He was born John Henry Hills, and changed his name to George John Roxson. Art Peck shows that he was born in Texas, whereas the California Death records has his place of birth as Missouri, and his mother's maiden name as KRAPF. His World War II draft registration also listed him as George John ROXSON, with his birthplace shown as Kennett, MO. He was a resident of Colusa, Califorina at that time, and employed by F. C. Stolte Co of Marysville.
John left home when he was 24, working in Chickasha, Oklahoma, Kansas, Idaho, Washington and Montana.
He crossed into Mexico at Nogales, Arizona in 1917 to avoid Military Service. This is when he changed his name. He chose Roxson based on the nickname he had given sister Annie, Roxyann. He wrote his mother in 1920, saying he planned to visit her soon. After the Mexican Revolution, he was unable to harvest his crops, and had no money. He never wrote back, and his parents thought him dead.
The family moved to California in 1925. They farmed in the foothills, eventually settling in Upper Lake.
After his wife died, John made his home with his eldest son, Fred.
After admitting to his children his true identity, he visited his sister Beckie in Arkansas and sister Annie in Kansas City in 1973. They were his only surving family. They were reunited after a 60 year seperation.
1930 Census
California, Kern County, Delano City
Enumerated April 2-4, 1930
ED 15-3 SD 14 Sheet 3A Stamped 16
Treemount Street
56-58
Roxson, George J Head R 10 M W 34 M 22 CanadaEng Canada Canada English Year of Immigration 1923 Alien Laborer Ranch Work
Roxson, Isidra Wf F Mex 34 M 14 Mex Mex Mex Spanish Year of Immigration 1923 Alien Housewife
Roxson, FedericoSon M Mex 7 S Mexico CanadaEng Mex Spanish Year of Immigration 1923 Al
Roxson, Camillo Son M MEx 3 6/12 S California CanadaEng Mex
Roxson, Freida Dtr F Mex 1 7/12 S California CanadaEng Mex
Roxson, Georgina Dtr F Mex 2/12 S California CanadaEng Mex
The Social Security Application for her son, Jack Jerome Smith, listed his parents as Meyer Smith and Anna RUBIN. The application for daughter Rebecca showed the same parents.
In 1930, she was listed as stenographer for the US Army Porto Rico.
Phil Shapiro writes that the 1897 Rokiskis All-Russian Census list shows, on page 4, a six-person household residing on Komaiskaya Street consisting of "Yankel and Rocha-Nessa Rubin" and their four teenage children. According to the BAYL family history, Rabbi Abraham Abramson and his first wife Chana Brina had a daughter Rucha Nessa who married a man known in English as Jacob Rubin and had five children. The names of the four children appearing in the census correspond with the names of the first four children found in the BAYL family tree for Rucha Nessa and Jacob Rubin. According to the census, the four children were born in Kamai/Kamajai, where the BAYL family tradition states many ancestors of the BAYL once lived. By the way, the oldest daughter of Rucha Nessa and Jacob Rubin, Anna Rubin, married Myer Savilevics, a son of Etta Devara Romm Savilevics. Myer was the founder of BAYL, which continues to operate the Anna and Myer Smith charitable fund in their memory.
Obituary, copied from her FindAGrave memorial page:
Dorothy Rucker McLemore, wife of Abram Geren McLemore, sister of Marie "Betsy" R. Phillips, aunt of Marie "Lulie" P. Ezell, great-aunt of Lillian Clark, Braden Ezell and Jacob Ezell, step-mother of Kevin Gault McLemore and Regan Geren McLemore, passed away in Nashville, TN on September 19, 2013.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Dorothy and Charlie Rucker, and her grandparents, Marie Louise and Louis Plauche'.
Born in New Orleans, LA, she attended Isidore Newman High School and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Sophie Newcomb College. During her Debut season, she reigned as Queen of the Olympians and was presented at the Debutante Club, the Founders of the City of New Orleans and the Society of the War of 1812. She worked as a Social Worker for the City of New Orleans. Upon her retirement, she moved to Bay St. Louis, MS where she was very active in the art community. She traveled extensively in Europe and painted many canvases from her travels, especially from Provence.
After Katrina, she and her husband moved to St. Francisville, LA until 2011 when they moved to Waveland to be close to her sister and her family and her friends.
Memorial Service will be held at a later date. Edmond Fahey Funeral Home in Bay St. Louis, MS is in charge of the arrangements.
She married a Paul KISER, and they live near Canton, Ohio. They are the parents of Phillip and Karen KISER. Karen married a GOTTSCHALK and lives near Akron, Ohio (William Billig).
Youngstown Vindicator
8-24-1944 p. 23
(Courtesy of Jean Kling Baun)
Gustave Rudersdorf, Retired Grocer, Dies
Gustave Rudersdorf, age 90, of 4212 Rush Blvd., retired grocer, died of a cerebral hemorrhage at 5:18 p/m. Wednesday at this home. He was born in Haiger, Germany Feb. 20, 1854, and lived in the United States since 1881. Before his retirement, Mr. Rudersdorf operated grocery stores on the North Side and in Woodsworth. His wife, Anna Kling Rudersdorf, died 12 years ago. Mrs. Rudersdorf leaves a son, Harley R., with whom he lived; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Hofmeister Memorial Funeral Home, where friends may call Friday Evening.
Obituary
Harley R. Rudersdorf
Harley R. Rudersdorf, 75, of 4212 Rush Blvd. died at 6:40 p.m. Thursday of bronchitis at his home. Mr. Rudersdorf was born Dec. 9, 1890 in North Lima, a son of Gustav and Anna Kling Rudersdorf, and had lived in this area all his life. He worked 50 years at United Engineering & Foundry and was assistant general superintendent in 1958 when he retired. He was a member of Pleasant Grove United Presbyterian Church, Hillman Lodge 481 F. & A.M., and Al Koran Shrine, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, St. John's Commandry 20, Youngstown Shrine Club, Ashlar Chapter 213 R.A.M., the O.P.M., and United Engineering & Foundry Co.'s supervisor's group. His first wife, the former Norabelle Strong, died in 1945. He leaves his wife, the former Alberta Cuttings, who he married in 1947; two daughters, Mrs. Paul KISER of Canton, and Mrs. William E. HUMPHREY of Hubbard; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Davis Velker Funeral Home where friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Hillman Lodge services will be held at 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Youngstown Vindicator
Friday, August 26, 1966
Courtesy of Jean Kling Baun
1850 Census
White County, Illinois
ED 13
#1533-1533
Andrew Rudolph 33 M Farmer $800 Tenn
Louisa (Do.) 30 F Ill
May J (Do.) 12 F (Do.)
