Thomas was the son of Alfred Bedford and Charlotte Willey. He married Pearl Cuthbertson on Feb 28, 1906 at Carroll, Iowa. They were the parents of Lloyd and Ruth.
Feb 26, 1981 - Carroll Daily Times - Thomas Melvin Bedford, whose memories of Carroll county spanned an era of rolling prairies crossed by wild animals, Indians, and migrating Mormons, died Tuesday Feb 24, at age 101.
One of the oldest residents of the county, Bedford was born Sept 13, 1879 in Pleasant Valley Township. He was the son of Alfred and Charlotte Willey Bedford. His father was a Baptist preacher and homesteader who also worked for the railroad.
Services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday Feb 27 at the Dahn & Woodhouse Funeral Home in Glidden, with the Rev Scott Burkley, pastor of the United Presbyterian Church, officiating. Pallbeareres wil be Bill Gregory, Jack Neubauer, John Zimmerman, Jr., Bob Gregory, Art Miller, and George Hobbs Jr. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery at Glidden.
Survivors include a son, Lloyd Bedford of Ralston and a daughter, Mrs Edwin (Ruth) Barclay of Stuart, FL.
He was preceded in death by his wife and three brothers. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church.
During his lifetime, Bedford witnessed more than a century of Carroll County history. He recalled his boyhood on a farm located three miles south of the present municipal airport in a Times Herald interview conducted on his 100th birthday last year.
He said nearly all the land in this area was rolling prairie filled with snakes and wild animals when he was a boy and he also told of Indians living in buffalo hide wigwams.
"You had to corral all the farm animals every night to protect them from the wolves and coyotes," he said. Bedford said he once saw a group of Mormons travelling across the county on their way to new homesteading territories in the West.
He said the secret of his longevity was to "live a clean life and tend to your own business." Religion played an important role in his life, and he said his most prized possession was his father's Bible.
Bedford married Pearl Cuthbertson on Feb 28, 1906 in Carroll and the couple farmed at three different locations. Their last farm was located 2 1/2 miles south of Ralston. He retired from farming in 1943 and he and his wife lived for a time in Council Bluffs, returning to Carroll in 1955. He said his longest trip away from Carroll was to Omaha.
Bedford died at the Carroll Health Center nursing home where his had been a resident since 1971.
Feb 26, 1981 - Carroll Daily Times - Thomas Melvin Bedford, whose memories of Carroll county spanned an era of rolling prairies crossed by wild animals, Indians, and migrating Mormons, died Tuesday Feb 24, at age 101.
One of the oldest residents of the county, Bedford was born Sept 13, 1879 in Pleasant Valley Township. He was the son of Alfred and Charlotte Willey Bedford. His father was a Baptist preacher and homesteader who also worked for the railroad.
Services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday Feb 27 at the Dahn & Woodhouse Funeral Home in Glidden, with the Rev Scott Burkley, pastor of the United Presbyterian Church, officiating. Pallbeareres wil be Bill Gregory, Jack Neubauer, John Zimmerman, Jr., Bob Gregory, Art Miller, and George Hobbs Jr. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery at Glidden.
Survivors include a son, Lloyd Bedford of Ralston and a daughter, Mrs Edwin (Ruth) Barclay of Stuart, FL.
He was preceded in death by his wife and three brothers. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church.
During his lifetime, Bedford witnessed more than a century of Carroll County history. He recalled his boyhood on a farm located three miles south of the present municipal airport in a Times Herald interview conducted on his 100th birthday last year.
He said nearly all the land in this area was rolling prairie filled with snakes and wild animals when he was a boy and he also told of Indians living in buffalo hide wigwams.
"You had to corral all the farm animals every night to protect them from the wolves and coyotes," he said. Bedford said he once saw a group of Mormons travelling across the county on their way to new homesteading territories in the West.
He said the secret of his longevity was to "live a clean life and tend to your own business." Religion played an important role in his life, and he said his most prized possession was his father's Bible.
Bedford married Pearl Cuthbertson on Feb 28, 1906 in Carroll and the couple farmed at three different locations. Their last farm was located 2 1/2 miles south of Ralston. He retired from farming in 1943 and he and his wife lived for a time in Council Bluffs, returning to Carroll in 1955. He said his longest trip away from Carroll was to Omaha.
Bedford died at the Carroll Health Center nursing home where his had been a resident since 1971.
