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Following a year and a half of poor health, Henry B. DeCan passed away at his home at two o'clock on the morning of the Fourth. He had been ill with pernicious anemia and during the past six weeks had been very ill with Bright's disease.
Henry Berzine DeCan was born on March 20, 1861 in Williamson, New York, and lived there during the early part of his life. Later he went with his parents to Michigan and the family home was made on a farm new Grand Rapids.
Mr. DeCan and Miss Lucy Osborne were married at her home in Syracuse, New York, on March 1, 1893, and for several years lived in Neosho Rapids, Kansas, where he was principal of schools. Later he attended Olivet College at Olivet, Michigan, graduating as a veterinarian. He followed this profession for several years and was later interested in the building and contracting business.
Mr. DeCan and his family moved to Spokane in 1917 and remained there three years. Mr. DeCan then came to St. Maries and opened a harness and auto top repair shop, following this business until poor health forced to retire.
Mr. DeCan became a member of the Methodist church early in life and was always a faithful and enthusiastic worker in the church and Sunday school. He had belonged to both the Odd Fellows and Eagles lodges, but was not a member at the time of his death. Mr. DeCan had always taken an active interest in community affairs in the places he had made his home.
He leaves to mourn his death his widow and their five children, Paul, Ernest, Ronald, Mrs. E. H. Delong and Mrs. Persis Johnson, and one grandchild, Rosemary Johnson. All are making St. Maries their home with the exception of Paul, who is in Seattle. Paul had been here a short time before for a visit with his father and was unable to return for the funeral.
Funeral services were held this (Thursday) afternoon at Mitchell's chapel with Rev. E. C. Newham of Spokane delivering a fitting tribute to a beautiful life. He was assisted in the services by Rev. S. H. Austin of the local Methodist church and Rev. C. E. Coatney of the Nazarene church. To the accompaniment of soft organ music, Rev. Austin read Mr. DeCan's favorite hymn, "All the Way My Savior Leads Me." The chapel was completely filled with his many friends. Interment was made in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Source: St. Maries Gazette-Record, Thursday, July 7, 1932 Submitted 2005 Mar 17 by Susan Gates Davis
Mining Claim Index from the Benewah County Courthouse, listing several claims
by B. L. Rambo
Homestead Certificate of Bamsel Rambo
Certificate of Death for Bamsel Rambo
Cemetery Record from Woodlawn Cemetery for Bamsel Rambo
Grave stone for Bamsel L. Rambo reads Benjamin Rambo
Submitted by Bonnie Bartlett
ALDRICH - Posted Thursday, March 24, 2005 by Bonnie Bartlett
ALLBRITTON - Posted Monday, January 21, 2002 by Louise Acheson
BIXLER - Posted Wednesday, February 21, 2001 by Nancy Bixler Aitken
CAREY - Posted Friday, May 25, 2001 by Linda Carey Schultz
COE - Posted Tuesday, July 17, 2001 by Susan Smith
DeCAN - Posted Thursday, March 17, 2005 by Susan Gates Davis
ERWIN - Posted Friday, October 26, 2001 by Barb Scott
FALKERSON/FULKERSON - Posted Friday, May 25, 2001 by Chuck Moody
FITZGERALD - Posted Friday, May 25, 2001 by Linda Carey Schultz
FRANKLIN - Posted Sunday, November 5, 2000 by Virginia Shuler
GALVIN - Posted Friday, May 25, 2001 by Linda Carey Schultz
HARVEY - Posted Tuesday, July 17, 2001 by Susan Smith
HEIMARK - Posted Sunday, March 25, 2001 by Don Smith
HYATT - Posted Wednesday, February 21, 2001 by Nancy Bixler Aitken
IRVINE - Posted Friday, October 26, 2001 by Barb Scott
IRWIN - Posted Friday, October 26, 2001 by Barb Scott
JOHNSON - Posted Thursday, November 16, 2000 by Ruth Anne Goos Halligan
Sunday, March 25, 2001 by Don Smith
KVARUM - Posted Monday, April 2, 2001 by Snowden Roberts
Saturday, April 28, 2001 by Rigmor Iversen
MCCARTNEY - Posted Tuesday, July 17, 2001 by Susan Smith
MONTANDON - Posted Tuesday, May 10, 2005 by Sammi Schorzman
NEEDHAM - Posted Wednesday, February 21, 2001 by June Lerch
NELSON - Posted Sunday, November 19, 2007 by Lynda J. Gilbert
