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FISHER Family History, Part IIIB

Frederick William FISHER (~1869-)

X. Frederick William Fisher, a possible relative to the John Jackson Fisher family, was a resident of Cloverdale in 1902^{[Vote 1902]}. He was born about 1869.

Ida B. FISHER (1874-)

1CD1. Ida B. Fisher was born in October 1874 in Nebraska. She was the first child of Sylvester and Mary J. Fisher, from Indiana and Ohio respectively.

Ida B. Fisher died between 1936 and 1939. She was in her early 60s.

Charles Sylvester FISHER^Δ (1876-1949)

1CD2. Charles Sylvester Fisher^Δ was born on May 11, 1876, in Bloomington, Franklin County, Nebraska. Charles married Verna Mae Wiles, a native of Illionis, on November 9, 1916, in Rock County, north-central Nebraska. They had six children:

1CD21.	Charles Rockwell "Rocky" FisherΔ	30 Nov 1917	8 Dec 1964	(47)
1CD22.	William "Bill" P. FisherΔ	30 Oct 1918	5 Jan 1968	(49)
1CD23.	Mary Ruth Fisher	2 May 1920	1 Oct 2003	(83)
1CD24.	Loren Staten "Stan" Fisher	9 Oct 1923	27 Feb 2001	(77)
1CD25.	Robert "Bob" Glenn Fisher•	6 Jun 1927	21 Sep 2016	(89)
1CD26.	Kenneth Francis Fisher	16 Oct 1928	Apr 1988	(59)

Charles may have migrated to California for a time with uncle, John Jackson Fisher³, who settled in Sonoma County, and could be the Charles Fisher found there in Healdsburg in 1898^{[Vote 1898]}. He returned to his mother and siblings in Kearney, Buffalo County, by 1900, and worked there as a farm laborer.^{[Cen 1900]}

After Charles' marriage, he worked as a track man on the rail road in Kearney.^{[Cen 1920]} He and his family stayed there through the birth of son Staten in 1923.

The Fishers moved up the Wood River about 31 miles northwest of Kearny to Sumner, Dawson County, by the birth of son Bob in 1923. There they farmed through at least 1940.^{[Cen 1930,1940]}

Sons Rocky and Bill served in World War II--Rocky in the Pacific, having enlisted in 1940, and Bill in North Africa, having enlisted in 1942. Bill's tank (mobile artillery vehicle) was struck during the Tunisia Campaign but the shell did not immediately explode. He helped evacuate the crew but the shell exploded before he was able to jump off the vehicle. He suffered serious injuries and had most of his lungs removed, yet survived to marry a nurse who cared for him and lived another 23 years. Bill was awarded a Silver Star.

Charles Sylvester Fisher died on July 24, 1949, in Kearney and was buried in Kearney Cemetery. He was 73 years old.

After Charles' death, son Bob was called up for service in the Korean War and served for eight months in Korea with the Oklahoma National Guard.

Verna went on to remarry to Frank Ireland and lived in Oakland, Alameda County, California by the 1950s.

Loman W. FISHER (1879-<1910)

1CI1. Loman W. Fisher was born in November 1879 in Nebraska, perhaps Sherman County. His family moved to Iowa for a few years when he was a boy and then returned to Nebraska in the late 1890s and settled south of Ainsworth, Brown County, in the Sand Hills of north-central Nebraska. He is believed to have died between 1900 and 1910 while in his 20s.

Earnest W. FISHER (1884-1932)

1CI3. Earnest "Pat" W. Fisher was born in in June 1884, in Nebraska, perhaps Sherman County. His family moved to Iowa for a few years when he was young and then returned to Nebraska in the late 1890s and settled south of Ainsworth, Brown County, in the Sand Hills of north-central Nebraska. He is not known to have ever married and suffered from Bright's disease (acute or chronic nephritis), a chronic kidney disease.

Earnest W. Fisher died of Bright's disease on January 20, 1932, in Ainsworth. He was 47 years old.

