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Nora Ellen Burns Murray

Female 1886 - 1922  (35 years)


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  • Name Nora Ellen Burns Murray 
    Born 20 Sep 1886  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Headstone says DOB September 20, 1886
    Gender Female 
    Died 25 Feb 1922  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5234  Rossville
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2019 

    Father Joel Vandiver (Joe) Burns,   b. 3 Dec 1862,   d. 11 Mar 1932  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Julia Ellen Navarre Burns,   b. 6 Feb 1863, South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1928, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Family ID F938  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frank Murray,   b. 10 Sep 1872,   d. 8 Oct 1956  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 20 Sep 1905 
    Children 
    +1. Ruth Hazel Murray Wano,   b. 1 Aug 1906, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 1976, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     2. Irene Murray Stewart
     3. James Murray,   b. 22 Jan 1910
     4. Wayne Murray,   b. 27 Feb 1915
    +5. Frank Lester Murray, Jr.,   b. 1 Feb 1918
    Last Modified 3 May 2018 10:40:25 
    Family ID F2739  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Murray, Nora
    Obituary- Murray, Nora
    Nora Ellen Murray
    Mrs. Frank Murray died at 4 p. m. last Saturday, February 25, after a short illness. Her death was wholly unexpected and a severe shock to the members of the family anti friends in the city. Mrs. Murray had recovered from an attack of influenza a couple of weeks previous and two days before her death began suffering from severe pains, which were diagnosed as caused by gall stones. Late Saturday afternoon thru medicine administered and measures recommended by her physician, to relieve the pains, Mrs. Murray had been relieved from her suffering and several of the attendants had left her bedside believing her to be resting easy. A few minutes later she breathed her last. The parents had just arrived from the reservation a few minutes before her death.

    Mrs. Murray was 35 years, 5 months and 9 days old. She was born in Rossville September 16, 1886 and spent practically her whole life here. At the age of nineteen she was united in marriage to Mr. Frank Murray on September 20, 1905. To this union five children were born, all of whom survive her. Her life has been one of devotion to her husband and family and the sympathy of the community goes out to the bereaved husband, the parents and the children.

    Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Catholic church, conducted by Father McNieve. Interment was made in Rossville cemetery.

    She is survived by her husband and five children: Ruth, aged 15, Irene, l4, James, 12, Wayne, 7 and Frank Jr., 4; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Burns; two brothers, Louis and Raymond Burns; four sisters, Mrs. Henry Martin, Mrs. John Martin, Mrs. James Nugent, Miss Edna Burns.