Obituary - Emma Risdon Powell Morning

Mrs. Emma Morning, Widow of Judge, Is Dead At Steamboat

Funeral services for Mrs. Emma T. Morning, 83, widow of the late Judge Charles Morning of Routt county, will be conducted today at the Root Mortuary in Steamboat Springs, with the Rev. Burnworth officiating. Mrs. Morning, a longtime resident of Routt county died at the Steamboat Springs hospital Sunday. Interment services will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. at the Fairmount Cemetery in Denver.

Mrs. Morning was born in Central City May 16, 1874. She came to Routt county with her husband in 1900, settling in Yampa. The couple later lived at Hahn's Peak and in 1912 made their final move to Steamboat Springs. Mrs. Morning is a past matron in the Order of Eastern Star. She was a member of the PEO, the Methodist church.

Surviving are one son, Morning of Los Angeles, two nieces and two nephews, Mrs. Frieda Hamburg of Vancouver, Washington, Mrs. Margaret Skinner of White Salmon, Washington, Charles Breckel of Long View, Washington and Joe Breckel of Vancouver, Washington.

--The Daily Sentinel, August 15, 1957

Learn more about Emma on the Van Valkenburg Family History website:
https://sites.google.com/site/vanvalkenburgfamilyhistory/families/powell/emma-risdon-powell.

Obituary - Alice Mae Powell Breckel

Mrs. Mae Breckel Dies in Vancouver.

Funeral services for Mrs. Mae Breckel, 83, Vancouver, a former Longview resident, will be held at the Knapp Funeral Home in Vancouver Wednesday at 1 p.m. Private interment services will be held at Longview Memorial Park.

Mrs. Breckel was born March 18, 1871, in Scranton, Pa. She moved to Longview in 1923 and lived here until 1931. She had lived in Vancouver since 1945. She held a lifetime membership in the Order of the Eastern Star at Longview.

Survivors include two sons, Charles, Longview and Joe, Vancouver; two daughters, Mrs. Freda B. Hamburg, Vancouver, and Mrs. Margaret Skinner, White Salmon; three grandchildren and four great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Emma Morning, Steamboat Springs, Colo.

Learn more about Alice on the Van Valkenburg Family History website:

https://sites.google.com/site/vanvalkenburgfamilyhistory/families/powell/alice-mae-powell.

Obituary - Lucretia Smith Hughes

Death of a Well Known Lady

Mrs. Lucretia, wife of John Hughes, died in Carbondale on Thursday evening, aged 70 years. Her husband is employed as mining boss for the D. and H. C. Co. Mrs. Hughes, who was born in Aberdare, South Wales, was the mother of sixteen children, nine of whom are still living. They are as follows: Francis G., of Scranton; Elizabeth, wife of Warren Tappan, of Carbondale; Edward C., for 80 years a prominent citizen of Black Hawk, Colorado, where he has served one term as sheriff and three terms as mayor; Samuel E., traveling salesman for Levy Bros., of West Market street, George H., grocer, at 174 East Market street; William, living on Jackson street and in the employ of the L.C. and N. Co.; David F., civil engineer employed by the same company; Margaret, wife of Thomas Kirkbride, of Carbondale, and James H., outside foreman of the Keystone Coal Co.

Learn more about Lucretia on the Van Valkenburg Family History website:

https://sites.google.com/site/vanvalkenburgfamilyhistory/families/smith/lucretia-smith