Eva May (FISHER) SCHELLER (1886-1927)

1CI4. Eva May Fisher was born on July 8, 1886, in Nebraska, perhaps Sherman County. Her family moved to Iowa for a few years when she was young and then returned to Nebraska in the late 1890s and settled south of Ainsworth, Brown County, in the Sand Hills of north-central Nebraska. She married Charles William Scheller, a native of Illinois and son of Swiss immigrants, in Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, about 1906. She was about 18 years old and he about 26. They had two children but only one survived:

1CI4.

Leona Belle Scheller

14 Jul 1907

9 Dec 1992

(85)

The Schellers started their family in Arkansas City, southeast of Wichita, and the moved 1,100 miles northeast to Clinton Township, Oscoda County, Michigan, by 1910.^{[Cen 1910]}

Eva and Charles divorced and Eva moved south to Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, where she and Leona roomed with the Albert and Lena Wixon family. Eva worked as a dressmaker.^{[Cen 1920]}

After 1920 Eva may have lived for a time in Hillman, Montmorency County, Michigan, when daughter Leona married in 1924. Eva went on to remarry to Howard Cormany and settled in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa.

Eva May (Fisher Scheller) Cormany died on April 13, 1927, in Sioux City, at the age of only 39 years. She is buried at Floyd Cemetery in Sioux City.^[Grave]

After Eva's death, Howard moved in with his widowed mother in Sioux City.^{[Cen 1930]} He remarried to Grace M. (Cain) O'Conner by 1940 and rented a house at 809 Jones Street in Sioux City. He and Grace worked at a hospital laundry.^{[Cen 1940]} Howard and Grace divorced by 1950 and Howard continued to work at the hospital laundry in Sioux City while boarding with the Lon and Grace E. Taylor family at 415 9th Street.^{[Cen 1950]}

Howard Cormany died on February 22, 1953, in Sioux City, at the age of 56. He is buried with Eva, his parents, and a sister at Floyd Cemetery.^[Grave]

Virginia Ann (FISHER CLARK) MCGREW^Δ (1890-1967)

1CI5. Virginia "Virgie" Ann Fisher^Δ was born August 8, 1890, reportedly in Griswold, Cass County, Iowa, but more likely in Nebraska, perhaps Sherman County. Her family moved to Iowa for a few years when she was a toddler and then returned to Nebraska in the late 1890s and settled south of Ainsworth, Brown County, in the Sand Hills of north-central Nebraska. She married Charles Gilbert Clark on July 7, 1905, in Ainsworth and had two daughters:

1CI51.	Nora Bell ClarkΔ	24 Nov 1906	28 Jul 1980	(73)
1CI52.	Goldie Rena ClarkΔ	26 Aug 1908	9 Aug 2007	(98)

The Clarks started their family in Brown County^{[Cen 1910]} but divorced before 1918. Their daughters stayed with their father in Brown County.^{[Cen 1920B]}

Virginia remarried to Walter Vern McGrew, a native of Brown County, by 1918, and went on to live in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa.^{Draft 1918, Cen 1920A]} In 1918, Walter was working as an electrical engineer for Iowa Light, Heat & Power in Sioux Centery, Sioux County, about 45 miles north of Sioux City.^{[Draft 1918]}

Virginia moved to St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, in the early 1930s where she lived for 35 years.

Charles remarried in the 1920s to Rachael Blanche Skadden and continued to live in Brown County.^{[Cen 1930]} He died there on December 24, 1972, at the age of 93.

Virginia Ann (Fisher Clark) McGrew suffered from Parkinson's Disease in her final years. She died of a heart attack on February 13 or 14, 1967, in St. Paul, at the age of 76 years. She was returned to Ainsworth and buried at the Ainsworth Cemetery on February 20.

Walter Vern McGrew died on January 9, 1978, in Ainsworth, Brown County, Nebraska. He was 91 years old and is also buried at Ainsworth Cemetery.

