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Jess Simpson Elwood

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Jess Simpson Elwood

Birth
Morrowville, Washington County, Kansas, USA
Death
11 Jul 1963 (aged 75)
USA
Burial
Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington, USA Add to Map
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Block 98 Plot 18
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JESS SIMPSON ELWOOD, born in Washington County, Kansas the son of Thomas F. ELWOOD and Barbara Alice LEWIS; husband of Flossie Grady MORRIS and Bertha Gertrude GOODRICH; Step-Father of Melba Butterfield SWENON, Irene Josephsen McCLEARY and Maxine Josephsen McFERRAN-
∼Obituary from "The Olympian" newspaper July 12, 1963:

Jess S. Elwood

The funeral service for Jess S. Elwood will be held in Selene and Eros chapel this Saturday afternoon, starting at three-thirty o'clock. The Reverend Walter A. MacArthur, minister of the First Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will take place in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Jess S. Elwood died Thursday in an Olympia rest home following a long illness. His home was on 5222 Lacey Boulevard. Mr. Elwood was born in Washington, Kansas, and had lived in California and Nevada. He came to Lacey from Oregon six months ago where he had lived for 12 years. He had been a carpenter most of his life and retired 10 years ago. Surviving are his wife, Bertha G. Elwood, Lacey; two daughters: Mrs. Melba Swenson, Sequim, and Mrs. Maxine McFerran, Portland; two brothers: Ben, Ridgefield, Washington, and Leonard Elwood; also five sisters; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
JESS SIMPSON ELWOOD, born in Washington County, Kansas the son of Thomas F. ELWOOD and Barbara Alice LEWIS; husband of Flossie Grady MORRIS and Bertha Gertrude GOODRICH; Step-Father of Melba Butterfield SWENON, Irene Josephsen McCLEARY and Maxine Josephsen McFERRAN-
∼Obituary from "The Olympian" newspaper July 12, 1963:

Jess S. Elwood

The funeral service for Jess S. Elwood will be held in Selene and Eros chapel this Saturday afternoon, starting at three-thirty o'clock. The Reverend Walter A. MacArthur, minister of the First Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will take place in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Jess S. Elwood died Thursday in an Olympia rest home following a long illness. His home was on 5222 Lacey Boulevard. Mr. Elwood was born in Washington, Kansas, and had lived in California and Nevada. He came to Lacey from Oregon six months ago where he had lived for 12 years. He had been a carpenter most of his life and retired 10 years ago. Surviving are his wife, Bertha G. Elwood, Lacey; two daughters: Mrs. Melba Swenson, Sequim, and Mrs. Maxine McFerran, Portland; two brothers: Ben, Ridgefield, Washington, and Leonard Elwood; also five sisters; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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  • Added: Mar 4, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34460761/jess_simpson-elwood: accessed ), memorial page for Jess Simpson Elwood (29 Aug 1887–11 Jul 1963), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34460761, citing Odd Fellows Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington, USA; Maintained by Grave Hound (contributor 46865877).