OBITUARY: Bertha Susan Barnum, Medford, Jackson County, Oregon 

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Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Wednesday, 23 Feb 1944, p. 7

Bertha Susan Barnum, mother of George A. Barnum of Medford and John C.
Barnum of Seattle, Wash., passed away early Wednesday morning in Medford. 

A complete obituary will be published Thursday. Perl Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements. 


Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Thursday, 24 Feb 1944, p. 5

Bertha Susan Barnum, mother of George A. Barnum of Medford and John C.
Barnum of Seattle, Wash., and William H. Barnum, deceased, passed away
Wednesday. Mrs. Barnum was born in Bombay, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1854. She was
cheerful and active until the last.

Mrs. Barnum was an early pioneer of this district, having lived here for
the past 60 years, and having a host of friends. She had made her home with
her son on Spring street for many years. She was a lifelong member of the
First Methodist church.

Besides her children she leaves four grandchildren and four great-
grandchildren, Geo. C. Barnum, serving in the navy; Thelma Hunt, Medford;
Dr. Wm. Laird Barnum, Portland; Mrs. Jeanette Talbot, El Paso, Tex.;
Cynthia and Sharon Hunt, Medford, and Bobby and Billy Barnum, Portland.

Funeral services will be conducted from Perl Funeral Home Friday at 2:30
p.m., with the Rev. Louis C. Kirby officiating. Interment will take place
in Medford Memorial mausoleum.