Obituary printed in the June 8, 2004 Pilot-Tribune, Blair, Nebraska
Cleo N. Smith, 93
Graveside services for Cleo Smith, 93, of Blair, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 9, at the Blair Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon on Tuesday at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home. Mrs. Smith died Sunday, June 6, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Blair.
Cleo N. Smith was born Jan. 31, 1911 at Edgar to Merton and May (Phelps) Mackey.
On Aug. 19, 1926, she married Jesse Smith at McCook. In 1948, they moved to Blair from Hastings.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Joyce Smith of Blair; 11 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, a son, Jack, and four sisters.
Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska
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Buried: 6/9/2004 ~ Age: 93
Father:
Merton Eli Mackey, b Iowa, Aug 1872 per 1900 Married around 1894.
Mother:
Etta May / Mae Phelps, # 12091855, b 6 October 1875 in Troy, Davis, Iowa and d 5 May 1945. D/O Robert H Phelps, b 31 July 1853 in Iowa and d 30 September 1950, and Lillian (Louisa Catherine or Catherine Louisa) Archer, b 5 February 1855 in Hancock, Illinois and d 10 December 1950 in Nebraska. In 1900, Etta was the mother of 3 children with two (Ethel and Hazel) still living.
Birth Family Residences:
1900 ~ Liberty Precinct, Nuckolls, Nebraska
1910 ~ Logan, Clay, Nebraska
1930 ~ Palisade, Hitchcock, Nebraska
1940 ~ Palisade, Hitchcock, Nebraska (Merton is apparently deceased)
Cleo and Currently Known Siblings:
(1) LINKED Ethel M, April 1896 in Nebraska d. Aug. 1, 1955, # 12091865. Remained single and resided with her birth family all her life.
(2) LINKED Hazel A Mackey Dana, Nov 1897 in Nebraska per 1900 and deceased by 1991. Md John Virgil Dana, b 3 July 1896 in Murray, Iowa. The Dana's were residing in Geneva Ward 2, Fillmore, Nebraska in 1920; Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska in 1930; Lingle, Goshen, Wyoming in 1940.
Daughter, Winifred G, b ca 1920 in Nebraska. Present 1920. Present 1930 as Jean. Present 1940 as Jeanne.
Daughter, Sally, b ca 1926 in Nebraska. Present 1930 and 1940.
(3) NL Clara Wilcox of Cheyenne, Wyo.. SL in 1991. B ca 1901-02 in Nebraska. Possibly married to J.D. Wilcox, b Illinois ca 1886.
(4) LINKED Opal W, Feb. 27, 1906 d. Apr. 8, 1930, # 11926431
(5) LINKED SELF, Cleo Smith of Blair, b 1911-
(6) LINKED Maxine L Claflin of McCook, NE. SL in 1991. B ca 1916 in NE. Hastings, Hastings City, Adams, Nebraska as single lodger in 1940.
(7) LINKED Iris Rose Mackey Abbuhl, 1918-1991,
None of the above are the deceased child born before the 1900 census. That child was likely born between 1894 (around the date of marriage for Merton and May) and 1900. Ethel, b April 1896, and Hazel, b Nov 1897. Child likely older than both of these girls or younger that both of them.
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Cleo N. Smith, 93
Graveside services for Cleo Smith, 93, of Blair, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 9, at the Blair Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon on Tuesday at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home. Mrs. Smith died Sunday, June 6, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Blair.
Cleo N. Smith was born Jan. 31, 1911 at Edgar to Merton and May (Phelps) Mackey.
On Aug. 19, 1926, she married Jesse Smith at McCook. In 1948, they moved to Blair from Hastings.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Joyce Smith of Blair; 11 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, a son, Jack, and four sisters.
Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska
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Buried: 6/9/2004 ~ Age: 93
Father:
Merton Eli Mackey, b Iowa, Aug 1872 per 1900 Married around 1894.
Mother:
Etta May / Mae Phelps, # 12091855, b 6 October 1875 in Troy, Davis, Iowa and d 5 May 1945. D/O Robert H Phelps, b 31 July 1853 in Iowa and d 30 September 1950, and Lillian (Louisa Catherine or Catherine Louisa) Archer, b 5 February 1855 in Hancock, Illinois and d 10 December 1950 in Nebraska. In 1900, Etta was the mother of 3 children with two (Ethel and Hazel) still living.
