DEMPSEY, Winifred I Shellhorn 1896-1995

DEMPSEY, SHELLHORN, ALEXANDER, NEFF, ARNOLD

Posted By: Richard K Thompson (email)
Date: 8/10/2010 at 20:32:13

Fairfield Ledger
Wednesday, May 3, 1995

Winifred I DEMPSEY

Winifred I. DEMPSEY, 98, of Temple, Texas, died at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 30, 1995, at Heartland Health Care Center in Temple. Family visitation will be from 7 to 8 tonight at Behner Funeral Home. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Evergreen Cemetery (sic. Old Fairfield Cemetery; see note below) with the Rev. Robert Gates officiating. Memorials can be made to the First Christian Church or the donor's choice.

Mrs. DEMPSEY was born July 13, 1896, in Erie, Kan., to Herbert and Blanche ALEXANDER SHELLHORN. She married John E. DEMPSEY Aug. 22, 1914, at Parsons, Kan. He died May 26, 1962.

She was a homemaker. She was a resident of Fairfield from 1914 until 1958 when she and her husband moved to Corpus Christi, Texas. She also was a member of the First Christian Church in Fairfield.

Mrs. DEMPSEY is survived by two sons, John of Temple and Bill of Girard, Ohio; two daughters, June Neff (sic. June Rosamond NEFF, 1917-2007) of Fairfield and Dorothy ARNOLD of Volant, Pa.; 12 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandsons; and three sisters.

In addition to her husband, her parents; an infant daughter, Lela Louise; and four brothers preceded her in death.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes. I am not related to the person(s) mentioned.

Special transcriber note:

Old Fairfield Cemetery was the first primary burial ground designated within the city limits of Fairfield, Iowa. Burials continued through the years, even after the establishment of Evergreen Cemetery in 1870 in acreage directly adjacent. It is believed that Winifred I DEMPSEY was the last sanctioned burial in Old Fairfield Cemetery.

Lot 145 is shared by John E. and Winifred DEMPSEY and their infant daughter, Lela Louise DEMPSEY, who was born and died in 1915.