Polk County Genealogical Society, Inc.
Headquartered in Bolivar, Missouri, United States of America

Folder/Item

1

1. Photo of Earl and Opal Biven, Mountain. Grove, MO
2. Four negatives of Hutcheson tombstone in Mt. Olive Cemetery
3. Five negatives of groups of women
4. Photo taken 20 Oct 1957 "Hope to send you a better picture sometime"
5. Film mailers (4) to Fo-Jo Studio
6. Empty envelope from Fo-Jo Studio addressed to Millie Lockhart w/order blanks (5)
7. Christmas photo card Earl and Opal Biven 50^th wedding anniversary 4 Oct 1976
8. Aunt Ida Biven—oldest sister of Minerva J. Coffman

2

1. Group photos of different families taken summer 1975 15 photos
2. Basket dinner b/w photo outdoor setting 4 photos
3. 24 unidentified photos

3

1. Carolyn Sue Arons 1954-55
2. Carolyn Sue Arons Gr. 4
3. Carolyn Sue Arons Gr. 8
4. Carolyn Sue Arons Gr. 10-
5. Sharon Ann Arons Gr. 1
6. Sharon Ann Arons Gr. 5
7. Bonnie Lou Arons 1954-55
8. Bonnie Lou Arons Gr. 3
9. Bonnie Lou Arons Gr. 7
10. Millie
11. Linda Dosser
12. Norvel (4) Gloria (2 mo.) 1951
13. Norvel 7 yrs. ‘55
14. Gloria 4 yrs. ‘55
15. Yvonne 6 yrs. ‘55
16. Yvonne Hildegard 3 yrs.
17. Cheryl Lynn Fugate 16 yrs.

4

1. Birth announcement –Jason Eugene Sikes 1976
2. Wedding photo Denise and Stacey Sikes 1988
3. Photo—Garnet, Babe, Gladys, Lester
4. Photo—Babe, Lester, Garnet
5. Birth announcement -- Timothy Blaine Hendricks 1945
6. Obituary—Melba Passalacqua Landreth
7. Wedding program—Judith A. Klingbeil and David M. Gosdeck
8. Thank you from Mrs. Mildred Root, Mr. & Mrs. Willard Root & family, Mrs. Eloise Andrews, Miss Mary Root sent to Lon Coffman 1966
9. Funeral card A. F. (Pete) Leavitt
10. Funeral card Mrs. Lydia Coffman
11. Birthdates of Lon and Lydia Coffman
12. Thank you from The Boyce Family to Lon Coffman 1965
13. Handmade Christmas card from Wanda
14. Anniversary card to Millie and Les from Julian, Sr., Elizabeth, Emily and Julian, Jr. Pace
15. Newspaper clipping—50^th Anniversary Mr. & Mrs. Albert Forgey
16. Post card to Mrs. Lon Coffman from F. H. McClernon, O.D. "I have not moved"
17. List of phone numbers
18. Empty photo mailer to Mrs. L. Milo Lockhart from Victor Photo Service
19. Receipt—Given Bros. Shoe Co. no date or name of buyer
20. Receipt—Thomas Ball Pump & Plumbing Service 1992 Millie Simpson
21. Receipt—water & sewer Lon Coffman 1962 & 1967 (2 receipts)
22. Business card—Joseph Overmyer, Mid West Hearing Aid Center
23. Blank application & flyer Great Northern Life Insurance Company
24. Picture of Mt. Rushmore—was to cover of Master Mix Feeder’s Digest 1973
25. List of names to wire about death of John/Father
26. Poem "War Widow"
27. "How to Use Your War Ration Book"
28. "Method of Application" facial care

5

1. Gladys and Irl Kincaid
2. Janice Killingsworth
3. Melvin "44"
4. Ruby (7) Sue (6) Lue (6) Nov. 1946
5. Ruth Ann Ormand
6. "With Love—Genevieve"
7. Aunt Doris (Doeia) 1952

6

1. Berneice Richardson Debolt
2. Ray Barton
3. Yvonne Ormand
4. Earlene Barton Lackey 2 folders
5. Earlene and Margene Barton
6. Lois Ashley
7. Lavern (to Aunt Fl & Uncle Lester)
8. Rudy Goodall "son of Clyde and Myrtle" on back of folder is written Thomas Anthony Goodall taken Nov 12, 1937

7

1. Ray Williams’ grave
2. June 28, 1953 taken on US Highway 95 near Rig - - , Idaho (2 women)
3. Age 6 (boy)
4. "Maybe I sent this last year"
5. Taken at Mr. & Mrs. Massey’s golden wedding anniversary dinner (man)
6. June ’48 (two women)
7. Taken Decoration Day 1952 at Joe’s and Susie’s (woman and baby)
8. "Don’t look much like I did 14 years ago?" (2 women)

Plus 58 photos with no markings. Includes photos of bride, cemetery, military, families and individuals.

