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Medora Etta Shearer Bond

Female 1870 - 1937  (67 years)


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  • Name Medora Etta Shearer Bond 
    Nickname Etta Medora 
    Born 23 May 1870  Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 27 Jun 1937  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2050  Rossville
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2019 

    Father Peter Shearer,   b. 16 Sep 1836, Perry County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1898, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Medora McCarty Ackley Shearer,   b. 18 Jul 1843, Carrying Place Murry, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1919, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 10 Jan 1866 
    Family ID F530  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Morris Bond,   b. 4 Jul 1866, Pennsboro, Ritchie County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 1952  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 13 Jan 1892 
    Last Modified 1 Aug 2014 16:13:54 
    Family ID F531  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Bond, Etta
    Obituary- Bond, Etta
    THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1937
    DEATHS AND FUNERALS
    ETTA MEDORA BOND
    Mrs. Morris Band passed away about 7 o'clock Sunday morning, June 27, at her home. Her passing was sudden and unexpected despite an illness off and on the past fif¬teen years, and in the last few months bedfast from a broken hip.
    Through all these years she had
    the best medical attention that money could provide, a devoted and patient attention from her husband that has been noteworthy for its constancy.
    Mrs. Bond, whose only sister pre-ceded her in death only ten days previous, was the elder daughter of the late Peter and Medora Ackley Shearer. She had been a resident here since 1876. Her birth was Port Huron, Michigan, where she was born May 23, 1870.
    She was married to Morris Bond, January 13, 1892. She united with the Presbyterian church of Rossville in 1896.
    Surviving her are her husband, Morris Bond, three nieces, Ethelyn Ferguson, Edna Pearl and Irene Bond, one nephew, Clarence Emert all of Rossville.
    Funeral services were held at the home Tuesday afternoon 2:30 o’clock, conducted by the Reverend H. L. Nelson. Music was furnished by a quartette composed of Mrs. A.B. Jamieson, Mrs. Ruth Hesse, Mrs. C.E. Gresser and Mrs. Peter Navarre.
    Pall bearers were, C.E. Gresser, Roy McClain, Martin Whearty, Fred McCollough, Gus Kassebaum and J.C. Bradley.
    Burial was in Rossville cemetery.

    Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kassebaum, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Harvey, Mrs. Una Jamieson, Miss Margaret Bond, Mrs. Floyd Cless and Beverly, Mrs. Charity James of Topeka, were among the many out-of-town folk in Rossville, Tuesday, for the funeral of Mrs. Morris Bond.

    Mrs. John Glynn, Mrs. Barbara Bond and Mrs. Leota Zimek of St. Marys were in Rossville, Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Morris Bond.