PJ: Apr. 22, 1962: Dewittville: Mrs. Eva Russ Flanders, 102, Chautauqua
County's oldest resident who three weeks ago escaped uninjured when her
trailer home was destroyed by fire, died at 6:30 a.m. Sunday (April 22,
1962) at the home of Herbert Strickland here. Mrs. Flanders was born
Aug. 6, 1859, in the Town of Sherman where she lived with parents,
Joseph and Mary Russ, until they moved to Stockton, a short time after
she was born. She was next to the oldest of 13 children, and was the
last one to survive.
She
was married to Fred Flanders of Ellery Dec. 28, 1881, in Fredonia,
where they made their home for 26 years until moving to Dewittville in
1907. For 11 years, she and her husband were cheese makers in Ellery.
A
son Parker Flanders, Point Chautauqua, and a daughter, Mrs. Lena F.
Dorman, with whom she made her home for many years, were born in the
same house in Stockton in which Mr. Flanders was born.
In 1936,
following the death of her husband, she made her home with Mrs. Dorman.
Since that time, she has traveled in 22 states and in Mexico. She is
survived by one son, Parker Flanders, Point Chautauqua; her daughter,
Mrs. Lena Dorman, Dewittville; a grandson, Ernest Starr, Rochester; a
granddaughter, Mrs. Arlene Fuenzalida, Paris, France, and several great
grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Flanders had been ill the
past three months. She had lived at the Strickland home since March 29,
when fire destroyed her trailer home.
Mrs. Flanders continued to
take an active part in life of the community until very recently. She
was an honor guest at the Sesquirama in Jamestown Municipal Stadium in
1960 during the city's sequicentennial celebration, cast her vote for
Richard M. Nixon in the 1960 residential election, and last summer
attended the annual Funorama wrestling spectacle in War Memorial
Stadium, Buffalo.
In August 1959, at the time of her 100th birthday,
she received letters of congratulation from Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower and
from Rep. Charles E. Goodell.
Ellery Scrapbook E, pg 111
County's oldest resident who three weeks ago escaped uninjured when her
trailer home was destroyed by fire, died at 6:30 a.m. Sunday (April 22,
1962) at the home of Herbert Strickland here. Mrs. Flanders was born
Aug. 6, 1859, in the Town of Sherman where she lived with parents,
Joseph and Mary Russ, until they moved to Stockton, a short time after
she was born. She was next to the oldest of 13 children, and was the
last one to survive.
She
was married to Fred Flanders of Ellery Dec. 28, 1881, in Fredonia,
where they made their home for 26 years until moving to Dewittville in
1907. For 11 years, she and her husband were cheese makers in Ellery.
A
son Parker Flanders, Point Chautauqua, and a daughter, Mrs. Lena F.
Dorman, with whom she made her home for many years, were born in the
same house in Stockton in which Mr. Flanders was born.
In 1936,
following the death of her husband, she made her home with Mrs. Dorman.
Since that time, she has traveled in 22 states and in Mexico. She is
survived by one son, Parker Flanders, Point Chautauqua; her daughter,
Mrs. Lena Dorman, Dewittville; a grandson, Ernest Starr, Rochester; a
granddaughter, Mrs. Arlene Fuenzalida, Paris, France, and several great
grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Flanders had been ill the
past three months. She had lived at the Strickland home since March 29,
when fire destroyed her trailer home.
Mrs. Flanders continued to
take an active part in life of the community until very recently. She
was an honor guest at the Sesquirama in Jamestown Municipal Stadium in
1960 during the city's sequicentennial celebration, cast her vote for
Richard M. Nixon in the 1960 residential election, and last summer
attended the annual Funorama wrestling spectacle in War Memorial
Stadium, Buffalo.
In August 1959, at the time of her 100th birthday,
she received letters of congratulation from Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower and
from Rep. Charles E. Goodell.
