James R. Silliman (1951)

BLOSS, CLIFTON, EMERSON, KNOWLES, RAYMOND, ROBINSON, SCHOENENBERGER, SILLIMAN

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 1/1/2007 at 15:23:52

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, July 18, 1951

FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN COLORADO

Native of Peru Had Moved From Madison County in 1907

James R. Silliman, a native of the Peru community, died July 9, at Grand Junction, Colo., according to word received here this week. His death followed a stroke on July 4. He was 72 years of age.

Mr. Silliman was born at Peru June 12, 1879, a son of Charlie and Mary Silliman. He was married here June 6, 1901, to Myra Mae Robinson. In 1907, they moved to Collbran, Colo., where he lived until returning to Iowa in 1933 to engage in the farm implement business at Leon. In 1941, he moved back to Colorado to a ranch near Appleton.

He is survived by a son, Dick Silliman of Appleton; and three daughters, Mrs. Allen Bloss of Collbran, Mrs. W. C. Raymond of Loma, Colo., and Mrs. George Knowles of Grand Junction, Colo. He also leaves three sisters, Mrs. A. E. Emerson and Mrs. S. S. Clifton of Winterset, and Mrs. Ree Schoenenberger of Humboldt, Minn.; and three brothers, Lonnie Silliman of Centerville, A. E. Silliman of Park River, N. Dak., and W. J. Silliman of Paris, Ark.

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