Monthly archives: March, 2023

Strong, Rebecca

Birth: December 20, 1831 Death: January 5, 1917 Location: Lot 14, Section 3, Outside the Old Cemetery Daughter of Abner and Mary Ellington Arnold. Grand Island (Nebraska) Daily IndependentTuesday, 9 January 1917 The death of Mrs. Rebecca Strong, one of the oldest residents of Wood River, from an attack of grippe occurred yesterday morning. Mrs. …

Strausbaugh, Sophia

Birth: December 28, 1856 Death: April 12, 1935 Location: Lot 55, Section 6, Row 4, Old Cemetery – SW Grand Island (Nebraska) IndependentFriday, April 12, 1935 Mrs. Sophia Strausbaugh, widow of Sylvestor Strausbaugh and a resident of this city, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ethel M. Plank, 1210 West Division street, about …

Strausbaugh, Sylvester

Birth: November 26, 1857 Death: June 2, 1926 Location: Lot 55, Section 5, Row 4, Old Cemetery – SW Grand Island Daily Independent, Thu 3 Jun 1926 S Strausbaugh Dies After Ten Day’s Illness Wood River, Neb, June 3 –Sylvester Strausbaugh, a resident of Wood River for the past 45 years, died at his home …