From an unknown Anderson, Indiana, newspaper, published about March 16, 1930.
[Note: In the following article, the Stinson surname is incorrectly spelled; Bessie Mason
(her daughter) also is incorrect--Dessie is the daughter's correct given name.] Photos
of this family and additonal information are available at
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tcsmith/dlrelfe/pafg02.htm. Bessie Stinson
married (1) Arley Relfe who died in 1919 and (2) on 25 May 1920 Charles F. Shaw.
Former Fairmount Woman Dies; Set Sunday Services
Fairmount, Ind., March 15-- Mrs. Bessie Shaw, 43, daughter of Mrs. George Stimson (sic) of
this city, died at her home in Kenard at 5:15 a.m. Friday, following a short illness. The
body arrived in Fairmount late Friday and was taken to the Stimson home on North Barclay
Street where it will lie in state.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday from the Wesleyan Methodist Church with
Rev. H.T. Hawkins officiating. Burial will be in the Park cemetery here.
Surviving are the husband, a daughter, Mrs. Bessie (sic) Mason, Anderson; a son, Audley
Relfe, Marion; two grandchildren; her mother, Mrs. Stimson, two sisters, and three
brothers.