Mapping: Right column of the three showing on the mapping photo for location. Bottom grave space #1 in Sec 18,F,S Lot 1.

*Surname alternately spelled Blakely.

**Barber, the location of the home mentioned in the obit, below is generally the area west of Park Ave; south of Ninth street, in modern-day Chico, which encompassed the "Barer Yard" so named for the manager of Diamond Match Company.

Marilla M Blakeley Birth Year: abt 1889 Death Date: 31 Mar 1913 Age at Death: 24 Death Place: Butte, California, USA. Source Information: Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1905-1939 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
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Chico Record, Tuesday Morning, April 1, 1913, pg 4 col 4: Operation Fails to Save Woman. Mrs. Marilla May Blakely succumbed in a local hospital yesterday morning following an operation performed several days ago in an effort to save her life.

The deceased is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Proctor. She is survived by her husband, Benjamin Blakeley, and two children, one a baby boy, fifteen days old. Two sisters, Mrs. J.M. Goin of Stockton and Edna Proctor of Chico survive her. Two brothers, Arthur and Louis Proctor, both of Santa Cruz, also survive.

Deceased was 24 years old and was a native of San Luis Obispo county. She resided in Chico but a short time. The family home is in Barber.

The funeral will be conducted from the United Brethren church at 1 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Rev. Thomas Ringland will officiate. Fetters & Williams have charge of the remains.
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Chico Record, Thursday Morning, April 3, 1913, pg 5 col 3: Blakeley Funeral Today. The funeral of the late Mrs. Marilla May Blakeley will be held from the United Brethren church at 1 o’clock this afternoon. Rev. Thomas Ringland will officiate. Interment will be in the Chico cemetery.

24-year-old Marilla May Blakeley was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on April 3, 1913.

Mapping: Right column of the three showing on the mapping photo for location. Bottom grave space #1 in Sec 18,F,S Lot 1.

*Surname alternately spelled Blakely.

**Barber, the location of the home mentioned in the obit, below is generally the area west of Park Ave; south of Ninth street, in modern-day Chico, which encompassed the "Barer Yard" so named for the manager of Diamond Match Company.

Marilla M Blakeley Birth Year: abt 1889 Death Date: 31 Mar 1913 Age at Death: 24 Death Place: Butte, California, USA. Source Information: Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1905-1939 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
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Chico Record, Tuesday Morning, April 1, 1913, pg 4 col 4: Operation Fails to Save Woman. Mrs. Marilla May Blakely succumbed in a local hospital yesterday morning following an operation performed several days ago in an effort to save her life.

The deceased is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Proctor. She is survived by her husband, Benjamin Blakeley, and two children, one a baby boy, fifteen days old. Two sisters, Mrs. J.M. Goin of Stockton and Edna Proctor of Chico survive her. Two brothers, Arthur and Louis Proctor, both of Santa Cruz, also survive.

Deceased was 24 years old and was a native of San Luis Obispo county. She resided in Chico but a short time. The family home is in Barber.

The funeral will be conducted from the United Brethren church at 1 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Rev. Thomas Ringland will officiate. Fetters & Williams have charge of the remains.
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Chico Record, Thursday Morning, April 3, 1913, pg 5 col 3: Blakeley Funeral Today. The funeral of the late Mrs. Marilla May Blakeley will be held from the United Brethren church at 1 o’clock this afternoon. Rev. Thomas Ringland will officiate. Interment will be in the Chico cemetery.

24-year-old Marilla May Blakeley was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on April 3, 1913.