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Thomas R. Curry

April 5, 1995, Sioux City Journal

South Sioux City – Thomas R. Curry, 88, of South Sioux City died Monday, April 3, 1995, at a Sioux City hospital after a short illness.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Dakota City United Methodist church with the Rev. Michael Anderson officiating.  Burial will be in the Dakota City Cemetery.  Visitation will be noon to 9 p.m. Thursday, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Becker-Hunt Funeral Home.

Mr. Curry was born Sept. 11, 1906, in South Sioux City, the son of Fred and Sarah (Wickham) Curry.  He married Elizabeth Leedom Feb. 14, 1926, in South Sioux City.  He was employed at Armour & Co. for 40 years.  He then was employed part time at Curry Paint and Floor in South Sioux City for a number of years.

Mr. Curry was a member of the Dakota City United Methodist Church and a 55-year member of Omadi Lodge 5 of South Sioux City.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Eugene and his wife, Judy of South Sioux City; an adopted daughter, Charlene Weber of Dakota City; four grandsons, Scot, Jeff and Curt Curry and Brian Paul; six great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Scot, Jeff, and Curt Curry; Brian Paul, Larry Weber and Chester Leedom.

He was also preceded in death by three sisters; two brothers and a great-granddaughter.

A memorial has been established in his name with the Dakota City United Methodist Church.

Courtesy of Peggy Weber Durand.

Letha Jane Hook, Churchill
September 16, 1996, Sioux city Journal
South Sioux City – Letha Jane Churchill, 86, of South Sioux City died Saturday, Sept. 14, 1996, at a South Sioux City nursing home after a lingering illness.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul United Methodist Church in South Sioux City with the rev. Terry Tomlinson officiating. Burial will be in the Omaha Valley Cemetery, rural Homer, Neb. Visitation will be 1 to 9 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m., at the Becker-Hunt Funeral Home.
Mrs. Churchill was born June 17, 1910, in Burlington, Colo., the daughter of Elmer F. and Verda A. (Konkle) Hook.
She married Lloyd R. Churchill Nov. 27, 1954, in Homer. He died Nov. 12, 1972, in Tucson, Ariz. She was a resident of South Sioux City since 1942 and was employed as a dental assistant for Dr. Withy for 14 years.
Mrs. Churchill was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, the ladies Aid and church circles. She was a former member of the American Business Women.
Survivors include a stepdaughter, Marjorie Hancock of Tucson; two stepgrandchildren, Cindy and her husband, David Lieatart and Kristy Hancock; a stepgreat-grandson, Andy and nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Greg Schieke, Darwin Mast, Michael Mattison, Mickie Curry, Don Phillips and Dan Bartels.
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Ronda Jean Harkness, Casper

December 26, 1989, Sioux City Journal

South Sioux City – Ronda Jean Casper, 26, of South Sioux City died Saturday, Dec. 23, 1989, of injuries suffered in a two-vehicle accident, rural Hubbard.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Becker-Hunt Funeral Home in South Sioux City with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.  Visitation will be from noon to 9 p.m. Wednesday with the family present from 7-9 p.m. in the funeral home.

Mrs. Casper, the form Ronda Jean Harkness, was born August 23, 1963, in Sioux City and graduated from South Sioux City High School in 1982.  She married Steve Casper in Elk Point, S.D.

Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Ashley at home; her parents, Ronald Harkness of Texas and Karen Caskey of Elk Point, S.D.; three brothers, Scott of Hubbard, George of South Sioux City and Robby of Elk Point; two sisters, Debbie of South Sioux City and Tina of Texas; maternal grandparents, Wilfred Satterwhite of Elk Point and Betty Satterwhite of Hubbard; maternal great-grandmother, Linnie Powell of South Sioux City and paternal grandparents, Don and Helen Harkness.

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Mrs. Georgia Culbertson
January 9, 1913, Dakota County Herald, image 4
Mrs. Georgia Culbertson died on December 19, 1912, at Seattle, Wash. Mrs. Rymill, her mother, was with her until she died, and is now visiting another daughter before she returns to Homer.
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Mrs. James Coughtry
June 22, 1916, Dakota County Herald, p 5, c 2
Mrs. James Coughtry, mother of the Coughtry boys – George Wheeler and Archie, and Mrs. Flora Beerman, died last Thursday at her home in Yamhill, Ore, aged 70 years. With her husband she moved from this place to Yamhill about seven years ago. She was a good, Christian woman and will be ddeply mourned by her many friends here.
Allen News: June 29, 1916, p 1 c 1
Mrs. James Coughtry, mother of Nate and George Coughtry, died at her home at Yamhill, Ore, June 15th, death being caused by cancer of the liver. The Coughtry were old settlers here living in the vicinity of Elk Valley a number of years.
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Chambers
June 6, 1916, Dakota County Herald, page 1, col 6
Niobrara Tribune: Sarah Ann Hull was born in Westmoreland county Pa., on August 15, 1832. On her father’s side she was a descendant of Capt. John Hull, and on her mother’s side, of Jacob Byerly, who patented the first land in Pennsylvania, and whose wife, a grandmother of Mrs. Chambers, organized the first Sunday school in the same state. When Mrs. Chambers was a young girl she attended the country school and later on finished her education in Apolla, Pa.

