Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Ethel May Karr ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Ethel May Karr
LAST NAME: Karr FIRST NAME: Ethel MIDDLE NAME: May NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Burkholder AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mrs. GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 4 Sept 1882 DIED: 12 Feb 1966 BURIED: 15 Feb 1966
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Salem, Marion Co, Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1900 OR CENSUS Ethel Burksholder [sic] (b 1882, Oregon) enumerated with mother Susan (b Mar 1855, Iowa, widowed, mother of 1 child, occupation lodging house)
1910 OR CENSUS - Ethel M. Burkholder, age 26, single, b. Oregon, is enumerated in the home of her mother, Susan Burkholder, age 55, widow, mother of 4 children 1 of whom is living at the time of the census, occupation proprietress of lodging home, b. Iowa. Also enumerated with the family is the assistant manager of the lodging home, Samuel Plummer, age 57, widow, b. Illinois.
1920 OR CENSUS Ethel M. Burkholder (33y, b Oregon, occupation housekeeper) enumerated with mother Susannah (62y, b Iowa, widowed, occupation proprietor of rooming house)

1930 OR CENSUS - Ethel May, age 47, married at age 41, b. Oregon, is enumerated with husband Fred W., age 47, married at age 41, occupation paper mill laborer, b. Nebraska, along with daughter Ethel V., age 7, b. Oregon. Also enumerated with the family is Sussan V. Burkholder, identified as mother [she is the mother of Ethel May], age 75, widowed, b. Iowa.

1940 OR CENSUS Ethel M. Karr (57y, b Oregon, occupation store clerk) enumerated with husband Fred W. (57y, b Nebraska, occupation store keeper) and daughter Valerie E. (17y, b Oregon); family was living in same house in 1935

OBITUARY: 

Mrs Ethel May Karr, 83, of 855 High St NE, died Saturday at a Salem hospital. She was born Sept 4, 1882 in downtown Salem, on Liberty Street near Center. For many years she and her husband, Fred, who died in 1961, operated Karr’s Store. At one time she was president of the Alpha Phi Alpha sorority mother’s club. Survivors include daughter Valerie Wherley, Salem; and three grandchildren. Funeral will be Tuesday at 1:30 pm at W.T. Rigdon Mortuary, Rev George Swift officiating. Burial will be in Salem Pioneer cemetery.

Oregon Statesman, Sunday, February 13, 1966, 29:5

INSCRIPTION: 

KARR
Ethel M.
1882 - 1966

SOURCES: 

LR
LD

OSBH DC (1966 Marion Co) #2243

1900 OR CENSUS (Marion co, Salem, ED 130, sheet 5A)

1910 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 222, sheet 19A)
1920 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 344, sheet 5A)

1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 57, sheet 3B)

1940 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 24-55, sheet 4B)

OS, 13 Feb 1966, 29:5

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LOT: 208 SPACE: SE ΒΌ LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.209' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.725'
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