She was the youngest and only surviving child of T.R. and Mary Jane (Parry) Evans.
She attended Simmer School in Springview and taught in the rural schools of Keya Paha county. She was united in marriage to Jess M. Emry on Feb 9, 1910, and to this union were born Freda Doris, Kenneth Earl, Robert Russell and Phyllis Irene.
Her father, an early pioneer, T.R. Evans, landed from Wales on the Cirreassan on June 6, 1858, to become an American citizen, and moved westward to Nebraska in 1886 to become one of the early surveyors of Keya Paha county and made the original surveys and platted the original townsite of Norden.
Aunt Floy, as she was known to many, was midwife to many of the present citizens of Keya Paha county and others scattered afar. She was preceded in death by her parents, eight sisters and brothers, an infant son, her husband who died on March 23, 1965, and her daughter, Freda (Mrs. Jesse Hood) on April 6, 1949.
Survivors include her sons, Kenneth of Ainsworth, and Russell of Hermiston, Ore., and daughter, Phyllis Campbell of Ainsworth, two daughters-in-law, two sons-in-law, 14 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews , other relatives and friends.
Memorial services were conducted Friday, April 5, at the Congregational Church of Christ, the Pastor, Rev. David E. Harris officiating. Burial was at the Norden Cemetery. Arrangements were by the Wisda Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were grandsons, Don Hood, Hubert Hood, Robert Emry, Richard Adcock, Charles Mefferd and Bill Micheel.
Those from a distance attending the funeral of their sister-in law, mother and grandmother, were: Mr. and Mrs. Guy Chapman (Mary Emry) of Ovid, Colo., Russell and Ortha Emry, Hermiston, Ore., Robert Emry, New York City, Richard, Louise, Marketta and Cecil Adcock from Florida, Hubert and Beverly Hood from Florida, Cleo Cooper from California, Melvin Campbell, Lincoln, Nina Campbell, Missouri, Charles and Leona Mefferd,Grand Island. She was buried on 5 Apr 1968 in Pleasant Vale Cemetery, Keyapaha Co., Nebraska. (8) Children were:
i. Freda
Doris Emry(9) was born on 5 Aug 1911
in Norden, Keyapaha Co., Nebraska. She died on 6 Apr 1949 in Ainsworth, Brown
Co., Nebraska.(10) She was buried after
6 Apr 1949 in Pleasant Vale Cemetery, Keyapaha Co., Nebraska.
(9) Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Norden [Nebraska]
with Rev. Phifer in charge. Burial was in the south cemetery [Pleasant Vale]
at Norden. Obituary:
Mrs. Freda Hood Buried at Norden
Freda Doris Emry was born near Norden, Nebr., August 5, 1911 and passed away at the Ainsworth hospital, April 6.
Most of her life was spent in and around Norden with the exception of four years in Mabton, Washington.
On April 16, 1931 she was united in marriage to Jesse H. Hood. To this union four children were born, Donald, Louise, Hubert and Cleo.
She was a member of the Rebecca lodge at Mabton, Washington.
In February, 1947, she was stricken with paralysis from which she never fully recovered. She went to Spears sanitarium in Denver, last September, and remained there six months, but her health gradually failed and she returned to the home of her parents near Long Pine. She was taken to the Ainsworth hospital March 27 where she passed away April 6th. She was a patient sufferer and many long hours were spent reading her Bible in which she found solace and comfort in her long illness.
She is survived by her husband Jesse Hood of Sunnyside, Washington, four children, Donald Leroy, Doris Louise, Hubert James and Cleo Annette, all of Long Pine, her father, Jess M. Emry, mother, Mrs. Florence (Evans) Emry, two brothers, Kenneth and Russell Emry of Long Pine, and a sister, Mrs. Phyllis Campbell of Moristown, S.D., other relatives and many friends. An infant brother preceded her in death.
Funeral Services were held at the Methodist church in Norden with Rev. Phifer in charge.
A quartet composed of Glee Strenger, Leonard McCormick, Howard McCormick and Edmund Fisher sang "Where He Leads Me." "Old Rugged Cross" and "Face to Face," accompanied by Vera Fisher at the piano.
Pallbearers were Gerald Swim, Vern Swim, Hans Davis, Wilber Mundorf, Donald Ray Rosenback and Franklin Egelhoff.
Burial was in the South cemetery at Norden.
2 ii.
Kenneth Earl Emry.
iii.
Robert Russell Emry(2)
(11)(12) was born on 8 Jan 1917
in Norden, Keyapaha Co., Nebraska. He died on 30 Aug 1996 in Vale, Malheur Co.,
Oregon.(13) Russell Emry died at home
under Hospice care. He had suffered a long illness due to congestive heart failure
which caused complications with his kidneys. He survived due to kidney dialysis
for the final 16 months. He was buried on 3 Sep 1996 in Valley View Cemetery,
Vale, Oregon.(14) Valley View Cemetery
is located a short distance North of Russell's last residence of 1175 15th Street,
Vale, Oregon. His cemetery plot is near the East perimeter of the cemetery and
overlooks the confluence of the Malheur Valley and another valley that runs toward
the North; the latter being the route of the Oregon Trail. Russell was very
interested in the early pioneers and the Oregon Trail and he also had contract
hay hauling business with many of the farmers in the Malheur Valley. This indeed
seems to be a very fitting spot for his final rest.
iv. Phyllis
Irene Emry (Private).
v. Mahlon
Emry was born on 20 Dec 1925 in Sparks, Cherry Co., Nebraska.
(10) He died on 20 Dec 1925 in Sparks, Cherry Co., Nebraska. Stillborn
Flags: Foreign Born=N, Military=N
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