OBITUARY: Amelia Morse, Phoenix, Jackson County, Oregon ************************************************ 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 7 Dec 2002 ********************************************************************************* MORSE, Amelia (Breeden), Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Monday, 1 Jun 1925, p. 2: Amelia Morse died at her home at Phoenix, Oregon, Sunday evening, May 31, 1925. She was born at Whatcheer, Iowa, in the year 1847, April 15, and was 78 years, 1 month and 16 days of age. Amelia Breeden and Edwin B. Morse were married at Whatcheer, Iowa, later moving to Kansas, where they took up a homestead. They came to Oregon 30 years ago and have lived in Phoenix for the past 14 years. Mr. Morse passed away March 22, 1916. She leaves to mourn her loss three sons: John B., Aline, Okla.;George E., Phoenix, Ore.; Emery W., Sacramento, Cal. Two daughters: Mrs. F. E. Boucher, San Francisco, Calif., Mrs. Taylor Lady, McMinnville, Ore. She also leaves fourteen grandchildren and five great grandsons. The funeral cortege will leave the Perl Funeral Home at 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, June 2, 1925, and the services will be held at the Phoenix cemetery at 10:30, where the interment will be made. Rev. Morgan of Phoenix will officiate.