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Funeral services for Myrtle
Spellman, 99, of Wilder, who died Friday, May 26, 1995, at a
Caldwell care center, will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday,
June 1, at Flahiff-Funeral Chapel, Caldwell. Rev. Eldon
Hunter, Wilder, will officiate. Interment will follow at
the Wilder Cemetery.
Myrtle was born
April 21, 1896, at Verdon, Nebraska, one of nine children born
to James and Olive Veal Workman. She was reared and
educated in Nebraska, when in her teens she moved with her
family to Colorado. Myrtle married Jesse w. Spellman on
March 26, 1913, at Wray, Colorado. She was a noted
Midwife for several years. In 1941 they moved to Wilder,
where she has since resided. Jesse and Myrtle celebrated
their 60th wedding anniversary in 1973. Jesse died Oct.
23, 1973.
Myrtle enjoyed crafts,
especially making Crocheted rugs.
She
was a member of the Wilder Free Methodist Church, and later
attended the Fargo Community Church, and was a member of the
Fargo Ladies Club.
Myrtle is survived
by four daughters and two sons-in-law, Ruby Knight, Boise,
Lois and Cecil Hall, Caldwell, Olive and Bill Detweiler,
Pendleton, Ore., Marilynn Roper, Wilder; a brother, Pat
Workman, Lebanon, Ore.; numerous grand-children;
great-grand-children; great-great-grandchildren; nieces and
nephews.
Friends may call on Wednesday,
May 31, from 4 until 8 p.m. at Flahiff Funeral Chapel,
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