OBITUARY: Emma Christina Maasdam, Medford, Jackson County, Oregon ********************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by Elizabeth Corethers 15 May 2003 *************************************************************************** Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Friday, 19 Jun 1936, p. 7 Emma Christina Maasdam, 65, passed away at a local hospital early Thursday morning of pneumonia. She was born at Fremont, Neb., February 10, 1872, and had been a resident of Medford for the past 27 years. She was married to George McKilligan, and five children were born to the union, four of whom are still living. They are Mrs. C. B. Armpriest and Mrs. John Craig, Salem, Ore.; Mrs. A. L. Williams, Portland, Ore.; one son, Berroll McKilligan, Oakland, Cal.; also five grandchildren: Robert Armpriest, Honolulu, Hawaii; Donald, James Ruth Armpriest and Jackie Craig, Salem, Ore.; two sisters: Mrs. Ellis Patterson, Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Mrs. M. E. Camp, Mina, Nev., and one brother, John F. Sievers, Denver, Colo. Emma Christina Sievers was married to Gradus Maasdam, March 1, 1910, at Jacksonville, Ore. Mr. Maasdam survives. Funeral services will be held at the Perl Funeral home Sunday at 2 p.m. under auspices of the Christian Science church.