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From: "Ann Murphy" <>
Subject: Melissa Alford Beidler
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:44:02 -0500


Wallowa Sun Newspaper
Wallowa, Wallowa Co. Oregon
February 4, 1937

Mrs. Melissa Beidler
Is Taken By Death
Mrs. Melissa Beidler, for more than half a century a resident of Wallowa, passed away at her home in La Grande early Tuesday morning as a result of heart disease. Mrs. Beidler had been in poor health since a year ago last July but much of the time was able to be up and kept moving about in her usual manner. Since Christmas, however, she had been bedridden and gradually grew weaker until the end came.
Mrs. Beidler came to Wallowa county with her parents, Mr and Mrs. Alfred [ Aford ] , in 1883 when she was a girl thirteen years old from Kansas, where she was born, Sept 29,1870.
They made the trip in the old pioneer style with wagon and team, and in another wagon belonging to the same train was Austin Beidler and his folks also coming from Kansas. [ Linn Co. Ks. ]
On Thanksgiving day four years later she and Mr. Beidler were married and but a short time spent in Idaho and Elgin, Wallowa was there home until his death July 8 1934. that fall Mrs. Beidler went to
La Grande where she made her home with her son Harley, and Mrs. Edna Kiel.
Mr. and Mrs Beidler were the the parents of eight children three of whom preceded her in death.
The living are:
Herbert, Harley and Mrs. Edna Kiel of La Grande, Harry of Lostine and Mrs. Leslie Harris of Wallowa.
She also is survived by six granchildred, one great-grand child and two brothers, Sherman Alford of Stockton, California and George Alford of Mountain View, California.
Service will be held today at 1;30 from the Christian Church.

[ Melissa & Austin married 24 Nov 1887 ]

[ Melissa Alford Beidler was the dau. of James S. & Harriet Jane [ Goldsmith ] Alford ]

1880 Census: Belleville, Chautauqua Co. Kansas

Mellisa [ Alford ] Beidler had a sister living Moline Elk Co. Ks.
Mary Indiana [ Alford ] Perry b. 20 June 1861 Alfordsville, Daviess Co. Indiana, d. 5 Jan 1938 bur Greenlawn Cem. Grenola, Elk Co. Ks.

gtgranddau of Mary Indiana [ Alford ] Perry
gtgtgranddau of James & Harriet [ Goldsmith ] Alford
Ann


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