Individual Details

The Nevada Daily Mail, Nevada, Missouri, Thursday, January 3, 1991, Page 2, Col. 2: Mabel L. Bear, 94, Rich Hill, died Dec. 30, 1990, at Bates County Memorial Hospital of kidney failure. The daughter of Dan and Jennie (Holtman) Kile, she was born Oct. 13, 1896, in El Dorado Springs. She was a member of the Rich Hill Baptist Church. Survivors include three sons, Clarence Bear, Euless, Texas, Ralph Bear, Shawnee, Kan., and Marvin Bear, Reno, Nev.; four daughters, Edith Morrison Grimes, Brunswick, Blanche Lewis Johnson, Overland Park, Kan., Beulah Gill, Rich Hill, and Dorothy Clarkson of Independence; 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. Services were held Jan. 1 at the Sheldon-Booth Chapel with the Rev. Paul Grimes officiating and the Rev. Lyle Chappell assisting. Music was provided by the Bethany Mennonite Choir and Angell Lee Palmer, organist. Pallbearers were Phil Morrison, Leon Gill, Randy Bear, Steve Bear, David Bedwell and Bob Vermillion. Honorary bearers were Mark Bear, Scott Morrison, David Bedwell Jr., Stephen Craig, Jim Black and Rae Black. The family suggests memorials to the Rich Hill Baptist Church building fund.

Birth	13 Sep 1896	El Dorado, Cedar Co., Missouri
Residence	1900	Eldorado Springs, Cedar Co., Missouri
Marriage	26 Oct 1915	Butler, Bates Co., Missouri - Alfred Nolan Bear
Death	30 Dec 1990	Butler, Bates Co., Missouri
Burial		Sheldon Cemetery, Sheldon, Vernon Co., Missouri

Spouse	Alfred Nolan Bear (1896 - 1983)
Child	Edith Catherine Bear (1916 - 1999)
Child	Blanche Elaine Bear (1918 - 2005)
Child	Beulah Gertrude Bear (1921 - 2008)
Child	Clarence Everett Bear (1923 - 2004)
Child	Dorothy L Bear (1928 - )
Child	Mary Ruth Bear ( - 1991)
Child	Ralph Wyatt Bear (1934 - )
Child	Marvin Lee Bear (1938 - 2003)
Child	Michael "Mike" Bear ( - 1991)