8

1. Ruth and Clarence Gordon 50^th anniversary 1986 2 photos
2. Marsha Jo Thomas, Clarence Gordon, Mary Jane Sherwood, Ruth Gordon, Robert Gordon 1986
3. Clarence & Ruth Gordon, Jan & Burl Sherwood, Joel, James, Kim, Karen and Susan Sherwood
4. Clarence& Ruth Gordon, Marsha Jo Thomas, Stephen, Karen, David 1986
5. Ruth & Clarence Gordon, Robert Gordon, Mike Gordon, Kristin Gordon 1986
6. Ruth Sterling Gordon, Ashley Nicole Bean & Sarah Beth Scrogin 1990
7. Patricia and Bobby Toops 4 photos
8. Tom and Jennie Toops
9. Darlene (10) Karen (9) David (12)
10. Yvonne (4 ½) Gloria (2) Norvel (5 ½)
11. Gas station in Gage NM "Gabe" Valtiera, Mary England & O. S. Beal 1947 5 photos
12. Riding elephant taken in Nepal Feb 1981
13. "Elaine was mad and didn’t want her picture taken"
14. "I an one of my girlfriends"
15. "My sister and me"
16. Greeting card—Tom & Lela Babb 50^th Anniversary 1962
17. Greeting card—Albert, Norma, Norvel, Yvonne, Gloria & Elaine
18. Greeting card—Faye & Harold
19. Greeting card—Erna & Ed Scheibe
20. Greeting card—The Paces 1982
21. Greeting card—Olin & Isabel photo of Loriane Brown age 2 1959
22. Greeting card—The Hicks
23. Greeting card—Freeman, LaRoyce, Lloyd & Larry
24. Greeting card—Freeman, LaRoyce, Lloyd, Larry & Lynn
25. Greeting card—Freeman, LaRoyce, Lloyd, Larry & Lynn

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1. Golden Wedding—Charles and Nona Coffman Butler
2. 25^th Anniversary—Mr. & Mrs. Milo Gosdeck
3. Connie Ross and Vincent Woods wedding
4. Judith Klingbiel and David Gosdeck wedding
5. Judith Ann Klingbiel engagement
6. Blanche Binns and Charles Wetzell wedding
7. Kathy Parminter and James Michael Brown wedding
8. Jeanne Sparks and Ron Engel Wedding
9. "First Baptist to honor ordination anniversary" Harlan Spurgeon
10. "Mother visits grave of son in Belgium" Mrs. Claude Sedam
11. "Walnut Grove’s Poet"
12. Pleasant Ridge School 1905
13. Kinder School no date
14. "Active at 110" Mrs. Ida Thornburgh
15. "Supervisor" William Williams
16. "Lutheran Aid Scholarship to Kaukaunan" David Gosdeck
17. "Stubborn sweet potatoes and giant musk melons" Mrs. Lolan Jones
18. "This time, it’s real: Water, sewer service now costs more here" no date BHFP
19. "Log Courthouse still in use" Independence
20. "Our Weather Outlook?" letter to editor by Mrs. Harry Harzell
21. "Maybe You’ve Noticed It"
22. "Pioneer One Hundred Years Old" Dan Potter born 25 April 1810
23. Graduating Class Walnut Grove High School 1910

10

1. The Bolivar Herald 15 Feb 1945 Milo Lockhart killed in Belgium
2. The Bolivar Herald 22 Feb 1945
3. The Bolivar Herald 1 Mar 1945 Cp. L. M. Lockhart Killed in Action

