This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Author: ALAFERRY
Surnames:
Classification: queries
Message Board URL:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.nevada.counties....
Message Board Post:
I found these obits that might help you in the Reno newspapers.
Reno Evening Gazette 1935 October 30 Wednesday pg 12
Sparks Resident Taken by Death.
A resident of Nevada since 1910, Mrs. Lucy C. Gilpin died early this morning at the
home of her son, James W. Gilpin, in Sparks.
She was born in Indiana eighty-nine years ago, and had lived in Sparks for a quarter
of a century. Besides her son, a stepson, Joseph M. Gilpin, and a grandaughter, Mrs.
Bessie Joplin survive.
Funeral services will be held from Ross-Burke home chapel at two o'clock Friday
afternoon with the Rev. G.A. Trusedale in Charge. Interment will be in the Masonic
cemetery.
Reno Evening Gazette 1955 August 27 page 7
Graveside Rites for Mrs. Gilpin
Graveside services will be held in Reno Tuesday for Mrs. Audrey Gilpin who died
recently at North Sacramento, California.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. in the Masonic section of Mountain View cemetery
under the direction of the Ross-Burke Company.
Mrs. Gilpin is survived by her widower, James W. Gilpin of North Sacramento; a
daughter, Mrs. Larraine Culbertson; two sisters, Emily Wood and Lavina Roderick; and is
also survived by seven grand children and two great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the Nightingale Funeral chapel at North Sacramento on
Monday at 11 a.m. after which the body will be Accompanied here.
Nevada State Journal 1956 March 8 page 9 Thursday
James Wesley Gilpin, formerly of Reno died Tuesday at the Sourthern Pacific Hospital in
San Francisco.
Funeral services for Mr. Gilpin will be held Saturday at 3 o'clock from the
Ross-Burke company. chapel under the direction of the Masosnic lodge, and burial will
follow in the Masonic section of Mountain View Cemetery.
Mr. Gilpin retired as a locomotive engineer on February 28, 1939, and moved to North
Sacramento four years ago. He was a native of Engletown, Ind., where he was born Sept.
25, 1876.
Mr. Gilpin was the husband of the late Audrey Daisy Gilpin. He is survived by four
children. Bessie M. Shaw of North Sacramento and Wesley, Audrey and Loraine Gilpin. One
grandchild and two great-grandchildren also survived.
He was a member of Churchill Lodge No. 26, F&AM of Fallon, Reno Consistory, Kerak
Temple of the Shrine, and held a lifetime honorary membership in the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers Divistion 158.
Note: one obit spells Loraine and then Larraine.
Hope you get a few clues from these obits.
I am a docent researcher at the Nevada Historical Society and also a member of the Nevada
State Genealogical Society.
Regards, Arline in Reno.
Important Note:
The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply
to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.