Anna Ferrell Breshears is the daughter of Felix Newton Ferrell and Nancy Bly Johnson Ferrell.


Mrs. Anna Breshears

Services for Mrs. Anna F. Breshears, 80, a former Star resident who died in a Portland nursing home last Wednesday, will be held 2 P.M. Monday in McBratney-Alden-Waggoner Chapel. The Rev. Raymond Thompson, Whitney Methodist Church, will officiate. Interment will be at Star.

Mrs. Breshears was born at Star June 16, 1886 and lived her early life there. She was married to Albert W. Breshears in 1903 in Star. They lived on a ranch at Star until 1929, when they moved to Medford, Oregon, Her Husband died in December 1940 and two sons also preceeded her in death. Subsequent to Mr. Breshears death, she moved to Portland to make her home with a daughter.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ben. A. Johnson and Mrs. Rena A. Freeman, both of Portland; three sons, Fay Breshears and Clifford Breshears both of Boise and Albert Breshears of Fontana, California; a sister Mrs. Nellie Nelson, Fruitland; a brother Fay Farrell, Klamouth Falls, Ore.: six grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Harley Elam, Jack Marshall, Calvin Colson, Bob Schrader, Joe Palmer and Warren Holmes.(Idaho Sunday Stateman, Boise, Idaho, 1-8-1967)(obit courtesy of Pat Lundy via Josephine Hall)

Note: Her sister mentioned in the obit is Nellie Hanson not Nellie Nelson. She was also born in Kansas not Idaho.ch

Anna Ferrell Breshears is the daughter of Felix Newton Ferrell and Nancy Bly Johnson Ferrell.


Mrs. Anna Breshears

Services for Mrs. Anna F. Breshears, 80, a former Star resident who died in a Portland nursing home last Wednesday, will be held 2 P.M. Monday in McBratney-Alden-Waggoner Chapel. The Rev. Raymond Thompson, Whitney Methodist Church, will officiate. Interment will be at Star.

Mrs. Breshears was born at Star June 16, 1886 and lived her early life there. She was married to Albert W. Breshears in 1903 in Star. They lived on a ranch at Star until 1929, when they moved to Medford, Oregon, Her Husband died in December 1940 and two sons also preceeded her in death. Subsequent to Mr. Breshears death, she moved to Portland to make her home with a daughter.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ben. A. Johnson and Mrs. Rena A. Freeman, both of Portland; three sons, Fay Breshears and Clifford Breshears both of Boise and Albert Breshears of Fontana, California; a sister Mrs. Nellie Nelson, Fruitland; a brother Fay Farrell, Klamouth Falls, Ore.: six grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Harley Elam, Jack Marshall, Calvin Colson, Bob Schrader, Joe Palmer and Warren Holmes.(Idaho Sunday Stateman, Boise, Idaho, 1-8-1967)(obit courtesy of Pat Lundy via Josephine Hall)

Note: Her sister mentioned in the obit is Nellie Hanson not Nellie Nelson. She was also born in Kansas not Idaho.ch