11

1. Carolyn Sue Arons 1948
2. Sharon Arons age 17
3. Wilburt & Hulma Arons Oct 1987
4. Gregory & Jeff Sikes
5. Bob and Veta Sikes Sep 1987
6. Karen Vote 1984
7. Karen Vote and Kelly Wester June 1984
8. Debbie Sue Vote May 1983
9. Catherine & Buck Hutchison 40^th Anniversary Sep 1980
10. Dora & Ruth Nov 1983
11. Ada Wilson
12. Harry & Helen Hufstedler
13. Rena Belle, Kyle Williams, Rachel Hodges, Ben Woodruff
14. D & N 1981 April
15. Mike Fraser
16. Karen Gosdeck 1964
17. Kevin 1965 grandson of Blanche Saye Harris
18. Charles & Doris Whitson 1988
19. Norvell Ardell 5 months old
20. Andy Mincks 1 year old
21. Casey B. Cusick grandson of Betty & Willard Stout
22. Jason Matthew Huff (4 ½) and Jarrod Daniel Huff (1)
23. Julian Pace, Jr.
24. Stephanie (12) and Sunilyn (8) Crites 1985
25. Nicole Cusick
26. Casey Beau Cusick, Stacey Agins

12

1. Hazel C.
2. Jon—will be 17 in May
3. Anne 7 ½
4. Ann 6 years
5. Mike 15 ½
6. Michael 14 years
7. Darlene (6) David (8) Karen (5)
8. Anne 6 taken Feb ‘89
9. Joy, Gayle, Cindy Easter 1962
10. Michael 13 years football picture, fall ‘88
11. Ruth Ann age 2 Johnny age 6
12. Karen, Charlotte, Kristy, Dan, Bill, Jim, Susan, Jason, Olive, Jarrod, Rachelle, Kaye
13. Charlotte, Kristy, Karen, Kaye, Rachelle, Jarrod, Olive, Jason, Susan
14. Yvonne, Nadine, Norvel, Marie, Gloria, Dorothy, Linda
15. Youngest daughter in red, Karen
16. ? , Joan & Jon our local church 1987

Plus 15 unidentified photos

13

1. Bonnie Lou Arons Grade 9 1962
2. Judy age 17
3. Dwayne Trantham Age 5 years when picture taken
4. Del Rio, Teas Nov 1957 (lady and car)
5. I son send me a new knit suit (gosh, I’ve got to reduce)
6. sent with love and best wishes Joann-Millie June 1954 Bolivar

plus 19 photos of individuals and groups with no identification

14

This album had only four pages of photos in it. The photos were removed from the pages and are listed by the page they were adhered to.

Page 1—wedding photo (no identification), Wayne 15 yrs. Old, Rev. & Mrs. Edward G. Lambert plus five unidentified photos

Page 2—Zora Gerand’s children, post card to Mrs. L. C. Simpson from L. C. Simpson Aug 1948, three unidentified photos

Page 3—holiday photo card Mrs. & Mrs. Glen R. Shaw and Judy Kay (photo is of Judy), Kathy Sue and Becky Jeanne Lounsberry plus two unidentified photos

Page 4 was blank

Page 5 contained two unidentified photos.

15

1. Photo and note from Burr Mill(?)
2. Funeral card John Luther Kinder
3. Letter to Millie from Milo and Doris 11 Oct 1966
4. Velvatone tablet contains handwritten obituary for Lydia Blair Coffman
5. Post card to Millie Simpson from Ruth & Clarence 19 July 1988
6. Post card to Lon Coffman from Millie 1965
7. Christmas card from Ruth and Clarence Dec ‘86
8. Funeral card Hollis Coffman
9. Thank you from husband and family of Lillian Thompson (to Lon Coffman 1967)
10. Handwritten notice of death of Hollis Coffman
11. Thank you from family of Eveard Broun family (to Lon Coffman 1965)
12. Obituary of Erith Ethel Coffman
13. Funeral book Clay Coffman
14. receipt Carl White Oil Co. 1963 Lon Coffman
15. Receipt Noffzinger Plumbing Shop 1961 Lon Coffman
16. Teaching certificate Millie Coffman Williams 1941

