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Edna Mary Prothero Wemple

Birth
Douglas Flat, Calaveras County, California, USA
Death
25 Feb 1978 (aged 87)
Standish, Lassen County, California, USA
Burial
Milford, Lassen County, California, USA Add to Map
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Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE
27 February 1978, page bc6

EDNA MARY WEMPLE
Final services for Mrs. Edna Mary Wemple, 87, who was killed in the seniors bus-pickup truck collision on Highway 395 near Standish on Thursday, were held at the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary this morning at 11 o'clock with Rev. James Profitt officiating. Internment was in the Milford Cemetery.

Ivor French was the organist and played 'The Old Rugged Cross' and 'Rock of Ages.'

The deceased was born in Douglas Flats, Calif., June 9, 1890, the daughter of Frank and Martha Prothero. She had resided in this county for 56 years and in California all her life. Prior to retirement she was a school teacher in Lassen County for 24 years. She was a member of the Susanville Senior Citizens Club, the Janesville Grange, Social Rebekah Lodge 101 of Susanville, the National Retired Teachers' Association and the California Retired Teachers' Association.

Surviving are a son, Frank of Reno, three daughters, Phyllis Metz, Susanville, Nadene Kayser, Alameda, and Naomi Netzorg, Huston, Tex., two sisters Lola M. Prothero, Oakland, and Eva Cunn, Castro Valley and 11 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Susanville LASSEN ADVOCATE
27 February 1978, page bc6

EDNA MARY WEMPLE
Final services for Mrs. Edna Mary Wemple, 87, who was killed in the seniors bus-pickup truck collision on Highway 395 near Standish on Thursday, were held at the Lucero-Carlson Colonial Mortuary this morning at 11 o'clock with Rev. James Profitt officiating. Internment was in the Milford Cemetery.

Ivor French was the organist and played 'The Old Rugged Cross' and 'Rock of Ages.'

The deceased was born in Douglas Flats, Calif., June 9, 1890, the daughter of Frank and Martha Prothero. She had resided in this county for 56 years and in California all her life. Prior to retirement she was a school teacher in Lassen County for 24 years. She was a member of the Susanville Senior Citizens Club, the Janesville Grange, Social Rebekah Lodge 101 of Susanville, the National Retired Teachers' Association and the California Retired Teachers' Association.

Surviving are a son, Frank of Reno, three daughters, Phyllis Metz, Susanville, Nadene Kayser, Alameda, and Naomi Netzorg, Huston, Tex., two sisters Lola M. Prothero, Oakland, and Eva Cunn, Castro Valley and 11 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.


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