Eliza Jane Hill
1878 - 1946 (68 years)-
Name Eliza Jane Hill - daughter of Uriah Hill and Elizabeth Basinger [1]
Born 7 Feb 1878 Bates County, Missouri 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female Census 1940 Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska Died 9 Nov 1946 Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska [1, 3] Buried Arapahoe Cemetery, Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska [1] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151405401/eliza-jane-mccollam
Block 64, Lot 4, Space 6
Person ID I1683 McKeown Last Modified 16 Jul 2023
Family William McCollam, b. 17 Jan 1871, Des Moines County, Iowa , d. 1933, Gosper County, Nebraska (Age 61 years) Married 4 Apr 1906 Beaver City, Furnas County, Nebraska [4] Children + 1. Donald Ivan McCollam, b. 11 Jan 1907, Gosper County, Nebraska , d. 18 Dec 1981, Benkelman, Dundy County, Nebraska (Age 74 years)2. Clifford Dale McCollam, b. 15 Jun 1908, South Elwood, Gosper County, Nebraska , d. 13 Nov 1982 (Age 74 years)+ 3. Mabel McCollam, b. 2 Feb 1910, Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska , d. 2 Nov 1998, Dundy County, Nebraska (Age 88 years)4. Orville Wayne McCollam, b. 31 Jan 1912, Gosper County, Nebraska , d. 24 Feb 2006, Thornton, Colorado (Age 94 years)5. Owen Earl McCollam, b. 1 Aug 1917, Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska , d. 22 Dec 1999, Culbertson, Hitchcock County, Nebraska (Age 82 years)6. Stanley Wayne McCollam, b. 1 Nov 1919, Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska , d. 2 Feb 1992 (Age 72 years)7. Elizabeth McCollam, b. 18 Jan 1922, Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska , d. 7 Jul 2006, Indianola, Warren County, Iowa (Age 84 years)8. Velma Ruth McCollam, b. 19 May 1924, Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska , d. 10 Apr 2006, Marion County, Oregon (Age 81 years)Last Modified 24 Feb 2022 Family ID F700 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 7 Feb 1878 - Bates County, Missouri 
Married - 4 Apr 1906 - Beaver City, Furnas County, Nebraska 
Census - 1940 - Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska Died - 9 Nov 1946 - Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska 
Buried - - Arapahoe Cemetery, Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Eliza Jane (Hill) McCollam was born February 7, 1879 in Bates county, Mo., and departed this life November 9, 1946 at the Mehaffie Nursing home in Arapahoe.
Mrs. McCollum had been suffering for some time with a heart affliction which became more serious, confining her to bed at the nursing home. She passed away in her sleep Saturday morning.
Mrs. McCollam was an early settler, coming to Nebraska with her parents at the age of three years. She grew to young womanhood in this locality and was married to William McCollum on April 3, 1906. To this union were born ten children, Donald McCollam of Trenton, Clifford of Arapahoe, Mrs. Mable Randolph of Benkelman, Orville of Alliance, Mrs. Fern Petsch (deceased), Mrs. Faye DuMond of Vancouver, Wash, Owen of Benkelman, Wayne of Knoxville, Ia., Mrs. Elizabeth Moon, of Sidney, and Mrs. Velma Prideaux of Independence, Ore.
The other relatives besides Mrs. McCollam’s living children left to mourn her passing away are 16 grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Jesse Petsch, Stratton, Nebr., and a brother, Owen Hill, McCook, Nebr.
Those preceding her in death are her husband and daughter, a sister, Mrs. Hattie Boyd, two brothers, Charles B. Hill and Homer H. Hill.
Mrs. McCollam joined the Methodist church at an early age and has devoted her life in that faith. She was devoted and faithful to her family, and shall be greatly missed by all who knew her.
The funeral service was held at the Methodist church Wednesday afternoon under the direction of W.V. Andrews. Rev. T.W. Shepard officiated as minister. Burial was in the Arapahoe cemetery.
The Edison Echo, Edison, Nebraska. Thursday, 14 November 1946.
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- Eliza Jane (Hill) McCollam was born February 7, 1879 in Bates county, Mo., and departed this life November 9, 1946 at the Mehaffie Nursing home in Arapahoe.
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