Tombstone Tuesday - August 23, 2016 - Effie Carson

Effie S. Carson 

Effie S. Carson was the daughter of Rev. George W. Carson and Catherine Ann Best. Catherine Ann Best is the second wife of Rev. George W. Carson. She was born on April 20, 1876 and baptized the same day. She was the only child of Catherine Ann Best and George W. Carson. 

She had half siblings from Rev. George W. Carson's first wife, Martha Katherine Moore who died in 1873. Her half Siblings were Hannah Elizabeth(1853-1865), Samuel Maurice (1855-1865), Mary Louisa (1856-1865), Vesta Jane(1858- 1859), John Franklin(1860-1935), Rose(1862-1936), George Bert(1866-1925),Martha Belle(1869-1934). 

Effie died 8/23/1886 of diphtheria. She is buried in the Brant Township Cemetery in, Saginaw County, Michigan.

Rest in peace,

Love, Jan

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