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Survivor(s): Vera Hanson, Betty Marsh, Velma Jasperson, Kenneth Hyde and James R. Maitland.¹³

Survived by his wife, Rosina Hyde. Survived by one parent, Betsy Thronson Hyde. Survivor(s): Russell Hyde, Kenneth Hyde, Vera Mae Hansen (sic), Velma Lucille Marsh, Betty Marsh and Albert Marsh. Predeceased by one parent, Amos Hyde. He was predeceased by another daughter.⁴

Neighborhood News
     Genoa
     Mr. and Mrs. David Maitland were pleasantly surprised Tuesday afternoon when a company of friends and relatives arrived to celebrate Mrs. Maitland's birthday anniversary. The afternoon was spent playing bingo in which prizes were won by Mrs. Fay Cook and Mrs. Arthur Robinson of Sycamore, and the honoree. Later a supper which the ladies had brought, was served picnic style in the yard. In the evening Mrs. Maitland was delighted to receive a telephone call from her daughter, Mrs. Will Trafford, of Belmond, Ia., who had sent a set of dishes as her gift. Mrs. Maitland also received many congratulatory cards and gifts of money. Those who assisted is making the occasion such a pleasant and memorable one were her daughter and husband, the Rufus Haefeners (sic), son, David, of DeKalb.
     Mr. and Mrs. Jess Gardner, Mrs. Dick Cook, Mrs. Arthur Robinson, Mrs. Fay Cook, Mrs. Harry Grahn of Sycamore, Mrs. Charles Schmock, Mrs. Frank Halber Jr. and two daughters, Donna and Norma Jean.⁸

Mrs. David H. Maitland of Genoa, former well known and esteemed Sycamore resident, passed away at 9 o'clock Monday morning at the Glidden Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient, since Wednesday of last week. She was afflicted with a heart ailment.

Luella Adelia Gardner was the daughter of Andrew and Mary Black Gardner and was born on July 8, 1875, at Longton, Lynn County, Kansas. When she was but four years of age, her father, died, and she and her mother and the other four children came to Sycamore to make their home. She attended the local schools, growing to young womanhood there. On October 15, 1890, she was married to David H. Maitlands (sic) at Sycamore. Most of their married life was spent in Sycamore, with the exception of a few years, when they moved to Klemme, Ia., and were engaged in farming there. They returned to Sycamore and remained here, until Mr. Maitland retired, about 12 years ago, then moved to Genoa, where the home has since been made.

Mrs. Maitland's life was beautifully and fully lived. She was a faithful member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Sycamore. Her admirable traits of character acquired many friends for her.

Surviving her demise are her husband and three children, Mrs. Jennie Trafford of Belmond, Iowa, Henry Maitland of Beloit. Wis., and Mrs. Helen Haefner of DeKalb. Surviving also are two sisters, Mrs. Richard Cook and Mrs. Arthur Robinson, both of Sycamore, three brothers, Jesse Gardner of this city, Raymond of Maple Park and Floyd Winans of Los Angeles, Calif., also five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. A brother, James, preceded her in death.

Funeral rites are to be conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Kebil Funeral Home at 2 o'clock. It will be a Christian Science service, burial taking place in the Elmwood cemetery.¹

Survived by his wife, the former Elsie Gandy. Survivor(s): Donald Haefner and Doris Waldrop. Predeceased by his wife, the former Helen Maitland. Predeceased by his parents: Wesley Haefner and Alice Schultz.²

Death of Arthur Meade
     Former Sycamore Boy, Son of Well Known Horseman, Passed Away On Monday After Long Illness At His Home In Belvidere
     Arthur Meade, who passed most of the years of his youth in Sycamore, where he was well known, died at his home, 1609 Pearl street, Belvidere, on Monday evening, after a long illness. The funeral services were held at the home on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. H. E. Rompel officiating, and the interment was in Belvidere cemetery.
     The Belvidere Republican says:
     There survive his wife, one son, Dwight of Chicago; his father, Benjamin Meade and two brothers, Frank of Belvidere, and Edward of Genoa.
     The deceased was born in Belvidere January 24, 1847. His home for a number of years had been in Elgin, Ill., and Kalamazoo, Mich., but he returned to Belvidere about four years ago and has since resided here.
     Mr. Meade was highly esteemed in the community and was of a genial and kindly temperment. His many friends will much deplore his demise and extend their sincere sympathy to the bereaved family.
     The father, Benjamin Meade, was a pioneer of this section, living here when the old stage coaches were the means of travel through this section. He is now living at a remarkable age, having reached 95 years, and is active and comparatively well, being able to drive horses and get about the city.¹

