Cecil C. Hunnicutt speaking: Elsie was just an infant at the time this moving took place from Colorado to Nebraska, but she may be able to tell us a bit about that, at least what she remembers about it...
Elsie: The thing I remember most about that trip was that we went to the Nebraska-Colorado line in the covered wagon, and from there we stayed all night, and Dad went on in the covered wagon, and we stayed in a, well, you couldn't call it a hotel, but I suppose they did call it a hotel, which had a little building in the back. And, before we went to bed, mother took the three of us out to this little building, and when we got ready to come back in, the minute we opened that door, a billy goat met us, and every time we opened that door a crack, that billy goat would be right there. And finally the innkeeper heard us yelling for help, came out, and chased the billy goat away.
Elsie Fern was born January 1, 1982 and was married to James Sidders June 13, 1914. They lived in Ohio, had one child, Ethel May, born August 20, 1923, and adopted the youngest son of her sister Ethel, his name being Russell Keith Sidders.
Otto and Bessie were killed in an auto accident on Interstate Highway 80, less than a quarter mile from the home of their youngest son, on September 2, Labor Day, 1968. Bessie died at the scene of the accident, but Otto lived for about an hour and a half, dying on September 3.
Evelyn Faye was born December 20, 1895 near Arriba, Colorado in a sod house and was married to Orville Clarence Mitchell August 31, 1919 at a double wedding with her brother Otto at the Christian Church in Giltner, Nebraska. They lived on her parent's farm for six years where two of their children were born. They moved to Xenia, Ohio where Orville worked with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. and retired about 1934. Faye and Orville had three children: Leland Orville, born December 18, 1920 near Giltner, Nebraska; Helen Marie, born February 2, 1922 near Giltner, Nebraska; Don Allen, born November 4, 1925 at Xenia, Ohio.
55641. Dr. Cecil Claude Hunnicutt
Cecil Hunnicutt was born March 17, 1904. He attended Loma Linda University, near Riverside, California, and got his M.D. degree on June 19, 1932. He practiced medicine for ten years in Montebello, California, joined the U.S. Army on the 15th day of October, 1942, and served in the Air Corp for about three and a half years. Much of his time was spent at the air base in Grand Island, Neb., much of it as the Executive Officer, and a good bit of the time also as the Chief of Surgery. (Some time was also spent in San Antonio, Texas and some in Sioux City, Iowa - DAG) After the war, he and his wife and children moved to Sabetha, Kansas where he is presently practicing.
Correction here--that I made no statements about what happened to Cecil Hunnicutt before he went into the Army and all that sort of business. It just happened that, on the 2nd day of August in the year 1928, he married a charming young lady by the name of Pauline Collins, who resided at that time in Riverside, California. These two met at California Christian College, across the street from the University of California at Los Angeles in the year 1926. The first date (was) at the groundbreaking ceremony of the University of California at Los Angeles at the present site of the immense University. It was in a sports model Model T Ford, that was barely wide enough to accomodate two people and, on that first date, she was very sure that she was going to fall out at every corner. That sports model of the Model T. Ford was a 1917 model and it had no fenders. It was cranked. It did have a top, but it had no sides. Exposed to the rain and weather, there were no windshield wipers.
An anecdote that goes back to Joanna, the third child of Bob and Isabel Gray: She recounts that, during part of their period in Nebraska, they had to move cattle from one place to another and this is her account of driving cattle from Cass County to Hamilton County. "When my folks were moving from Cass County to Hamilton County, it took several days, so that we had a tent to sleep under. We had two wagons and seventy-five head of cattle. My father would help drive through the larges towns. Abbie had burned her foot, so that it fell on Eva, Bert, and I to drive the cattle. In Lincoln we should have a driver for every eighteen head so Pa and Belle helped, and Pa told us to rush the cattle so that they could not count them. There were also several calves. They tried to stop us, but they finally let us go. We kids rushed the cattle while they were talking, and they could not count them. One night it rained. We were holding the cattle on a prairie, but they got out of hand. We went to a farmhouse, and my father ran after the cattle. They had started to run back home. He had to herd them all night. The farmer had him put them up in his pasture, and we had to stay until the next day, as Pa was sick all day. Usually we threw our bedding on the ground at night, but that night we slept in the farm house."
Ventura County Star (CA)
August 28, 1998Maxine E. Krieger age 77 of Newbury Park passed away Tuesday Aug. 25 1998 at her residence after a brief illness.
Mrs. Krieger was born Oct. 21 1920 in Oklahoma and had been Ventura County resident for 50 years coming from Randsberg Calif.
