Ella Dibrell
Sent by Lynna Kay Shuffield      July 18 2012

San Antonio Evening News (San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX), Mon.,, 16 Feb 1920, p. 3, c. 2

Funeral of Mrs. Dibrell is Held

Widely-Known Club and Social Worker Buried at Seguin

The funeral of Mrs. Joseph Burton Dibrell, widely-known club and social worker, who died at her home, 127 West Ashby Place, Thursday morning, was held in Seguin Sunday morning. The Rev. Mr. Taibert and Bishop capers of the Episcopal Church, conducted the services. The Episcopal choir of Seguin, under the direction of Miss Maggie Burgess and R. O. Olesom, sang at the service.

Interment was made in Riverside Cemetery. Many beautiful floral offerings decorated the grave and friends gathered from all parts of the State to pay their last respects to Mrs. Dibrell.

Active pallbearers who acted here Friday afternoon when the body was sent to Seguin, with the exception of one, acted again at the funeral Sunday and were: Ike Kampman, Leon Dancy Brown of LaGrange, Leroy Denman, Jr., Borace H. Walton, Dr. W. E. Luder, Joe Freeman of Seguin, J. R. Dibrell of Coleman and judge Ireland Graves of Austin.

The list of honorary pallbearers announced last week included: Judge Nelson Phillips, Austin; Gov. Joseph O. B. Colquitt, Fort Worth; Gov. W. P. Hobby, Austin; P, J. Lewis, San Antonio; Lynch Davidson, Houston; Dr. Frank Paschell, San Antonio; Eugene Nolte, Seguin; Judge Winchester Kelso, San Antonio; Emil Moshein, Seguin; Col. George W. Brackenridge, San Antonio; Judge James Greenwood, Seguin; Judge F. C. Weiner, Seguin; Judge Thomas Franklin, San Antonio and Judge W. E. Spell of Waco.