The Maid of Honour and Best Man were Howard Maitland. His parent(s) were listed as Lyman Ator and Mrs. Lyman Ator. Her parents were listed as Dr. Everett P Maitland and Edna Manhinney (sic).¹

Marriage of Adah Maitland is told in Missouri Newspaper
     The recent marriage of Miss Adah Maitland, grand-daughter of Mrs. James Maitland former well known residents here, is told in the Kirksville Dairy Express and News of Kirksville, Mo. She was married to James T Ator, senior in the Kirksville State Teachers college and manual arts instructor in the Junior High school.
     Miss Maitland is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Everett P. Maitland, formerly of this community. Dr. Maitland was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Maitland and was born on the Mt Hunger road, east of this city. Mrs. Maitland was formerly Edna Manhinney who graduated from Sycamore schools 27 years ago. The account of the marriage from the Missouri paper follows:
     James T. Ator. senior in the Kirksville State Teachers college and manual arts instructor in the Junior High school, and Miss Adah Maitland, also a Teachers College senior and an employee in the registrar's office, were married yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents In LaPlata,
     The ceremony was performed in the presence of immediate relatives and friends of the couple. Howard Maitland and Miss Lucille Ator, brother and sister of the bride and bridegroom, respectively, were attendants and Miss Pearl Self was a guest,
     Mr. and Mrs. Ator then left for a wedding trip to Kansas City. They plan to return to Kirksville to establish their home in the Harrington apartments on the south side of the square in Kirksville.
     The bride is a. daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Maitland and Mr. Ator is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Ator. Their marriage culminates a romance that began when both were attending La Plata High school. He was graduated in 1926 and she the following year.
     In high school the bridegroom played football and basketball and he continued his athletic career upon entering the Teachers college, playing end position on the football team for three years. Last year he was a choice for all-conference honors. He is a member of the Sigma Tau Gamma, Blue Key and Alpha Phi Omega fraternities and the "K" club. He completes the college work this quarter.
     Mrs. Ator. while a high school student, established a speed typing record at the Northeast Missouri sprig meet that still stands and won the state event event (sic) at Columbia. She is a member of Delta. Sigma Epsilon, Pi Omega Pi, Kappa Delta, Pi, Student Council, Women's Court, and Alpha Phi Gamma Organizations on the campus. As president of Kappa Delta Pi she is a national convention in Washington, D. C. soon.¹

The Maid of Honour and Best Man were Howard Maitland. His parent(s) were listed as Lyman Ator and Mrs. Lyman Ator. Her parents were listed as Dr. Everett P Maitland and Edna Manhinney (sic).¹

Survivor(s): Adah Ator.³

Marriage of Adah Maitland is told in Missouri Newspaper
     The recent marriage of Miss Adah Maitland, grand-daughter of Mrs. James Maitland former well known residents here, is told in the Kirksville Dairy Express and News of Kirksville, Mo. She was married to James T Ator, senior in the Kirksville State Teachers college and manual arts instructor in the Junior High school.
     Miss Maitland is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Everett P. Maitland, formerly of this community. Dr. Maitland was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Maitland and was born on the Mt Hunger road, east of this city. Mrs. Maitland was formerly Edna Manhinney who graduated from Sycamore schools 27 years ago. The account of the marriage from the Missouri paper follows:
     James T. Ator. senior in the Kirksville State Teachers college and manual arts instructor in the Junior High school, and Miss Adah Maitland, also a Teachers College senior and an employee in the registrar's office, were married yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents In LaPlata,
     The ceremony was performed in the presence of immediate relatives and friends of the couple. Howard Maitland and Miss Lucille Ator, brother and sister of the bride and bridegroom, respectively, were attendants and Miss Pearl Self was a guest,
     Mr. and Mrs. Ator then left for a wedding trip to Kansas City. They plan to return to Kirksville to establish their home in the Harrington apartments on the south side of the square in Kirksville.
     The bride is a. daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Maitland and Mr. Ator is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Ator. Their marriage culminates a romance that began when both were attending La Plata High school. He was graduated in 1926 and she the following year.
     In high school the bridegroom played football and basketball and he continued his athletic career upon entering the Teachers college, playing end position on the football team for three years. Last year he was a choice for all-conference honors. He is a member of the Sigma Tau Gamma, Blue Key and Alpha Phi Omega fraternities and the "K" club. He completes the college work this quarter.
     Mrs. Ator. while a high school student, established a speed typing record at the Northeast Missouri sprig meet that still stands and won the state event event (sic) at Columbia. She is a member of Delta. Sigma Epsilon, Pi Omega Pi, Kappa Delta, Pi, Student Council, Women's Court, and Alpha Phi Gamma Organizations on the campus. As president of Kappa Delta Pi she is a national convention in Washington, D. C. soon.¹