She was married to Benjamin F. Chambers on March 3, 1857. To this union seven children were born: Mary B., wife of John W. Wood, of Los Angeles, Calif.: Edwin Hull Chambers, of Columbus, Neb.; William Lincoln, who died in Dakota City in 1967; George W., cashier of the Niobrara Valley bank, who died April 8, 1913; Alice Bertina, the wife of J.W. Turner, of Springfield, S.D.; Harry G., who died in Niobrara in 1888, having been accidently shot through the arm, and Sarah Minerva, the wife of W.C. Mason, of Chicago. Immediately after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Chambers came by boat all the way from Pittsburg, Pa., to Dakota City, Neb., where they made their home until 1879, locating in a wild and unsettled country with but a dozen families living in that section. Mr. Chambers built the first house in what is now called Dakota City, and the first lumber he used came from St. Louis, via the Missouri river.

His first house was of logs and poles, covered with slough grass and earth. The journey by boat from Pittsburg to Dakota City took them three weeks, and at the time they were leaving the boat to start housekeeping Mr. Chambers paid $15 for two bushes of potatoes. In 1862 Mr. Chambers enlisted as a member of Company ‘I’, Second Nebraska Volunteer Infantry, in the Indian warfare. While serving as a soldier he left his wife and daughter Elizabeth at home. (Elizabeth was a daughter of his wife, who died in Grinnell, Ia., in August 1855.)

One day as the young wife and her stepdaughter were at home by themselves, they could see a band of Indians coming toward their house, and they came right into the yard and began to sharpen their knives on the sharpening stone close to the house. Mrs. Chambers and Elizabeth feared that the end was at hand, but in the meantime a young Indian appeared and approached the other band and they all left without doing any harm. Later on it was found out that this young Indian had been befriended by Mr. Chambers, and in return for his kindness, he saved the Chambers home. After spending twenty-two years at Dakota City, they moved to Niobrara in 1879. During this year Geo. G. and Benj. D. Bayha came here from Dakota City to build a new house for the Chambers family and are still residents of Niobrara. B.F. Chambers came to Niobrara as registerer of the United States Land office, holding the position until July, 1884. From that date until 1890 he was engaged in the real estate business. Mr. Chambers passed away March 11, 1906, and his wife died at her home June 13, 1916, at the ripe age of 83 years, 9 months and 13 days. Two of the daughters, Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Mason, were with their mother the last three weks.
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B. Cavanaugh
January 10, 1913, Dakota County Herald, image 4
Allen News: Died, at his home in this city, Saturday evening, December 28, 1912, B Cavanaugh, aged 78 years, 8 months and 25 days. Death was due to old age. He received a paralytic stroke five years ago and from that time unable to use his lower limbs, and was compelled to spend his time in a wheel chair. He was born April 8, 1834, in Manchester, England, and came to this country when quite a small boy, locating with his parents in Connecticut, later he went to Holyoke, Mass, where he was later united in marriage to Miss Mary Connor, To this union were born seven children, six of whom are living, Mrs. C W Hammond, Roach Harbor, Wash Mrs. H Dugan, Jackson, Neb; Mrs. J W Collins, Jackson, Neb; Miss Sarah, Jack and Cornelia. All were present at the time of his death except the first named. He came to Dixon county in 1858 before the land was surveyed, and, at the time of the Indian outbreak shortly after, he moved his family to Covington for protection while he enlisted to fight the Indians. After a year’s residence in Covington they moved back here again and have resided here practically ever since, except a short stay at Lincoln and Jackson. In 1892, November 28th, his faithful wife passed away. He was a faithful member of the Catholic church and the remains were laid to rest Monday afternoon in the South Creek cemetery near Ponca, beside those of his wife, who departed this life twenty years ago. Father Fehily, of Dixon, officiated.
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Ellen Carney
July 13, 1916, Dakota County, Nebraska, page 1, col 2
Sioux City Journal, 8th: The funeral of Mrs. Ellen Carney, of Niobrara, Neb., will be held at the Catholic church at Hubbard Sunday at 10 o’clock. Burial will be in the Hubbard cemetery. Mrs. Carney is survived by her husband, H.F. Carney, and three children, Peter, Harry and Ellen Carney, all of Niobrara. Four brothers and two sisters also survive. They are: James T., Andrew J., and Walter V. Leahy, Mrs. A.N. Farrer and Margaret Nugent, all of Sioux City and William Leahy, of Niobrara.
July 13, 1919, page 4, col 3.
The funeral of Mrs. Ellen Carney, of Niobrara, a former resident of this county, was held from the Catholic church here Sunday at 10 o’clock.
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Mrs. Mike Cain
December 20, 1912, Dakota County Herald, image 4
Henry Cain received word last week of the death of his brother’s wife, Mrs. Mike Cain, at Seattle, Wash, from the effects of burns received when her clothing caught fire from an open fire place.
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