OBIT: EVANSTON, Wyo. -- Ivan Edwin Booker, 100, died Friday (Feb. 10, 2006) in Evanston, Wyo.
He was born July 7, 1905, to George W. and Myrtie J. (Smith) Booker at Edison. He graduated from Edison High School in 1923. He attended business school.
On July 12, 1925, he married Thelma E. Carpenter in Edison. She preceded him in death on July 29, 1986. He married Jewell Easterling on Dec. 2, 1986, at Warm Beach, Wash. She preceded him in death in 2001.
He owned a general store in Mascot, was the office manager at Corn State Serum Co. in Omaha, ministered for the Free Methodist Church and was the conference superintendent for Nebraska and South Dakota. He sold real estate in Walla Walla, Wash., before becoming a real estate negotiator. He also attended Stanford University in California in order to become a real estate appraiser.
He was a member of the Free Methodist Church in several communities, where he was a minister, conference superintendent, Columbia River conference treasurer and board of trustees chairman. He was a member of the Society of Real Estate Appraisers.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wives, Thelma E. and Jewell; and four brothers.
Survivors include his son, Elon and wife, Eileen Booker of Evanston; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Graveside services will be Wednesday, 11 a.m., at the Edison Cemetery in Edison with Revs. Lana Dake and Ernest Chambers officiating. Interment will be at the Edison Cemetery.
Notes of condolence can be left at www.wenburgfuneralhome.com. There will be no visitation.
Wenburg Funeral Home of Arapahoe is in charge of arrangements.
1920 Federal Census, Salem, Franklin, NE
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GEDCOM file submitted by Ramona Hartley, harryhartley2@prodigy.net. Created on 1 MAR 2006. Imported on 1 Mar 2006.
1920 Federal Census, Salem, Franklin, NE
OBIT:
Clair Henry Davis Clair H. Davis, 76, died Tuesday, 6 Jan. 1981 at the Community Hospital, McCook. He was born May 6, 1904 at Hildreth to the late Oscar and Emma Davis. He came with his parents to Wauneta where he grew up. He was married Sept. 10, 1960 at Colby, Kan. to Ethel Bacon, and had made his home in Culbertson since.
Survivors are his widow, Ethel; one daughter, Mrs. Gilbert (Esta) Richards of Dumas, Texas; three step-daughters, Mrs. Eldon (Donna) Gutherie of Indianola, Mrs. Alvin (Belva) Snyder of Loveland, CO, and Mrs. Dave (Mavis) Bowman of Billings, Mont.; two step-sons, Gary Bacon of Los Angeles, and Larry Bacon of St. John, Texas; 16 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and one brother, Cletis Davis of Silver Spring, MD.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the United Methodist Church, Culbertson, with the Rev. Richard Atherton officiating. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery, Wauneta. [McCook Daily Gazette, Wed 7 Jan 1981]
Sources
1910 Federal Census, 1910 Census - Salem, Franklin, NE
1920 Federal Census, Hildreth, Franklin, NE
After her divorce from Clair, Fauniel began teaching school. She eventually became a principal in Sidney NE, then moved to Ft. Morgan CO where she was "the most popular" second grade teacher for years. She loved her life nad her friends, but the apple of her eye was her granddaughter, Sheri.
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1920 Federal Census, Wauneta, Chase, NE
OBIT:
Ethel Ellen Davis Ethel Ellen Davis, 87 died Sunday, January 23, 2000 at community Hospital of McCook. She was born January 8, 1913, at Dawson, to Edward and Hattie (Rose) Stevenson.
She was married to Clair "Shorty" Davis. They lived in Culbertson for 43 years. He preceded her in death in 1981 and on June 23, 1997, she moved to El Dorado Manor Nursing Home in Trenton.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Shorty; an infant daughter, Betty Lou; three brothers, Ed, Carl and Barney; and three sisters, Golda, Myrtle and Cleo.
Survivors include two sons, Gary and wife, Margie Bacon of Joshua Tree, Calif., Larry Bacon of Reno, Nev.; three daughters, Donna and husband, Elson Gutherie of Indianola, Belva and husband Snick Snyder of Loveland, CO, Mavis and husband, Richard Brunswick of St. George, Utah; one step-daughter, Esta and husband, Gib Richards of Denton, Texas; 14 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren and 22 great great-grandchildren.
Services were Friday, January 28 at Carpenter Breland Funeral Home in McCook with Jerry Beckenhauer officiating. Burial was at Riverside Cemetery in Wauneta. Memorials may be made to El Dorado Manor. Carpenter Breland Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Source Citation
"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SBM8-466 : accessed 30 December 2011), entry for Ethel Ellen /Stevenson/.