Estella May Boxley

   Another name for Estella was Stella.

   Find a Grave ID: 22286938.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Miscellaneous. Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, IN Tuesday February 25, 1975

Stella M. Burkhead



Mrs. Stella M. Burkhead, 85, of 158 East Jackson St., Monroe, widow of Loren Burkhead, Sr., died at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the Adams county memorial hospital, where she had been hospitalized two days.



She was a member of the Monroe United Methodist Church and a charter member of th United Methodist Women's organization.



Born in Jasper county, Ill., on March 10, 1889, she was the daughter of William Thomas and Polly Ann Poe-Boxley. She was united in marriage with Loren Burkhead, Sr., on Nov. 28, 1914, and he preceded her in death on Nov. 28, 1958.



Surviving are six children, Loren Burkhead of Monroe; Jack Burkhead of Van Wert, O.; Virginia Burkhead of Monroe; Mrs. Louis (Drusilla) Hartman of Covina, Calif.; Mrs. Richard (Margaret) Meddock of Warren; Mrs. Douglas (Wanda) McFall of Carmi, Ill.; one brother, Arnold Boxley of Newton, Ill., 17 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Two daughters preceded her in death.



Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at Winteregg-Linn & Haggard funeral home, with Rev. Donald E. Wilks officiating. Burial will be in the Ray cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. tonight.



Note: Proof that Estella is the birth name through personal knowledge.

Estella May Boxley was my grandmother. Stella was her nickname.

Estella May Boxley as mother is noted on her daugher Portia's birth certificate

Estella M Boxley is noted in the 1910 Census

Estella Boxley is noted in the 1900 Census.

by Diana McFall ID #47146914

Estella married Loren Clyde Burkhead Sr, son of Joshua Naylor Burkhead and Elizabeth Snavely. (Loren Clyde Burkhead Sr was born on 10 Jan 1891, died on 28 Nov 1958 in Adams County, IN and was buried in Monroe, IN, Ray Cemetery.)

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