Ellery Scrapbook E, pg 111
PJ: Apr. 22, 1962: Dewittville: Mrs. Eva Russ Flanders, 102, Chautauqua
County's oldest resident who three weeks ago escaped uninjured when her
trailer home was destroyed by fire, died at 6:30 a.m. Sunday (April 22,
1962) at the home of Herbert Strickland here. Mrs. Flanders was born
Aug. 6, 1859, in the Town of Sherman where she lived with parents,
Joseph and Mary Russ, until they moved to Stockton, a short time after
she was born. She was next to the oldest of 13 children, and was the
last one to survive.
She
was married to Fred Flanders of Ellery Dec. 28, 1881, in Fredonia,
where they made their home for 26 years until moving to Dewittville in
1907. For 11 years, she and her husband were cheese makers in Ellery.
A
son Parker Flanders, Point Chautauqua, and a daughter, Mrs. Lena F.
Dorman, with whom she made her home for many years, were born in the
same house in Stockton in which Mr. Flanders was born.
In 1936,
following the death of her husband, she made her home with Mrs. Dorman.
Since that time, she has traveled in 22 states and in Mexico. She is
survived by one son, Parker Flanders, Point Chautauqua; her daughter,
Mrs. Lena Dorman, Dewittville; a grandson, Ernest Starr, Rochester; a
granddaughter, Mrs. Arlene Fuenzalida, Paris, France, and several great
grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Flanders had been ill the
past three months. She had lived at the Strickland home since March 29,
when fire destroyed her trailer home.
Mrs. Flanders continued to
take an active part in life of the community until very recently. She
was an honor guest at the Sesquirama in Jamestown Municipal Stadium in
1960 during the city's sequicentennial celebration, cast her vote for
Richard M. Nixon in the 1960 residential election, and last summer
attended the annual Funorama wrestling spectacle in War Memorial
Stadium, Buffalo.
In August 1959, at the time of her 100th birthday,
she received letters of congratulation from Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower and
from Rep. Charles E. Goodell.
Ellery Scrapbook E, pg 111
County's oldest resident who three weeks ago escaped uninjured when her
trailer home was destroyed by fire, died at 6:30 a.m. Sunday (April 22,
1962) at the home of Herbert Strickland here. Mrs. Flanders was born
Aug. 6, 1859, in the Town of Sherman where she lived with parents,
Joseph and Mary Russ, until they moved to Stockton, a short time after
she was born. She was next to the oldest of 13 children, and was the
last one to survive.
She
was married to Fred Flanders of Ellery Dec. 28, 1881, in Fredonia,
where they made their home for 26 years until moving to Dewittville in
1907. For 11 years, she and her husband were cheese makers in Ellery.
A
son Parker Flanders, Point Chautauqua, and a daughter, Mrs. Lena F.
Dorman, with whom she made her home for many years, were born in the
same house in Stockton in which Mr. Flanders was born.
In 1936,
following the death of her husband, she made her home with Mrs. Dorman.
Since that time, she has traveled in 22 states and in Mexico. She is
survived by one son, Parker Flanders, Point Chautauqua; her daughter,
Mrs. Lena Dorman, Dewittville; a grandson, Ernest Starr, Rochester; a
granddaughter, Mrs. Arlene Fuenzalida, Paris, France, and several great
grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Flanders had been ill the
past three months. She had lived at the Strickland home since March 29,
when fire destroyed her trailer home.
Mrs. Flanders continued to
take an active part in life of the community until very recently. She
was an honor guest at the Sesquirama in Jamestown Municipal Stadium in
1960 during the city's sequicentennial celebration, cast her vote for
Richard M. Nixon in the 1960 residential election, and last summer
attended the annual Funorama wrestling spectacle in War Memorial
Stadium, Buffalo.
In August 1959, at the time of her 100th birthday,
she received letters of congratulation from Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower and
from Rep. Charles E. Goodell.
Ellery Scrapbook E, pg 111
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