Ola Arthur FISHER (1892-1938)

1CI6. Ola "Oley" Arthur Fisher was born on March 8, 1892, near Winterset in Crawford Township, Madison County, Iowa. His family moved to the Sand Hills of north-central Nebraska in the late 1890s and settled south of Ainsworth, Brown County, where he grew up. He married Cecelia Jane Lewis, a native of South Dakota, on April 4 or October 11, 1917, in Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota. Deadwood had been the center of the Black Hills Gold Rush in the mid-1870s following the 1874 Custer Expedition into Sioux Territory. Oley and Cecelia had three children:

1CI61.	Ola Theodore Fisher	14 Sep 1918	14 May 1985	(66)
1CI62.	Margaret Fisher	Jan 1927	16 Mar 2011	(84)
1CI63.	Montana J. Fisher	23 Apr 1935	2 Feb 2002	(66)

They started their family in South Dakota but returned to Ainsworth by 1920^{[Cen 1920]} and stayed until the summer of 1928 when they moved northwest to Carter County, Montana.^{[Cen 1930]} Later they moved to Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, where Oley worked as a miner.

Oley is recalled to have made moonshine on his farm.

Ola Arthur Fisher died of obstructive (pre-hepatic) jaundice on April 4 or 13, 1938, in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. He was only 46 years old.

After Oley's death, Cecelia lived in Charlo, Lake County, Montana, and Belle Fourche, Butte County, South Dakota.

Cecelia Jane (Lewis) Fisher died of heart trouble on either May 15 or 23, 1974, in Belle Fourche, Butte County, South Dakota. She was 72 years old. Cecilia was buried at Pine Slope Cemetery in Belle Fourche.^[Grave]

King FISHER (1894-1918)

1CI7. King Fisher was born on July 6, 1894, near Winterset in Crawford Township, Madison County, Iowa. He was apparently named for his paternal grandfather. As a toddler his family moved to Nebraska and settled south of Ainsworth, Brown County, in the Sand Hills of north-central Nebraska.

King went to work on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CBQ) in Edgemont, Fall River County, South Dakota, at the southern edge of the Black Hills, by 1917. He was described in his World War I Draft Registration as tall, slender build, with brown eyes and black hair.^{[Draft 1917]}

King Fisher died of influenza, perhaps of the Spanish flu pandemic, on October 14, 1918, in Edgemont, Fall River County, South Dakota. He was only 24 years old.

Ethel (FISHER) GARDNER (1901-1919)

1CI8. Ethel Fisher was born on August 24, 1901, in Nebraska, likely near Ainsworth, Brown County. She married a Gardner.

Ethel (Fisher) Gardner died of diphtheria in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, on Saturday, April 5, 1919. She was only 17 years old. Ethel's remains were returned home where she was buried at the Ainsworth Cemetery.

Byron "Ted" FISHER (1888-1952)

1CK1. Byron "Ted" Fisher was born January 23, 1888, in Hazard, Sherman County, Nebraska. He married Anna Anderson on October 14, 1914, and had three children, all born in Lincoln County, Nebraska:

1CK11.	Laurence Fisher	(1914)	--	--
1CK12.	Mabel Fisher	(1915)	--	--
1CK13.	Clifford Fisher	(1918)	--	--

Byron "Ted" Fisher died on February 19, 1952, at the age of 64.

Etta L. (FISHER TAYLOR) EGGERS^Δ (1890-1965)

1CK2. Etta L. Fisher^Δ was born March 29, 1890, in Hazard, Sherman County, Nebraska. She married Albert Taylor on March 4, 1911, in North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska and had five children:

1CK21.	Daisy Lorene Taylor	11 Feb 1912	25 May 1996	(84)
1CK22.	Helen Aleta Taylor	3 Sep 1913	26 Jul 1965	(51)
1CK23.	Edythe Irene Taylor•	20 Nov 1914	18 Dec 1983	(69)
1CK24.	Ira Dale TaylorΔ	19 Feb 1916	10 Apr 1990	(74)
1CK25.	Harry Theodore Taylor	24 Nov 1918	7 Dec 1941	(23)

Albert Taylor was born in Dayton, Ohio, on January 18, 1875.

Etta and Albert divorced and Etta remarried to James Eggers on December 21, 1920, in Ogallala, Keith County, Nebraska. They eventually divorced as well.

Etta L. (Fisher Taylor) Eggers died on September 17, 1965, at her home in Danville, Hendricks County, Indiana. She was 75 years old. She was buried on September 20 at the Danville East Cemetery.

Harry FISHER (1896-1964)

1CK3. Harry Fisher was born January 12, 1896, in Hazard, Sherman County, Nebraska. He married Anna Goetz.

