Clark County NV Archives Obituaries.....COLTON, Dorma Lillian August 4 1923
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Las Vegas Age - 8/11/1923


DIED



COLTON:  At the Las Vegas hospital in this city, Saturday, August 4, 1923, 

at 10:20 a.m., Dorma Lillian COLTON, aged 14 years, 1 month and 14 days.

    The deceased leaves as her nearest surviving relatives, her brother, 

Roderick COLTON and her sister, Mrs. Ahmo BERRY, both of this city; and her 

mother, Mrs. Lillian YORK and her grandmother, Mrs. J. A. BROWNING, residing 

in Alamogordo, N. M., both of whom arrived here Monday evening.

    Funeral services were conducted at the undertaking parlor Tuesday 

afternoon, Elder Ira EARL presiding, and the remains were laid for their 

last rest in Woodlawn cemetery, beside those of her father, Richard Alvan 

COLTON, who died four years ago.  A large number of sorrowing friends and 

neighbors attended the services and many automobiles followed the remains to 

the cemetery.

    The deceased was a very lovable young girl, a favorite with all who were 

so fortunate as to know her.  But last June she graduated from the Las Vegas 

Grammar School.  The heartfelt sympathy of the entire community goes out to 

the afflicted ones in their great sorrow.

    Dorma was stricken with acute appendicitis, which had reached an 

advanced stage when she underwent an operation at the Las Vegas hospital 

July 14th.  Although for some days, her condition was critical, she 

responded to careful treatment and loving care and appeared on the high road 

to recovery until pneumonia set in nearly a week before her death.  This 

complication again brought her to a critical condition, but again she was 

passing the crisis and there was hope of her recovery.  However, weakened by 

the toxic poisons which her system had absorbed during her attack of 

appendicitis and pneumonia, she passed away suddenly on Saturday morning, 

only five minutes after having conversed cheerly with her brother and her 

physician.





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