CORNISH, Elva Violet

(Maiden Name: Burleson)


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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