Obituary of Bessmer May Gibbon, 1919, Baker County, Oregon
Surnames: Gibbon, Hearn, Briton

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Eagle Valley News; Richland, OR; 23 Jan 1919

A YOUNG WIFE PASSES

Besmer May, wife of Francis J. Gibbon, died at her home near Richland at 5:45
p.m., Saturday January 18, of pneumonia following Spanish influenza, and was
buried in the Eagle Valley cemetery on Tuesday. Aged 25 years, 3 months and 17
days.

Besmer May Hearn was born near Chadron, Nebr., on Oct. 1, 1893. When about ten
years of age she came with her mother to Mountain Home, Idaho, where they
resided for a time; later going to Corral, Idaho, where her mother located on
a homestead.

In October, 1913, they removed to Halfway where she attended P.V.H.S. and also
joined the Christian church of that place, returning to Corral the following
June. She also took two more years in high school work at Soldier, Idaho,
where thru the labors of Elder B. M. Gandy she united with the Seventh Day
Adventist church of which she had since been a faithful member and worker. In
November, '97, with her mother and sister she returned to Halfway, residing
there until June 23, 1918, when she was united in marriage with Francis J.
Gibbon and since resided in Eagle Valley.

She was a faithful wife and dutiful daughter, and being of a lovable and
exemplary disposition she soon won and held the love and respect of all who
knew her, and her death will leave a vacancy which will be keenly felt by her
many friends as well as in her home.

Besides the husband, there are left to mourn her demise, the mother, Mrs.
Maria Hearn of Halfway; two brothers, James A. Hearn of Corral, Ida., and
Marvin Hearn of Halfway; two sisters, Mrs. George Briton of Fairfield, Ida.,
and Miss Eva Hearn of Halfway; a nummber of more distant relatives and a host
of friends.