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Earl Wells Bell, long time resident of Bodie, was buried in Bridgeport March 19. He had been hospitalized for two weeks at the Mono Medical Center and succumbed March 16.

He was born in Bodie April 18, 1891 and spent practically his entire life in the town. He is well remembered by numerous visitors to the historic town as being available and eager to render any facts and figures pertaining to the may events and characters that made that town famous.

He is survived by a daughter, Maxine Bacon of South Gate, Calif. and granddaughter, brother, W. O. Bell of Oakland, Calif. and numerous nephews and nieces.

The funeral service was conducted from the Bridgeport Community Church under direction of Robert W. Findley, Methodist minister of Yerington, Nev. Pallbearers were: Daniel Bryant, Walter Cain, D. B. Cain, Jr., Russel Cain, Lawrence Buttencourt and Frank Dolan. Many relatives and long time friends attended the service.

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Funeral Services
Held Oct. 26 For
Will McKenzie

Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn McKenzie returned last Thursday from Hawthorne, Nev. where they attended the funeral of his brother, Will, who died October 22.

Will McKenzie was born in the famous old town Bodie October 12, 1907 and lived there until he was 9 years old when his family moved to Oakland.

He was educated in the school in Oakland and attended the University of California for a short period. He served two years with the US Army in the Aleutian Islands.

In 1945 he moved to Hawthorne where he marred Arlene Franklin and they had made their home ever since. He has been employed at the Naval Depot since that time holding a position in the supply department. He was a member of Mineral Co. Post American Legion.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday by the Rev. Benjamin Bolman of the Hawthorne Presbyterian Church and the American Legion post. Graveside services in the Hawthorne cemetery were conducted by the American Legion.

Mr. McKenzie is survived by his widow, Arlene McKenzie, two daughters, Susan of Hawthorne and Mrs. Jane Greathouse of Henderson, Nev., a sister Kathleen Bell of Oakland, two brothers, John McKenzie of Oakland and Mervyn McKenzie of Bishop, two granddaughters and several nieces and nephews.

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BRIDGEPORT, Calif. (Special)

-- Funeral services for Daniel Miller Smith were held Monday here in the Bridgeport Community Church.

Mr. Smith died Sept. 9 after a short illness. He was born in Rochester, Ind., Nov. 14, 1867. He went to California with his family in 1876 and settled in Bishop, Calif. As a young man he moved to Bridgeport where he met and married Miss Gertrude Towle in 1892.

Mr. Smith was long interested in mining, and he and his family spent several years in Masonic during the boom days. He also worked on county roads, on valley ranches and at the Travertine Quarry in early days.

He is survived by a son, West Towle Smith, Reno, and a daughter, Miss Naomi B. Smith, Bridgeport.

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Ex-Mono county sheriff Cecil R. Thorington, 63, passed away Friday, Jan. 21 at Northern Inyo Hospital, following a lingering illness.

Funeral services were conducted Monday, Jan. 24 at Talmage Chapel, Bishop, under auspices of the Masonic Lodge with Wilfred Partridge officiating. Burial was at Masonic cemetery, Bishop.

Roger Lindell of Bishop sang "Home on the Range" and "Red River Valley," at the funeral rites.

Listed as pallbearers were Ray Phelps, Walter Cain, Keith Schlaegel, Mervin McKenzie, Sabert Keough and Tom Kurisky.

Named as honorary pallbearers were Mono Superior Court Judge Walter Evans, Victor Cain, Capt. Cal Brumbaugh, Mono Sheriff Wm. Evans, Geo. Delury, Jr., Mervin Bryant, Clarence Borton, Arthur Clark, Dr. Ivo Lopizich, Philip Butler, Max Zischank, Robert Loundagin, Leslie Phillips, Ernest I. Bulpitt, Richie Conway, Clarence Sipes, Bob Hostetler and Cecil Hooven.

