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Submitted: 7/6/16 • Approved: 7/7/16 • Last Updated: 4/3/18 • R793434-G793433-S3
Orpheus
May 14, 1901 - December 7, 1961
Died Mt. Vernon, Lawrence Co. MO
*Obituary
Springfield News
December, 1961
ORPHEUS E. WANTLAND
Orpheus E. Wantland, 60, of Route 10, died at 10:20 p.m. Thursday at the state sanitorium in Mt. Vernon. A native of Nettleton, Mo., and a farmer, he had lived most of his life near Springfield.
He is survived, by his wife Cordie; a son, Daniel, Kansas City; a brother, Sollie Wantland, of Bartlesville, Ok.; three sisters, Mrs. Cleta Daugherty and Mrs. Opal Toth, both of Bartlesville, and Mrs. Grace Thompson, Cherryvale, Kan.; and three grandchildren.
Ayre-Goodwin is in charge of arrangements.
Cordie
June 24, 1899 - December 28, 1973
Daughter of Dee Henderson Lee Perkins & Erzilla Vashti Fields
Contributed on 7/6/16 by wfields55
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