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Cleoford Alonzo “Lon” Durbin

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Cleoford Alonzo “Lon” Durbin

Birth
Hunnewell, Shelby County, Missouri, USA
Death
20 Jun 1905 (aged 46)
Texas, USA
Burial
Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Hunnewell Graphic, Hunnewell, MO. 23rd Jun 1905

Died in Texas
James Kellogg today received a telegram announcing the death of his uncle, Lon Durbin, at his home in Texas. Mr. Durbin was well known in this city, being a dispatcher here for a number of years.
At the time of his death he held the position of Chief Train Dispatcher for the Santa Fe. The remains will arrive in Moberly tonight, and the funeral services will be held at St. John's Church tomorrow morning. Burial in St. Mary's Cemetery ---- Wednesday's Moberly Democrat.

Mr. Durbin was born at this place (Hunnewell) and lived here for a number of years, and will be remembered by the older settlers as a son of "Uncle Dickie" Durbin and a brother of Dick Durbin of Kansas City.

Article may be seen at the Shelby County MO. Historical Society and Museum, Shelbina, MO
Thanks to contributor, Mary Clarkson Turek (47512240), The Shelby County MO. Historical Society, for the above obit.
Hunnewell Graphic, Hunnewell, MO. 23rd Jun 1905

Died in Texas
James Kellogg today received a telegram announcing the death of his uncle, Lon Durbin, at his home in Texas. Mr. Durbin was well known in this city, being a dispatcher here for a number of years.
At the time of his death he held the position of Chief Train Dispatcher for the Santa Fe. The remains will arrive in Moberly tonight, and the funeral services will be held at St. John's Church tomorrow morning. Burial in St. Mary's Cemetery ---- Wednesday's Moberly Democrat.

Mr. Durbin was born at this place (Hunnewell) and lived here for a number of years, and will be remembered by the older settlers as a son of "Uncle Dickie" Durbin and a brother of Dick Durbin of Kansas City.

Article may be seen at the Shelby County MO. Historical Society and Museum, Shelbina, MO
Thanks to contributor, Mary Clarkson Turek (47512240), The Shelby County MO. Historical Society, for the above obit.

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