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Winnifred Lee <I>Mudd</I> Candler

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Winnifred Lee Mudd Candler

Birth
Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington, USA
Death
13 Jul 1964 (aged 69)
Whitman County, Washington, USA
Burial
Tekoa, Whitman County, Washington, USA Add to Map
Plot
19-10-02
Memorial ID
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Funeral services for Winnifred Lee Candler, 69, a Tekoa resident since 1961 who died Monday at a Fairfield nursing home, will be Friday at 10 a.m. t Sacred Heart Catholic Church here. The Rev. Cornelius Byrnes, S., will officiate. Rosary will be recited tomorrow night at 7:30 from the Kimball Funeral Home. Burial will be in Goldenrod Cemetery.

Born Winnifred Mudd on March 26, 1895 at Ellensburg, Washington, she married Claude Candler at Ellensburg on February 20, 1913. Mrs. Candler was the last survivor of the Mudd family. Her great great grandfather, Dr. Samuel T. Mudd, was the physician who attended John Wilkes Booth's wounds after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and was sentenced to eight years in federal prison for his actions. The Candlers lived from 1916 to 1961 to Lewiston, where he worked for the Camas Prairie Railroad. She was a member of the Catholic Church.

Mrs. Candler is survived by her husband, at the home; two daughters, Mrs. Claudia Weatherly, Tekoa, and Mrs. Juanita Butler, Bainbridge Island, Washington, a son, Arthur R. Candler of Spokane; four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. The Kimball Funeral Home of Tekoa in handling arrangements.

Spokane Chronicle, July 15, 1964
Funeral services for Winnifred Lee Candler, 69, a Tekoa resident since 1961 who died Monday at a Fairfield nursing home, will be Friday at 10 a.m. t Sacred Heart Catholic Church here. The Rev. Cornelius Byrnes, S., will officiate. Rosary will be recited tomorrow night at 7:30 from the Kimball Funeral Home. Burial will be in Goldenrod Cemetery.

Born Winnifred Mudd on March 26, 1895 at Ellensburg, Washington, she married Claude Candler at Ellensburg on February 20, 1913. Mrs. Candler was the last survivor of the Mudd family. Her great great grandfather, Dr. Samuel T. Mudd, was the physician who attended John Wilkes Booth's wounds after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and was sentenced to eight years in federal prison for his actions. The Candlers lived from 1916 to 1961 to Lewiston, where he worked for the Camas Prairie Railroad. She was a member of the Catholic Church.

Mrs. Candler is survived by her husband, at the home; two daughters, Mrs. Claudia Weatherly, Tekoa, and Mrs. Juanita Butler, Bainbridge Island, Washington, a son, Arthur R. Candler of Spokane; four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. The Kimball Funeral Home of Tekoa in handling arrangements.

Spokane Chronicle, July 15, 1964


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