She is survived by daughters Patricia Ramirez and Phyllis Bond; son Ron Ward; sister Darlene Mitten; grandchildren Ken Taylor Steve Taylor Cathy Baca Rick Bond Greg Bond Ron Ward Jr. and Dan Ward; and great-grandchildren Nichole D'Miela Chrystal O'Miela Erica Swallow Jason Bond Christopher Bond Raishelle Ward Ron Ward III Brittany Ward Michael Ward and Allyson Ward.
Find-a-Grave
Refa was born to Emmett and Ruth L. (Turner) Robertson on April 29, 1919, in Enid, and died Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Enid.
She attended Spring Valley School and graduated from Enid High School. She later graduated from Enid Business College. On August 20, 1937, she married Robert "Bob" George Gray in Enid, and they made their home in the Kremlin area. She was a housewife and mother. Refa was an active member of Redeemer Lutheran Church.
Refa is survived by two sons, Robert Dale Gray and wife Linda, and Richard Lee Gray and wife Lois, all of Kremlin; two daughters, Ruth Ann Rivette and husband Zach of Austin, TX, and Rita Kay Woolf and husband David of Owasso ; nine grandchildren; and eighteen great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Bob on October 19, 1995, brothers Bill Robertson and Myron Robertson, and grandson Matthew Woolf.
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File,
Name: Donald Moffitt
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 25 Mar 1909
Death Date: 9 Sep 1971
SSN: 511039021
55673. Harold Burdette Moffitt
The Wichita Eagle (KS)
March 31, 1990Harold B. Moffitt, 79, of 913 N. Broadway, retired Bank IV custodian, died Thursday, March 29, 1990. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Wichita Park Cemetery.
Survivors: brothers, Eugene of Council Grove, Carl of Stockton, Mo., Robert of Little Rock, Vernon Dale of Chula Vista, Calif.
Bland-Brumback Funeral Home
Shirley May Moffitt
March 24, 1921 - January 06, 2014Mrs. Moffitt, 92, formerly of McCook, Neb., died Monday. She eloped with Carl on July 22, 1940, and lived briefly in the south until moving to McCook to establish a home and raise a family. Upon retiring in 1976, they moved back to Stockton near family and the Ozark country where they were raised. She was a member of the Stockton United Methodist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Linda Hall of Stockton and Carlene Shrum and husband Dave of Littleton, Colo.; grandchildren, Chad Shrum and wife Myvang of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Nicole Hill and husband Rob of Conifer, Colo.; five great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and stepgrand-, great-grand and great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Carl; and infant daughter, Sandra; an infant grandson, Todd Leigh Kenfield; a brother, Jack Gracy; and parents, John and Lillian Gracy.
U.S. Veterans Gravesites
Name: Vernon Dale Moffitt
Service Info.: LCDR US NAVY WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM
Birth Date: 5 Apr 1919
Death Date: 25 Jul 1996
Service Start Date:12 Apr 1938
Interment Date: 6 Aug 1996
Cemetery: Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery
Cemetery Address:P.O. Box 6237 San Diego, CA 92166
Buried At: Section Cbc Row 5 Site 110
The Wichita Eagle
January 15, 2006COUNCIL GROVE - Moffitt, Eugene Kenneth, 84, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006 at the Morris County Hospital in Council Grove. He was a resident of Wichita from 1945 to 1983 when he moved to Council Grove.
He was born April 23, 1921 at Kremlin, Okla., the son of B.E. and Florence A. Grey Moffitt. He graduated from Rogers High School in Rogers, Ark. with the class of 1940. He served in the Navy Air Corps as a bombardier in the Pacific Theater for 4 years during WWII. He received an Associate Degree in Administrative Justice from Wichita State University in 1950.
Mr. Moffitt was a Sergeant of Detectives with the Wichita Police Department and retired in 1971 after 23 years. After his retirement from the police department he was head of the Probation and Parole Office of the Municipal Court in Wichita. He retired from that position in 1983 due to health related issues.
His marriage to Marie A. Six was on June 27, 1945 in Coldwater, Kan. She survives. Other survivors include: sons, Richard and wife, Jena of Sweetwater, Texas, Paul and wife, Linda, Michael and wife, Laurie all of Wichita, Christopher and wife, Josie of St. Louis, Mo.; brother, Carol and wife, Shirley of Stockton, Mo.; grandchildren, Rebecca Kidd, Autum Crane, Alia, Allison, Taylor and Tyson Moffitt; great-grandchild ren, Dakota Crane and Grady Kidd.
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Walter C Reynolds
Birth Year: 1915
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Maine
State of Residence: Maine
County or City: Knox
Enlistment Date: 21 May 1942
Enlistment State: Maine
Enlistment City: Bangor
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emerge
ncy, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: National Guard in Federal Service, after 3 months of Discharge
Education: 3 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Foremen, construction
Marital Status: Married
Height: 63
Weight: 127
55681. Russell Linwood Reynolds
Concord Monitor
February 10, 2007FRANKLIN - Russell Linwood Reynolds, 83, of Freedom Drive, died Monday, Feb. 5, 2007, at home after a short illness. He and his wife were residing with their daughter and son-in-law. He was born in Camden, Maine, on April 27, 1923, a son of Chester E. and Harriett (Stephenson) Reynolds.
