had been suffering for some time with that fatal disease, cancer of the throat, and his passing was expected at any time. In the passing of Mr. Rhoads it removes from our midst one of our oldest residents, a man who was known by almost every resident in the county. His parents moved to Taylor County when he was a young man and located on a farm east of Bedford where he grew to manhood, after which he moved to Bedford and entered the drug and book business some 40 years ago or more under the firm name of the Rhoads-Remington Drug Co., located on the corner where the Bremer Drug store is now located. After several years he sold his interest to F. W. Bailey and opened a drug business for himself in the building where he conducted the business until his death.
Mr. Rhoads was a man who attended strictly to his own business and had friends wherever he was known. He had been one of our businessmen for over 40 years, and died in the harness.
He was born in Hillsborough, Ohio, and at the time of his death was aged 64 years.
Funeral services will be held at the Presbyterian Church tomorrow at 2:00 o'clock. The K. P.'s, of which order he was an honored member, will have charge. The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Lumbar.
He leaves to mourn his demise, his wife, two daughters and one son, who have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community.
[Rhoads, Harrison B. "Harry"]
Bedford Times-Republican
Thursday April 10, 1924 p. 4
Laid To Rest In Fairview Cemetery
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock the funeral services of the late H. [arrison] B. Rhoads took place at the Presbyterian Church. All business places were closed from 2 to 3 in honor of the man who had been in business in Bedford for some 40 years and was honored by all who knew him. The church was filled to its capacity and many could not gain entrance. The K. P's had charge of the funeral. After the services the body was followed by a host of friends to its last resting place in Fairview Cemetery.
Today we can all join in saying:
"Servant of God, well done;
Thy glorious warfare's past,
The battle's fought, the race is
won,
And thou art crowned at last."
The following obituary was read by Rev. Lumbar:
H. [arrison] B. Rhoads was born in Hillsborough, Ohio, January 20, 1860, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Rhoads; and here he received a common school education.
When a young man he came to Fairfield, Iowa, where he met, and in 1883, married [Martha] Anna Cummings [Cummins]. To them, four children were born. A daughter Helen died fifteen years ago; Hermia and Beryle are at home; and Hubert the only son lives at Des Moines. One brother, Tom, and a sister, Nan, preceeded him to the Great Beyond; his brother John lives in California, and Isaac, who was present at the funeral, lives in St. Louis, Mo.
For 40 years or more Mr. Rhoads has been an active businessman of Bedford, where he won the respect and confidence of his fellow businessmen and competitors, as well as of the community. He was a faithful and regular attendant upon church services, having joined the Presbyterian Church many years ago. He was a charter member of the K. P. Lodge.
Mr. Rhoads never made any display, but quietly and unobtrusively met the duties of home and community. Stricken several months ago with an incurable malady, he gradually failed; and though he suffered intensely he rarely complained. The end came expectedly and yet unexpectedly Sunday morning after being at the store until a late hour Saturday evening.
Your presence testifies to your appreciation of his character, and our sympathy goes out to these bereaved ones. No man can live in a community and transact business for 40 years without having an influence that lives long after he has gone.
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa)
Monday April 7, 1924 [p. 1]
H. B. RHOADS, MANY YEARS LOCAL DRUGGIST, FOUND DEAD
Harry Rhoads, the Pioneer Druggist of Bedford Was Found Dead in Bed Sunday Morning by His Family
Yesterday morning about 8:00 o'clock when the daughter went to her father's room to call him for breakfast she found his lifeless body lying on the bed. About one hour before, the family heard movements in the room and it was thought then that he was up walking around, but after waiting for some time and failing to come out of his room the daughter went to call him and found him dead.
While it has been expected, yet when the news was announced it came to his many friends as a shock. He had been suffering for some time with that fatal disease, cancer of the throat, and his passing was expected at any time. In the passing of Mr. Rhoads it removes from our midst one of our oldest residents, a man who was known by almost every resident in the county. His parents moved to Taylor County when he was a young man and located on a farm east of Bedford where he grew to manhood, after which he moved to Bedford and entered the drug and book business some 40 years ago or more under the firm name of the Rhoads-Remington Drug Co., located on the corner where the Bremer Drug store is now located. After several years he sold his interest to F. W. Bailey and opened a drug business for himself in the building where he conducted the business until his death.
Mr. Rhoads was a man who attended strictly to his own business and had friends wherever he was known. He had been one of our businessmen for over 40 years, and died in the harness.
He was born in Hillsborough, Ohio, and at the time of his death was aged 64 years.
Funeral services will be held at the Presbyterian Church tomorrow at 2:00 o'clock. The K. P.'s, of which order he was an honored member, will have charge. The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Lumbar.
He leaves to mourn his demise, his wife, two daughters and one son, who have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community.
[Rhoads, Harrison B. "Harry"]
Bedford Times-Republican
Thursday April 10, 1924 p. 4
Laid To Rest In Fairview Cemetery
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock the funeral services of the late H. [arrison] B. Rhoads took place at the Presbyterian Church. All business places were closed from 2 to 3 in honor of the man who had been in business in Bedford for some 40 years and was honored by all who knew him. The church was filled to its capacity and many could not gain entrance. The K. P's had charge of the funeral. After the services the body was followed by a host of friends to its last resting place in Fairview Cemetery.
