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- [S670] Newspapers.com, "John McDonald Dufilho," obituary, The Town Talk (Alexandria, Louisiana), 2 June 1927, p. 5, https://www.newspapers.com/image/213381153.
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Record for Edith Dufilho
- [S249] "Louisiana Deaths Index, 1850-1875; 1894-1960," database with images, (Name: FamilySearch; Location: Salt Lake City, Utah;), (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS1N-LG3 : 2 April 2020), Edyth Dufilho, 05 Jun 1935; citing Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, certificate number 6644, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,180,248.
Name: Edyth Dufilho
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 05 Jun 1935
Event Place: Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Age: 25y
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Birth Date: 1910
Birth Year (Estimated): 1910
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
Father's Name: J M Dufilho
Mother's Name: Martha Shackleford
Spouse's Name: Low Thorp
Spouse's Gender: Male
Certificate Number: 6644
Digital Folder Number: 004215954
Record Number: 1706
- [S670] Newspapers.com, "Miss Edith Dufilho of Colfax Dies; Funeral Held," The Weekly Town Talk (Alexandria, Louisiana), 15 June 1935, p. 4, col. 7.
Miss Edith Dufilho of Colfax Dies; Funeral Held
News of the death of Miss Edith Dufilho early Thursday morning, June 6, in Shreveport, caused a profound shock to the citizens of Colfax. Miss Dufilho had been seriously ill for several weeks with typhoid fever and complications and on May 24 she was taken to Shreveport for treatment and remained there until her death.
Miss Dufilho was the adopted daughter of Mrs. J. M. Dufilho and had just passed her 25th birthday. She was a graduate of the Colfax High School, of the class of 1928, and also a graduate of a Shreveport business college.
The remains were brought to Colfax Thursday night and her funeral was held Friday. Interment was made in the Bethel cemetery.
[Source: The Weekly Town Talk (Alexandria, Louisiana), 15 June 1935, p. 4, col. 7]
- [S401] Louisiana, Secretary of State, Vital Records, death certificates, Caddo Parish, vol. 16, p. 6644 (1935), Edyth Dufilho.
- [S547] Louisiana, Secretary of State, Louisiana Death Records Index (http://www.sos.la.gov), (Name: Louisiana Secretary of State; Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana;), Caddo Parish, vol. 16, p. 6644 (1935), Edyth Dufilho.
- [S670] Newspapers.com, "Miss Edith Dufilho of Colfax Dies; Funeral Held," The Weekly Town Talk (Alexandria, Louisiana), 15 June 1935, p. 4, col. 7 (Reliability: 3).
Miss Edith Dufilho of Colfax Dies; Funeral Held
News of the death of Miss Edith Dufilho early Thursday morning, June 6, in Shreveport, caused a profound shock to the citizens of Colfax. Miss Dufilho had been seriously ill for several weeks with typhoid fever and complications and on May 24 she was taken to Shreveport for treatment and remained there until her death.
Miss Dufilho was the adopted daughter of Mrs. J. M. Dufilho and had just passed her 25th birthday. She was a graduate of the Colfax High School, of the class of 1928, and also a graduate of a Shreveport business college.
The remains were brought to Colfax Thursday night and her funeral was held Friday. Interment was made in the Bethel cemetery.
[Source: The Weekly Town Talk (Alexandria, Louisiana), 15 June 1935, p. 4, col. 7]
- [S401] Louisiana, Secretary of State, Vital Records, death certificates, Caddo Parish, vol. 16, p. 6644 (1935), Edyth Dufilho (Reliability: 4).
- [S670] Newspapers.com, "Miss Edith Dufilho of Colfax Dies; Funeral Held," The Weekly Town Talk (Alexandria, Louisiana), 15 June 1935, p. 4, col. 7 (Reliability: 4).
Miss Edith Dufilho of Colfax Dies; Funeral Held
News of the death of Miss Edith Dufilho early Thursday morning, June 6, in Shreveport, caused a profound shock to the citizens of Colfax. Miss Dufilho had been seriously ill for several weeks with typhoid fever and complications and on May 24 she was taken to Shreveport for treatment and remained there until her death.
Miss Dufilho was the adopted daughter of Mrs. J. M. Dufilho and had just passed her 25th birthday. She was a graduate of the Colfax High School, of the class of 1928, and also a graduate of a Shreveport business college.
The remains were brought to Colfax Thursday night and her funeral was held Friday. Interment was made in the Bethel cemetery.
[Source: The Weekly Town Talk (Alexandria, Louisiana), 15 June 1935, p. 4, col. 7]
- [S266] Find A Grave, Find A Grave, photograph, gravestone for Edith E. Dufilho (1910-1935), no. 50493774, Bethel Cemetery, Colfax, Grant Parish, Louisiana (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50493774: accessed 16 May 2020) (Reliability: 3).
- [S670] Newspapers.com, "Martha A. Shackelford Dufilho," obituary, The Weekly Town Talk (Alexandria, Louisiana), 16 December 1939, p. 2, col. 2(https://www.newspapers.com/image/212957302: accessed 12 January 2020).
DUFILHO—In Colfax, La., at 6:45 o’clock p.m., on Wednesday, November 22, 1939, Mrs. Martha A. Shackelford Dufilho, aged 69 years. Deceased was the widow of the late John McDonald Dufilho and daughter of Samuel B. Shackelford. She was born in New Orleans July 22, 1871.
She leaves an only brother, E. F. A. Shackelford of Pineville; three nephews, Peter H. Shackelford of Chicago; and two great-nieces, Eunice Shackelford of Chicago and Ruth Shackelford of Pineville.
Funeral services were held at St. Joseph’s Church in Colfax at 3:30 p.m., on Thursday, November 23, 1939.
“Rest from all sorrows and watching and fears;
Rest from all possible sighing and tears;
Rest through God’s wonderful years,
At home with the blest.”
We have consigned her body to the earth, her soul to her Creator and unto the resurrection through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
P. H. Shackelford
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. A. Shackelford
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