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Winifred Isabel “"Winnie"” Shellhorn Dempsey

Birth	:	13 Jul 1896 Erie, Neosho County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	30 Apr 1995 Temple, Bell County, Texas, USA
Burial	:	Old Fairfield Cemetery, Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.0148000, -91.9598000
Plot	:	Lot 145 E 1/2
Description	:	Note: this memorial updated March 20, 2016 with the addition of "Winnie" for nickname. Per edit request clarification "Winifred is listed as "Winnie" on the 1910 actual census page." --------------------- Fairfield Ledger Wednesday, May 3, 1995 Winifred I DEMPSEY Winifred I. DEMPSEY, 98, of Temple, Texas, died at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 30, 1995, at Heartland Health Care Center in Temple. Family visitation will be from 7 to 8 tonight at Behner Funeral Home. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Evergreen Cemetery (sic. Old Fairfield Cemetery; see note below) with the Rev. Robert Gates officiating. Memorials... Read More	Note: this memorial updated March 20, 2016 with the addition of "Winnie" for nickname. Per edit request clarification "Winifred is listed as "Winnie" on the 1910 actual census page." --------------------- Fairfield Ledger Wednesday, May 3, 1995 Winifred I DEMPSEY Winifred I. DEMPSEY, 98, of Temple, Texas, died at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 30, 1995, at Heartland Health Care Center in Temple. Family visitation will be from 7 to 8 tonight at Behner Funeral Home. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Evergreen Cemetery (sic. Old Fairfield Cemetery; see note below) with the Rev. Robert Gates officiating. Memorials can be made to the First Christian Church or the donor's choice. Mrs. DEMPSEY was born July 13, 1896, in Erie, Kan., to Herbert and Blanche ALEXANDER SHELLHORN. She married John E. DEMPSEY Aug. 22, 1914, at Parsons, Kan. He died May 26, 1962. She was a homemaker. She was a resident of Fairfield from 1914 until 1958 when she and her husband moved to Corpus Christi, Texas. She also was a member of the First Christian Church in Fairfield. Mrs. DEMPSEY is survived by two sons, John of Temple and Bill of Girard, Ohio; two daughters, June Neff (sic. June Rosamond NEFF, 1917-2007) of Fairfield and Dorothy ARNOLD of Volant, Pa.; 12 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandsons; and three sisters. In addition to her husband, her parents; an infant daughter, Lela Louise; and four brothers preceded her in death. ---------------- Special transcriber note: Old Fairfield Cemetery was the first primary burial ground designated within the city limits of Fairfield, Iowa. Burials continued through the years, even after the establishment of Evergreen Cemetery in 1870 in acreage directly adjacent. It is believed that Winifred I DEMPSEY was the last sanctioned burial in Old Fairfield Cemetery. Lot 145 is shared by John E. and Winifred DEMPSEY and their infant daughter, Lela Louise DEMPSEY, who was born and died in 1915.

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Winifred Isabel “"Winnie"” Shellhorn Dempsey's memorial is located at: Old Fairfield Cemetery, Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA.
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Winifred Isabel “"Winnie"” Shellhorn Dempsey death on 30 Apr 1995 in Temple, Bell County, Texas, USA
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Latitude: 41.0148000
Longitude: -91.9598000

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

John Ernest Dempsey

(1890 - 1962)

Siblings

Earl W Shellhorn

(1890 - 1941)

Children

Lela Louise Dempsey

(1915 - 1915)

June Rosamond Dempsey Neff

(1917 - 2007)

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