Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Betty Lucille Eyerly ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Betty Lucille Eyerly
LAST NAME: Eyerly FIRST NAME: Betty MIDDLE NAME: Lucille NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Norwood AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 30 Jul 1907 DIED: 27 Jan 1974 BURIED: 29 Jan 1974
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Corvallis, Benton Co., Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

BIRTH Bessie Lucille Norwood, b 30 July 1907, 5 mi N of Monroe, Benton co, Oregon; father William Norwood, 25, of Harrisburg, b Harrisburg, Oregon, farmer; mother Zelma Trenholm, 22, of Harrisburg, b Douglas co, Oregon, mother of 2 children, 2 living; physician E. Bennett, Monroe, Oregon

1910 OR CENSUS Bessie L. Norwood (2y, b Oregon) enumerated with parents Will G. (28y, b Oregon, married 6y, farm laborer) and Zelma (24y, b Oregon) and sister Marie A. (4y, b Oregon)

1920 OR CENSUS Bessie L. Norwood (132y, b Oregon) enumerated with parents William G. (38y, b Oregon, farming) and Zelma A. (34y, b Oregon) and 2 sisters, Aravilla M. (13y, b Oregon) and Zelma G. (8y, b Oregon)

MARRIAGE Russell Bennett Eyerly (30y 6m, of Salem, b Illinois, mechanic) and Betty Lucille Norwood (20y 8m 7d, of Alsea, b Oregon) md 9 Apr 1928, Salem, Marion co, Oregon

1930 OR CENSUS Bessie L. Eyerly (22y, b Oregon, married at age 20y) enumerated with husband Russell B. (32y, b Illinois, married at age 30y, mechanic) and son Donald L. (10m, b Oregon)

1940 OR CENSUS Betty L. Eyerly (32y, b Oregon, cannery laborer) enumerated with husband Russell Bennett (42y, b Illinois, salesman) and 3 children, Bennett Norwood (9y, b Oregon), Marilyn Marie (6y, b Oregon) and Sandra Lucille (2y, b Oregon); family was living in same house in 1935

1950 OR CENSUS Bessie L. Eyerly (42y, b Oregon) enumerated with husband Russell B. (52y, b Illinois, proprietor of tractor store) and 4 children, all born in Oregon, Bennett N. (19y), Marilyn M. (16y), Sandra L. (12y) and Lynne R. (3y)

NOTE husband Russell Eyerly later remarried. He died 2 Mar 1977 in Marion co and was buried in City View cemetery

OBITUARY: 

Late resident of 2741 River Road NE, Sun., Jan 27, at home. Survived by widower Russell B.; sons Bennett and Lynne, both Salem; daughters Mrs. Marilyn Coleman, Forks, Wash., and Mrs. Sandra Andersen, Portland; sister Zelma Collins, Cottage Grove; 12 grandchildren. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday at Howell -Edwards - Doerksen Chapel of the Gardens, 1250 Comn'l SE. 
Oregon Statesman 28 January 1974 16:6 

Betty Lucille Eyerly, 66, of 2741 River Road NE, died Sunday at her home of cancer. Mrs. Eyerly came to Salem in 1928. She was a member of Foursquare Gospel Church. Surviving are widower Russell B.; sons Bennett and Lynne, both Salem; daughters Mrs. Marilyn Coleman, Forks, Wash., and Mrs. Sandra Andersen, Portland; sister Zelma Collins, Cottage Grove; 12 grandchildren. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Howell-Edwards-Doerksen mortuary, Dr. Raymond Cox officiating. Burial will be in Salem Pioneer cemetery.

INSCRIPTION: 

Betty L. Eyerly
1907 - 1974

SOURCES: 

LD
ODI
Saucy Survey & Photographs

Oregon Birth Records (Ancestry.com)

1910 OR CENSUS (Benton co, Corvallis, ED 2, sheet 2B)

1920 OR CENSUS (Benton co, Willamette, ED 18, sheet 1A)
Oregon Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1930 OR CENSUS (Marion co, Fairgrounds, ED 31, sheet 1A)

1940 OR CENSUS (Marion co, Hayesville, ED 24-31, sheet 1A)

1950 OR CENSUS (Marion co, Salem, ED 24-42, sheet 3)

OS, 28 Jan 1974 16:6

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