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Bentall, Barbara Ann

Bentall, Barbara Ann[1, 2]

Female 1926 - 2015  (88 years)


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  • Name Bentall, Barbara Ann 
    Birth 5 Dec 1926  Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Female 
    Federal Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Federal 
    • Role: Household Member
    Mom’s 95 Birthday! Mom’s 95 Birthday!  [4] 
    • Well it's December 5th, 2021 and it would be mom's 95 birthday. It's Sunday morning and about 6:30 when I got up today. If things were as they had been all my growing up years, I would wake up to mom already in the kitchen and the smell of her preparing our Sunday dinner would already be in the air. She always got up early to get our big Sunday dinner in the oven on timed bake so that when we walked in from church, dinner was usually already ready. The terms we had for meals were:

      ? Morning Meal – Always the first meal of the day regardless of whether it was just cereal
      or a big meal was called 'Breakfast'.
      ? Noon Meal – If it was a small or simple meal it was 'Lunch', but if a big meal, like on
      Sunday's or a special event like Thanksgiving or Christmas, it was 'Dinner'.
      ? Evening Meal – It was always called 'Supper' regardless the size. I thought people who
      called the evening meal Dinner were snooty, high society types – or people who thought
      they were.

      So on Sundays, like today, mom would have been in the kitchen for a while and have 'dinner' already in progress with the great smells of her home cooking already permeating through the house. When young, besides the anticipation of a great dinner in the offing, it created a subconscious feeling of security, permanence, and love. I think it was especially meaningful because it was always joyful on her part. She loved cooking in the kitchen and was always happy to be there cooking for her family.

      She grew up on the farm at a time of challenge, both because of the fact that farm life entailed a lot of physical work at that time (1920's and 30's) anyway, and because it was especially challenging in the depression and dust bowl of the 30's. So she was use to hard work, and applying the principle that if you diligently applied yourself to a task, you could improve your circumstances.

      When we lived in Iowa, she was a stay-at-home mother. She was a good instructor. I recall
      standing beside her on a chair and her showing me how to wash the dishes – glasses first,
      because they are less dirty, then silver ware, then plates, and then pots and pans. I was probably no more than 3-4 years old at the time, but I still remember the lesson.

      When we moved to Arizona, she had to work outside the home. She had worked at a bank in Adel when she got out of high school before she and dad got married and so immediately upon arriving in Arizona she got a job at the Bank of Douglas in Mesa. I know that because we lived in a little mother-in-law apartment behind a house on south Robson Street (132 S. Robson?). Banks then were open on Fridays until 6:00 and I stayed with the lady in the main house on Friday's until mom got off work. We lived there less than a year so I know she went to work right away. She transferred to Valley National Bank on the SE corner of Country Club Drive and west First Street when we moved to the house at 404 West First street, just across the street on the NW corner.

      So she worked Monday through Friday at the bank all the years of my growing up in Arizona. Then on Saturdays she would clean house all day and do the grocery shopping (at Fuller's Fine Foods). Then on Sunday she was up before everyone else working on getting dinner prepared so that it was ready when we came home from church. And when we opened the door, the house always smelled wonderful. What a welcome home!

      So on this Sabbath morning of her 95th birthday I am reminded of unfailing - and joyfuldedication to her family. Despite undoubtedly feeling tired from a week of work and then a full day of cleaning and shopping on Saturday, she used her time to bless us all with a wonderful home of love and comfort.

      I will add as a side bar that that is all the more meaningful today because I now recognize the challenges she and dad faced financially in those years we lived down in First Street. It was a modest rental house with frayed carpet (showing the threads on the back of the carpet in places) and the stuffing coming out of the old maroon couch here and there. Its only source of heat was a small heater in the corner of the living room where Pam and I used to go in the mornings to get dressed by. So it was all the more significant that she was able to make that into a place we all wanted to gather through her dedication and effort, the sacrifice of her own comfort and rest, her love of family, and her joyful, optimistic outlook on life. She was someone very special, and we are all blessed because of her presence in our lives.

      So, a very Happy Birthday mom! We love you!! Your memory is a joy and an inspiration.
    Residence 1930  Colfax Township, Dallas County, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1940  Colfax Township, Dallas County, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation 12 Apr 1950  Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Bank Teller 
    Death 9 Sep 2015  Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I2178  Emmert-Tipton
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2022 

    Father Bentall, Ray Samuel,   b. 8 Jan 1896, Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1983, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Wagoner, Pearl Carene,   b. 5 Sep 1895, Saltillo, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1989, Dallas Center, Dallas County, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage 6 Jun 1917  Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    • _HTITL: Husband
    • _WTITL: Wife
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    Family ID F625  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Taggart, Teddie Hiddleson,   b. 29 Mar 1924, Lucerne, Putnam County, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Nov 2018, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 28 Feb 1947  Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, United States [Church Of The Brethren] Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Living
     2. Taggart, Kim Alan,   b. 12 Oct 1951, Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Oct 1952, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +3. Living
    Family ID F782  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jun 2010 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 5 Dec 1926 - Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFederal - Federal - - Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - Colfax Township, Dallas County, Iowa, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1940 - Colfax Township, Dallas County, Iowa, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 28 Feb 1947 - Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, United States [Church Of The Brethren] Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Bank Teller - 12 Apr 1950 - Adel, Dallas County, Iowa, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Sep 2015 - Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S15] History of Robert and Effie Bentall - compiled by Karen (Allen) Rink.

    2. [S51] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626,), Year: 1930; Census Place: Colfax, Dallas, Iowa; Roll: 650; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 8; Image: 935.0. (Reliability: 3).


    3. [S465] Iowa, Dallas, 1950 US Federal Census (Family Search), (Familysearch.org: National Archives and Records Administration, 2022), T628, Adel, sheet 75, household 56, Ray Bentall, accessed 29 Nov 2022 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S464] Craig Taggart.

    5. [S403] 1940 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), T627, Colfax Township, Dallas, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 25-8, p. 7B, Barbra Bentall, accessed 28 Nov 2012 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S393] Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), accessed 25 Dec 2022) (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S327] Family Search, Family Search, (Family Search . Familysearch.org.), (Familysearch.org : accessed 27 Feb 2011); Iowa Marriges; indexing project (batch) number: M02681-9; system origin: Iowa-EASy; source film number: 1605281; reference number: p232. (Reliability: 3).


 

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