Harry Fisher died on July 26, 1964, at the age of 68.

Anna (Goetz) Fisher died 15 years later on December 11, 1979.

Bill FISHER (1898-1898)

1CK4. A baby boy, Bill Fisher, was stillborn on March 22, 1898, in Hazard, Sherman County, Nebraska.

Andrew (Pete) FISHER (1900-1979)

1CK5. Andrew (Pete) Fisher was born May 24, 1900, in Maxwell, Lincoln County, Nebraska. He died November 21, 1979, at the age of 79. He never married.

Thomas Jefferson FISHER (1904-)

1CK6. Thomas Jefferson Fisher was born on April 30, 1904, in Brown County, Nebraska. He married Norma Ann James on June 27, 1928.

Claude Allen FISHER (1906-1984)

1CK7. Claude Allen Fisher was born on March 3, 1906, in Williard-Whittier, Lincoln County, Nebraska. He married Gertrude Irene Adams on April 27, 1936, in Hendricks County, Indiana.^{[Mar 1936]} Gertrude had a daughter with Claude's 15-year-old nephew, Harry Theodore Taylor, but they apparently did not marry. Claude and Gertrude had six children together:

1CK221.	Mary Ellen (Adams) Fisher	21 Oct 1934	15 Jan 2011	(76)
1CK71.	Pauline Fisher	--	--	--
1CK72.	Lola May Fisher	12 Sep 1938	23 Mar 2013	(74)
1CK73.	John Charles Fisher	30 May 1941	27 Oct 1964	(23)
1CK74.	Alona Sue Fisher	6 May 1943	2 Jan 2008	(64)
1CK75.	Hilbert Eugene Fisher	8 Dec 1945	8 Feb 1950	(4)
1CK76.	Floyd Fisher	27 Jun 1949	27 Jun 1949	(Infancy)

Claude and Gertrude obtained their marriage license in Danville, Hendricks County, Indiana, on April 27, 1936. They were married that same day by the Rev. Addie Christie.^{[Mar 1936]} Claude was 30 years old and Gertrude was 19.

Claude, Gertrude, and daughters Mary (recorded as stepdaughter "Mary E. Adams"), Pauline, and Lola, lived at 2181 West 13th Street in North Platte, Lincoln County, in 1940. Claude worked as a landscaper for a park improvement project under an emergency work assignment, having only been employed for 13 weeks in 1939.^{[Cen 1940]}

Gertrude Irene (Adams) Fisher died on July 24, 1980, in North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, at the age of 63 years. She was buried at Garfield Cemetery, about 29 miles northeast of North Platte.^[Grave]

Claude Allen Fisher died four years later on November 24, 1984, in North Platte, at the age of 78. He was also buried at Garfield Cemetery.^[Grave]

Edna Cecil (FISHER) D. (1908-1968)

1CK8. Edna Cecil Fisher was born July 13, 1908, in Williard-Whittier, Lincoln County, Nebraska. She married J. "Bud" D. on July 14, 1945.

Edna Cecil (Fisher) died on December 17, 1968, at the age of 60.

Her husband, "Bud" died on January 24, 1973.

Elva Frances (FISHER) JOY (1911-1973)

1CK9. Elva Frances Fisher was born September 4, 1911, in Williard-Whittier, Lincoln County, Nebraska. She married Albert Earl Joy on April 30, 1931, and had three children:

1CK9X.	Earl Joy	--	--	--
1CK9X.	Jack Joy	--	--	--
1CK9X.	I. Dale Joy, Sr.	--	--	--

Elva Frances (Fisher) Joy died September 9, 1973, at the age of 62.

Albert Earl Joy died 14 years later in October 1987.

Fred Franklin FISHER (1897-1965)

1G61. Fred Franklin Fisher was born May 5, 1897, in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California.^{[Draft 1918]} His family moved from Sonoma County to Lakeport, Lake County, California, where he worked as a mail carrier. Fred married Eula Clarice Marston, a resident of Upper Lake, Lake County, on September 3, 1921, in Lakeport.^{[Mar 1921]} They had one son before they divorced:

1G611.