Maitland-Mawhinney
     A wedding of interest to their many Sycamore friends, was that of Miss Edna Mawhinney and Mr. Everett Maitland, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Mawhinney, 828 West 35th street, on Wednesday afternoon, February 27, at 5 o'clock.
     The beautiful ring ceremony was used and, and Rev. Claude S. Moore, formerly of this city, pronounced them man and wife, in the presence of their families and a few intimate friends. The bride was beautifully gowned in white and was attended by Miss Della Parry of DeKalb, as bridesmaid.
     The groom was attended by his cousin, Mr. Frank Stark, of this city, as best man.
     After an inviting wedding dinner, the young couple started on a short wedding tour, after which they will be at home on the farm belonging to the groom's father, northeast of town.
     The bride or groom need no introduction to our readers. The bride is well and favorably known In Sycamore being a graduate of the Sycamore high school, and held in high esteem by a large circle of friends. The groom is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. James Maitland was born and grew to manhood here, and has a host of friends who extend to him and his wife the best wishes for their future.⁶

Maitland-Mawhinney
     A wedding of interest to their many Sycamore friends, was that of Miss Edna Mawhinney and Mr. Everett Maitland, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Mawhinney, 828 West 35th street, on Wednesday afternoon, February 27, at 5 o'clock.
     The beautiful ring ceremony was used and, and Rev. Claude S. Moore, formerly of this city, pronounced them man and wife, in the presence of their families and a few intimate friends. The bride was beautifully gowned in white and was attended by Miss Della Parry of DeKalb, as bridesmaid.
     The groom was attended by his cousin, Mr. Frank Stark, of this city, as best man.
     After an inviting wedding dinner, the young couple started on a short wedding tour, after which they will be at home on the farm belonging to the groom's father, northeast of town.
     The bride or groom need no introduction to our readers. The bride is well and favorably known In Sycamore being a graduate of the Sycamore high school, and held in high esteem by a large circle of friends. The groom is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. James Maitland [, he] was born and grew to manhood here, and has a host of friends who extend to him and his wife the best wishes for their future.⁶

Former Resident Dies in Missouri
Frank L. Stark received a telephone message last night from Howard Maitland of La Plata, Mo. telling of the death of his mother, Mrs. Everett Maitland, who passed away late that afternoon at their home in La Plata. Her husband, Dr. Maitland, a former well know veterinarian of Sycamore at this time is ill and confined at a hospital in La Plata. He is a cousin of Mr. Stark.

Mrs. Maitland was the former Edna Mawhinney and is also well known in Sycamore, where she had resided for a number of years, attending school here and graduating from the local high school in the class of 1905. Following her graduation she taught in the Mt. Hunger Road school. Mrs. Maitland was in her early 60's.

Surviving her demise are her husband, a son, Howard and a daughter Ada.

Final rites are to be held Wednesday at La Plata.

LA PLATA HOME PRESS, La Plata, Missouri
February 5, 1948
EDNA ADELLE MAITLAND
---Edna Adelle Mawhinney, the daughter of William H. and Belle Mawhinney, was born in Rosscommon, Michigan on September 5, 1886.
---She was united in marriage with Everett P. Maitland in Chicago, Illinois, February 27, 1907. To this union were born three children, Anna Belle who died in infancy, Adah and Howard.
---Mrs. Maitland died at the Laughlin Hospital in Kirksville, Missouri, Monday, February 2, at the age of sixty-one years, four months and twenty-eight days.
---She is survived by her husband, Everett; two children, Adah Maitland Ator of Des Moines, Iowa and Howard of La Plata; one brother, Harry A. Mahwhinney of Chicago and three grandchildren, Sharon Sue and Barbara Ann Maitland of La Plata and Jimy Ator of Des Moines.
---Funeral services were conducted in the Methodist Church Wednesday, February 4, at 2:00.¹⁴

Funeral Today For Mrs. E. P. Maitland
Funeral services for Mrs. E. P. Maitland, 61, who died in a kirksville hospital Monday afternoon, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Methodist Church in LaPlata conducted by the Rev. Gregory Poole. Burial was in the LaPlata Cemetery.

The late Mrs. Maitland had been a patient in the hospital only a few days.

She is the former Edna Adella Mawhinney, daughter of William H., and Belle Mawhinney, and was born in Rosscommon, Mich., Sept. 5, 1886. She was married to Everett P. Maitland in Chicago on Feb. 27, 1907. Three children were born to this marriage. One daughter, Anna Belle, died in infancy.