Flourada (Do.) 10 F (Do.)
Henry (Do.) 8 F (sic) (Do.)
Martha (D0.) 4 F (Do.)
Alfred (Do.) 1 M (Do.)
James Kuykendall 19 M Laborer (Do.)
Lurena (Do.) 32 F (Do).
After the death of his first wife, Louisa Kuykendall, Andrew married Margaret Burrell Kuykendall, the widow of Peter Kuykendall. Their blended family is shown below:
1860 Census
Illinois, White County, PO Carmi
Enumerated 23 Aug 1860
Page 114
1522-1512
A.J. Rudolph 43 M Farmer 4000 1500 TN
Margaret " 39 F NY
Mary Jane" 21 F IL
Florida " 20 F IL
Cleopatra Kuykendall 20 F IL
Theodosia " 19 F IL
Henry Rudolph 18 M IL
Analisa " (s/b Kuykendall) 16 F IL
Hariot " (s/b Kuykendall) 13 F IL
Martha Rudolph 12 F IL
Alfred "9 M IL
James "7 M IL
Phebe "5 M IL
John "3 M IL
Susan "2 F IL
J.C Gray 43 M Farmer 2000 500 Ind
Martha Ann Gray 37 F IL
Lathan S. " 19 M Farm Laborer 100 IL
Rebecca " 13 F IL
Sarah T. "9 F IL
1930 Census
Pennsylvania, York County, Manheim Twp
Enumerated 8 and 9 Apr 1930
ED 67-47 SD 25 Sheets 4B and 5A Stamped 263
90-91
Fuhrman, Robert R Hd m W 41 M 22 Pa Pa Pa Farmer
Fuhrman, Maggie A Wf F W 25 M 16 Pa Pa Pa
Fuhrman, Arba B Son M W 15 S Pa Pa Pa
Fuhrman, Merle B Son M W 12 S Pa Pa Pa
Fuhrman, Grover B Son M W 12 S Pa Pa Pa
Fuhrman, Rodger B Son M W 10 S Pa Pa Pa
Fuhrman, Marjorie G Dtr F W 8 S Pa Pa Pa
Fuhrman, Burnell K Son M W 6 S Pa Pa Pa
Fuhrman, Beatrice L Dtr F W 3 9/12 S Pa Pa Pa
Fuhrman, Curvin G SOn M W 11/12 S Pa Pa Pa
Fuhrman, Mary C Mother F W 68 Wd Pa Pa Pa
The Sabine County Reporter
November 22, 2006, page 14
Robert Charles Rumer
Robert Charles Rumer, 75, of Hemphill died Friday, Nov. 10, at his residence. Rumer was born Oct. 19, 1931, in Ridgeway, Ohio, as a son of the late Helen Louise (Barker) and Robert Alred Rumer and had lived in Los Angeles, California, before moving to Sabine County in 1988. A Korean veteran of the U.S. Army, he was a member of the VFW and retired from the construction industry. He is survived by two sons, Robert Charles Rumer Jr. of Rosemead, California and George Henry Rumer of Elmonte, California. Graveside rites were held Nov. 20 at Restland Cemetery in Waskom. Services were under the direction of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill.
1900 Census
Michigan, St. Joseph County, Sturgis
Enumerated 5 June 1900
SD 4 ED 127 Sheet 4A Stamped 233
87-89
Rommel, George Hd W M June 1841 57 m 32 Germany Germany Ger
many 1873 Day Laborer
Rommel, Mary Wf W F May 1843 M1 32 8/3 Germany Germany Germany 1847
Rommel, Andrew Son W M Nov 1882 17 S Mich Germany Germany Laborer Fcty
Rommel, Margaret Mother W F Mar 1821 79 Wd 1/1 Germany Germany Germany
1910 Census
Michigan, St. Joseph County, Sturgis
Enumerated 21 April 1910
SD 4, ED 139 Ward 3rd Sheet 4B
410-98-103
Rummell, George Hd M W 69 m1 41 Germany Germany Germany Laborer Factory
Rummell, Mary Wife F W 66 m1 41 3/3 Germany Germany Germany
At the time of the 1930 Federal census, she was living with her son and daughter-in-law, Edward and Lydia Cramer, in Manheim Twp, York County, PA.
Obituary, From FindAGrave:
Mrs. Ellen Jane Cramer was born March 22, 1861, and died April 11, 1931, aged 70 years and 19 days.
Her death came very suddenly after only a few days of illness which followed a fall which she suffered when visiting one of her children.
Mrs. Cramer had been a faithful member of St. Jacob's (Stone) Reformed Church for many years, and together with her husband who was accidentally killed September 14, 1922, raised a large family of children who have all become good and useful citizens, and most of them living in the Stone Church community. There are also a large number of grandchildren to mourn her loss.
The funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon, April 14, 1931, from the home of her son, Lawrence Cramer, with brief services at the house and concluding services at the Stone Church. The funeral text was Psalm 73:24. Rev. W. H. Ehrhart assisted at the services. Burial in the new cemetery.
In the 2013 obituary of her sister, Bernice "Bonnie" Runnels McGrew, she is referenced as "Avenel HARVEY," and it was also shown that she preceded Bonnie in death.
The Sabine County Reporter
August 14, 2013, Page 14
Bernice "Bonnie" McGrew, (age 93) was born November 1, 1919, in Broaddus, Texas, to the late Edgar Ellis Runnels and Beulah (Fullen) Runnels. She entered into rest at her residence in Broaddus with her loving family gathered around her on Monday, August 5, 2013.
She was of the Baptist faith and was a member of the Broaddus Order of the Easter Star, where she served as Past Matron several times. Her life consisted of many qualities; she was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, friend, homemaker, seamstress and beautician. She loved being around people. She always made sure that she was dressed well for the occasion. She wanted to look her best at all times.
