Orestes History

Obits 1931 to 1950

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Dr. Joel Cook age 75 of Orestes died 13 Feb 1931

Dr. Andrew Jackson Perry, 76 of Alexandria died 2 Mar 1931, w Lucy McMahan

Virgil S. Day of Alexandria died 12 Mar 1931, mgr Orestes Silo Co

Anthony Chamness of Elwood died 18 May 1931, b Lily Creek & Hwy 28

David Stroud of Orestes died 8 Jun 1931

Catherine Grose age 14 of Orestes died 12 Jun 1931, dau Jason Grose

Robert L. Ingram 62, Elwood died 11 Sep 1931, father of Ruth Dwiggins

Chessell W. Urmston age 40 died 30 Oct 1931, mgr local elevators

Emma Plackard age 71 formerly of Orestes died 5 Dec 1931 in Arkansas

Charles French died 23 Jan 1932

Frank Waymire died 10 Feb 1932

John Harper age 74 of Frankton died 25 Apr 1932

Mary Little age 85 of Orestes died 2 May 1932

John Harrison age 52 of Orestes died 15 Aug 1932

Mary Jo Dwiggins age 1 dau of Garland & Ruth Dwiggins died 23 Aug 1932

Sarah Kendall age 80 of Orestes died 22 Oct 1932

Melvin Robinson age 74 of Monroe Township died 17 Nov 1932

Martha Anna Dwiggins age 83 of Orestes died 17 Nov 1932

Sarah Jane Carver age 60 of Orestes died 2 Dec 1932

Edgar L. Dickey of Pipe Creek Township died 23 Jan 1933

Margaret Dellinger age 91 of Orestes died 23 Jan 1933

Ellen Griffee age 77 of Dundee died 21 Feb 1933

Robert Hicks age 75, south of Orestes died 27 Feb 1933

William Braddock age 78 of Frankton died 30 Mar 1933, sawmill owner

Lebern Mack Moyer age 86 of Orestes died 24 Apr 1933, father of Myrtle Dunn

Earl Almack age 43 of Alexandria died 3 May 1933

Bertha Jarrett age 67 of Orestes and Dundee died approx 10 May 1933

Joseph Stone age 71 of Dundee died 18 Jul 1933

Isaac Vinton Busby, 73 of Alex d 26 Jul 1933, former head of Alex School System

Hannah Heritage of Monroe Twp died 10 Aug 1933, gr dau of Micajah Chamness

Ione Pence age 56 of Orestes died 22 Aug 1933

Brodie Ryan age 37 of Orestes died 6 Sep 1933, gravel truck accident

 Jacob Bicknell age 60 of Dundee died 7 Oct 1933, struck by car

Asa Hancock age 63 of Dundee died 14 Dec 1933, pinned between 2 cars

Dolois Ann Ryan infant died at Orestes 25 Jan 1934, Roy Ryan

Louisa Butler age 75 or Orestes died 15 Feb 1934

Laura Jane Johnson age 73 of Orestes died 5 May 1934, born Orestes Hill

Mary Etchison of Dundee died 18 May 1934

George Chetty of Emporia d. 7 Jun 1934, f of Lyman Thornburg, Orestes Grocery

Lindsey Bicknell age 69 of Orestes and Dundee, died 2 Oct 1934

Noah Bright age 76 formerly of Orestes died 24 Oct 1934, Perry, OK

Caroline Genung age 75 of Orestes died 17 Nov 1934

Millie Ann Bicknell died 29 Jun 1935

C.C. Hall of Alexandria died 20 Aug 1935, founder of rock wool

Flora May Russell Dwiggins of Orestes d 27 Aug 1935, b 16 Aug 1859

William Perry age 86 died 20 Nov 1935

Emma Carver age 76 died 29 Jan 1936

William Carver of Orestes died 27 May 1936

Edward Ellsworth died 18 Sep 1936

Gertrude Custer died 16 Nov 1936

Fred Schwinn died 3 Mar 1937

Wayne Leeson died 23 Dec 1937

Ida Ballinger age 79 of Orestes died 14 Feb 1938

George C. McMahan age 61 of Orestes died 31 Mar 1938

Cromwell Tappan age 65 died near Lily Creek 30 Apr 1938

Ida Schwinn age 71 of Alexandria died 28 May 1938

Berneda Preston Wethington age 23 of Alex died 2 Jun 1938, mgr Orestes Tel Co

Ethel Favors Cooper formerly of Orestes died 21 Nov 1938

Ed Wardwell age 63 of Duck Creek Twp died 9 Jan 1939, teacher

John B. Fleming age 76 of Orestes died 20 Jun 1939, b21 Feb 1851

Sarah Elizabeth Davis age 59 of Orestes died 13 Sep 1939, b 20 Mar 1880

