DeWitt Wilbur
Published in The Burbank Review, Saturday, August 12, 1916, Page 1
COMPOUND FRACTURE OF LEG SUFFERED BY DEWITT WILBUR IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Wilbur were shocked on Tuesday to learn of an accident in which their son, DeWitt Wilbur, a young man about twenty-one years of age, came near losing his life and suffered a compound fracture of the left leg, which was broken between the knee and hip and above the ankle.
The young man was riding along the highway just beyond Newhall tunnel with two companions, all on motorcycles, when young Wilbur, who had road ahead came into a collision with an automobile as he rounded a curve. The force of the impact threw him and when his friends and others rushed to his assistance, he was found to be terribly injured. Mr. Shaeffer, working for the Clampitt well digging company near the scene of the accident, brought the young man in his machine to the Burbank hospital, where the limb was set and at this date he is resting as comfortably as could be expected. He was very brave all through the trying ordeal.
Published in The Burbank Review, Saturday, August 19, 1916, Page 1
DEWITT WILBUR PASSES AWAY
As a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on Tuesday of last week, DeWitt, the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Wilbur passed away at the Burbank Hospital shortly after noon, Monday, August 14, aged about 21 years.
The young man had borne with unusual fortitude the suffering incident to his injury, and although it was known that he was seriously hurt hopes were entertained that he would recover, and the announcement that he had passed away was a severe shock to his friends.
DeWitt was a quiet, unassuming character, a great home body and devoted to his family. He will be missed among his schoolmates at the High school and among his young companions but oh, so sadly missed from the home circle in which he was so beloved. He leaves his parents and one brother, Delos Wilbur, to mourn his loss, who have the sincere sympathy of all in their great bereavement.
The simple, impressive funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, at Forest Lawn cemetery, where interment was made. A profusion of beautiful flowers were sent by loving friends and funeral arrangements were in charge of Scovern-Letton-Frey Company.
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Christine Marjorie Harper, BHS 1913
Christina Marjorie Harper
1894 - 1916
Christina Marjorie Harper was born in 1894 the daughter of John Harper and Jessie Morrison.
Christina was a 1913 graduate of Burbank High School and passed away on April 27, 1916 in Los Angeles County, California. Christina was the first known Burbank High School Alumni to pass away according to the Burbank High Alumni Association which was started after the first graduation.
Christina was 21 years, 8 months and 8 days old when she died. Christina was buried a long way from Burbank as she is interred in the Zion Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut.
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The Burbank Review, Burbank, California, Saturday, April 29, 1916, Page 1
BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LIFE ENDED
The many friends of Mrs. J.M. Harper and family were shocked last week by the news that Miss Christine Harper, who was teaching at Colton, was seriously ill with tonsillitis, her life despaired of. Her mother went to her and brought her home to Burbank, where she could be under the immediate care of Dr. E. H. Thompson. But there was nothing which could be done to save her and just before 11 o'clock Thursday morning, the beautiful spirit took its flight.
Miss Harper was a beautiful girl and dearly beloved by her schoolmates and friends and teachers here, among whom she had grown from childhood to womanhood. Following her graduation from Burbank High School, she attendedthe San Diego Normal school from which she graduated and secured the position at Colton, where she was teaching when taken ill.
There are many who will grieve with the mother and sisters bereft of the loved one and the sympathy of all goes out to them in their great loss.
The funeral is to be held at 2 o'clock this Saturday afternoon from the Presbyterian church, Rev. Henry A. Rudin, pastor of the church will officiate.
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The Burbank Review, Burbank, California, Saturday, May 6, 1916, Page 1
CHRISTINE HARPER LAID TO REST
The funeral services for Miss Christine Harper, daughter of Mrs. J. M. Harper, were held from the Presbyterian church last Saturday, at 2 p.m., Rev. H.A. Rudin, pastor of the church officiated and brought a message of comfort to the bereaved ones, his text being taken from the prayer of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane, when He says, "Not My Will, O'God, but Thine be done."