Those left to cherish her memory are her husband of 65 years, J.C. McGrew (whom she married on January 16, 1948) of Broaddus, Texas; daughters, Lou Nell McLendon Jones and husband Bob of Pasadena, Carol Mead of Broaddus, Jane Lewis and husband Scott of Pasadena; grandchildren, Lou Ann Rice, Bobby Jones, Travis Duncan, Brandi Pryor, Jamie Lewis, Tonya Lewis, and Kayla Lewis; 11 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren; brother, William Ray Runnels of Livingston; Sister, Juanita Harris of Huntington; sisters-in-law, Mary Pippen of Delhi, La., Laura Geese and husband Freddie of Tyler, Jenell Runnels of Spring; brothers-in-law, Tully Borders and wife Joy of Kilgore, Dub Borders and wife Shirley of Gilbertsville, Pa.; along with numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Edgar and Beulah Runnels; daughter, Evelyn Ann "Cookie" McLendon Morris; great-grandson, Kyle Keagle; brother, Edgar "Son" Runnels; sisters, Avenel Harvey, Maurine Harvey; nephew, Jimmy Wagner.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, August 8, 2013, 2:00 P.M., Trinity Baptist Church, Broaddus, with Bro. Don Lofton, Bro. Hugh Mixon, and Bobby Jones officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday, August 7, 2013, 5 til 8 P.M. at Trinity Baptist Church, Broaddus, Texas. Pallbearers will be Charles Lynn Williams, Billy Joe Williams, Jimmy Dale Williams, Bobby Keith Williams, Randy Williams and Duane Williams.
The Texas Birth Index shows her as a daughter of Herman True Runnels and Eunice Faye Kendrick.
Lassie Dean Hyden, 69, passed away in her home Sunday morning. Lassie was born in San Augustine, Texas, to Herman and Eunice Kendrick Runnels. Lassie was a member of the Little Flock Missionary Baptist Church, in Bronson, Texas. She was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and great grandmother.
She is survived by her husband Jerry Hyden of Hemphill, Texas, her sons: Cade Anthony Hyden and his wife Margie Rene of Bronson, and Cary Andrew Hyden and his wife Debra of Chireno, Texas, her daughters: Amber Lynn Leger and her husband Clay of Jourdanton, Texas, and Jeri Dean Morgan of Kirbyville, Texas, her brothers: Calvin Runnels of Bronson, and Bobby Runnels of Nacogdoches, Texas, her 13 grandchildren, and numerous great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her brother Bois Eric Runnels.
Visitation will be from 4:00PM until 8:00PM, Monday, March 23, 2015, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Graveside services will be at 2:00PM, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, in the Smith- Mason Cemetery, in Scrappin Valley.
Copied from the Starr Funeral Home website
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, March 25, 2015, Page 12
Reba Maurine Harvey, 78, of Broaddus died Friday, May 30, 2003 at a San Augustine nursing home. Mrs. Harvey was born May 6, 1925 in San Augustine County as a daughter of the late Beulah Carey (FULLER) (sic) and Edgar Ellis RUNNELS. She was a homemaker. Survivors: a granddaughter, Rebecca Lynn WAGNER of Arizona, a brother, Ray RUNNELS of Livingston, and sisters, Berniece McGREW of Broaddus and Juanita KIRK of Lufkin. She was preceded in death by her son, Jimmy WAGNER. Funeral services were held June 2 at Trinity Baptist Church in Broaddus with Pastor Don LOFTON officiating. Interment followed at Runnels Cemetery near Broaddus. Wyman Roberts Funeral Directors of San Augustine, directors.
Bonnie Elizabeth Conn, 62, of Hemphill, Texas passed away Thursday, April 2, 2020 at her residence.
Bonnie was born November 30, 1957 in Beaumont, Texas to Raymond (Billy) William Rush and Margaret Davison Rush. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister. Bonnie was a long time member of the Hemphill chapter of the Eastern Star.
She is survived by her husband, Steve Conn of Hemphill; sons, Chad Conn and wife, Julie, of Montgomery, Texas, Wesley Conn and wife, Brittany, of Huntington, and Clint Conn and wife, Susan, of Hemphill; sisters, Gwen Coplen and husband, Edd, of Milam, Sally Butler and husband, Ronny, of Hemphil, Margaret Brackin and husband, Mitch, of Hemphill, and Billie Gilcrease and husband, Jerry, of Milam; and grandchildren, Kiersten Conn, Ty Wright, Bo Conn, Trinity Conn, Raelee Conn, Sawyer Conn, Ainsley Conn, and J. P. Conn.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Billy and Margaret Rush.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 5, 2020 in Gravel Hill Cemetery under the direction of Starr Funeral Home with Bro. Don Snider officiating.
Serving as pallbearers are Chad Conn, Wesley Conn, Clint Conn, Bo Conn, Sawyer Conn, Ty Wright and J. P. Conn.
Honorary pallbearers are Kiersten Conn, Trinity Conn, Raelee Conn and Ainsley Conn.
Condolences can be made and memorial book may be signed at starrfuneralhome.com.
Downloaded from Starr Funeral Home, also published in The Sabine County Reporter, April 8, 2020. page 4
His gravestone indicates he was in the Sons of Confederates of Texas.
Name A B Russell
Event Type Death
Event Date 18 Apr 1961
Event Place Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 09 Jun 1869
Birthplace Snowhill, Alabama
Father's Name Randall L Russell
Mother's Name Fannie Freeman
Informant Mr. Kirby Russell
Certificate Number 21780
GS Film number 2116713
Digital Folder Number 005145517
Image Number 00504
Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3HQ-PPH : accessed 10 Jun 2014), A B Russell, 18 Apr 1961; citing certificate number 21780, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2116713.
1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Milam Precinct 4
Enumerated 16 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 9A
152-152
Russell, Travis Head W M May 1851 49 m 19 Ala SC Ala Farmer
Russell, Ellen Wf W F Feb 1861 39 m 19 6/5 La Mo Miss
Russell, Winnie Dtr W F Sept 1889 10 S Tx Ala La
Russell, Mary A Dtr W F May 1893 7 S Tx Ala La
Russell, Steel Son W M Oct 1894 5 S Tx Ala La
Russell, Ida Dtr W M Nov 1895 4 S Tx Ala La
Russell, Ellen L Dtr W F Mar 1898 2 S la Ala La
Buckley, Mary Servant B F May 1882 18 S Tx Tx Tx
Buckley, Lillian Bhcild B F Oct 1898 1 S Tx Tx Tx
1900 Census
Lousiana, Sabine Parish, Ward 3
Enumerated 28 Jun 1900
SD 4 ED 90 Sheet 14A Stamped 44
228-233
Carter, Anne E Head W F Apr 1872 28 Wd 3/3 La La La Farmer
Carter, Bell Dtr W F Jun 1891 8 S La La La
Carter, Enoch B Son W M Aug 1894 5 S La La La
Carter, Blance E Dtr W F Mar 1897 3 S La La La
A Photo of his Military Marker can be seen on FindAGrave. It is inscribed with a cross and reads C. L. Russell US Marine Corps Jun 12, 1914 May 27 1974. His Texas Death Certificate lists him as C.L. also. His usual occupation was showns as Captain in the Department of Public Safety. He was married, and the informant was his wife, Mrs. C. L. Russell.