John Jackson of Orestes died 10 Oct 1939, ret glass worker

Ida May Hasty of Orestes died 28 Oct 1939

James A. Cox age 60 of Orestes died 10 Nov 1939, b Mich 24 Jun 1879

William Charles Ferguson age 67 near Dundee died 15 Nov 1939, b 20 Jul 1872

Oliver P. Hasty age 78 of Orestes died 18 Dec 1939, b 30 Jul 1861

Mrs. Hubert Miller age 39 formerly of Orestes died 5 Jan 1940

Ellen McMahan 83 n of Orestes & Osceola died 30 May 1940, mother of Orestes

Grant Delinger age 75 of Orestes 31 May 1940, b 10 May 1865

Carl Green age 13 of Alexandria died 26 Jun 1940, trains hits bike

Herbert Dale Cook of Orestes died 9 Sep 1940, son of Dr Joel Cook

Charles Hanshew age 59 died 14 Oct 1940, struck by car

Mary E. Scott age 85 south of Orestes died 21 Oct 1940

Loara Shell age 65 of Orestes died 4 Nov 1940, b n Frankton 26 May 1875

Levi Norris age 89 of Dundee died 21 Dec 1940

Eli Carver age 90 of Orestes died 19 Mar 1941, b 12 Jun 1872

Henry Gosnell age 85 of Orestes died 22 Mar 1941, b Jasper Co IL

Annie Moore age 73 of Orestes died 24 Mar 1941, b OH 26 Nov 1867

Walter Wilhelm age 67 Elwood died 17 May 1941, mgr Dundee Grain Elevator

Olive Stamman age 81 west of Orestes 21 May 1941, b 11 Aug 1859

George Franklin Hancock 76 near Dundee Died 31 May 1941, farming accident

Charles Harris age 69 of Orestes died 24 Jun 1941, farmer

William Blake age 44 of Orestes died 3 Jul 1941, fell from silo

John Ewen Custer age 24 of Orestes died 13 Aug 1941, hit by train

Luella Rush Ingram, 68, Elwood d 13 Sep 1941, b 5 Aug 1873, m Ruth Dwiggins

Louisa Welborn age 86 of Orestes Dundee died 20 Aug 1941, b Dec 1854

Marshall S. (Jackie) McMahan 78 Orestes d26 Nov 1941, bOsceola 10 Dec 1863

Charles Etchison age 77 of Dundee died 2 Dec 1941, b near Shiloh

Ralph Porter age 20 of Alexandria died 3 Jan 1942, auto accident

Mark King age 56 of Orestes died 22 Jan 1942

Charles Ellsworth age 57 of Olive Branch died 27 Jan 1942, car train accident

May Ellsworth age 59 of Olive Branch died 27 Jan 1942, car train accident

Oliver H. Waymire age 76 of Dundee died 23 May 1942

Euphemia Jane Hims age 85 died 19 Jul 1942, b 3 May 1857

Stella Waymire age 69 of Orestes died 10 Sep 1942, wife of James

George Chick King age 52 of Orestes died 14 Sep 1942, b 9 Jul 1890

David Austin Cummins age 79 Phillips Addn Alex died 16 Nov 1942

James M. Powell age 84 formerly of Orestes died 2 Dec 1942 in Brooklyn IN

James M. Barton age 83 died 4 Feb 1943, one of founders MC Hist Soc

Marie Blake 43 Orestes-Osceola, d17Feb43 b20Apr1899 par Ora & Pearl

Larry L Street Orestes d 9Mar43, son of Basil and Vivian Street

Maria Tappan age 78 n or Orestes died 17 May 1943, b 16 Sep 1864

George Harley Cook of Orestes died 31 May 1943, son of Dr Joel Cook

Llewellyn Padfield age 49 of Orestes died 8 Sep 1943

Roy Marley age 33 of Elwood died 8 Sep 1943, heart attack at Garland Dwiggins

Virgil F. King age 47 of Orestes died 9 Nov 1943, son of Thomas and Cora

Samuel O. Tappan age 74 of Lily Creek died 20 Dec 1943, b 16 Dec 1869

Minnie D. Plackard age 70 of Orestes died 31 Dec 1943, b 2 Apr 1873

Ora B. Fox age 71 of Dundee and Orestes died 6 Jan 1944, b 27 Sep 1872

Mary Jane Griffee age 85 of Dundee died 6 Mar 1944

Gertie Young age 67 of Orestes died 12 Mar 1944, former Orestes postmaster

Eva Foor 49, Elwood, d 26 Apr 1944, b 13 Mar 1895, sister of Ruth Dwiggins

Amanda Louisa King 83 of Orestes died 22 Jun 1944, b 24 Sep 1860 Wayne Co

Arthur L Trester died 14 Sep 1944, former Alexandria educator

Wendell L. Willkie died 8 Oct 1944, Elwood resident and presidential candidate