Thorington was born Feb. 28, 1902 on a ranch in Round Valley, a son of Wm. R. and Ettie Horton Thorington, pioneers who claimed their land as homesteaders in 1865 (then Mono County). His father was a native of Genoa, Nev., Nevada’s oldest settlement. His maternal parent came around the "Horn" and observed her first birthday in San Francisco, later to travel by river boat and wagon over Sonora Pass before she became a bride.

Properties of both families were later purchased by the City of Los Angeles.

Thorington’s schooling took place in Round Valley and Bishop and was followed with work on his father’s place and for neighboring cattle raisers.

In 1927 he was to choose as his bride Beatrice "Sis" May, herself of pioneer lineage.

He took employment as a packer, first in the Mammoth area and

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Mrs. Lottie Towle Bernard, 86, passed away at the Northern Inyo hospital, Tuesday, Dec. 28.

Funeral services were held Friday, Dec. 31, at the St. Timothy’s Episcopal church with the Reverend Mr. John Putney officiating.

She was laid to rest Monday, Jan. 2, in the Inglewood Park Cemetery beside her husband. Graveside services were conducted by the Reverend Mr. Reitz, Assistant Rector of Holy Faith Episcopal church of Inglewood.

Mrs. Bernard was born in Bridgeport, Calif., September 3, 1879, daughter of J. West and Adela "Nellie" Wedertz Towle, both early pioneers of Mono county.

She was married to H. J. Bernard at Bridgeport in 1897. They spent their early life in Inyo county operating hotels in Bishop and Big Pine, later buying a ranch in West Bishop and operated the first summer resort in Old Mammoth in 1910.

The survivors are two daughters, Gertrude Riley and Beatrice Whelan, a granddaughter, Beatrice Knight and three great grandchildren, Dean Knight, Jr., Gerold Knight and Marianne Knight all of Bishop, a niece Naomi Smith and a nephew West Smith of Bridgeport.

Pallbearers were West Smith of Bridgeport, Vic Bernard of Yerington, Nevada, Ped McCutchen, Leland Varney, Verne Summers and Don Talmage of Bishop.

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BRIDGEPORT, Calif. -- Cora Estelle Bryant Strom, Nevada and California school teacher, died Nov. 22 in an automobile accident near Lindsay, Calif.

Funeral services were held in the Bridgeport Community Church with the Rev. Edward Brown of Lee Vining clergyman. Burial was in the family plot in the Bridgeport Cemetery.

Mrs. Strom was the eldest daughter of Amasa Scott and Nellie Sawyer Bryant, Mono County Pioneers. She attended the Bridgeport school as did her parents, and graduated from the University of Nevada in 1934. She started a teaching career at Bridgeport, and was one of the first teachers at Henderson, teaching there 15 years. She held a life diploma in education in both Nevada and California.

She was a charter member of Mark Twain Post No. 4, American Legion Auxiliary, of Bridgeport.

Surviving are her husband, Eric A. Strom, whom she married Nov. 21, 1959; a sister, Mrs. Jean Adams of Las Vegas; a brother, M. A. (Slick) Bryant of Bridgeport; an aunt, Mrs. Frank L. Wedertz of Burlingame and an uncle, Robert W. Sawyer of Escalon.

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CARSON, Aug. 6--Mrs. Cordelia Hays Dolan, who followed the teaching profession for forty years, died at Bridgeport, Calif., Wednesday night following a long illness.

Born in Bridgeport June 26, 1881, Mrs. Dolan had resided in San Francisco since 1918 but had returned to spend many summers in her native town. During her many years as a school teacher she instructed at Aurora, Calif., Bodie, Calif., and at Bridgeport and at one time was superintendent of the Mono county schools.

At the time of her death Mrs. Dolan was principal of the Bayview school in San Francisco.

Mrs. Dolan’s parents were earlier California settlers. She married James P. Dolan on June 26, 1912. Mr. Dolan, who died several years ago, had been the sheriff of Mono county. Surviving Mrs. Dolan are a daughter, Miss Alice Marie Dolan of San Francisco; three brothers, G. D. Hays of Burlingame, Calif., E. R. Hays of Palo Alto, Calif., and D. W. Hays of Medicine Hat, Canada. Surviving also are several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday at twelve o’clock noon, with the Capital City mortuary in charge.