Kay Parker McCary, in her annotated transcription of the Halbert Cemetery, shows him as a son of Guy N. and Bertha Augusta Russell, and notes his military marker reads US Army WW II.
Obituary
Curtis Russell
Curtis Audrey Russell, 81, of Milam died Sunday, June 25, 1995, at his residence.
He was born Aug. 27, 1913, in Milam as a son of the late Bertha (Hogam) and Guy Newton Russell. He left Milam in 1939 when he joined the U.S. Army. During World War II, he received five battle stars. After the war he went to Houston where he was a loyal employee of Swift & Company for 31 years before his retirement. In 1977, he returned to the red hills of Milam to farm the land he loved.
Survivors: wife of 49 years, Syble Halbert Russell of Milam. two sons and daughters-in-law, Jerry and Linda Russell and Randy and Christa Russell, all of Houston; and three grandchildren, Kevin Russell, Tyler Russell, and Brooke Russell, all of Houston.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc in Hemphill with Bro. Robert Shaddock and Bro. John C Dowden officiating. Interment followed at the Joel Halbert Cemetery near Milam.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to Hospice of the Pines at 116 S. Raguet, Lufkin, TX 75904.
Published in The Sabine County Reporter, June 28, 1995, Page 8
The daughter of Gerald RUSSELL and Alta COOPER.
Debra L. McWilliams, 64, of Grand Island died Thursday, February 23, 2017, at her home.
A celebration of Debra's life will be held at 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, February 28th at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. The Rev. Caroline Price-Gibson will officiate. Burial will be in the Grand Island Cemetery.
There will be no visitation. Her wishes were for cremation to take place.
Memorials are suggested to the family to be designated at a later date.
Debra Lee McWilliams was born July 13, 1952, at Lincoln, Nebraska to Gerald and Alta (Copper) Russell. She lived with her family in Minden, Neb. in her early years. The family later moved to Arlington, Neb. where Debra attended Arlington Public Schools, and graduated from Arlington High School. She went on to study at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
Following her schooling, she lived in Fremont for a short time. She then moved to Grand Island where she raised her three children. Debra owned and operated Deb's Alterations in Grand Island for 30 years.
She met Henry McWilliams in 1987 in Grand Island and they were married in 1992.
Deb loved the time she spent with her family, her dogs, and also enjoyed fishing.
She is survived by her husband, Henry McWilliams of Grand Island; one daughter and son-in-law, Jessica and Jarrod Liske of Grand Island; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Jeff and Stacey Belohavy of Missouri and Jason Belohavy of Michigan; her mother, Alta Russell of Arlington, NE, two brothers and sisters-in-law, Greg and Gayle Russell of Arlington, Jerry Wayne and Kathy Russell of Elkhorn, NE; a sister-in-law, Carlene Russell of Des Moines, IA; twelve grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and cherished friends, Dixie Griess of Grand Island, and Ron and Roberta Kirkendall of Lincoln, NE.
She was preceded in death by her father, Gerald Russell; brother, Gary Russell; and grandson, Mason Liske.
1910 Census
Lousiaina, Sabine Parish, Ward 5
Enumerated 28 Apr 1910
SD 6 ED 107 Sheets 13B and 14A Stamped 112
204-208
Carter, Mary Head F W 44 Wd 9/7 La Al Al Farmer
Carter, George Son M W 22 S La La La Farm Laborer
Carter, Laura Dtr F W 17 S La La La Farm Laborer
Carter, Robert Son M W 12 S La La La Farm Laborer
Carter, Mary Dtr F W 9 S La La La
Carter, Nettie Dtr F W 6 S La La La
On her FindAGrave memorial, created by Ray & Peggy Holbrooks Pace, she is shown as a daughter of Oliver Woolford RUSSELL (FAG#95796392) and Amanda "Mandy" CHEATHAM.
Son of Mrs. Florence Russell of Neligh, Nebraska. Craig was engaged in selling farm machinery in the Tri Cities areas of the state of Washington (Kennewick, Richland, and Pasco). (Milligan, p 473)
The Sabine County Reporter
September 12, 2012, Page 9
Gene Philip Russell, 84, passed away on September 4, 2012 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He was born January 30, 1928 in Milam, Texas to Viola and Rand Russell. He was a long-time resident of Hemphill until his retirement.
Gene could accomplish anything he set his mind to do. When he was young, he served in the Merchant Marines. While raising his daughter Phyllis and son Randy, he worked as a welder in the oil industry. Learning from his experience there, he formed Metals Lab Welding School in New Orleans which he owned and operated for many years. From there he formed Toledo Inspection Company, a very successful and respected company in the oil industry. Upon his retirement, he moved to Pass Christian, Mississippi and then relocated to Broussard, Louisiana.
He is survived by his daughter Phyllis Dreis and her husband William, his son Randell "Randy" Russell and his wife Tina, his three granddaughters, Cherie Burlet and husband Robert, Melissa Bellaci and her husband Ryan, and Jennifer Russell, one grandson Edward Lestrade III and his wife Sheila, and ten great grandchildren, Robert, Emma, Abigail, William, Timmy, Megan, Taylor, Anna, Alaina, and Maya.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Jean Russell, his parents Viola Jane White and Randell Russell, and his two sisters, Anna Dixie Russell and Nona Faye McGown.
Visitation will begin at 9:00 on September 11, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas, followed by a memorial service beginning at 2:00 PM in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Joel Halbert Cemetery, Milam, Texas.
Gene was a life-long member of Bethany Baptist Church in Milam, Texas. Brother Robert Shaddock pastor of Bethany Baptist Church will be officiating the services. Pallbearers include William Dreis, Jr., Randell Russell, Edward Lestrade III, Robert Burlet III, Robert Burlet IV, and William Burlet.
From
www.sabinecountyreporterlive.com
Posted Tuesday, Sep 11, 2012
Barbara Yancey Dore notes he was Deputy Sheriff, District Clerk, Sheriff and City Marshall in Sabine County.