Mrs. Maitland is survived by her husband, Dr. E. P. Maitland; one daughter, Mrs. James (Adah) Ator, Des Moines, Ia., and one son, Howard, of La Plata; one brother, Harry Mawhinney, of Chicago and three grandchildren, Sharon Sue and Barbara Ann Maitland of La Plata, and Jimmie Ator of Des Moines.⁷

EDNA ADELLE MAITLAND
Edna Adelle Mawhinney, the daughter of William H. and Belle Mawhinney, was born in Rosscommon, Michigan on September 5, 1886.

She was united in marriage with Everett P. Maitland in Chicago, Illinois, February 27, 1907. To this union were born three children, Anna Belle who died in infancy, Adah and Howard.

Mrs. Maitland died at the Laughlin Hospital in Kirksville, Missouri, Monday, February 2, at the age of sixty-one years, four months and twenty-eight days.

She is survived by her husband, Everett; two children, Adah Maitland Ator of Des Moines, Iowa and Howard of La Plata; one brother, Harry A. Mahwhinney of Chicago and three grandchildren, Sharon Sue and Barbara Ann Maitland of La Plata and Jimy Ator of Des Moines.

Funeral services were conducted in the Methodist Church Wednesday, February 4, at 2:00.¹⁵

Look up her record in 1910 census and update citation memos.¹⁷

Survivor(s): Howard Maitland and Adah Ator. Predeceased: John S. Valentine, Dr. E P Maitland, Joseph B. Stephens and Martha Cook.⁶

Miss Stephens Married
Miss Bessie Eleanor Stephens and Mr. John Valentine, both well known young people in this city, were united in marriage at the home of the bride's father J. B. Stephens, on Thursday morning, December 8, at 10:30 o'clock Rev. J. P. Brushingham officiating.

On account of recent bereavement in the home, only immediate friends and relatives witnessed the ceremony.

The bride wore a white lace gown, with bridal veil, and natural wreath of flowers, carrying a bouquet of bridal roses.

The ceremony was performed beneath a beautiful arch of smilax and roses, from which was suspended a bridal bell, the entire arch being lighted with small incandescent electric lights.

After a short trip Mr. and Mrs. Valentine will be at home during the winter in Sycamore.⁵

Miss Stephens Married
Miss Bessie Eleanor Stephens and Mr. John Valentine, both well known young people in this city, were united in marriage at the home of the bride's father J. B. Stephens, on Thursday morning, December 8, at 10:30 o'clock Rev. J. P. Brushingham officiating.

On account of recent bereavement in the home, only immediate friends and relatives witnessed the ceremony.

The bride wore a white lace gown, with bridal veil, and natural wreath of flowers, carrying a bouquet of bridal roses.

The ceremony was performed beneath a beautiful arch of smilax and roses, from which was suspended a bridal bell, the entire arch being lighted with small incandescent electric lights.

After a short trip Mr. and Mrs. Valentine will be at home during the winter in Sycamore.⁴

John Valentine Taken By Death
     Widely Known Resident of DeKalb County Stricken at Grange Meeting in Malta; Lived in This Vicinity Many Years
     John Stanton Valentine, 53 years old, a widely known DeKalb county resident, died suddenly at a meeting of the Malta Grange in that village at about 9;30 o'clock Monday evening. He had been in his usual good health, and was seated in a chair when he slumped back, death striking before aid coul(d) reach him.
     Mr. Valentine was born in Polo, Ill., June 8, 1884, a son of George Howard and Mrs. Harriet Shaver Valentine. He spent his boyhood in Polo and Beatrice, Neb., where the family resided for some time. They returned to Polo, he completing his education at Dixon college.
     Live Here Many Years
     He moved to Sycamore when he was 19 years old, and married Miss Bessie Stephens, daughter of the late Atty. and Mrs. Joseph Stephens, Dec. 8, 1910. They resided near Sycamore since that time with the exception of two years spent in Lewistown, Mont., returning to this vicinity in 1918, locating near DeKalb.
     He was a member of the DeKalb (Turn to Page Three)
     Methodist church and vice-president of the Men's class of that church.
     Besides his widow he is survived by one son, Merle, DeKalb; two sisters, Mrs. Roland Butler of Iowa and Mrs. Eric Rhode now residing in California, and two brothers, George of Aurora, and Richard of Sycamore.
     Tentative funeral arrangements have been made. The services probably will be held Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock from the home in Oakland subdivision on the Sycamore-DeKalb road, and at 2:30 o'clock from the DeKalb First Methodist church. The body will lie in state at Wirtz and Wirtz parlors in DeKalb until Wednesday afternoon.²