16

1. Two small pictures Hollis Coffman and two small photos unidentified
2. Photo in folder Millie Coffman
3. Photo of Millie by car
4. John and Addie Coffman Strain birth/death information on back
5. Clay & Minerva J. Coffman taken at Golden Wedding Anniversary 10 Mar 1939 4 photos
6. Clay & Minerva Coffman
7. Minerva Coffman two photos
8. Photo card Millie Coffman and Hollis Coffman 2 copies
9. Mrs. Given and Millie Lockhart
10. Millie and Claude
11. Charles and Georgia Coffman
12. Baby picture Millie Coffman Simpson 2 copies
13. Baby picture Kenneth Fern Coffman 2 copies
14. Erith E. Coffman 2 copies
15. Lon and Lydia Coffman
16. Six unidentified photos

17

1. Portrait Fred and Pearlie Mae, James and Lewis Wesner
2. Unretouched roof James Wesner

18

1. Lester C. Simpson with truck and trailer
2. Chester and Jean Simpson and their grandchildren
3. Less and Millie
4. Nine photos unidentified—some were taken at a family reunion
5. Post cart to Millie Simpson from Mary Nell Oct 1986
6. Post card to Millie Simpson from Mary Nell June 1987
7. Post card to Millie Simpson from Ruth March 1990
8. Thank you from family of John Simpson picture of casket
9. Obituary Mrs. John (Lola) Simpson
10. Jennifer Simpson Valedictorian Arapaho High School
11. Funeral memorial book Mrs. Flora E. Simpson photo of casket and photo of funeral
12. Guideposts advertisement addressed to Mrs. Lester Simpson

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1. 24 identified—Betty Jo Nasalroad, Riley Nasalroad, Fred Nasalroad, Jacquolee Nasalroad, Sidney Ray Bonner, June Chappell 12 June age 9, Chester Chappell age 15 born Jan 4 1919, Ray Chappell age 9 birthday Dec 21 1923, Ida Marie Scurlock birth Sept 7 1920, Jack Wells 7 yrs. 19 Feb, Wayne 17 yrs. Old 6 ft. 2 in., Mary Brown age 15 May 21 1918, Lora Dryer "Lest ye forget your "ole Friend" (taken at school), Roscoe Erven, Marie Cornelius age 13 Feb 3 1934, Roberta Lyttle age 13 born April 19 1920, Cathryn age 13, Fern Owsley age 12 1935, Sister of girl whose picture did not come Ruby Owsley, Maxine Cherrington 1932, Lyle Cornelius Aug 18 1930, Van Buna McKinney Steele 1933
2. Picture Greeting Cards
3. Oral, Shirley and girls
4. Lesley—The Boyces 1962
5. Doris and "Little Coquette"
6. Max and Rose Roweton, Vicki, Kendal, Denni, Marla and Kelly
7. The Rowetons Max, Ro0se, Vicki, Kendal
8. Max and Rose Roweton, Vicki, Kendal, Denni, Marla, Kelly
9. the Max Rowetons
10. Max and Rose Roweton, Vicki, Kendal, Denni, Marla, Kelly
11. Max and Rose Roweton, Vicki, Kendal, Denni, Marla, Kelly
12. Max and Rose Roweton, Vicki, Kendal, Denni, Marla, Kelly
13. The Rowetons Max and Rose, Vicki, Kendal, Denni
14. Max and Rose, Vicki (5), Kendal (4), Denni (3), Marla (1 ½ ), Kelly (6 wks)

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1. New Hampshire 2 photos
2. Vermont 7 photos
3. Monticello, Charlottesville, VA
4. Jamestown, VA
5. Philadelphia 3 photos
6. Washington DC 2 photos
7. Niagra Falls 4 photos
8. Plymouth Rock 4 photos
9. Aunt Evelyn’s flowers
10. Casa Darinda 2 photos
11. Roses 4/16/87
12. "our flowers? Cousins Orville and Helen Robbins, Aurora MO
13. Oranges 2 photos
14. "looking west from cemetery" 2 photos
15. Benicia
16. Texas Longhorns Fox OK
17. Cactus 4/16/87 2 photos
18. Train El Paso, TX 5 photos
19. unidentified 5 photos