Name George Washington Russell
Event Type Death
Event Date 03 Apr 1975
Event Place Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
Usual Residence Hwy 87 S Hemphill, TX
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Occupation Law Officer Law Enforcement
Birth Date 11 Dec 1893
Birthplace , Texas
Father's Name A B Russell
Mother's Name Anna Mcgown
Informant Mrs. Truda Russell (wife)
Certificate Number 29161
GS Film number 2243948
Digital Folder Number 005145714
Image Number 01932
Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K384-474 : accessed 10 Jun 2014), George Washington Russell, 03 Apr 1975; citing certificate number 29161, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2243948.
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 14 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 171 Sheet 8A
151-153
Russell, George W Hd M W 26 M Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Russell, Timmie M Wf F W 26 M Tx Tx Tx
Russell, G.W. Son M W 2 0/12 Tx Tx Tx
White, Ed H Hired Hand M W 45 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
She is entered in a history published by the Genealogy Society of Roosevelt County New Mexico. It was noted that she was a seamstress from Billings, Oklahoma and was looking for a greener pastures when she came to New Mexico. She was said to be the daughter of Samuel F. Russell, born ca 1833, in Coatsville, PA, and d. 8-1917 at age 84. He was married to an Inez on 14 Jan 1851 in Cleveland, Ohio. Other children, James Russell (son by his first wife, Elizabeth Moore), and Charlie Lovington Russell.
Her FindAGrave memorial page, created by R. T. Brandon, had the following obituary posted:
Funeral Services for Mrs. Helen Russell Maxey will be held at 10:00 on Friday, August 24, 2012 at Warren Meadows Funeral Home in Many, LA. Interment will follow at Bayou Scie Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 pm on Thursday, August 23, 2012. Officiating will be Rev. Nathaniel Langford. Mrs. Maxey was a member of Bayou Scie Methodist Church.
Helen, affectionately called Miss Helen by family and friends, was born on December 22, 1922. She was the only child of Eddie B. and Minnie Della Russell. Since she was an only child and wanted a large family, she had four daughters during her 58 years of marriage to Ural (Billy) Maxey, who preceded her in death on December 28, 2000. Growing up she enjoyed the companionship of her parental aunts and uncles who were her approximate age. After her marriage to Billy, she claimed his seven siblings and their spouses as her own.
Helen will be remembered by her many professions. She worked alongside Billy on their farm in the Belmont Community in Sabine Parish. She was a true partner assisting him with their cattle herd, poultry business and agriculture ventures. She also helped run the family store, Russell-Maxey Country Store and gas station. She served as Librarian of the Belmont Branch Public Library. Her most important profession was that of wife, mother, grandmother and friend to her neighbors. She will especially be remembered for her devotion to her special daughter, Billie Carol.
She is survived by her daughters, Gloria Rains and husband Randel of Zwolle, LA; Nelda Thomas and husband Steve of Shreveport, LA; Diane Rivers and husband Mike of Stonewall, LA and Billie Carol Maxey of Many, LA; six grandchildren, Rusty Rains, Shawn Arthur, Milicent Day, Erin Zeringue, Shane Rivers and Kevin Rivers; and 14 great grandchildren.
Copied from the Facebook Group, Farm Road 1-From one end to the other, written by Ronald Barlow:
Happy 100th Birthday, Mammaw!
One Hundred years ago today, on January 27, 1916, Ina Mae Russell (1916-2001) was born at home in LaMerle, Texas, near the Santa Fe Railroad about halfway between Pineland and Bronson.
Her parents were Creed Thomas Russell (1888-1925) and Lora Lee Warner Russell Forse (1894-1983).
Creed worked at the sawmill in LaMerle, that belonged to J.R. Harris and R.W. Henry, for a few years, before moving the family to Jasper, so he could work for the Texas Highway Department constructing Highway 8.
Ina Mae attended school at Plainview, Jasper and Bronson.
She was nine years old, when her father was shot in Jasper on November 1, 1925.
Creed Russell died four days later, leaving Lora a widow, with five children between the ages of three months and eleven years.
Lora Russell moved the family back to Bronson, where her family could help with survival.
Three years after Creed Russell's murder, when her mother married W.C. "Bill" Forse, of the Plainview Community, in 1929, her teacher, Charlie Forse, became her stepbrother.
Six years later, the family was complete with the birth of LaNell.
Her siblings were:
C.L. Russell (1914-1974)
Ina Mae Russell Barlow (1916-2001)
Wilson Roy "Billy" Russell (1918-1961)
Erma Moselle Russell Foster (1921-1972)
Leva Isabelle "Belle" Russell McLemore (1925-2007)
LaNell Forse Crow Bragg (1934-2015)
Ina Mae married Adron Horace "Dick" Barlow (1907-1987) on July 14, 1932.
Ina Mae was 16 and Dick was 24.
For the next 55 years, she was never away from his side for more than a day or two, except for the years during World War II, when Dick worked at the shipyard in Orange, and Ina Mae stayed at Pineland so the kids could stay in school.
Even then, Dick made it home on weekends.
Ina Mae was a professional Homemaker.
She had to be.
In their 55 years of marriage, she and Pappaw lived in at least ten different homes.
Ina Mae often said that "when the rapture comes, I will probably be in the middle of moving" and all their worldly possessions would be left in a ditch somewhere along the way.
She gave birth to Lamar Barlow at home, just east of Strickland Crossing on March 24, 1933.
Seventeen months later, Lora Beth was born at their next home, just southwest of Strickland Crossing on August 24, 1934.
Two years later, Wendall Joe (my Daddy) was born at their next home, in the Slip-Up-N-Hitch Community between Strickland Crossing and Plainview, near the Lott Cemetery, on September 1, 1936.
Two-and-a-half years later, Mary Virginia was born in their first home near Bear Creek, northwest of Pineland on March 22, 1939.
In less than six years, Ina Mae had set up home in four different places, while bearing four children.
That was the end of the children...but not the moving.
Just a year or two later the "Stagner House" at Bear Creek burned down.
They moved into a smaller sharecropper house next door, which I was raised in, and my mother still lives in.
Dick added on to the house to accommodate the family of six.
Ina Mae had a milk cow, chickens, and a garden, as well as a growing herd of beef cattle to tend to, as Dick farmed cotton and cut railroad ties.
With his crosscut saw, kerosene sling bottle, axe, broad axe, iron wedge, gluts, and wooden gauge, Dick could work circles around most men, turning out more crossties than anybody around.
They had no running water, no electricity, no telephone, no inside plumbing, no refrigerator...not even an icebox.
Ina Mae had a wood cook stove, kerosene lamps, a flatiron, a mud fireplace, an outhouse, a smokehouse and a corn crib.
