Friday, July 3, 2009

MARY ELLA DARBY 1850 - 1936

OBITUARY -
The Yakima Daily Republic, Yakima WA
20 May 1936

Mrs. Mary Ella Curtiss

Mrs. Mary Ella Curtiss, age 86, died last night in her home, 404 South Fourteenth Avenue, after an illness of 3 1/2 years. She was born in Green, N.Y., and had lived in Yakima 12 years. Members of the family are two sons, P.W. Curtiss of St. Joseph, MO, and Lloyd R. Curtiss of Council Bluffs, IA; two daughters, Mrs. W.A. Vaughn of Tulsa, OK, and Miss Helen Curtiss of Yakima; two brothers, A.T. Darby of Seattle and Eugene H. Darby of Yakima, and 14 grandchildren. Mrs. Curtiss was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in Shaw & Sons Chapel. The Rev. D.W. Ferry will officiate and pallbearers will be L.P. Peck, E.J. Davis, H.C. Davis, L. Ballinger, Ethan Taylor and I.W. Brown. Burial will be in Terrace Heights Memorial Park.

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