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Simon (Sam) Beyer

Zoon van Gijsbert Beijer en Roelfina G Dorenbos, geboren 6-11-1864 USA IA Pella, overleden 8-1-1935 USA IA Lynnville en begraven Woodland Cemetery

Trouwt Lucy Philanthia Leanhart, dochter van Wendell R Leanhart en Philanthia G Lee, geboren 23-8-1874 USA IA Mahaska County, overleden 30-7-1960 USA IA Lynnville en begraven Woodland Cemetery

Kinderen:

1. Ada Merle Beyer, geboren 5-1-1899 USA IA Sully, overleden 8-3-1999 USA IA Lynnville en begraven Woodland Cemetery
2. Gysbert (Gys) Beyer, geboren 5-12-1901 USA IA Sully, overleden 11-1973 USA IA Lynnville en begraven Woodland Cemetery
   Trouwt Florence Mildred (Millie) Smith dochter van Geaorge Washington Smith en Rosalie Josephine (Rosie) Nichols, eerder getrouwd met Lyle Roscoe Turney en Ray Thomas Carter, geboren 5-5-1908 USA IA Grinnell, overleden 19-2-1986 USA IA Newton Union Cemetery

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Obituary of Gysbert:

Sister: Ada (Beyer) Jay
Brother: Leslie F Beyer
Brother: Tracy V Beyer
Stepson: Roland R. Carter
Stepson: Robert L. Turney

Gysbert was a life-long resident of Lynnville, Iowa. He retired form Iowa Southern Electric, Grinnell, IA. Gys lived next door to his sister Ada Beyers Jay. After the divorce from Millie, "Gys" remained a bachelor for the rest of his life but remained a wonderful and important part of the Carter Family.

Many happy summers were spent in Lynnville with Gys and Ada by his adopted grandsons Mike Carter and Craig Turney. They would run the county reading meters, trimming trees from power lines and finding power outages. Many raspberries were picked and eaten from Aunt Ada's bushes.

Gysbert wintered in Harligen, Tx for many years after his retirement.

Gys passed away after being taken to the hospital in Oskaloosa, IA. Cause of death was emphysemia as he was a heavy smoker for most of his life.

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Obituary of Florence:

Funeral Services for Mrs. Vern Mildred F. Appleton, 77, of 719 1st Avenue, Apt 1, a resident of Newton since 1941, will be held at 1 PM Saturday, February 22, at the Wallace-Pence Funeral Home. Dr Douglas Oelke, pastor of the First Baptist Church will conduct the services. Burial will be in Newton Union Cemetery. Memorial contributions to the American Heart Assn will be taken. Millie died Wednesday evening at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.

Survivors are her husband; a son, Roland Carter of Madill, OK; three grandsons Mike & Steve Carter of Oklahoma and Susan Bramlet of Norman, OK; sister, Betty Evans of Lynnville, IA. She was preceeded in death by her parents, a sister and two brothers.

Millie had worked at the Maytag Company for many years before working as a Nurse's Aid at Skiff Medical Center in Newton. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and Skiff Medical Center Auxiliary.

The daughter of George and Rosalie Nichols Smith. She was born Nov 5, 1908 in Grinnell. She married Vern Appleton in July 1946 at Newton.