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Chase County Obituaries


1863 - 2008



Williams, James Edward "Ed"

James Edward Williams, well known resident of Elmdale, died at 12:30 o'clock Tuesday after noon at the Harry Starkey home in Elmdale as a result of a stroke of paralysis suffered sometime after midnight Friday.

Funeral services are to be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Starkey home in Elmdale and interment will be in Prairie Grove cemetery.

Mr. Williams, who was familiarly known as "Slim," has lived in this county about 40 years. He was 57 years old when he died.

He worked for a number of years with the Santa Fe steel gang and later became a farmer.

For the past few years he has made his home with his sister, Mrs. Harry Starkey. He has been in good health for some years and about two weeks ago complained of a severe headache which did not leave him until his death.

Besides Mrs. Starkey, Mr. Williams is survived by another sister, Mrs. Maggie Williams, of Cottonwood Falls, and by a brother, Harry Williams, of California.

Chase County Leader News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Jun 21 1933.



Chase County Death Notices and Obituaries,
compiled and abstracted from the Chase County Courant and Chase County Leader Newspapers
by your Chase County Host, Lorna Marvin.
Please submit your obituaries and death notices.




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