He was schooled in Rockland, Maine, and Waldoboro, Maine, and later served for a year with the CCC camps in the Bridgton and Bar Harbor areas. He lived in Northfield and Franklin after moving to New Hampshire 12 years ago.
He was employed for more than 13 years with Shaw's Supermarkets as grocery manager and later was employed by Federal Market. He later was custodian for the Cumberland (Maine) School System and the VFW post in South Portland prior to his retirement. He was a life member of VFW Post 832 in South Portland, Maine, and he later transferred his membership to VFW Post 1698 in Franklin. He was a life member of the Military Order of Cooties, No. 27, Motleys, and a past Seam Squirrel Moc No. 17 in South Portland.
He was also a life member of the National Home for Veterans of Foreign Wars. Russell served with the U. S. Army for more than 13 years with terms state side, in Europe and in Korea, retiring as a staff sergeant. He was the recipient of seven battle stars, Japan ribbons, a French Fr-Ta Guere, a Good Conduct Medal, two companion stars, a United Nations Service Medal, a National Defense Medal, and an Ardennes Campaign/Normandy Campaign/Northern France, Rhine Land Campaign and Namet Ribbon.
He was predeceased by his three brothers.
His family includes his wife of 52 years, Jeannette M. (Godbois) Woods Reynolds of Franklin; daughters Elaine and her husband, Brian Blake, of Westbrook, Maine, Ellie and her husband, Harold Collins, of Franklin and Jean and her husband, Kevin Barton, of Standish, Maine; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; his sister Edna Shaw and her husband, Wendall, of Windham, Maine; and nieces and nephews.
Laconia Daily Sun
June 3, 2019FRANKLIN � Jeannette (Godbois Woods) Reynolds, 98, a resident of Franklin since 1996, died at her daughter's home following a period of failing health. Her daughters were at her side when she passed.
She was born in Westbrook, Maine, Oct. 6, 1920, daughter of Alfred A. and Yvonne (Fortin) Godbois Woods. She attended schools in Portland and was a graduate of Portland High School.
She worked with the Portland News Company and later, worked as a clerk with the South Portland Shipyard Office during World War II. She was then employed in the insurance industry, working for the Bradish-Young Insurance Co. in Portland for more than 40 years, until retiring in 1987. She was member of the Insurance Women of South Portland.
Jeannette was a member of the American Legion Andrews Post Auxiliary in Portland, VFW Auxiliary 832 in South Portland, serving twice as president (transferring her membership to VFW Post 1698 in Franklin, NH) and District 10 President, MOC 17, three times as president, and grand president of Maine.
Jeannette did a lot of volunteer work both for the Auxiliary in South Portland and State Auxiliary. She was a member of the MOCA (the Motley's) in South Portland and past grand president and member of the DAV 5. She was also an active volunteer for Franklin Regional Hospital and a foster grandparent for area schools.
She was predeceased by her husband of 52 years, Russell L. Reynolds in 2007; two brothers, Joseph Leon Godbois and Joseph Maurice Woods; two sisters, Yvonne Evans and Josephine Charlesworth; and a daughter, Elaine Blake.
She leaves, two daughters; 10 grandchildren, several great grandchildren, many great, great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
Maine Sunday Telegram (Portland, ME)
March 16, 2008SHAW, EDNA L. - 79, of Windham, March 13, 2008.
Interment, Brooklawn Memorial Park, March 17.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
August 27, 1990MARLBORO - Margaret M. (Sweet) Brackett, 83, of 181 Boston Post Road, formerly of Hudson and Berlin, died yesterday in Marlboro Hospital after an illness.
Her husband, Wilmer C. Brackett, died in 1988. She leaves two sons, Daniel W. and Robert K. Brackett, both of San Jose, Calif.; a daughter, Joan M. Drechsler of Stow; a sister, Caroline Thompson of Ketchikan, Alaska; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. She was born in Scranton, Pa., daughter of Archer D. and Mary J. (Morton) Sweet, and lived more than 50 years in Hudson and Berlin. She lived here 22 years. Mrs. Brackett was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Hudson and past president of its Woman's Guild.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
April 11, 1990ALBERT B. DRECHSLER JR. STOW TOWN CONSTABLE
STOW - Albert B. Drechsler Jr., 60, of 86 Boon Road died of heart failure yesterday in the Marlboro Hospital.
