Edna Mae Harper
1902 - 1974 (71 years)
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Name Edna Mae Harper - daughter of John Harper and Elia Ross [1]
Born 10 Aug 1902 Hughesville, Pettis County, Missouri 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female Occupation school teacher [1] Died 31 Jul 1974 Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri [1, 3, 4, 5] Buried Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri [3] Person ID I173 Hedges Last Modified 17 Nov 2023
Father John C. Harper, b. 22 Dec 1868, Arkansas , d. 3 May 1915, Blackwater Township, Pettis County, Missouri (Age 46 years) Mother Elia Mae Ross, b. 13 Jul 1874, Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri , d. 13 Jan 1966, Dickerson Township, Lewis County, Missouri (Age 91 years) Married 9 Aug 1897 Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri [6] Family ID F115 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Chester Bagley, b. 24 Oct 1901, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri , d. Apr 1988 (Age 86 years) Married 28 Jun 1931 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri [2, 6] Children 1. Carolyn Ann Bagley, b. 23 Sep 1934, Browning, Linn County, Missouri , d. 31 Aug 2019, Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri (Age 84 years)Last Modified 7 Oct 2021 Family ID F114 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 10 Aug 1902 - Hughesville, Pettis County, Missouri 
Married - 28 Jun 1931 - Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri 
Died - 31 Jul 1974 - Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri 
Buried - - Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Edna Bagley Dies at 71; Rites Pending
Mrs. Chester (Edna) Bagley, 71, of 1720 E. Washington, died at 9:59 this morning in a Kirksville hospital, where she had been a patient since June 1. She had been in failing health two and one-half years.
Born Aug. 10, 1902 at Hughesville, she was the daughter of John and Elia Ross Harper. On June 18, 1931 in Kansas City, she was married to Chester Bagley who survives. Also surviving are one son, John Robert Bagley of Pekin, Ill.; one daughter, Mrs. James (Carolyn) Harding of St. Louis; one sister, Mary Freitas, Victorville, Calif.; two grandchildren, Susan Elizabeth Harding and John David Harding, both of St. Louis and several cousins.
Mrs. Bagley taught schools in the states of Kansas and Missouri before her marriage. In 1935 Mr. and Mrs. Bagley moved from Browning to Kirksville, where she had been active in many social and civic clubs.
At the age of 58, Mrs. Bagley received her Master’s Degree from NMSU.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. She was also a member of the American Association of University Women, Order of the Eastern Star, White Shrine, Sojourners Club, the Contemporary Club and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She had been an active member of the Kirksville Garden Club and helped in organizing the Macon garden Club. Mrs. Bagley had recently been listed in “Who’s Who in the garden Clubs of Missouri.” She had been an active member of PTA and had served as District President.
The body is at the Davis Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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