NORTON - Posted Sunday, March 17, 2002 by Polly J. Sizemore
PEALOW - Posted Sunday, November 5, 2000 by Virginia Shuler
PIER - Posted Monday, January 21, 2002 by Louise Acheson
PIERRRE - Posted Monday, January 21, 2002 by Louise Acheson
PRYNE - Posted Monday, August 3, 2009 by Pryne
RAMBO - Posted Thursday, March 24, 2005 by Bonnie Bartlett
RIORDAN - Posted Friday, May 25, 2001 by Linda Carey Schultz
ROBBS - Posted Thursday, November 16, 2000 by Ruth Anne Goos Halligan
SIMPSON - Posted Monday, January 21, 2002 by Louise Acheson
SKAUG - Posted Sunday, March 25, 2001 by Don Smith
SLY - Posted Thursday, November 16, 2000 by Ruth Anne Goos Halligan
SMITH - Posted Thursday, November 16, 2000 by Ruth Anne Goos Halligan
TATRO - Posted Tuesday, April 16, 2002 by Don Manderscheid
TAYLOR - Posted Thursday, November 16, 2000 by Ruth Anne Goos Halligan
THOMAS - Posted Tuesday, May 7, 2002 by Peggy Thomas
THORHAUG - Posted Tuesday, November 13, 2001 by Sheri Thorhaug Seebach
VANKUIKEN - Posted Tuesday, July 17, 2001 by Susan Smith
WALKER - Posted Friday, May 27, 2005 by Benjamin Kinsey
ALDRICH, MONDAY, OSBORN posted by Derby Gordon on Monday, Sept 18,
2000
I am looking for Amasa Miles ALDRICH d. 2-25-1923 in St. Maries
Idaho at the home of his sister Emma Aldrich OSBORN. I am willing to pay
for someone to copy court house records, death certificates, obits or
whatever they could find. I also would like to know if there are any
people named ALDRICH still living there. Payment will be prompt Thank
you
FRANKLIN, PEALOW posted by Virginia Shuler on Sunday, Nov 5,
2000
Hello, I am seeking information on my Grandmother Lena Pealow
FRANKLIN. The only information I have is that she was married to Jack
Robert FRANKLIN and that she was buried in St. Maries, ID. I don't know
if she was living in the area or not. But I believe she may have passed
away in the 1930's but that is only a guess. I believe she is buried in
the Woodland Cemetery in St. Maries. Thank you for your help.
JOHNSON, ROBBS, SLY, SMITH, TAYLOR posted by Ruth Anne Goos Halligan on
Thursday, Nov 16, 2000
Searching for more information on this TAYLOR
family. In Benewah Co about 1919. Herbert TAYLOR, Christened 31 March
1835 in Stadtpfarrei Evangelisch, Darmstadt, Germany (British Subject).
Herbert's parents were Johann Stierling Franz TAYLOR and Hennriette
WADDELOVE Herbert was a doctor of medicine. He married Elizabeth
Catherine Fanny ROBBS, born ~1843 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England,
died 1904 in England. Herbert & Elizabeth had the following known
children: Harriet Fanny TAYLOR, baptized 24 Aug 1867 at Freshwater, IOW
(Isle of Wight); John Stirling TAYLOR, bapt. 1 May 1869 at Freshwater,
Iowa; Herbert TAYLOR, bapt. 21 Dec 1870 at Freshwater, Iowa; Mary
TAYLOR, born ~1871, Wayne Harold TAYLOR, bapt. 21 Dec 1874 at
Freshwater, Iowa. Arthur Robert TAYLOR, (my grandfather) born 19 Dec
1880, in Cottonwood Falls, Chase County, Kansas, USA May be another
daughter named "Daisy". Mary may be known as Marian, or else another
daughter named Marian. Herbert died about 1900, place and date unknown.
Arthur ended up near Spokane, Washington, USA. He married May Daisy
JOHNSON in 1919 and died in Spokane in 1953. I believe the following:
John Stirling TAYLOR was in England when his mother died in 1904.
Harriet Fanny TAYLOR married John LOWE and they lived in Kansas. Herbert
TAYLOR married Amy or Anna B. SMITH and they moved to Bowden, Red Deer
County, Alberta, Canada Any information appreciated. Thank you for your
time! Researching: CHURCHILL, COYLE, DICKBERND, DIETZ, DUKER, GOOS,
HAAS, JOHNSON, LOCHER, MCCOY, PFENNINGER, ROBBS, ROBERTS, SY(E), TAYLOR,
TIBBITTS or TIBBETTS, TUEPKER or TUPKER, WADDELOVE, and WARD. Ruth Anne
GOOS Halligan, Vallejo, California, USA ranneh@napanet.net
BIXLER, HYATT posted by Nancy Bixler Aitken on Wednesday, February 21,
2001
Ira BIXLER married Clara HYATT in Sandpoint, Benewah Co. Id in
1914. They lived in Plummer, Idaho 1917-18. Looking for Clara's family
as Ira died 1918. Believe Roy Lee HYATT and Frederick Perry HYATT could
be Clara's brothers. Frederick HYATT lived in Plummer same year. Need
information on Clara's family to find her and a daughter Rose.