He was the husband of Joan M. (Brackett) Drechsler. He also leaves one son, Karl A. Drechsler of Hope, Maine; two daughters, Peggy A. Drechsler of Vergennes, Vt., and Ruth E. Drechsler-Martel of Middletown, Conn.; one sister, Elaine W. Wray of Hudson; one niece; and two nephews. The Drechslers celebrated their 38th wedding anniversary June 17.
He was born in Marlboro, the son of Albert B. Sr. and Annie G. (Woodman) Drechsler, and lived in Stow all his life. He operated the Drechsler Farms in Stow for 33 years, retiring in 1986. He graduated from the former Hale High School in Stow in 1947 and received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Vermont in 1951.
He was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Hudson, the Charles A. Welch Lodge of Masons in Maynard, the Scottish Rite and the Aleppo Shrine Temple of Wilmington and the Massachusetts Fruitgrowers Association. He was former chairman of the Stow Republican Town Committee, and was serving as Stow town constable at the time of his death.
Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME)
April 4, 2020AUGUSTA � Alden L. Ingraham, 92, of August and South Pasadena Fla., died peacefully at Togus Springs, Veterans Hospital, on March 30, 2020.
He was born to Ralph S. and Maude S. Ingraham, on March 4, 1928.
Alden was a retiree of Central Maine Power Company and served for many years on the Augusta City Council. He was a member of the Augusta Country Club and a former Shriner.
He is survived by daughter Carol Michaud and husband Michael of Augusta, son Bryce W. Ingraham and wife MaryAnn of Saco and Saint Pete Beach, Fla., and son Alden Scott Ingraham and wife Kim of Augusta. He also leaves seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Alden was predeceased by his beloved wife Marial.
The Pawtucket Times
March 16, 2016PAWTUCKET - Albert W. Smallwood, of Pawtucket passed away on Sunday, March 13, 2016.
He was the loving husband of Beverley L. (Leary) Smallwood for over sixty nine years.
He was born in Pawtucket, the son of the late Charles Smallwood and Carolyn (Haskel) Smallwood.
Mr. Smallwood was a Veteran of the United States Navy where he was a Third Class Watertender. He served in WWII and was stationed in the South Pacific, Hawaii, the Philippines, China, Bermuda and Norfolk, Virginia. He enjoyed photography, and reading.
Besides his wife Beverley, Mr. Smallwood is survived by his children; Shirley Chevalier and her husband Marc of Chicopee, Massachusetts, Allan Smallwood and his wife Debra of Pawtucket and Cheryl Smallwood of Woonsocket. He had fourteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Mr. Smallwood was the brother of the late Malvern Smallwood.
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
January 25, 2011ROXBURY -- Mrs. G. June Taylor, 97, died peacefully at her residence in Roxbury on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011.
She was born in Augusta on June 17, 1913, the daughter of Edward and Jane (Mitchell) Freeman. She graduated from Gardiner High School, Class of 1931, and Farmington Norman School, Class of 1936, with her degree in Education.
June was an elementary school teacher and taught at Cony High School in Augusta, then at the Rumford Elementary School and then at the Mexico Elementary School. She retired in 1974 after more than 20 years as a teacher.
Over the years she had been active in the Rumford Community Hospital Auxiliary and had chaired the Hospital Fair several years. She was a member of the Town & Country Club.
June was married in Salisbury, Mass. on Aug. 15, 1940, to Oscar M. 'Skid' Taylor who died in Rumford on March 26, 1996. Survivors include her daughter, Mary Ellen Scribner and husband David of South Portland; granddaughter, Lisa Scribner and her husband Stephen Sturtevant of Mason, Ohio; great-granddaughter, Chelsea Sturtevant of Mason, Ohio; and a brother, Phillip Freeman of Brunswick.
Daily Record
Febrauay 23, 2011Jilma Virginia Solis Freeman died on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011 at Falmouth, Mass.
She was born on April 30, 1918, the fourth of four children born to Dr. General Rufino Solis and Dona Rafaela DeCordova Solis in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Central America.
She grew up in Honduras and married Cedric William Freeman in 1943. They lived in Honduras and then moved to the U.S., living in Natick, Mass., Old Saybrook, Connecticut, and Morristown, New Jersey. She and Cedric had four children. She was a homemaker and later entered the work force. Her work experience included M. Epstein's and Pfizer. She spent most of her adult life in the Morristown area and loved being near her grandchildren and children, most of whom lived in the northern New Jersey area.
She was predeceased by her daughter, Janet Lorraine Houghton and her husband, Cedric.
She is survived by two sons, Anthony Cedric Freeman of Key West, Florida, and Peter B. Freeman of Stanhope, and a daughter, Fala Jane Freeman, of Vineyard Haven, Mass. She leaves a granddaughter, Claudia Marie Nelson, and three grandsons, Tristan W. Grew, Peter B. Houghton and William Houghton. She also leaves several nieces and nephews in Honduras, and nephew Edgardo Solis Madrid of Hackettstown.