Douglas County OR Archives Obituaries.....Ryan, Claudia Thompson October 27, 1918
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Roseburg, Oregon area newspaper clipping
Influenza Complications Claim Mrs. Benjamin F. Ryan
The friends of Mrs. B.F. Ryan were shocked to learn of her death from influenza
complications. The 
respected lady, daughter of pioneer parents, was the wife of Engineer B.F. Ryan,
employed here for 
many years by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Mrs. Ryan had been ill a few
days, complications 
from influenza resulted in her death. Mrs. Ryan is survived by her husband, Benjamin
F. Ryan; her aged 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Thompson, of Brockway; and by three brothers and three
sisters: Mrs. 
Smith, of Portland; Mrs. Molly Carpenter, of Seaside, and Mrs. Agnes Gooch, of
California; and Delbert, 
Goodwin and Israel Thompson.

The funeral will be held at the Civil Bend Cemetery, near Brockway (Winston,
Oregon), on Tuesday, 
October 29, 1918 at 11 o'clock a.m., conducted by Pastor J.C. Spencer, of the First
M.E. Church of 
Roseburg.

Mrs. Ryan was a niece (by marriage) of Sheriff Geo. K. Quine, and was also related
to several other 
prominent pioneer families of Douglas County. Her death has saddened the entire
community.

Additional Comments:
Obituary clipping found in family Bible, Thelma E. Harrison Tomlinson collection
(niece of Benjamin F. 
Ryan).

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