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BRIDGEPORT--Funeral services will be held Saturday for Naomi Violet Smith, former Mono County recorder and treasurer and a native of Bridgeport who died Wednesday in a Reno, Nev., hospital.

Services are scheduled at 1 p.m. in the Bridgeport Community Church, with burial to follow in Bridgeport cemetery.

Miss Smith was born in Bridgeport March 24, 1900, the daughter of Daniel and Gertrude Towle Smith. She was the granddaughter of J. W. and Della Wedertz Towle, early settlers of the Bridgeport Valley.

She entered county government as an assistant to the long-time county clerk, George C. Delury Jr. She later became treasurer, and then recorder and treasurer. She held her county office for a total of 16 years.

She is survived by her brother, West T. Smith, of Bridgeport; two cousins, Mrs. Beatrice G. Whelan and Mrs. Gertrude Riley, both of Bishop, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith of Reno.

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Other survivors include her daughter, Lucile Granstrom, Pacifica, Calif., a son, James Borland, Sacramento, and a sister, Mrs. Carrie Creasey, Crescent City, Calif.

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She was born in Sonoma County California Jan. 14, 1878 and came to Smith Valley in 1901. In 1906 she became the bride of the late Charles E. Day and the couple engaged in ranching and sheep raising in Smith Valley and Bridgeport until their retirement.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Alpha Annett of Smith Valley; two grandchildren, Alfred Annett and Mrs. Norma Jean Costa and a great grandson, Peter Costa, also of Smith Valley; also a sister, Mrs. Alta Zilhart, Oakland, Calif.

Friends are invited to attend funeral services at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Methodist Church in Smith Valley with Rev. Robert Smith officiating. Burial will be in the family plot in Smith Valley. Freitas Funeral service is in charge of arrangements.

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Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn McKenzie returned last Wednesday from Oakland, Calif., where they were called due to the sudden death of Mr. McKenzie’s brother, John McKenzie.

John D. McKenzie was a native son of Bodie, Calif., born there on March 25, 1897 to the late John J. and Kate McKenzie. In 1916 the family moved to Oakland, where John went to work at the Standard Oil Refinery in Richmond. Due to ill health, he retired from the company early, and in later years worked at several odd jobs.

Mr. McKenzie passed away March 16, 1963, at the age of 63. He is survived by his wife, Gertrude, a daughter, Mrs. Marion Bauer, a son, Otto, 3 grandchildren, and a sister, Kathleen Bell, all of Oakland; a brother, Mervyn of Bishop, several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Funeral services were held March 20 at Truman’s Chapel, with Dr. Don Fleming officiating. Entombment was in the Mt. View Garden Mausoleum, in Oakland.

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Word was deceived this week of the death of Stanley Hyde Hunewill, prominent Bridgeport and Smith Valley rancher, who died in Sonora Oct. 26 following an illness of more than a year.

Mr. Hunewill was born Nov. 8, 1887 at the historic Hunewill ranch which his grandparents founded in 1861. He was the son of Frank E. and Alice Hunewill.

He attended the local school, Berkeley High School and the University of Nevada. He spent his life in the Bridgeport and Smith Valley area where he managed the Hunewill ranches for more than 50 years. He was president of the ranching corporation until his death.

Active in community affairs, he served as chairman of the board of supervisors in Mono county for 10 years, was president of the East Walker Soil Conservation district and was a US Water Commissioner.

He was a member of the Smith Valley Methodist Church, past master of Alta Lodge, F and AM, Bridgeport; Kerak Temple of the Shrine and the Smith Valley Rotary Club.

He had a keen interest in cattle raising and developed a fine herd of commercial Herefords. An enthusiastic horseman, he raised and trained many fine horses, well trained cow horses being his hobby.

