DUFUR, Jessie S.

Eagle Valley News; Richland, OR; 28 Mar 1918 DEATH CLAIMS ANOTHER The community was shocked last friday morning by news of the death of Mrs. Sherman Dufur at New Bridge, as a result of a blood vessel bursting in the brain. Mrs. Dufur was apparently in usual health up until 9:15 Thursday evening when she was stricken with partial paralysis and soon lost consciousness, death coming at 12:15 Friday morning. The funeral services were held at the home, Rev. Wixom officating, and the remains laid to rest in the Eagle Valley cemetery. Jessie S. Proctor was born on Sept. 1 , 1877, at Johnstown, Pa.; on April 28, 1904, she was married to Andrew Sherman Dufur at Council Bluffs, Iowa; they located in Nebraska where they remained until 1911 when they came to Pine Valley afterwards returning east where they remained until the fall of 1914 when they located at New Bridge. She was a woman of kind, loving generous disposition, highly respected by all with who she came in contact, and her death is deeply regretted by the entire community. Besides the grief-stricken husband, the deceased leaves a son eleven years of age who is heartbroken by the sudden demise of his mother. Both afflicted ones have the sincere sympathy of all.