The church was filled by those who had known and loved her and the air was redolent of the perfume of beautiful bloom banked about the casket. Six young gentlemen and eight young ladies, friends and schoolmates of Miss Harper, acted as active and honorary pallbearers. The young men were Ward Shelton, Ernest Brown, Wiley Cole, James Hendricks, of Van Nuys; Connie Clarke and Earl Robinson. These lifted the casket and tenderly carried it into the church vestibule, then marched to the front of the church. After the casket had been placed, the young ladies, who were the Misses Marie Kern, Clara Clarke, Claire Glenn, Louise Lawrence, Blanche Shelton, Genevieve Robinson, Juanita Malone and Edna Ludlow, passed down the aisles, four on each side and carrying sheaves of white sweet peas. As they passed the casket they softly dropped the lovely blossoms upon it.
The choir sang softly, "Lead Kindly Light" and Miss Lulu Snyder sang very sweetly, "Crossing the Bar;" Mrs. C. E. Pomeroy and Mrs. O. R. Boyd sang that beautiful hymn, "One Sweetly Solemn Thought." At the close the choir sang "What a Friend We Have in Jesus."
A large concourse of friends followed the remains to Rosedale cemetery where short services were said and the body cremated.
Christine was of a retiring nature, but dearly beloved by those who knew her best and she will be sadly missed by her young friends and in the home circle. To these, her nearest, the sympathy of all goes out.
1894 - 1916
Christina Marjorie Harper was born in 1894 the daughter of John Harper and Jessie Morrison.
Christina was a 1913 graduate of Burbank High School and passed away on April 27, 1916 in Los Angeles County, California. Christina was the first known Burbank High School Alumni to pass away according to the Burbank High Alumni Association which was started after the first graduation.
Christina was 21 years, 8 months and 8 days old when she died. Christina was buried a long way from Burbank as she is interred in the Zion Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut.
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The Burbank Review, Burbank, California, Saturday, April 29, 1916, Page 1
BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LIFE ENDED
The many friends of Mrs. J.M. Harper and family were shocked last week by the news that Miss Christine Harper, who was teaching at Colton, was seriously ill with tonsillitis, her life despaired of. Her mother went to her and brought her home to Burbank, where she could be under the immediate care of Dr. E. H. Thompson. But there was nothing which could be done to save her and just before 11 o'clock Thursday morning, the beautiful spirit took its flight.
Miss Harper was a beautiful girl and dearly beloved by her schoolmates and friends and teachers here, among whom she had grown from childhood to womanhood. Following her graduation from Burbank High School, she attendedthe San Diego Normal school from which she graduated and secured the position at Colton, where she was teaching when taken ill.
There are many who will grieve with the mother and sisters bereft of the loved one and the sympathy of all goes out to them in their great loss.
The funeral is to be held at 2 o'clock this Saturday afternoon from the Presbyterian church, Rev. Henry A. Rudin, pastor of the church will officiate.
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The Burbank Review, Burbank, California, Saturday, May 6, 1916, Page 1
CHRISTINE HARPER LAID TO REST
The funeral services for Miss Christine Harper, daughter of Mrs. J. M. Harper, were held from the Presbyterian church last Saturday, at 2 p.m., Rev. H.A. Rudin, pastor of the church officiated and brought a message of comfort to the bereaved ones, his text being taken from the prayer of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane, when He says, "Not My Will, O'God, but Thine be done."
The church was filled by those who had known and loved her and the air was redolent of the perfume of beautiful bloom banked about the casket. Six young gentlemen and eight young ladies, friends and schoolmates of Miss Harper, acted as active and honorary pallbearers. The young men were Ward Shelton, Ernest Brown, Wiley Cole, James Hendricks, of Van Nuys; Connie Clarke and Earl Robinson. These lifted the casket and tenderly carried it into the church vestibule, then marched to the front of the church. After the casket had been placed, the young ladies, who were the Misses Marie Kern, Clara Clarke, Claire Glenn, Louise Lawrence, Blanche Shelton, Genevieve Robinson, Juanita Malone and Edna Ludlow, passed down the aisles, four on each side and carrying sheaves of white sweet peas. As they passed the casket they softly dropped the lovely blossoms upon it.
The choir sang softly, "Lead Kindly Light" and Miss Lulu Snyder sang very sweetly, "Crossing the Bar;" Mrs. C. E. Pomeroy and Mrs. O. R. Boyd sang that beautiful hymn, "One Sweetly Solemn Thought." At the close the choir sang "What a Friend We Have in Jesus."
A large concourse of friends followed the remains to Rosedale cemetery where short services were said and the body cremated.
Christine was of a retiring nature, but dearly beloved by those who knew her best and she will be sadly missed by her young friends and in the home circle. To these, her nearest, the sympathy of all goes out.
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