Thomas was the son of Alfred Bedford and Charlotte Willey. He married Pearl Cuthbertson on Feb 28, 1906 at Carroll, Iowa. They were the parents of Lloyd and Ruth.
Feb 26, 1981 - Carroll Daily Times - Thomas Melvin Bedford, whose memories of Carroll county spanned an era of rolling prairies crossed by wild animals, Indians, and migrating Mormons, died Tuesday Feb 24, at age 101.
One of the oldest residents of the county, Bedford was born Sept 13, 1879 in Pleasant Valley Township. He was the son of Alfred and Charlotte Willey Bedford. His father was a Baptist preacher and homesteader who also worked for the railroad.
Services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday Feb 27 at the Dahn & Woodhouse Funeral Home in Glidden, with the Rev Scott Burkley, pastor of the United Presbyterian Church, officiating. Pallbeareres wil be Bill Gregory, Jack Neubauer, John Zimmerman, Jr., Bob Gregory, Art Miller, and George Hobbs Jr. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery at Glidden.
Survivors include a son, Lloyd Bedford of Ralston and a daughter, Mrs Edwin (Ruth) Barclay of Stuart, FL.
He was preceded in death by his wife and three brothers. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church.
During his lifetime, Bedford witnessed more than a century of Carroll County history. He recalled his boyhood on a farm located three miles south of the present municipal airport in a Times Herald interview conducted on his 100th birthday last year.
He said nearly all the land in this area was rolling prairie filled with snakes and wild animals when he was a boy and he also told of Indians living in buffalo hide wigwams.
"You had to corral all the farm animals every night to protect them from the wolves and coyotes," he said. Bedford said he once saw a group of Mormons travelling across the county on their way to new homesteading territories in the West.
He said the secret of his longevity was to "live a clean life and tend to your own business." Religion played an important role in his life, and he said his most prized possession was his father's Bible.
Bedford married Pearl Cuthbertson on Feb 28, 1906 in Carroll and the couple farmed at three different locations. Their last farm was located 2 1/2 miles south of Ralston. He retired from farming in 1943 and he and his wife lived for a time in Council Bluffs, returning to Carroll in 1955. He said his longest trip away from Carroll was to Omaha.
Bedford died at the Carroll Health Center nursing home where his had been a resident since 1971.
Feb 26, 1981 - Carroll Daily Times - Thomas Melvin Bedford, whose memories of Carroll county spanned an era of rolling prairies crossed by wild animals, Indians, and migrating Mormons, died Tuesday Feb 24, at age 101.
One of the oldest residents of the county, Bedford was born Sept 13, 1879 in Pleasant Valley Township. He was the son of Alfred and Charlotte Willey Bedford. His father was a Baptist preacher and homesteader who also worked for the railroad.
Services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday Feb 27 at the Dahn & Woodhouse Funeral Home in Glidden, with the Rev Scott Burkley, pastor of the United Presbyterian Church, officiating. Pallbeareres wil be Bill Gregory, Jack Neubauer, John Zimmerman, Jr., Bob Gregory, Art Miller, and George Hobbs Jr. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery at Glidden.
Survivors include a son, Lloyd Bedford of Ralston and a daughter, Mrs Edwin (Ruth) Barclay of Stuart, FL.
He was preceded in death by his wife and three brothers. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church.
During his lifetime, Bedford witnessed more than a century of Carroll County history. He recalled his boyhood on a farm located three miles south of the present municipal airport in a Times Herald interview conducted on his 100th birthday last year.
He said nearly all the land in this area was rolling prairie filled with snakes and wild animals when he was a boy and he also told of Indians living in buffalo hide wigwams.
"You had to corral all the farm animals every night to protect them from the wolves and coyotes," he said. Bedford said he once saw a group of Mormons travelling across the county on their way to new homesteading territories in the West.
He said the secret of his longevity was to "live a clean life and tend to your own business." Religion played an important role in his life, and he said his most prized possession was his father's Bible.
Bedford married Pearl Cuthbertson on Feb 28, 1906 in Carroll and the couple farmed at three different locations. Their last farm was located 2 1/2 miles south of Ralston. He retired from farming in 1943 and he and his wife lived for a time in Council Bluffs, returning to Carroll in 1955. He said his longest trip away from Carroll was to Omaha.
Bedford died at the Carroll Health Center nursing home where his had been a resident since 1971.
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