Tombstone Tuesday - August 16, 2016 - Mary Effie Medley Weddle

 Mary Effie Medley Weddle

Mary Effie Medley  was born on August 31, 1885, the daughter of Elnora Davis and Richard Medley. She married John Weddle in 1904 in Missouri.  They had four children: Richard (1904), Glenn(1906), Sylvia(1908), Thurman(1911).

Tragically, Mary Effie and all of her children were killed in an explosion on August 16, 1914.  They are buried in the Oakhill Cemetery, Butler, Bates County, Missouri.

Rest in Peace,

Love, Jan 

Tombstone Tuesday - August 9, 2016 - Beulah Fundis Kitzer

Beulah Fundis Kitzer

Beulah was born on October 21, 1912, the daughter of Frederick and Helen Fundis of Plum, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Frederick and Helen Schulz Fundis had two daughters; Beulah(1912) and Ruth (1915). Beulah Fundis and William Kitzer married in Brooke, West Virginia on June 26, 1933.

In the 1940 Federal Census, William and Beulah are living in Plum Creek, Pennsylvania.  William was an assistant foreman and Beulah is an operator/beautician at a beauty shop.  At this time, I do not have enough information to know if Beulah and William had children. I suspect that they may have. Finding an obituary for either of Beulah or William would help. In a 1959 local directory for Kensington, Pennsylvania, William and Beulah are living in Kensington. William is a foreman at Alum Company. After William retired, they moved to Seminole, Florida which is where William died. After William died, Beulah lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico (with daughter or son?) .  According to Social Security Administration records, Albuquerque was where she lived when she died. There is an obit listed on the website called obits.rootsweb.ancestry.com, in this database her place of death is listed as Penn Hills, Pennsylvania on August 9, 2001. The obit was published on August 11, 2001. I am unable to access this actual record. She is buried in Plum Creek Cemetery with the Kitzer Family and the Fundis Family. 

Rest in Peace,

Love, Jan

Tombstone Tuesday - August 2, 2016 – Jane Best Williams

Tombstone Tuesday - August 2, 2016 – Jane Best Williams

Janet Best was the daughter of Casper and Mary (Crane) Best. She was one of eight children born to Casper and Mary Best; Mary Ann(1833), Jane(1835), Dorothy(1837), Henry(1840), Emmeline(1843), Caroline(1846), J Edwards(1846), Azubah(1850). She married Richard Williams at the age of 29 on September 2, 1867 in Oxford Ontario.

 Jane and Richard had three daughter: Margaret (1869), Mary (1871) and Ida(1874).The family lived in Bayham Township, Oxford County, Ontario. Jane died at the age of 47 on August 2, 1883. The cause of death was listed as heart disease and pneumonia which she had for three weeks. This death record is available through Ancestry.com.

Looking at Canadian cemetery records which are held by RootsWeb, I was able to find both Richard and Jane Williams listed as buried in the Grove Cemetery located at 343606 Ebenezer Road in the Township of South West Oxford formerly know as Dereham Township. I could not find a photo of the tombstone.

Rest in peace,

Jan Smith