Myra Thorngate, daughter of the late Rev. Charles and Ethel Babcock Thorngate, was born June 7, 1892 in North Loup, NE and died August 27, 1981 in Dodge Center, MN. She attended college both at Milton, WI. and Salem, WV.
In 1928 she married Jake Barber, who died December 6, 1946. Myra worked on newspapers: North Loup Loyalist, Scotia, Nebraska Register, and Ord Quiz, in the North Loup area until she retired and moved to Dodge Center, MN, in 1956.
She is survived by a brother, Dr. George Thorngate of Monterey, CA; and two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Clapper of Dodge Center, MN, and Mrs. Kathryn Baldridge of Albuquerque, NM.
According to her wishes her body was donated to the University of Minnesota Anatomy Department. A memorial service was held at the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Dodge Center, Minnesota, of which she was a member, on September 6, 1981, by her new pastor, Paul B. Osborn.
P. B. O.
Myra Thorngate, daughter of the late Rev. Charles and Ethel Babcock Thorngate, was born June 7, 1892 in North Loup, NE and died August 27, 1981 in Dodge Center, MN. She attended college both at Milton, WI. and Salem, WV.
In 1928 she married Jake Barber, who died December 6, 1946. Myra worked on newspapers: North Loup Loyalist, Scotia, Nebraska Register, and Ord Quiz, in the North Loup area until she retired and moved to Dodge Center, MN, in 1956.
She is survived by a brother, Dr. George Thorngate of Monterey, CA; and two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Clapper of Dodge Center, MN, and Mrs. Kathryn Baldridge of Albuquerque, NM.
According to her wishes her body was donated to the University of Minnesota Anatomy Department. A memorial service was held at the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Dodge Center, Minnesota, of which she was a member, on September 6, 1981, by her new pastor, Paul B. Osborn.
P. B. O.
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