Birth Family Residences:
1900 ~ Liberty Precinct, Nuckolls, Nebraska
1910 ~ Logan, Clay, Nebraska
1930 ~ Palisade, Hitchcock, Nebraska
1940 ~ Palisade, Hitchcock, Nebraska (Merton is apparently deceased)
Cleo and Currently Known Siblings:
(1) LINKED Ethel M, April 1896 in Nebraska d. Aug. 1, 1955, # 12091865. Remained single and resided with her birth family all her life.
(2) LINKED Hazel A Mackey Dana, Nov 1897 in Nebraska per 1900 and deceased by 1991. Md John Virgil Dana, b 3 July 1896 in Murray, Iowa. The Dana's were residing in Geneva Ward 2, Fillmore, Nebraska in 1920; Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska in 1930; Lingle, Goshen, Wyoming in 1940.
Daughter, Winifred G, b ca 1920 in Nebraska. Present 1920. Present 1930 as Jean. Present 1940 as Jeanne.
Daughter, Sally, b ca 1926 in Nebraska. Present 1930 and 1940.
(3) NL Clara Wilcox of Cheyenne, Wyo.. SL in 1991. B ca 1901-02 in Nebraska. Possibly married to J.D. Wilcox, b Illinois ca 1886.
(4) LINKED Opal W, Feb. 27, 1906 d. Apr. 8, 1930, # 11926431
(5) LINKED SELF, Cleo Smith of Blair, b 1911-
(6) LINKED Maxine L Claflin of McCook, NE. SL in 1991. B ca 1916 in NE. Hastings, Hastings City, Adams, Nebraska as single lodger in 1940.
(7) LINKED Iris Rose Mackey Abbuhl, 1918-1991,
None of the above are the deceased child born before the 1900 census. That child was likely born between 1894 (around the date of marriage for Merton and May) and 1900. Ethel, b April 1896, and Hazel, b Nov 1897. Child likely older than both of these girls or younger that both of them.
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Obituary printed in the June 8, 2004 Pilot-Tribune, Blair, Nebraska
Cleo N. Smith, 93
Graveside services for Cleo Smith, 93, of Blair, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 9, at the Blair Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon on Tuesday at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home. Mrs. Smith died Sunday, June 6, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Blair.
Cleo N. Smith was born Jan. 31, 1911 at Edgar to Merton and May (Phelps) Mackey.
On Aug. 19, 1926, she married Jesse Smith at McCook. In 1948, they moved to Blair from Hastings.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Joyce Smith of Blair; 11 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, a son, Jack, and four sisters.
Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska
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Buried: 6/9/2004 ~ Age: 93
Father:
Merton Eli Mackey, b Iowa, Aug 1872 per 1900 Married around 1894.
Mother:
Etta May / Mae Phelps, # 12091855, b 6 October 1875 in Troy, Davis, Iowa and d 5 May 1945. D/O Robert H Phelps, b 31 July 1853 in Iowa and d 30 September 1950, and Lillian (Louisa Catherine or Catherine Louisa) Archer, b 5 February 1855 in Hancock, Illinois and d 10 December 1950 in Nebraska. In 1900, Etta was the mother of 3 children with two (Ethel and Hazel) still living.
Birth Family Residences:
1900 ~ Liberty Precinct, Nuckolls, Nebraska
1910 ~ Logan, Clay, Nebraska
1930 ~ Palisade, Hitchcock, Nebraska
1940 ~ Palisade, Hitchcock, Nebraska (Merton is apparently deceased)
Cleo and Currently Known Siblings:
(1) LINKED Ethel M, April 1896 in Nebraska d. Aug. 1, 1955, # 12091865. Remained single and resided with her birth family all her life.
(2) LINKED Hazel A Mackey Dana, Nov 1897 in Nebraska per 1900 and deceased by 1991. Md John Virgil Dana, b 3 July 1896 in Murray, Iowa. The Dana's were residing in Geneva Ward 2, Fillmore, Nebraska in 1920; Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska in 1930; Lingle, Goshen, Wyoming in 1940.