Surviving are his widow, the former LeNore Marten of West Chester, Iowa, to whom he was married in 1928; two sons, Claude and Stanley Jr.; a daughter, Mrs. June Usher of Alhambra; two sisters, Mrs. Milly Hamblet and Mrs. Lucille Bogard; 8 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. A son, Lt. Alton Hunewill, was killed in World War II.

Funeral services were held Tuesday at Bridgeport at the Memorial Hall. The Rev. George Crickton of the church of the 49ers in Columbia officiated.

To all who knew him, he was a quiet, unassuming man, with a great depth of character and made a great impact on the lives of the many who visited Hunewill Guest Ranch over the years. He was one of the old school whose word was as good as his bond,

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Stanley H. Hunewill, prominent Smith Valley and Bridgeport cattleman, died this morning in Sonora, Calif.

Hunewill ws born in Bridgeport, Calif., Nov. 8, 1887, member of a family of pioneers which settled in the Bridgeport area in 1861. He had spent his entire lifetime in the area and had extensive holdings.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. LeNore Hunewill and two sons, Stanley L. and Claude E. Hunewill all of Bridgeport; a daughter, Mrs. June Usher of California, and two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Hamblet and Mrs. Lucille Bogard, both of Wellington.

The funeral will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Bridgeport.

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BRIDGEPORT -- Ella M. Cain, Mono County pioneer and author of two books about the county, died Tuesday at 10:30 p.m. at the Mono Medical Center. She was 83.

Recitation of the rosary is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday at the Infant of Prague Catholic Church.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Mono Memorial Hall in Bridgeport.

Mrs. Cain was born June 9, 1872, in Bodie, famed Eastern California mining camp, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Cody, Mr. Cody, the first Land Office Receiver in this area of the West, was elected sheriff of Mono County in 1888.

Mrs. Cain lived in Bridgeport as a young girl, then went away to school.

She returned to Bodie to teach and, on June 15, 1904, married David V. Cain, son of Bodie pioneers Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Cain.

The family, which at the time included two daughters, Ruth and Helen, lived in Aurora from 1913-17, then returned to Bodie. Mrs. Cain and her husband had lived in Bridgeport in recent years.

She was the author of "The Story of Bodie", copyright 1956, and "The Story of Early Mono County" copyright 1961.

Mrs. Cain is survived by her husband, David V. Cain Sr., two sisters: Mrs. May Goodwin of Oakland, and Mrs Catherine Rittman of Berkeley; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Evans; a son, David V. Cain Jr.; four grandchildren: David Evans, Mrs. Diane Kurt, Ruth Evans and Helen Evans; and two great-grandchildren, both children of Mr. and Mrs. Kurt, who are stationed in Levoron, Italy.

Burial will be at the Bridgeport cemetery, where her daughter Ruth, who preceded her in death, is also buried.

Funeral arrangements are being handled by Ross-Burke Co. of Reno, Nev.

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Ella M. Cain, whose interest in the history of Mono County, Calif., was reflected in books which she authored, died Tuesday in the Mono County Hospital.

Mrs. Cain was 88 years old and, prior to retirement, she had taught for many years in the Bodie, Mono County, school system.

She lived most of her life in Bodie and organized the museum there which was recently taken over as a state park.

For the last 22 years she was a resident of Bridgeport. Her father, M.J. Cody, was sheriff of Mono County for many years.

Mrs. Cain attended high school in Virginia City, where she prepared for her teaching career.

Her parents and her husband’s parents were early settlers in Mono County and pioneered in the mining camps of that area. Books written by Mrs. Cain were A History of Mono County and the Story of Bodie.

She was a member and past president of the American Legion Auxiliary.

Surviving are her husband, David V. Cain; a son, David, and a daughter, Mrs. Walter R. Evans, all of Bridgeport; sisters, May Goodwin, Oakland, Calif., and Catherine Rittman, Berkeley, Calif., and six grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday in Bridgeport Memorial Hall. Father Savage will officiate. A Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Friday in the Catholic Church in Bridgeport.

Burial will be in the Bridgeport Cemetery.

