Ethel May O'Dougherty, age 97, of Bella Vista, Arkansas, died Tuesday March 30, 1993 at Concordia Care Center in Bella Vista. She was born March 18, 1896 at Fort Scott, Kansas to Charles W. Parton and Rose May Gardner Parton.
Before retirement she worked at La Rue's Book Bindery in Kansas City, Missouri. She was a member of the Graphic/ Arts International Union. She was a Presbyterian and taught Sunday school and was very active in all church work. She moved to the Bella Vista area in 1986 from Kansas City Missouri. She was preceded in death by her first husband, John H. O'Dougherty in 1940, her second husband, James O'Dougherty in 1970, three brothers, three sisters and her parents.
Survivors include one son, John H. O'Dougherty of Florissant, Missouri; one daughter, Mary Romantum of Bella Vista, Arkansas; one step-son, Kenneth O'Dougherty of Lancaster, California; one sister, Helen Cochran of Waynesville, Missouri; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; five step-grandchildren and ten step-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. O'Dougherty lived in and raised her family in Bedford from 1932 to 1941, leaving to manage Cobb's Ice Cream Store in Centerville, Iowa. She considered Bedford her home and loved this area.
Graveside services were held Friday, April 2 at 2:00 p.m. at Fairview Cemetery in Bedford, Iowa with Rev. Ted De Hass. Arrangements by Novinger-Taylor Funeral Home of Bedford, Iowa. Local arrangements by Callison-Lough Funeral Home of Bentonville, Arkansas.
