McArthur, Mrs. Dorothy Eleanor 1896-1963

MC ARTHUR, DARVILLE

Posted By: Viv Reeves (email)
Date: 1/18/2006 at 19:57:20

From the LeMars Sentinel, Thursday, February 28, 1963, Page 4, Column 5:

Life's End
MRS. M'ARTHUR, 66, DIES IN COLORADO
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Mrs. Dorothy Eleanor McArthur, 66, a resident of the Seney vicinity until moving to Boulder, Colo., three years ago, died Monday at Boulder.

Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Mauer funeral chapel. Rev. Milo Morris of the First Methodist church will officiate. Burial will be in LeMars Memorial cemetery.

Dorothy E. Darville was born Sept. 9, 1896, near Seney, the daughter of Charles J. and Laura Muffett Darville. Her marriage to Roy McArthur took placed June 14, 1919, at Gayville, S. D.

Surviving are her husband Roy of Boulder; a son Raymond of Pierre, S. D., and daughter Mrs. Wayne (Ruth) Gower of St. Charles, Ill.

Also surviving are two brothers and four sisters, Oscar Darville of Pasco, Wash., John Darville of Carmichael, Calif., Mrs. Irving McArthur and Mrs. Vern Burris, both of Sioux City, Mrs. Edward Kromrey of Middleton, Wis., and Mrs. Harvey Buss of LeMars.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Mrs. James Gunderson.