FIFER OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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FIFER, Bessie Jane SHORTHOSE 1871 - 1940

Mrs. Robert Fifer Died - At her home, east of Brownington, at 12:45 p. m. 
Wednesday, February 21, 1940, from an extended illness of bronchial trouble, 
which became worse with a cold. She was devotedly cared for by her loved ones, 
and was bedfast but a few days. Bessie Jane Shorthose was born August 3, 1871, 
in Illinois. She spent most of her life in and near Brownington and for many years 
was an expert seamstress in Brownington until her health failed. She and her 
husband, Robert Fifer, were living in Brownington when their home burned 
several months ago, then they made their home with her sister, Mrs. Fannie 
Kerrigan until they secured the small place east of Brownington so that Mrs. 
Fifer could be out of doors more and raise chickens and a garden, which they 
hoped would strengthen her. Mr. Fifer had been retired from active farming for 
some time. Mrs. Fifer was a member of the Brownington Christian Church and 
when able, taught a Sunday school class there. She loved her home, and to sew, 
and found as much satisfaction from the neat, well finished articles she made, as 
did her patrons. She is survived by two brothers, Charles Shorthose of Windsor; 
Geo. W. Shorthose, Kansas City; three sisters, Mrs. Kerrigan and Mrs. Val McElwee 
of Brownington and Mrs. J. E. Slattery of East Lincoln Street, Clinton. Funeral 
services will be held at 2:00 p. m. Friday at the Brownington Christian Church. 
Burial in the cemetery there under direction of Wilkinson Funeral Service.


FIFER, John Robert 1871 - 1949

Bob Fifer, a cousin of Bessie Deen Childers, died February 10, 1949. His wife, 
Bessie Shorthose Fifer, preceded him in death. Funeral services were held at 2 
p.m. Saturday at the Brownington Baptist Church for John Robert Fifer, long time 
resident of the Mt. Zion and Brownington communities. Pallbearers were H. H. 
McClelland, Milt Eversole, Elzie Shaffer, Emil and Ernest Ritter and J. T. Dodson. 
Burial was at Maplewood Cemetery, Brownington. John Robert Fifer, son of 
William and Matilda Fifer, was born December 15, 1871, near Calhoun. He grew to 
manhood and spent all his life as a farmer near Mt. Zion and Brownington. He was 
married to Bessie Shorthose November 12, 1898, and theirs was a happy union. 
Mrs. Fifer died in 1940, and Mr. Fifer remained alone at the home until the last 
two weeks which he spent in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Audie Childers. He leaves to 
mourn his passing, two sisters, Mrs. Addie Weichal and Mrs. Blanche Kincade, 
Fredonia, Kan.; two cousins, Otis Dean, Nowata, Okla., and Mrs. Bessie Childers, 
Clinton, MO. Two nephews, Arch Burns of Independence, Kan., and Edd Burns of 
Neodesha, Kan., came for last rites. 

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