Dick butchered his own hogs and the family bunked sweet potatoes, shelled peas and beans, shucked corn, cut okra, pulled squash, cucumbers and watermelons...and never went hungry.
Ina Mae canned pork sausage, vegetables, fruit, chow-chow, pickles, jelly and preserves.
Store-bought "Light Bread" was a rare treat, so Ina Mae made biscuits and cornbread every day.
Temple Lumber Company's sawmill whistle in Pineland could clearly be heard from 2-3 miles away and served as the Barlow's and other farm folks signal for lunch.
Life was simple...and good.
The Great Depression had very little impact on folks that lived off the land and had nothing in the bank.
During World War II, when Dick went off to work in the shipyard, Ina Mae and the kids moved into the "Conner House," a mile-or-so up the road, closer to the highway, to be closer to town with no man in the house.
Ina Mae never learned to drive and never wanted to.
Dick, as all Barlow men seem to be, was fascinated by cars and anything mechanical.
About 1945, they got electricity, and hung one bare light bulb in each room of the house, with a pull switch.
Soon after, Ina Mae had a refrigerator and an electric iron, which really changed her life.
In 1946, Dick and Arvil White bought a sawmill and set it up on a pice of land on the east side of US 96, a mile-or-so north of Pineland, where Pat Bradberry now lives.
Soon after, with lumber cut at his sawmill, Dick built a new three bedroom home and moved the family in next door to the sawmill.
Marie Beauchamp McBride now lives in this house.
Besides the sawmill, Dick sold used cars in front of the home, did carpentry work, bought and sold real estate, ran beef cattle on Bear Creek, and worked on everyone else's cars.
Ina Mae and Dick were instrumental in moving Martin Chapel Church from the Martin Cemetery, near Bear Creek, to a new location on the highway, where they renamed it Bethel Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.
They were both baptized in Allen's Pond near their home on 96.
Bethel Chapel had "preaching" only twice a month, but had it on both Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Sunday School was conducted every Sunday.
In 1954 or 1955, Dick built a combination service station/grocery store between his mother's home and the Garage he had with L.P. Knight and Ivy Jacks.
Ina Mae and Dick ran the store for several years before selling it to Dick's brother, Boob Barlow.
The kids all graduated from Pineland High School between 1951 and 1958.
In about 1962, they sold everything and moved to Arkansas.
FindAGrave shows her as a daughter of Benjamin Franklin Russell and Fannie Evelyn White, as does Virgie Speights. She wrote that the Russell's came to Texas from Arkansas. She was one of 12 children who had seven siblings still living in 1964; sisters Mrs. Eula Habbard and Mrs. Bennie Davis of Huntington and Mrs Edwin Ogden of Woodville; and brothers Denman Russell of Galveston, Paul Russell of Lake Charles, Lewis Rusell and Cary Russell of Beaumont.
1910 Census
Texas, Taylor County, JP Ward 3, Abilene City
Enumerated 20 Apr 1910
SD 16 ED 266 Sheet 7A
Beech Mulberry Avenue
430 127 131
Russell, John C Head M W 52 m1 26 Tx Tenn Tx President Bank
Russell, Annie G Wf F W 47 m1 26 3/2 Tx SC Tx
Russell, Caro Son M W 13 S Mo Tx Tx
Gaffney, Mrs. M F. Mother-in-law F W 71 Wd 4/3 Tx Va Ala
Listed on the SSDI simply as J. Russell, 1 Jun 1896 - May 1982, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. His Form SS-5 shows his full name as John Caro Russell. At the time he completed the application, on December 4, 1936, he was a resident of Abilene, Texas. His home address was 540 Grape Street, and he was employed by Motz & Curtis of Abilene. He listed his parents as John Caro Russel and Annie Elizabeth Gaffney, and his place of birth as St. Louis, Missouri.
Could this be his listing from FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976?
Name: John Russell
Death Date: 31 Mar 1958
Death Place: Tarrant County, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 80 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1878
Birth Date: 30 May 1877
Birthplace: Arkansas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: J. H. Russell
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Unknown
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Emerald Hills Cemetery
Burial Date: Kennedale, Tarrant County, Texas
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2115347
Digital Film Number: 4163858
Image Number: 2949
Reference Number: 18474
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
At the time of the 1930 census, he was living with his sister-in-law (Virgie Halbert Russell) and his nephew, Roy D. Russell, Jr.
Name Kirby Dickson Russell
Event Type Death
Event Date 21 Aug 1973
Event Place Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 08 Mar 1907
Birthplace , Texas
Occupation Tax Officer City Government
Veteran? Yes WW II
Father's Name A B Russell
Mother's Name Anna Dixie Mcgown
Informant Mrs. Doro Russell (wife)
Certificate Number 70112
GS Film number 2242912
Digital Folder Number 005145752
Image Number 01450
Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K385-62N : accessed 10 Jun 2014), Kirby Dickson Russell, 21 Aug 1973; citing certificate number 70112, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2242912.
Belle (Isabelle) McLemore went home to be with her Lord September 5, 2008, at Harbor Hospice after an extended illness. She was born July 29, 1925 in Jasper, Texas but lived in Beaumont most of her life. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hugh R. McLemore, her parents, brothers and sisters. Belle was a long time volunteer in the ICU Department of CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth Hospital. She had been employed by First Security Bank and The White House Department Store Payroll Division. She supported her husband's 30-year involvement with the YMBL. She was a past officer of Women's Aglow and during the past few years, hosted a monthly nondenominational luncheon and prayer group in her home. She was a member of Cathedral in the Pines Christian Center for 59 years where she had been a choir member and taught Sunday school for most of those years. At various times, she taught all age groups and until her health failed, taught the Adult Seniors Class. She leaves behind a great Christian heritage for her family and many friends. Belle loved and treasured her family. She is survived by her son, Don McLemore, and wife, Cheryl, and her daughter, Carolyn McCormick, and husband, Jim, of Katy, TX. The joys of her life were her grandchildren, Karin Mikko and husband, Kevin of Justin, TX., Chad McCormick and wife, Jeanne, of Katy TX. and Todd McCormick of Katy, TX. She is survived by great grandchildren, Katelin, Cole, Daniel, Haley, Caroline and James. She is also survived by her sister, Lanelle Bragg, of Bronson, TX and many nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Sunday, September 7, 2008 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home, 1155 N. 11th Street in Beaumont. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, September 8, 2008 in the chapel of the funeral home. A graveside service, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, will be held immediately following the memorial service. The family would like to thank Dr. George Thomas, Dr. Thomas Lombardo, and Dr. Robert Birdwell for the care they provided over many years. Sincere appreciation is also offered to her care givers, Ruth and Ray Medina, to the staff at LenRose Assisted Living Center and to the staff at Harbor Hospice. In lieu of the usual remembrances, contributions may be made in memory of Belle to Cathedral Christian School.