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Funeral services for Pat R. Parker, 67, superior judge for Mono county, Calif., will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Bridgeport, Calif. Judge Parker died Monday night in a Santa Barbara hospital. He had been there for the last month receiving treatment for a heart ailment.

Judge Parker was widely known throughout California and western Nevada. When the docket was light in Mono county, he was often assigned to other jurisdictions when judges disqualified themselves or where the calendar became too heavy and another jurist was needed. He presided over many well known criminal and civil cases in California.

Judge Parker is survived by a sister, Mrs. Mary White of Berkeley, Calif., and two sisters-in-law, Mrs. S. M. Cohen of Bridgeport and Mrs. Oline Stewart of Tonopah. His wife, Grace, died May 26, 1947.

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Mrs. Emma Grace Parker, wife of Superior Judge Pat R. Parker of Mono county, died Monday at her home in Bridgeport, Calif. She had been ill but a brief time.

Mrs. Parker was 66 years old. Survivors include her husband and a sister, Mrs. Samuel Cohen of Bridgeport.

Funeral services will be held at the Parker home in Bridgeport at 2 p.m. Thursday with the O’Brien-Rogers co. of Reno in charge of the arrangements.

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Services for Grover B. Hays, managing clerk at Broadway Smoke Shop for 12 years, were held Thursday at Roller & Hapgood Chapel, Palo Alto.

Mr. Hays, 75, died Tuesday at Veterans Administration Hospital, having been admitted the day before. He lived at 1140 Chula Vista, Burlingame.

A native of Bridgeport, Mono County, he had made his home here for 35 years.

Mr. Hays was a member of American Legion.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lois Hays of Burlingame, and a brother, Earl R. Hays of Palo Alto.

Internment was at Olivet Cemetery.

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Maude B. Stewart Cohen, a daughter of an early pioneer family, died Tuesday in a Reno hospital.

She was born at Bridgeport, Calif., April 4, 1878, and had made her home there. She and her husband, Sam Cohen, opened the Leavitt Hotel, built prior to 1880 in Bridgeport. It is still operating.

Mrs. Cohen was a daughter of Charles McCloud Stewart, who moved to the Bridgeport area from Nova Scotia when he was a youngster.

She was a sister of Emma Grace Parker, wife of California Superior Court Judge Pat R. Parker. She also was a sister of John Wesley Stewart who was Nye County state senator at the time of his death.

Her uncle, Michael Stewart, was the first elected sheriff of Mono County, Calif. This was at the time when Aurora, Nev., erroneously was considered the county seat of Mono County.

Another uncle, John Wesley Stewart, owned and operated the Standard Mine during the boom days of Bodie. He also owned one-third of the present Bridgeport Valley, later known as the Boone Ranch.

Her parents at one time owned and operated the old toll house -- also called the Morman Ranch -- on the Bodie Road.

She is survived by her husband, Sam Cohen; a daughter, Mrs. Grace Crocker; a son, A. Wesley Berreysea; a granddaughter, Mrs. Pat Denton; and three great grandchildren, all of Bridgeport.

Funeral services will be held in the Memorial Hall, Bridgeport, Calif., at 2 p.m. Saturday. the Ross-Burke Co. is in charge of the funeral arrangements.

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Funeral services for Maude B. Stewart Cohen, 85, lifelong resident of Bridgeport, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22 at Mono Memorial Hall in Bridgeport.

Mrs. Cohen passed away Tuesday, Feb. 18 in a Reno hospital following a brief confinement.

She was born April 4, 1878 in Bridgeport. Her father, Charles McCloud Stewart came to Bridgeport from Nova Scotia with his mother, brothers and sisters when he was 16 years of age. He married Emma Lenore Wedertz, daughter of a San Francisco merchant.

Maude was the sister of Emma Grace Parker, wife of the Honorable Judge Pat R. Parker of Mono county superior court, and the sister of the former John Wesley Stewart, state senator of Nye county, Nevada, at the time of his death.