Donald L. Fisher

17 Jan 1924

20 Aug 1974

(50)

Fred worked as a mechanic for Yolo Water and Power Company in Lower Lake, Lake County, in 1918, when he registered for the World War I draft. He lived with his parents and provided for them and one of his sisters. Fred was described as tall, slender, with brown eyes and black hair.^{[Draft 1918]} Fred subsequently enlisted as a Private on August 30, 1918, in Company D of the 8th Ammunition Train under the 8th Infantry Division. The 8th Division was organized at Camp Fremont at Menlo Park, south of San Francisco in San Mateo County, California. His company likely made it to New York to prepare for embarkation to Europe, but it is unclear if he and his company actually made it overseas before the war ended. Fred was discharged after five months of service on February 14, 1919.^[Vet]

Fred and Eula were married on September 3, 1921, by Justice of the Peace W.W. Page, in Lakeport. Fred as 24 years old and Eula was 17, so Eula's mother gave her consent.^{[Mar 1921]}

Fred and Eula apparently separated by 1930 when Fred and son Donald were living with Fred's parents in Lakeport. Fred worked as a steam shovel laborer.^{[Cen 1930]}

Fred remained in Lakeport through 1935 but son Donald went to Del Paso Heights, Sacramento County, California, by 1935. By 1940 they both moved to Chico Township, Butte County, California.^{[Cen 1940]}

Fred Franklin Fisher died on April 13, 1965, at the Veterans Home in Yountville, Napa County, California. He was 67 years old. Fred was buried at Hartley Cemetery in Lakeport.^[Grave]

Arthur Thomas FISHER (1900-1947)

1G62. Arthur Thomas Fisher was born on February 6, 1900, in Sonoma County, California.^{[Birth 1900]} His family moved from Sonoma County to Lakeport, Lake County, California, by 1918. Arthur married Alta Alice Gard on December 12, 1930, in Lakeport. They did not have any children.

Twelve days after Arthur's brother Fred joined the Army, Arthur registered for the draft in Lakeport. He was 18 and working with his father as a farmer. Arthur was described as tall, slender, with brown eyes and brown hair.^{[Draft 1918]}

Arthur also worked for a time as a gypsum miner in Lakeport^{[Cen 1920]} and later returned to farming.^{[Cen 1930A]}

Alta had briefly been married to Donald Douglas Karnes in 1928. By 1930 she was living with her parents on Main Street in Lakeport and recorded as "single."^{[Cen 1930B]}

Arthur and Alta married in Lakeport on December 30, 1930. They moved to Kelseyville, south of Lakeport, where Arthur worked in road construction.^{[Cen 1940]}

Arthur Thomas Fisher died in Contra Costa County, California, on February 7, 1947, the day after his 47th birthday. He was buried in Hartley Cemetery in Lakeport.^[Grave]

Lawrence Sylvester FISHER (1903-1979)

1G63. Lawrence Sylvester Fisher was born on March 3, 1903, in Carson City, Carson City County, Nevada. He married Margaret Stewart on August 3, 1941, and had two sons.

1G631.	Thomas L. Fisher	--	--	--
1G632.	Jimmy Lee Fisher	23 Aug 1947	15 Nov 1967	(20)

Lawrence worked as a farm laborer with his father and elder brother Arthur in Lakeport.^{[Cen 1930]} By 1940, his father and brother John moved west of Lakeport to Scotts Valley Hill Road [sic]. Lawrence worked as a farm hand and John was a mechanic's helper at a lumber mill.^{[Cen 1940A]}

Lawrence married Margaret, the daughter of George Humphreys Stewart, Sr. and Margaret McKenzie. He was 38 years old and she was 27.

Son Jimmy served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army with the 9th Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment, A Company, in Vietnam. He was assigned to Fire Support Base St. Barbara, also known as the "old French fort," at Bàu Cỏ, Tay Ninh Province, northwest of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). He was killed in action on November 15, 1967, in Long An Province, west of Saigon. Jimmy was returned home and buried at Franklin Cemetery (Santa Rosa Odd Fellows Cemetery) in Santa Rosa.^[Grave] Lawrence's nephew Rev. Harold Hudspeth conducted Jimmy's funeral service.

Lawrence Sylvester Fisher died in March 5, 1979, at Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa, Napa County, California. He was buried on March 8 at the Santa Rosa Odd Fellows Cemetery with son Jimmy. Lawrence was 76 years old.