Gene Richardson age 29 south of Orestes died 12 Mar 1945, gravel pit accident

Sgt James Huggins 23 KIA 3 May 1945 on Mindinao Is Philippines

John W. Wright age 85 Orestes died 5 Jun 1945, b 21 Feb 1860, Brown Co OH

 Nathan Laycock age 53 formerly of Orestes died 61 Jul 1945

Bessie M. Johnson age 50 of Osceola died 24 Oct 1945, b 1 Nov 1895

Clara May Jackman age 72 of Orestes died 14 Jan 1946

Samira Etchison 72 of Monroe Twp died 28 Feb 1946, b 23 Jun 1873 s Orestes

Daniel O’Bryant age 83 south of Orestes died 7 Mar 1946, b 28 Jun 1862

I.E. Wilson age 85 formerly of Orestes died 11 Mar 1946, Orestes Teacher

Soloman Frank Canon age 83 east of Orestes died 19 Apr 1946

Rev. J.E. Siferd Orestes Baptist Church Pastor died 21 Apr 1946

John Charles Stansberry age 85 Boone and Pipe Creek Twp died 23 Apr 1946

Ethel Freestone age 64 of Orestes died 6 May 1946

Robert M. Yelvington, Alex Times Tribune Editor died in Ipls 8 Jul 1946

John E. East 81 sw of Orestes died 3 Sep 1946, b 27 Jan 1865 Jas & Barbara

Orestes McMahan age 69 n of Orestes died 12 Sep 1946, b 25 Dec 1876

Thomas A. Duck King age 75 n of Orestes died 17 Sep 1946

Nathan Smith formerly of Orestes died 8 Oct 1946

Don Robert Walker age 7 Orestes died 27 Nov 1946, leukemia

Daniel W. Dwiggins 91 Orestes died 9 Dec 1946, b 11 Mar 1855, mail Ft Wayne

Joseph Kerr Disbennett age 63 Dundee died 23 Dec 1946

Silas Ox age 71 near Frankton, died 26 Dec 1946

S.B. Hook 75 south of Orestes died 30 Dec 1946, b 10 Apr 1871 Bartholemew Co

Daniel Robert Young 74 of Orestes died 21 Jan 1947, b 1 Jul 1872, Orestes Store

Elmira Etchison age 86 of Orestes died 5 Mar 1947, brother of Cora King

Gladys Davis King age 49 of Orestes died 31 Mar 1947, b 24 Sep 1897, m Tossie

Mary Cox died 18 Apr 1947, mother of Dave Cox Alex

Fred Welborn age 39 of Orestes died 9 Jun 1947

Keith McClead age 1 died 22 Sep 1947, car accident, parents Keith & Thelma

Jane Millspaugh age 29 of Alexandria died 28 Jan 1948, b 21 Oct 1918, n Dundee

Harlan D. Plackard of Orestes died 13 Feb 1948, school bus driver

Harlan J. Wann of Elwood died 16 Feb 1948, fall from bridge W Washington St

Glade Stewart age 56 of Orestes died 19 Feb 1948, bro Pauline Kendall

Alva Waymire farmer west of Orestes died 5 Oct 1948

B. Cook age 92 formerly of Orestes died 11 Oct 1948, b near Columbus In 1856

Betty Schell King age 75 of Orestes died 31 Oct 1948, husband Benjamin

John Morgan Little age 74 of Orestes died 1 Jan 1949, bus driver

Lawrence Dumps Shaw age 68 of Orestes died 2 Feb 1949, suicide

Johnny Jesse Velasquez age 8 months of Orestes died 24 Aug 1949

Wayne DuHadway age 62 of Orestes died 30 Aug 1949, auto accident

George Ewen Custer age 67 of Orestes died approx 10 Sep 1949

Douglas Pappy King age 88 of Orestes died 9 Jan 1950

Elmer Moyer age 80 of Pipe Creek Twp died 6 Mar 1950

Delia Anna Cox age 66 of Orestes died 30 Mar 1950

Phoebe Anne Lane 83 Orestes d19Apr50 husband Eldridge Wesley Lane

Olive Jane Swisher age 52 died 2 May 1950, husband Harry

William S. Duke age 74 of Alexandria died 23 May 1950, bro of Riley A. Duke

John Johnson age 92 of Orestes died 24 May 1950, b 21 Nov 1857 OH

Kathryn V. Ohler age 45 of Orestes died 5 Jun 1950, dau Ora & Tressie

Squire O. Duncan age 72 of Orestes died 22 Aug 1950, b 6 Oct 1877 Osgood IN

Alvin H. Wallace age 40 of Cincinnati, OH died 9 Oct 1950, Armscamp Speedway

John Stamman age 84 of Orestes died 9 Oct 1950, b 20 Apr 1886 Raustak GER

Marcus J. Fox 86 of Orestes died approx 24 Nov 1950, b 9 Jun 1865 Wayne Co

 

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