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Ella Marguerite <I>Riggs</I> Young

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Ella Marguerite Riggs Young

Birth
Newton County, Missouri, USA
Death
26 Aug 1940 (aged 60)
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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JOPLIN WOMAN DIES AT CANCER HOSPITAL

Mrs. Ella Young, 60 years old, of Joplin, died at 10 o'clock this morning at the state cancer hospital in Columbia, Mo. She had been a patient at the hospital about two weeks.
Mrs. Young was born in Newton county and had lived here 30 years. She was a member of the Baptist church. N. W. Young, who died in 1932, was her husband.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Cora Thomas of Webb City, Mrs. Ora Beauchamp of Burlington, Ia., and Mrs. Elsie Ewing, Twenty-seventh street and Kentucky avenue; a son Vincent Young of Coffeyville; her mother, Mrs. Belle Riggs of Webb City; four brothers, Oscar Riggs and Whit Riggs of Webb City, Robert Riggs of Kansas City and Arthur Riggs of Neosho; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Wilson and Mrs. Iva Waggoner of Joplin, and eight grandchildren.
The body will be received here by the Hurlbut Undertaking Company.

Joplin News Herald, Monday, August 26, 1940

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JOPLIN WOMAN DIES AT CANCER HOSPITAL

Mrs. Ella Young, 60 years old, of Joplin, died at 10 o'clock this morning at the state cancer hospital in Columbia, Mo. She had been a patient at the hospital about two weeks.
Mrs. Young was born in Newton county and had lived here 30 years. She was a member of the Baptist church. N. W. Young, who died in 1932, was her husband.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Cora Thomas of Webb City, Mrs. Ora Beauchamp of Burlington, Ia., and Mrs. Elsie Ewing, Twenty-seventh street and Kentucky avenue; a son Vincent Young of Coffeyville; her mother, Mrs. Belle Riggs of Webb City; four brothers, Oscar Riggs and Whit Riggs of Webb City, Robert Riggs of Kansas City and Arthur Riggs of Neosho; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Wilson and Mrs. Iva Waggoner of Joplin, and eight grandchildren.
The body will be received here by the Hurlbut Undertaking Company.

Joplin News Herald, Monday, August 26, 1940

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  • Created by: James Relative Great-grandchild
  • Added: Jun 8, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38088412/ella_marguerite-young: accessed ), memorial page for Ella Marguerite Riggs Young (5 Mar 1880–26 Aug 1940), Find a Grave Memorial ID 38088412, citing Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery, Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by James (contributor 47054146).