Yuma County CO Archives Obituaries.....Bales, Anna Oxley, September 22, 1910
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Lee Zion  April 2007

From a scrapbook compiled by her step daughter, Edna Bales Kitzmiller,
now held by the Yuma Museum.  


Wray Gazette, Wray, Colorado, September 30, 1910

Mrs. E.J. Bales Dies Suddenly.

After Illness of Scarcely 48 Hours 
Mrs. E.J. Bales Succumbs to Neuralgia of Stomach.

Mrs. E. J. Bales died very suddenly at the family residence in West Wray on 
Thursday afternoon, September 22nd of neuralgia of the stomach.  Few of her 
friends knew of her illness at all and her death came as a shock to this 
community for the deceased was highly respected by all who knew her.

The son of the family, Wayne, who is employed in the U.S. recruiting station in 
Denver and the daughter, Miss Edna, who is a teacher in the schools at Pacific 
City, Iowa were called home by wire as well as two brothers of Mrs. Bales who 
reside at Pleasant Dale, near Lincoln, Nebr.

The funeral occurred on Saturday 10 o'clock a.m. at the Methodist church of 
which the deceased was a member.  Rev. F.W. Imboden preached the funeral sermon 
and the services were in charge of the A.F and A.M and Eastern Star lodges.
Mrs. Anna Oxley Bales was born near Waterloo, Iowa, March 13, 1853, and died a 
above reported, Sept. 22, 1910, age 57 yrs, 6 mos and 9 days.  She joined the 
Methodist church at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa in 1872 and was always a consistent 
member of that church.  She subsequently moved to Pleasant Dale, Nebr., from 
where she came to this county.

She was engaged in teaching in this county for a number of years and was 
considered among the best public school teachers of the county.  On Dec. 18, 
1899, she was married to Dr. E. J. Bales and since then had made her home in 
Wray.

The deceased lived a quiet Christian life but her influence for good was felt by 
all with whom she came in contact.  She loved young people and held up to them 
ideals along the lines of Christian education.  Aide from her immediate 
relatives, there are scores of people who mourn her loss as the loss of a friend 
and counselor.


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