Jewel Gallon writes that her grandfather "Oscar Fred (everyone called him Fred or O.F. no one ever dared call him Oscar) was born in Denton, Texas. He died in Clarendon, Texas on Christmas Day of 1991. He was a cowboy on the JA Ranch in the Panhandle from the time he was about 10 until he married Jewel Bush when he was 21. He published a book about his cowboy days at the time of the Texas Sesquicentennial. Quite an interesting life. After his cowboy days, he became a butcher and at one time owned three meat markets; one in Clarendon, one in McLean and one in Shamrock TX. He was well known in the panhandle area. Fred was married three times and out-lived all three wives. Fred & his first two wives are buried in the Settlers cemetery in Clarendon. "
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
about Oscar Fred Russell
City: McLean
County: Gray
State: Texas
Birthplace: Denton, Texas;United States of America
Birth Date: 18 Jul 1897
Father's Birth Place: Alabama
Roll: 1953400
DraftBoard: 0
Age: 21
Occupation: Working for self, McLean, Texas
Nearest Relative: J. T. Russell, McLean, Texas
Height/Build: Medium/Medium
Color of Eyes/Hair: Blue/Brown
1930 census
Donley Co. TX ED 65-2 Pf. 193A
Clarendon Prect. 2
506/570
Russell, Fred, head, MW, 32, M, age when first married 21, Merchant, Meat Market, TX AL TX
Jewell, wife, FW, 26, M, age when first married 16, OK TX AR
Louise, dau., FW, 8, TX TX OK
Cleo, son, MW, 7, TX TX OK
Shown as Ran on the 1900 census, and Ranson in 1910.
Name Randell Levie Russell
Event Type Death
Event Date 22 Oct 1960
Event Place Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
Usual Residence rural General Delivery Milam, Sabine County
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 10 Jan 1897
Birthplace , Texas
Occupation Merchant
Father's Name A B Russell
Mother's Name Anna Dixie Mcgown
Informant Gene P Russell
Certificate Number 60731
GS Film number 2116475
Digital Folder Number 005145512
Image Number 02669
Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3HS-V5S : accessed 10 Jun 2014), Randell Levie Russell, 22 Oct 1960; citing certificate number 60731, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2116475.
1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated April 26, 1930
ED 202-6 SD 17 Sheet 9B
Apr 28
191-204
Russell, Randle L Head M W 33 M Tx Ala Tx
Russell, Viola J Wf F W 30 m17 Tx Tx Tx
Russell, Nona F Dtr F W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Russell, Anna D Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Russell, Jean P Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
Hamilton, Archie Boarder M Neg 37 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Roy Russell (30), a well-to-do Milam farmer, was stabbed in the lower stomach on the Hemphill courthouse steps by his nephew, Al HOLBERT (Halbert?), and died a few minutes later. According to M.S. MORRIS, an eyewitness, the stabbing grew out of an arguement over a pair of mules. After the stabbing, Ran Russell, a brother to Roy, attacked Holbert, but Holbert made his escape through the crowd. However, Holbert was soon found and arrested but since he had received several deep cuts on the neck and face he was taken to a hospital where he was kept under close guard.
R. D. Russell, 75, of Pineland died July 12 at his residence.
[Note: The SSDI shows, apparently in error, his DOD as 1 July 1999)
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, July 15, 1999 at Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill with burial at Joel Halbert Cemetery in Milam.
A lifelong resident of Sabine County, he was a retired Temple Inland supervisor and a World War II Navy veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Russell of Pineland; sons, Chris Russell of Lufkin and Roy David Russell of Milam; daughters Melinda Russell of Lufkin and Melissa Bradberry of Pineland; brother Julius Nethery of Center, and eight grandchildren.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2011)
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JN7C-3Z9
Name: Willie Francis Dorsey
Death Date: 02 Mar 1972
Death Place: Milam, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 89 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 04 Dec 1882
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: R T Russell
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mary Bragg
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2223768
Digital Film Number: 4005476
Image Number: 03120
Reference Number: 30932
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Woodrow Lloyd Russell, 97, passed away Thursday morning in the Whispering Oaks nursing facility. Woodrow was born in Milam, Texas to Wallace and Eula Allen Russell. He was a Sargent in the United States Army Air Corp., serving in the European Campaign during World War II. He was also an agent for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for the State of Texas, and he was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Geneva, and he was a loving father, brother, grandfather, great grandfather, and great great grandfather.
He is survived by his 3 daughters: Tena White of Lumberton, Linda Pietz and her husband Eric of Littleton, Colorado, and Wanda Waller and her husband Phillip of Livingston, his sister Edna Earl Askew of Shelbyville, his 5 grandchildren, his 14 great grandchildren and his 1 great great grandchild. He is preceded in death by his wife Mary Russell.
Visitation will be at 11:00AM until 2:00PM, Monday, June 15, 2015, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill. Funeral services will be at 2:00PM, Monday, June 15, 2015, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Joel Halbert Cemetery in Milam.
Copied from the Starr Funeral Home website
also published in the Sabine County Reporter, June 17, 2015, Page 12
Obituary
Lincoln Journal Star
November 26, 2011
Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy
Helen G. Suda, age 99, of Wilber, widow of Anton J. Suda, died Thursday, November 24, 2011, in Crete. Born April 3, 1912 to Frank and Cecilia (Vitak) Rut in Tobias.
Survivors: son, James and Norma Suda, Tobias; daughters, Bonnie and Ken Kreshel, Wilber, Betty Michl, Lincoln, Joann and Sherm Havel, Milligan; 20 grandchildren; 48 great grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren; sister, Marie Bright, Bolivar, Mo.; sister-in-law, Jeraldine Rut, Friend; special cousin, Ed Rut, Tobias.
