Vesta Phelan, 97, died Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008 at the Powell Valley Care Center in Powell.
She was born in Powell on Sept. 2, 1911, to Harvey Rickard and Ethel Barton.
Vesta worked as a registered nurse. During her life, she lived in Wyoming, California, the Philippine Islands, Kuwait and Israel.
She was involved in EPASC Club.
Vesta is survived by her daughter, Anne (Ron) Caviglia of Ukiah, Calif.; stepdaughter, Myrtle Lowder of Jonesborough, Tenn.; brothers Hugh Rickard of Powell and Jim Rickard of Provo, Utah; two grandchildren, Josh Veno and Katie Veno; and a great-grandchild, Ruby Veno.
She is preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Vera Scott; and husbands Albert Brown and Reuben Phelan.
Burial will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Here is her first husband's death record, though I cannot locate his burial place:
Albert Erskine Brown, son of Fredrick Adolphus and Margaret (Bowen) Brown
California, Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Albert Erskine Brown
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 23 Aug 1898
Birth Place: North Carolina
Death Date: 31 Dec 1948
Death Place: Alameda
Mother's Maiden Name: Bowen
Father's Surname: Brown
She was born in Powell on Sept. 2, 1911, to Harvey Rickard and Ethel Barton.
Vesta worked as a registered nurse. During her life, she lived in Wyoming, California, the Philippine Islands, Kuwait and Israel.
She was involved in EPASC Club.
Vesta is survived by her daughter, Anne (Ron) Caviglia of Ukiah, Calif.; stepdaughter, Myrtle Lowder of Jonesborough, Tenn.; brothers Hugh Rickard of Powell and Jim Rickard of Provo, Utah; two grandchildren, Josh Veno and Katie Veno; and a great-grandchild, Ruby Veno.
She is preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Vera Scott; and husbands Albert Brown and Reuben Phelan.
Burial will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Here is her first husband's death record, though I cannot locate his burial place:
Albert Erskine Brown, son of Fredrick Adolphus and Margaret (Bowen) Brown
California, Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Albert Erskine Brown
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 23 Aug 1898
Birth Place: North Carolina
Death Date: 31 Dec 1948
Death Place: Alameda
Mother's Maiden Name: Bowen
Father's Surname: Brown
Vesta Phelan, 97, died Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008 at the Powell Valley Care Center in Powell.
She was born in Powell on Sept. 2, 1911, to Harvey Rickard and Ethel Barton.
Vesta worked as a registered nurse. During her life, she lived in Wyoming, California, the Philippine Islands, Kuwait and Israel.
She was involved in EPASC Club.
Vesta is survived by her daughter, Anne (Ron) Caviglia of Ukiah, Calif.; stepdaughter, Myrtle Lowder of Jonesborough, Tenn.; brothers Hugh Rickard of Powell and Jim Rickard of Provo, Utah; two grandchildren, Josh Veno and Katie Veno; and a great-grandchild, Ruby Veno.
She is preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Vera Scott; and husbands Albert Brown and Reuben Phelan.
Burial will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Here is her first husband's death record, though I cannot locate his burial place:
Albert Erskine Brown, son of Fredrick Adolphus and Margaret (Bowen) Brown
California, Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Albert Erskine Brown
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 23 Aug 1898
Birth Place: North Carolina
Death Date: 31 Dec 1948
Death Place: Alameda
Mother's Maiden Name: Bowen
Father's Surname: Brown
She was born in Powell on Sept. 2, 1911, to Harvey Rickard and Ethel Barton.
Vesta worked as a registered nurse. During her life, she lived in Wyoming, California, the Philippine Islands, Kuwait and Israel.
She was involved in EPASC Club.
Vesta is survived by her daughter, Anne (Ron) Caviglia of Ukiah, Calif.; stepdaughter, Myrtle Lowder of Jonesborough, Tenn.; brothers Hugh Rickard of Powell and Jim Rickard of Provo, Utah; two grandchildren, Josh Veno and Katie Veno; and a great-grandchild, Ruby Veno.
She is preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Vera Scott; and husbands Albert Brown and Reuben Phelan.
Burial will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Here is her first husband's death record, though I cannot locate his burial place:
Albert Erskine Brown, son of Fredrick Adolphus and Margaret (Bowen) Brown
California, Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Albert Erskine Brown
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 23 Aug 1898
Birth Place: North Carolina
Death Date: 31 Dec 1948
Death Place: Alameda
Mother's Maiden Name: Bowen
Father's Surname: Brown
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