Daughter, Winifred G, b ca 1920 in Nebraska. Present 1920. Present 1930 as Jean. Present 1940 as Jeanne.
Daughter, Sally, b ca 1926 in Nebraska. Present 1930 and 1940.
(3) NL Clara Wilcox of Cheyenne, Wyo.. SL in 1991. B ca 1901-02 in Nebraska. Possibly married to J.D. Wilcox, b Illinois ca 1886.
(4) LINKED Opal W, Feb. 27, 1906 d. Apr. 8, 1930, # 11926431
(5) LINKED SELF, Cleo Smith of Blair, b 1911-
(6) LINKED Maxine L Claflin of McCook, NE. SL in 1991. B ca 1916 in NE. Hastings, Hastings City, Adams, Nebraska as single lodger in 1940.
(7) LINKED Iris Rose Mackey Abbuhl, 1918-1991,
None of the above are the deceased child born before the 1900 census. That child was likely born between 1894 (around the date of marriage for Merton and May) and 1900. Ethel, b April 1896, and Hazel, b Nov 1897. Child likely older than both of these girls or younger that both of them.
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Cleo N. Smith, 93
Graveside services for Cleo Smith, 93, of Blair, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 9, at the Blair Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon on Tuesday at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home. Mrs. Smith died Sunday, June 6, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Blair.
Cleo N. Smith was born Jan. 31, 1911 at Edgar to Merton and May (Phelps) Mackey.
On Aug. 19, 1926, she married Jesse Smith at McCook. In 1948, they moved to Blair from Hastings.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Joyce Smith of Blair; 11 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, a son, Jack, and four sisters.
Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Buried: 6/9/2004 ~ Age: 93
Father:
Merton Eli Mackey, b Iowa, Aug 1872 per 1900 Married around 1894.
Mother:
Etta May / Mae Phelps, # 12091855, b 6 October 1875 in Troy, Davis, Iowa and d 5 May 1945. D/O Robert H Phelps, b 31 July 1853 in Iowa and d 30 September 1950, and Lillian (Louisa Catherine or Catherine Louisa) Archer, b 5 February 1855 in Hancock, Illinois and d 10 December 1950 in Nebraska. In 1900, Etta was the mother of 3 children with two (Ethel and Hazel) still living.
Birth Family Residences:
1900 ~ Liberty Precinct, Nuckolls, Nebraska
1910 ~ Logan, Clay, Nebraska
1930 ~ Palisade, Hitchcock, Nebraska
1940 ~ Palisade, Hitchcock, Nebraska (Merton is apparently deceased)
Cleo and Currently Known Siblings:
(1) LINKED Ethel M, April 1896 in Nebraska d. Aug. 1, 1955, # 12091865. Remained single and resided with her birth family all her life.
(2) LINKED Hazel A Mackey Dana, Nov 1897 in Nebraska per 1900 and deceased by 1991. Md John Virgil Dana, b 3 July 1896 in Murray, Iowa. The Dana's were residing in Geneva Ward 2, Fillmore, Nebraska in 1920; Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska in 1930; Lingle, Goshen, Wyoming in 1940.
Daughter, Winifred G, b ca 1920 in Nebraska. Present 1920. Present 1930 as Jean. Present 1940 as Jeanne.
Daughter, Sally, b ca 1926 in Nebraska. Present 1930 and 1940.
(3) NL Clara Wilcox of Cheyenne, Wyo.. SL in 1991. B ca 1901-02 in Nebraska. Possibly married to J.D. Wilcox, b Illinois ca 1886.
(4) LINKED Opal W, Feb. 27, 1906 d. Apr. 8, 1930, # 11926431
(5) LINKED SELF, Cleo Smith of Blair, b 1911-
(6) LINKED Maxine L Claflin of McCook, NE. SL in 1991. B ca 1916 in NE. Hastings, Hastings City, Adams, Nebraska as single lodger in 1940.
(7) LINKED Iris Rose Mackey Abbuhl, 1918-1991,
None of the above are the deceased child born before the 1900 census. That child was likely born between 1894 (around the date of marriage for Merton and May) and 1900. Ethel, b April 1896, and Hazel, b Nov 1897. Child likely older than both of these girls or younger that both of them.
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