Obituary Harry Stanley Bishop,
Middletown, Missouri, 17 Sep 1964
Wellsville Optic News, Montgomery County, Wellsville, Missouri, 25 September 1964 Harry Bishop Funeral on Saturday at Bethel. Funeral Services for Harry S. Bishop, 75, well-known and substantial farmer of Middletown, were held on Saturday afternoon at two o'clock at Bethel Church near Montgomery City. Burial was in the Bethel Cemetery. Rev. Thomas Adams, pastor of the Wellsville and Middletown Methodist church, conducted services. The following served as pallbearers: William Crouch, Wilford Bishop, Harry Bishop, Sam Bishop, William Bishop, Graham Bishop, Gary Frost and Tom Crouch. Mr. Bishop's death occurred on Thursday afternoon at the Audrain Hospital in Mexico. He had been in his usual health until Monday morning when he was stricken with a heart attack and taken to the hospital. The body was brought to the Wells Funeral Home in Wellsville. Harry Stanley Bishop was born January 21, 1889, in Montgomery County, son of the late Samuel Calvin and Alice Hayden Bishop. Survivors include the following children in addition to his wife: Clark W. Bishop of St. Louis, Mo., H. Sam Bishop and John W. Bishop of Wellsville; Mrs Clinton (Nellie) Frost of St. Louis, Mo.; and Mrs. Eleanor Allison of Warrenton. Besides his wife and children, he is survived by three daughters-in-law and two sons-in-law; twelve grandchildren and one great grandchild; five brothers, John, Clarence, Howell and James Bishop of Montgomery City, Mo.; and Roy C. Bishop of St. Petersburg, Fla.; and a host of nieces and nephews. Three brothers have preceded him in death, Elliott, William and Addison Bishop. In early manhood, Mr. Bishop united with the Bethel Methodist Church, Montgomery City, Mo., where he remained a member until his death. Most of his life was spent in and near Montgomery City and Middletown, Mo., area, where he was engaged in farming with the exception of eight years when he served as Assessor of Montgomery County from 1912 to 1920. Mr. Bishop will be missed by his family and friends.
Obituary Eunice Alvia (Clement) Bishop,
Wellsville, Missouri, 5 Mar 1981
Montgomery Standard, Montgomery County, Montgomery City, Missouri, 12 March 1981 Middletown News - Sympathy is extended to the family of Mrs. Alvia Bishop, 88, of Wellsville, who passed away on Thursday, March 5. Funeral services were conducted on Sunday afternoon, with burial in the Bethel Cemetery. Her husband preceded her in death. Survivors include, three sons, Clark W. Bishop, of Florissant, Harry Samuel Bishop and John William Bishop of rural Wellsville; two daughters, Mrs, Nellie Frost of St Louis and Mrs. Eleanor Allison of Middletown, sisters, grandchildren and great grandchildren.