Margaret (Stewart) Fisher died on February 10, 2001, at the age of 86. She was buried with Lawrence and Jimmy at Santa Rosa Odd Fellows Cemetery.^[Grave]

Florence Maybelle (FISHER) CROMWELL (1905-1988)

1G64. Florence Maybelle Fisher was born on March 13, 1905, in Cloverdale, Sonoma County, California. She married Warren Alfred Cromwell on April 24, 1930. They had three children, one of whom was stillborn.

Their first two children were born in Lake County, California, but by 1935 they moved north to Lassen County. They later rented a home east of Standish-Buntingville Road in Honey Lake Judicial Township, Lassen County, where Warren worked as a logger at a saw mill.^{[Cen 1940A]}

Florence and Warren divorced in the 1940s and Florence remarried to Archie Walton Hill on June 4, 1949, in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada. In 1940 Archie lived with his mother and siblings on Russell Avenue on the east edge of Susanville in Honey Lake Judicial Township. At the time he was a divorced truckdriver for a whole creamery.^{[Cen 1940B]}

Archie Walton Hill died on February 23, 1960, in Trinity County, California, at the age of 58. He was buried the next day at Lassen Cemetery in Susanville.^[Grave]

Florence Maybelle (Fisher Cromwell) Hill died on May 21, 1988, in Ukiah, Mendocino County, California at the age of 83. She was also buried at Lassen Cemetery.^[Grave]

Warren remarried to widow Aileen Alice (Lush) Essex in 1946. They died in 1996 and 2005, respectively, and both were buried together in Ukiah Cemetery.

John Wesley FISHER (1906-1966)

1G65. John Wesley Fisher was born August 22, 1906, in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California. He married Joan Ramey on September 1, 1940, in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, and had four children:

1G651.	Judith Lynne Fisher	6 Aug 1941	14 Aug 2010	(69)
1G652.	John David Fisher	--	--	--
1G653.	Pamela Jane Fisher	13 Jan 1955	16 Oct 2015	(60)
1G654.	James Fisher	--	--	--

John is recalled to have dated Gladys Williams, the daughter of his second cousin Theodoric Fisher's widow, Cora, in the late 1920s or early 1930s, welll before marrying Joan.

John, his father, and brother Lawrence moved west of Lakeport to Scotts Valley Hill Road [sic] by 1940. John was a mechanic's helper at a lumber mill and Lawrence worked as a farm hand.^{[Cen 1940]}

John Wesley Fisher died on November 14, 1966, in Lakeport, Lake County, California. He was 60 years old.

Joan (Ramey) Fisher died 23 years later on August 15, 1990, in Lakeport at the age of 74.

Ruby Viola (FISHER) HUDSPETH (1907-1988)

1G66. Ruby Viola Fisher was born November 19, 1907, in Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California.^{[Birth 1907]} She and her family later moved east to Lakeport, Lake County, California, where she married William Howard Hudspeth on September 18, 1929. They had twin boy and a daughter:

1C661.	Herbert Clair Hudspeth	6 Mar 1930	1 May 1990	(60)
1C662.	Harold Ralph Hudspeth	6 Mar 1930	25 Jun 1990	(60)
1C663.	Margery Jane Hudspeth	28 Nov 1933	17 Nov 2018	(84)

Ruby and Howard were married by L. C. McCloud, Justice of the Peace, in Lakeport. Recorded witnesses were Ruby's mother and elder brother John.^{[Mar 1929]}

The Hudspeths lived in Judicial Township 4, west of Lakeport in 1940 where Howard farmed.^{[Cen 1930]}

By 1935, they moved south to Kelseyville (likely Big Valley, north of Kelseyville, where daughter Margery was born in 1933) and then to the east side of Clear Lake at Sulphur Bank Rancheria, near Clear Lake Oaks, by 1940. Howard worked as miner there.^{[Cen 1940]}

William Howard Hudspeth died on November 18, 1985, in Ukiah, Mendocino County, California, at the age of 83. He was reportedly buried in Ukiah.

Ruby Viola (Fisher) Hudspeth died in May, 1988, in Alameda County, California. She was 80 years old.