Today we can all join in saying:
"Servant of God, well done;
Thy glorious warfare's past,
The battle's fought, the race is
won,
And thou art crowned at last."
The following obituary was read by Rev. Lumbar:
H. [arrison] B. Rhoads was born in Hillsborough, Ohio, January 20, 1860, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Rhoads; and here he received a common school education.
When a young man he came to Fairfield, Iowa, where he met, and in 1883, married [Martha] Anna Cummings [Cummins]. To them, four children were born. A daughter Helen died fifteen years ago; Hermia and Beryle are at home; and Hubert the only son lives at Des Moines. One brother, Tom, and a sister, Nan, preceeded him to the Great Beyond; his brother John lives in California, and Isaac, who was present at the funeral, lives in St. Louis, Mo.
For 40 years or more Mr. Rhoads has been an active businessman of Bedford, where he won the respect and confidence of his fellow businessmen and competitors, as well as of the community. He was a faithful and regular attendant upon church services, having joined the Presbyterian Church many years ago. He was a charter member of the K. P. Lodge.
Mr. Rhoads never made any display, but quietly and unobtrusively met the duties of home and community. Stricken several months ago with an incurable malady, he gradually failed; and though he suffered intensely he rarely complained. The end came expectedly and yet unexpectedly Sunday morning after being at the store until a late hour Saturday evening.
Your presence testifies to your appreciation of his character, and our sympathy goes out to these bereaved ones. No man can live in a community and transact business for 40 years without having an influence that lives long after he has gone.
Monday April 7, 1924 [p. 1]
H. B. RHOADS, MANY YEARS LOCAL DRUGGIST, FOUND DEAD
Harry Rhoads, the Pioneer Druggist of Bedford Was Found Dead in Bed Sunday Morning by His Family
Yesterday morning about 8:00 o'clock when the daughter went to her father's room to call him for breakfast she found his lifeless body lying on the bed. About one hour before, the family heard movements in the room and it was thought then that he was up walking around, but after waiting for some time and failing to come out of his room the daughter went to call him and found him dead.
While it has been expected, yet when the news was announced it came to his many friends as a shock. He had been suffering for some time with that fatal disease, cancer of the throat, and his passing was expected at any time. In the passing of Mr. Rhoads it removes from our midst one of our oldest residents, a man who was known by almost every resident in the county. His parents moved to Taylor County when he was a young man and located on a farm east of Bedford where he grew to manhood, after which he moved to Bedford and entered the drug and book business some 40 years ago or more under the firm name of the Rhoads-Remington Drug Co., located on the corner where the Bremer Drug store is now located. After several years he sold his interest to F. W. Bailey and opened a drug business for himself in the building where he conducted the business until his death.
Mr. Rhoads was a man who attended strictly to his own business and had friends wherever he was known. He had been one of our businessmen for over 40 years, and died in the harness.
He was born in Hillsborough, Ohio, and at the time of his death was aged 64 years.
Funeral services will be held at the Presbyterian Church tomorrow at 2:00 o'clock. The K. P.'s, of which order he was an honored member, will have charge. The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Lumbar.
He leaves to mourn his demise, his wife, two daughters and one son, who have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community.
[Rhoads, Harrison B. "Harry"]
Bedford Times-Republican
Thursday April 10, 1924 p. 4
Laid To Rest In Fairview Cemetery
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock the funeral services of the late H. [arrison] B. Rhoads took place at the Presbyterian Church. All business places were closed from 2 to 3 in honor of the man who had been in business in Bedford for some 40 years and was honored by all who knew him. The church was filled to its capacity and many could not gain entrance. The K. P's had charge of the funeral. After the services the body was followed by a host of friends to its last resting place in Fairview Cemetery.
Today we can all join in saying:
"Servant of God, well done;
Thy glorious warfare's past,
The battle's fought, the race is
won,
And thou art crowned at last."
The following obituary was read by Rev. Lumbar:
H. [arrison] B. Rhoads was born in Hillsborough, Ohio, January 20, 1860, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Rhoads; and here he received a common school education.
When a young man he came to Fairfield, Iowa, where he met, and in 1883, married [Martha] Anna Cummings [Cummins]. To them, four children were born. A daughter Helen died fifteen years ago; Hermia and Beryle are at home; and Hubert the only son lives at Des Moines. One brother, Tom, and a sister, Nan, preceeded him to the Great Beyond; his brother John lives in California, and Isaac, who was present at the funeral, lives in St. Louis, Mo.
For 40 years or more Mr. Rhoads has been an active businessman of Bedford, where he won the respect and confidence of his fellow businessmen and competitors, as well as of the community. He was a faithful and regular attendant upon church services, having joined the Presbyterian Church many years ago. He was a charter member of the K. P. Lodge.
Mr. Rhoads never made any display, but quietly and unobtrusively met the duties of home and community. Stricken several months ago with an incurable malady, he gradually failed; and though he suffered intensely he rarely complained. The end came expectedly and yet unexpectedly Sunday morning after being at the store until a late hour Saturday evening.
Your presence testifies to your appreciation of his character, and our sympathy goes out to these bereaved ones. No man can live in a community and transact business for 40 years without having an influence that lives long after he has gone.
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