21

1. Photo—L. L. Lockhart (baby)
2. post card to Millie Lockhart from Effie Sept 1946
3. Post card to Millie Lockhart from Elsha Nov 1946
4. Post card to Millie Lockhart from Ada June 1948
5. Photo Verna Cowden and Effie Lockhart
6. Envelope w/101 negatives addressed to Milo Lockhart, Pringle, SD
7. Photo-- Millie Coffman Simpson (2)
8. Photo—Halbert tombstone Crutsinger Cemetery, Hickory Co., MO (2)
9. Photo—cemetery (unidentified)
10. Photo—Claud Hall and Mrs. Given
11. Photo—Mrs. Given and Millie Lockhart
12. Photo—Mrs. Given
13. Photo—Edith Given
14. Photo—Ruth Morgan
15. Photo—Julie Ann & I
16. Photo—Betty Lou Lockhart age 8
17. Photo—Edith Given
18. Photo—my family Walter, Fr. I
19. 27 unidentified photos

22

1. Letter to Milo and Millie from Mrs. Hettie Hutcheson 17 Oct 1944
2. Letters to Millie Lockhart from Belgium with negatives of Henri-Chappelle Cemetery 5 letters 1947-48
3. Letter to Millie from Owen Beal 10 July 1950
4. Correspondence between Millie Lockhart and Veteran’s Administration March April 1945
5. Letter to Mrs. Lockhart from Edward Witsell, Adjutant General of the Army
6. Letter to Mrs. Millie Williams not signed 23 July 1941
7. Post card to Millie Lockhart from Claude 13 Feb 1948
8. Post card set addressed to Mrs. Clay Coffman, Fair Play, MO
9. Post card to Millie Lockhart from F & H. 12 Sep 1949
10. 19 negatives
11. Four photos of Millie Coffman Lockhart Simpson
12. Photo—Noel Payne, Oscar Pigg, Millie Simpson
13. Holiday photo card from Paul and Loretta
14. Photo—Owen 1946 or 47
15. "The Greatest Pleasure…" by Charles Lamb signed by Owen S. Beal
16. "An Inch and a quarter" by Harold Helfer
17. Acrostic F A T H E R
18. "A Wolf"
19. Recipe for Apple Oatmeal Crunch
20. "A True Story" by 3 dollars and a mirror
21. "A Build UP to a Let Down or Vica-Versa"

23

1. Obituary—John Claypool, resolution of respect
2. Death notice—C. M. McClure
3. Obituary—Lesta Harmon
4. Obituary—Jane Waddil Taylor
5. Death notices—infant daughter of Wade Kirk, Clarence McDonald, Mrs. McClure hurt
6. Obituary—Robert L. Goudy
7. Obituary and news article—Sumner Mahanay
8. Resolution of Respect—Bro. Hurd
9. Obituary—Mary M. H. Wood Wright Dotson
10. Death of Ruby Towe
11. Obituary—Elmina J. Burney Leeper, Obituary—Frances A. Looney
12. Death of Paul McLemore and Fred Smith in car accident 2 articles
13. Death notice—Dee Woods
14. Obituary—Bertha J. Grantham
15. Obituary—Rev. J. C. Woods
16. Obituary—Thelma M. Witt
17. Obituary—Owen C. Kirby
18. Obituary—Lucy Tremain
19. Obituary—Inez Bloomer

24

1. Nine unused postcards 3 comical 4 scenery
2. Gift card from Helen & Clif
3. Unsigned note grandpa Lockhart’s ancestors from Scotland…
4. Unidentified picture
5. Post card to Mrs. R. R. Ryan from Deak and all 1949
6. Card featuring photos of Mr. & Mrs. Irl Ruckman (Sabra & Ruck)
7. Funeral card A. F. (Pet) Leavitt
8. Funeral Card Lola Simpson
9. Funeral Card Mrs. Helene Whaley Leavitt
10. Article from Bolivar Free Press (no date) " A Lieutenant’s Miraculous Escape from Death"
11. Receipt from Barry County Burial Association, Inc. 23 Aug 1943
12. Note from Milo to "My dearest sweet" no date
13. Letter from Milo to "My dearest sweetheart" not date
14. Notification of Personnel Action Selective Service System Millie Williams 6 Dec 1943
15. Selective Service System Polk County Board 28 June 1943
16. Letter of recommendation for Mrs. L. M. Lockhart from Polk County Public Schools 15 May 1943
17. War Department Report of Field Personnel Action Millie A. Lockhart 8 Apr 1944 (promotion)
18. Special medical instructions for Mrs. Millie Williams

25

104 negatives in four envelopes