Funeral services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Milligan. Rosary service: 7 p.m. Sunday, Farmer & Son Funeral Home, Kotas Chapel, Milligan. Visitation: Sunday 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., Farmer & Son Funeral Home, Kotas Chapel, Milligan. Graveside service: Bohemian National Cemetery, Milligan. Memorials are directed to the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church. Online condolences may be left at
Roger J. Rut, 70, of Lincoln, died Monday, July 11, 2011. He was born October 2, 1940 in Alexandria, Neb. to James and Mildred (Weber ) Rut. Retired, Department of Administrative Services supervisor, State of Nebraska.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann Rut; son, daughter-in-law, Keith and Patti Rut, York; daughter, son-in-law, Karen and Todd McCain, Lincoln; mother, Mildred Rut, Fairmont; grandchildren, Micheala Rut, Emi and Sam McCain, Janell and husband Bill Green, Ashley and Lecia Reimers; special cousin, Bill Rut; numerous other family members and friends.
Funeral service: 10:30 a.m. Friday (7-15-11) St. Luke United Methodist Church, 1621 Superior St. Rev. Dan Safarik, officiating. Please wear casual attire. Reception to follow service. Visitation: 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday with family greeting friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Roper and Sons, 4300 'O' Street and one hour prior to service time at the church. Memorials, in lieu of flowers, to the family.
Arrangements by Roper and Sons Funeral Services.
(Courtesy of Dennis Belohlavy, from the Lincoln Journal Star)
She was born on a farm near Wilber, moving with her parents near Tobias when she was three years old. (Milligan, p. 220).
Mrs. Anna Bures
Anna Ruzicka bures was born June 18, 1878 on a farm near Wilber, NE. She departed this life at her home in Geneva, NE, Wednesday, August 17, 1949 at the age of 71 years and 2 months. She grew to young wonmanhood near Wilber and later moved with her parents near Tobias, NE. She was united in marriage to John Vesely (sic) and to this union was born one son, who died in infancy. May 1, 1902 she was married to Frank Bures and together they spent most of their lives on a farm near Geneva, later retiring and moving to town. Her husband preceded her in death, November 23, 1940. This union was blessed with six children, all of whom survive. They are Edward and George of Geneva, Mrs. Josephine Kutler of Eldorado, KS, Mrs. Agnes Schmidt of Fairmont, Mrs. Lillian Pribyl of Tobias and Alice, at home. There are also three step-children, Mrs. Anna Rohla of Exeter, Mrs. Helen Sluka and John Bures to whom she was the same as a mother. Several grandchildren, two sisters and one brother also survive. Her interests were always in her home and her family. Although she was bedfast several months she was patient to the very last and enjoyed having friends and her children with her. She was a member of the X.C.B.J. lodge of Exeter. A precious one from us is gone, a voice we loved is stilled. A place is vacant in our hearts, that never can be filled. May she rest in peace. Funeral services were held at the Kritner Funeral Home in Geneva, Saturday, August 20. Rev. K. L. zavadil of Wilber delivered the serman. Mrs. Harold a Rosenau sang. Short interment services were held at the North Milligan cemetary with Virgie Lee Havel and Mrs. I. A. Havel rendering the song service. Six grandsons acted a pallbearers.
1910 Census
Nebraska, Saline County, Olive Precinct
Enumerated 26 and 27 April 1910 by Chase Campbell
SD 4 ED 128 Sheet 6B
143-143
Ruzicka, James Hd M W 43 m1 15 Aust Boh Aust Boh Aust Boh 1
868 Na English Farmer
Ruzicka, Annie Wf F W 32 m1 15 2/2 Aust Boh Aust Boh Aust Boh
Ruzicka, Ella Dtr F W 14 S Neb Aust Boh Aust Boh
Ruzicka, Joseph Son M W 2 S Neb Aust Boh Aust Boh
Ruzicka, Anton Father M W 74 M1 50 Aust Boh Aust Boh Aust Boh 1868 Nat Eng Farm Laborer
Ruzicka, Barbara Mother F W 72 M1 50 11/6 Aust Boh Aust Boh Aust Boh Bohemian
1910 Census
Nebraska, Saline County, Olive Precinct
Enumerated 26 and 27 April 1910 by Chase Campbell
SD 4 ED 128 Sheet 6B
143-143
Ruzicka, James Hd M W 43 m1 15 Aust Boh Aust Boh Aust Boh 1
868 Na English Farmer
Ruzicka, Annie Wf F W 32 m1 15 2/2 Aust Boh Aust Boh Aust Boh
Ruzicka, Ella Dtr F W 14 S Neb Aust Boh Aust Boh
Ruzicka, Joseph Son M W 2 S Neb Aust Boh Aust Boh
Ruzicka, Anton Father M W 74 M1 50 Aust Boh Aust Boh Aust Boh 1868 Nat Eng Farm Laborer
Ruzicka, Barbara Mother F W 72 M1 50 11/6 Aust Boh Aust Boh Aust Boh Bohemian
Louisa Grace Ryan, 64, of Dallas, Texas passed away Sunday, March 11, 2018 in City Hospital of Dallas.
Louisa was born July 14, 1953 in Center, Texas. She was the daughter of Paul and Clarice Conner Clark. She was a graduate of Hemphill High School and later became an educator in the public-school system.
Services are pending at Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill, Texas.
1920 Census
Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Ward 9 Twp 3
Enumerated 13, 14, and 15 Apr 1920
SD 8 ED 76 Sheet 20A
413-419
Ryland, Edwin Head M W 33 La Ala La Farmer
Ryland, Joanna Wife F W 36 (sic) m La La La
Ryland, Emma Mother F W 70 Wd La Oh La
Whitmill A. Ryle applied for enrollment as a citizen by intermarriage of the Chickasaw Nation on October 31, 1902. He gave his post office address as Addington.He testified that at the time he married Mattie in 1892, she was living on the old Hardwick place down on Briar Creek near Lebanon. W.A. stated that prior to his marriage to Mattie, he was "at work for Pound, I was staying there and then from there I went up on Walnut and bought some horses there for Jim Smith" He was enrolled in the Chickasaw Nation on May 20, 1903.
1900 Census
Indian Territory, Chickasaw Nation, Twp H.S.R.7 W
Enumerated 6 Jun 1900
SD 15 ED 171 Sheet 10 Stamped 174A
3-162
Ryle, White A Hd W M Jun 1868 31 M 7 Mo KY KY Farmer
Ryle, Mattie Wf In F Oct 1879 21 M 7 4/4 IT IT Tenn
Ryle, Emmer Dtr In F Sept 1892 6 S IT Mo IT
Ryle, Jessie L Dtr In F Oct 1897 2 S IT Mo IT
Ryle, Whitmill H Son IN M Dec 1899 2/12 S IT Mo IT