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Verle O'Dell Shirley

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Verle O'Dell Shirley

Birth
Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Death
12 Jul 1934 (aged 6)
Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA
Burial
Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.6104083, Longitude: -116.2313528
Plot
D_47_12
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The Idaho Statesman Saturday Morning July 14, 1934

Funeral Services for Canal Victim Will Be Saturday

Funeral services for 5-year-old Verle O'Dell Shirley, who was drowned in Ridenbaugh canal near the main line station Thursday, will be conducted at 3 o'clock Saturday afteroon at the Schreiber and McCann chapel.

The Rev. Albert E. Martin of the Immanuel Methodist church will officiate. Burial will be in Morris Hill cemetery.

The lad was drowned when he slipped and fell into the canal Thursday morning while attempting to get a bucket of water. The body was recovered several hours later by a group of boys who were swimming in the canal.

Surviving the boy are his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Huston M. Shirley; three brothers, Darrell, Eldon and Allen; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O.T. Shirley of Boise, and a grandmother, Mrs. Myrtle Halterman of Twin Falls.
The Idaho Statesman Saturday Morning July 14, 1934

Funeral Services for Canal Victim Will Be Saturday

Funeral services for 5-year-old Verle O'Dell Shirley, who was drowned in Ridenbaugh canal near the main line station Thursday, will be conducted at 3 o'clock Saturday afteroon at the Schreiber and McCann chapel.

The Rev. Albert E. Martin of the Immanuel Methodist church will officiate. Burial will be in Morris Hill cemetery.

The lad was drowned when he slipped and fell into the canal Thursday morning while attempting to get a bucket of water. The body was recovered several hours later by a group of boys who were swimming in the canal.

Surviving the boy are his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Huston M. Shirley; three brothers, Darrell, Eldon and Allen; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O.T. Shirley of Boise, and a grandmother, Mrs. Myrtle Halterman of Twin Falls.

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HOW MUCH OF JOY
IS BURIED WITH
OUR DARLING BOY



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