 1900 - 1964 (63 years)
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| Name |
Fern Iola McCurdy |
| Born |
2 Sep 1900 |
Raymond, Nebraska, USA  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
27 Jun 1964 |
Haxtun, Colorado, USA |
| Buried |
Haxtun Cemetery, Haxtun, Phillips County, Colorado, United States |
| Person ID |
I18803 |
Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2016 |
| Father |
John Franklin McCurdy, b. Apr 1866, Glenwood, Iowa, USA , d. 1934 (Age 67 years) |
| Mother |
Cleora Patience Youker, b. 20 Jun 1871, Waterloo, Iowa, USA , d. 17 Jun 1932, Phillips County, Colorado, USA (Age 60 years) |
| Married |
21 Dec 1892 |
| Family ID |
F9183 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 2 Sep 1900 - Raymond, Nebraska, USA |
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 | Married - 3 Jan 1921 - Julesburg, Colorado, USA |
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 | Died - 27 Jun 1964 - Haxtun, Colorado, USA |
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 | Buried - - Haxtun Cemetery, Haxtun, Phillips County, Colorado, United States |
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| Notes |
- SERVICES HELD FOR MRS. FERN BENTSON
Mrs. Fern Bentson, who had been in poor health for the past year, but who was able to be up and about except for the last few days of her illness, passed away Saturday morning at the Haxtun Community Hospital after a few hours hospitalization. She was a long time resident of the Haxtun community having lived here for the past 47 years.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from the First Methodist Church with Rev. William O. Risinger officiating. Mrs. Wilbur Atkins was organist and a duet composed of Miss Betty Sullivan and Clark Starkebaum, sang Evening Prayer and Lead Kindly Light.
Pallbearers were Gordon McIntyre, E.P. Salvador, Clinton Jeffers, Clyde Jeffers, Floyd Reyher and Paul Ruch. Ushers were J.W. Meakins and George McCulloch. The Radford Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements and burial was at the Haxtun cemetery.
Fern Iola Bentson was born September 2, 1900, in Raymond, Nebraska to John and Cleora McCurdy, one of two children. As a child she moved to Glenwood, Iowa, to Omaha and back to Raymond. In 1917 she moved to a farm in the Fairfield community. She attended college for one year and then taught in Fairfield and Holyoke.
On January 3, 1921 she married Emil O. Bentson at Julesburg. After farming for 15 years they moved to Haxtun and operated the Shirley Hotel for a number of years.
Mr. Bentson passed away last February 23.
After an extended illness of more than a year, and having suffered from many major operations, Fern passed away in Haxtun, last Saturday, June 27.
Fern was a member of the Methodist church, the Haxtun Federated Women club, the W.S.C.S. of the Methodist church, the Gold Star Mothers and the War Mothers.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Joan Salvador; one aunt, Mrs. Esther Shewe of Big Springs, Nebraska; one uncle, Arthur Youker of Salem, Oregon; a son-in-law, Bill Salvador; two grandchildren, Rodney and Candy Salvador, and other relatives and friends.
Haxtun Harvest, Haxtun, Colorado, July 1, 1964
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