Rites Held For Claremont Woman

(Aberdeen News, Dakota News Service)
CLAREMONT---Funeral services were held in the Methodist church for Mrs. Charles Townsend Pulfrey, 58, late of Claremont. The Reverend Arthur Hayer officiated.

Evalina Augusta Morris was born to Stephan Arnold Douglas Morris and Maude Evelyne Veronica May Morse in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Jan. 31, 1885. At an early age she moved with her parents to Inwood, Ia., where she lived until her marriage Jan. 30, 1903 to Charles Townsend Pulfrey of Claremont. She has lived near Claremont since her marriage. She is survived by her husband and nine children; Wallace of Rossford, Ore.; Mrs Leora Thompson of Kelso, Wash.; Charles, Jr. of Claremont; Phillip of Aberdeen, SD; Mrs Joe Corliss of Hillsboro, Ore.; Mrs. Fred Corliss of Beaverton, Ore.; Pvt. Louis Pulfrey of Drew Field, Fla.; and Scott of Claremont. One son died in infancy.

All the children were here for the funeral except Louis. Burial was at the Detroit cemetery, Brown county, SD.

Submitted by Linda Harms