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Elva Violet (Burleson) Cornish

Posted 2017-12-17 by Judy Wight Branson
Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Monday, September 17, 1956, page 1, column 7

Death Claims Elva Cornish

Mrs. Elva Violet Cornish, a native of Humboldt, died Sunday at a
local hospital. She was 43 years old and had resided at 155 S.
McCormick St.

Survivors include her mother, Mrs. Elva V. Breckenridge, custodian
of the Sharlot Hall Museum; two daughters, Dorothy June Lorance,
Tucson, and Margaret Frances Loman, Prescott; one grandchild; two
sisters, Ina May Rubi, Kingman, and Beatrice Gill, Flagstaff; two
brothers, Robert Breckenridge, Prescott, and Joe Burleson, Blythe,
Calif.

The body will lie in state Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Ruffner
Funeral Home for friends who wish to call. Christian Science
services will be conducted at Ruffner's Wednesday at 11 a.m.,
followed by interment in Mountain View Cemetery.

Mrs. Cornish was April 3, 1913, at Humboldt and resided for many
years in that community.

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