Her uncle, Michael Stewart, was elected the first sheriff of Mono county. This was the time when Aurora, Nevada was considered the county seat of Mono County in error. Another uncle, John Wesley Stewart, owned and operated an apothecary shop and The Standard Mine during the booming days of the now famous ghost town of Bodie, and also owned one third of the present Bridgeport Valley, later known as the Boone Ranch.

Emma and Charles Stewart owned and operated the old toll house on the Bodie road.... the Morman Ranch.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cohen opened the Leavitt Hotel, built prior to 1880, and made it the thriving business it is today in Bridgeport.

Survivors include her husband, Sam Cohen; a son, A. Wesley Berreyesa, and a daughter Grace P. Crocker; a granddaughter, Mrs. Pat Denton and three great grandchildren, all of Bridgeport. Many other relatives and a wide circle of friends also mourn her passing.

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LEE VINING -- Funeral services were held March 27 in the Lee Vining Community Presbyterian Church for Margaret Calhoun, a native pioneer of Mono County, who died March 23.

She was 78.

Rev. Edward Brown conducted the services, which were followed by burial in Mono Lake cemetery.

Mrs. Calhoun was born Margaret Elizabeth Currie on Jan. 14, 1889, at the old J. G. Thompson Ranch on the northwest side of Mono Lake. Her parents, Anna and Charles Currie, were two of the county’s earliest settlers.

Mrs. Calhoun lived in Mono Basin most of her life, receiving much of her education in the first Mono Lake School.

In 1914, she married Henry Clay Calhoun, a young man from Texas. Three children were born to the marriage. Robert Calhoun of Lee Vining, and Barbara Murphey and Virginia Sanderson, both of Reno.

The Calhouns lived in Bishop from 1914-26, but moved to Lee Vining in 1926.

Surviving are her husband, three children, three sisters, nine grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Calhoun was a ruling elder in the Lee Vining Community Presbyterian Church, of which she was a founder and charter member. She was also a member of the Rebekah Lodge, and held the office of chaplain for many years.

She was also an author, having written many poems and a book, "Pioneers of Mono Basin"

John Irvine of Chico, a former pastor of the Lee Vining church, sang "The Old Rugged Cross," and "All the Way My Savior Leads Me," at the services.

Mrs. J. Thomas Whear, a granddaughter of Mrs. Calhoun, was organist at the funeral services, playing many of her grandmother’s favorite hymns.

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Funeral services for Mrs. Julia A. [Murphey] Stroud, former well known resident of Bridgeport, Calif., and Reno, who died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Sharpe in Sacramento, will be held here today.

Services are at 11 a. m. at the Ross-Burke Company home chapel, the Rev. Brewster Adams, clergyman. Internment will be in Masonic cemetery.

Mrs. Stroud is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Luella C. Sharpe of Sacramento and Mrs. Edna Slater of Glendale, Calif., also two grandchildren of Glendale and an aunt, Mrs. Arthur Murphey of Reno.

She was seventy-three years of age and was a native of Bridgeport. Following her residence in Reno she moved with her daughter to Sacramento about eight years ago.

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Friends are invited to attend funeral services Tuesday morning at eleven o'clock at the home chapel of the Ross-Burke company. The Rev. Brewster Adams, clergyman. Interment in the Masonic cemetary.

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Mrs. Julia A. [Murphey] Stroud, a pioneer resident of Bridgeport and resident of Reno for many years, died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Sharpe in Sacramento.

Mrs. Stroud was seventy-three years of age and was born in Bridgeport. Following her residence in Reno she moved with her daughter to Sacramento about eight years ago.

The body has been accompanied to Reno and funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at eleven o'clock at the home chapel of the Ross-Burke company, with the Rev. Brewster Adams officiating. Burial will be in the Masonic cemetery.

Mrs. Stroud is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Luella C. Sharpe of Sacramento and Mrs. Edna Slater of Glendale, Calif. Also surviving ar two grandchildren of Glendale and an aunt, Mrs. Arthur Murphey of Reno.