NEEDHAM posted by June Lerch on Wednesday, February 21, 2001
Looking
for information on Kit Carson NEEDHAM - wife Lilly and their family.
From early 1900's onward.
HEIMARK, JOHNSON, SKAUG posted by Don
Smith on Sunday, March 25, 2001
Searching for information of HEIMARK
family of St. Maries, Benewah Co., ID. Specifically children of Alfred
Samuel HEIMARK, born 29 Oct 1877 in Clarkfield, MN; died 25 Jan 1965 in
St. Maries. Married Alma Caroline JONHSON 20 Jun 1900 in Lake Eunice,
MN. Members of the SKAUG family (Alred's sister) also lived in this
area. Thank You
KVARUM posted by Snowden Roberts on Monday, April
2, 2001
I am looking for descendants of Peter J. KVARUM b. 1884
Norway or Hans J. KVARUM b. 1883, Norway.
KVARUM posted by Rigmor
Iversen on Saturday, April 28, 2001
Hello! First of all. My English
is not good, so I will try to do my best so you can understand me. I am
searching for my grandfather Peder KVAERUM/KVARUM in USA. He was born
08.09.1884 in Vardal in Norway. He left for USA the first time in 1903.
His brother Hans KVAERUM/KVARUM left in 1902. I know that these two
brother bought land "over there" in both Lake County and in Flathead
County. I know that Hans died in May 1964, and I think he lived in
Benewah at the time of his death. I also know that my grandfather was
registrated 12 Sep 1918 with residence in Camas, Sanders Co. I also know
that he 5 years later in 1923 bought land in Flathead County. But I
cannot find out when he died. Can somebody please help me? Maybe there
is cemetery/churches records to find out if his name is there. I will be
so happy to know. Many regards from Rigmor in Norway.
CAREY,
FITZGERALD, GALVIN, RIORDAN posted by Linda Carey Schultz on Friday, May
25, 2001
Hi, I would like to share information on the
RIORDAN/O'RIORDAN family. My great-grandmother Mary Anne O'RIORDAN, her
brother, William, and sister, Julia came from Ireland and settled in
Morris, MN. William and his wife, Catharine, moved on to Plummer, ID and
then to Spokane, WA. Thank You, Linda Schultz
COE, HARVEY,
MCCARTNEY, VANKUIKEN posted by Susan Smith on Tuesday, July 17, 2001
I am looking for information about Edith Lillian HARVEY and family and
also John Eli MCCARTNEY. Please I would love any information you could
give me. I am also more than willing to share what I have, although I
have only just begun this project. Susan Smith
ERWIN, IRVINE,
IRWIN posted by Barb Scott on Friday, Oct 26, 2001
I am searching for
information about Landon ERWIN/IRWIN/IRVINE and John ERWIN/IRWIN/IRVINE
who moved to Benewah County after the Civil War, possibly in the 1880s
or earlier. Landon was a Justice of the Peace. Barb Scott
THORHAUG posted by Sheri Thorhaug Seebach on Tuesday, Nov 13, 2001
Hi, in need of assistance. Searching THORHAUG My great uncle Otto
THORHAUG married Elisa EVENSON 1915. I believe they both died in St.
Maries, Benawah. Otto had two children from a previous marriage and then
Halvor Ole with Elisa? Any info on these families would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks Sheri Thorhaug Seebach
ALLBRITTON, PIER,
PIERRRE, SIMPSON posted by Louise Acheson on Monday, Jan 21, 2002
I
am searching for any information on Samuel Daniel SIMPSON (called
Dan).b:24 July 1873 or 1878. He married Emma Cleora PIER in Emeida,
Benewah Co., Idaho-they are in 1920 Benwah co. census. They moved to
Washington and then he left again and had not ever been heard of again.
I am trying to do my family genealogy. If you have any information on
Samuel (Dan) or his parents or siblings please email me at
lorraine@westriv.com. He left Washington in 1932. Prior to Washington he
worked at the Rutledge Timber Company in Idaho 1917-1918. Thank You
Louise
NORTON posted by Polly J. Sizemore on Sunday, Mar 17, 2002
My great-great grandfather, Joe NORTON, I found out died and is buried
in St. Maries, ID. If anyone has knowledge of him or where he is buried
I would very much appreciate it.
TATRO posted by Don Manderscheid
on Tuesday, Apr 16, 2002
Am trying to locate Arthur TATRO, last known
living in St. Maries, ID or Tekoa, WA
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