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| 3401 | Worthless Stocks The inventory of the personal estate of James A.S. Gray, who was Secretary of the Chatfield & Woods Paper Company, shows that he invested in 36,971 shares of stock in various mining and oil companies. All were appraised as worthless. A number of debenture bonds were classed in the same way. All the stocks were purchased at bargain prices. How much he paid for them is not known. The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio. Thursday, 6 October 1904. | Gray, James Arthur Samuel (I214)
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| 3402 | Zila Viola McCollam, age 92, of Trenton and formerly of McCook and Culbertson, passed away Tuesday afternoon, June 23, 2020 at the Community Hospital in McCook. She was born to Stanley Wayne and Nellie Mae (Seybold) Williams in rural Hitchcock County, Nebraska on June 27, 1927. She attended school in Trenton and was a lifelong resident of southwest Nebraska. On January 13, 1949 she married Owen McCollam at Wray, Colorado. The couple farmed in the Benkelman, Nebraska area for ten years before moving to a farm northwest of Culbertson. Zila kept busy helping Owen on the farm; no chore was beneath her and the couple worked together for many years before moving to McCook in 1973 where they lived for 26 years. In 1996 they returned to their farm near Culbertson. Zila spent her final years in the El Dorado Manor in Trenton due to failing health. She was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary of Culbertson and a longtime member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Zila enjoyed collecting things, especially dolls and teapots. Her potato salad was the hit of many holidays and family picnics and she closely guarded the recipe for much of her life, slowly revealing additional ingredients to her loved ones. Zila was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Owen, twin infant siblings and brother, Stanley Williams. Survivors include her daughter, Kyla (Ray) Cry of Monterey, California; son, Doran (Cindy) McCollam of Culbertson; grandchildren, Wes McCollam of Palisade, Nebraska and Kaylee (Justin) Tracy of Wellfleet, Nebraska; two great-grandchildren: Owen and Maxton Tracy and a brother, Leo (Sheila) Williams of Oakley, Utah. Graveside services will be 10:30 AM, Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at the Culbertson Cemetery in Culbertson with Pastor Alisha Parde officiating. Herrmann – Jones Funeral Chapel is entrusted with arrangements. | Williams, Zila Viola (I1730)
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| 3403 | ‘Billy’ Shields dies: Final Service Set William S. (Billy) Shields, 84, resident of Noble county since 1899, died at 7 a.m. Tuesday in the Nichols nursing home following an illness of several months. Services will be at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Newton funeral home, with Rev. Bervin Caswell, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating. Burial will be in McGuire cemetery, Lucien. Shields was born Feb. 25, 1972, in Rome, Iowa. He moved to the Lucien community from Iowa in 1899 and farmed there until 1920, when he moved to Perry. He operated a service station here and later was employed several years by the state highway department. Shields was a member of the Methodist church. Survivors include a son, R.W. Shields, Shamrock, Texas; three daughters, Mrs. O.O. Hrabbe, Stillwater; Mrs. S.W. Powers, Cromwell; and Mrs. James McGuyer, Mineral Wells, Texas; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. His wife and a daughter preceded him in death. The Perry Daily Journal, Perry, Oklahoma. Tuesday, 29 May, 1956 | Shields, William Scott (I64)
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