Helen Clarke SMITH married William Sears POPPLETON on October 7, 1903 at Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
Douglas County marriage license # 13465
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Mrs. Poppleton Ill.
Mrs. William Sears Poppleton, sr., is ill at Methodist hospital.
source of article: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 16, 1936, page 6, column 3
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Mrs. Poppleton Dies; Was Pioneer
Mrs. William Sears Poppleton, sr., a leader in Omaha society for years, died this morning in a local hospital. She underwent an abdominal operation a week ago Saturday and was recovering satisfactorily until Sunday night when her heart weakened. Early this morning relatives were summoned to the bedside,
Mrs. Poppleton was born in Litchfield, Conn,, 60 years ago. She came to Omaha with her parents when a young girl and had lived here since. Her residence was at 418 South Thirty-eighth avenue.
She was a member of Trinity cathedral where the funeral will be held.
She is survived by one son, William S. Poppleton, jr., a sister, Mrs. Lucien Stephens, a brother, Robert G. Smith of San Francisco, a niece, Mrs. Robert Hall, formerly Miss Charlott Smith, and two grandsons, William Sears Poppleton, 3d, and Samuel Knox Poppleton.
source of obituary: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 23, 1936, page 1, column 5
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Mrs. Poppleton, Sr., Dies.
Mrs. William Sears Poppleton, sr., who died suddenly this morning in a local hospital following an operation.
source of obituary (article included a portrait): Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 23, 1936, page 3, column 7
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(identical text of the article in Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 23, 1936, page 1, column 5 with the additional paragraph as transcribed below)
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 11 a. m. at Trinity cathedral with burial at Prospect Hill cemetery. The body is at the Burket mortuary.
source of obituary: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 24, 1936, page 12, column 2
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POPPLETON -- Mrs. Helen Smith, wife of the late William S. Poppleton, died November 23. Mrs. Poppleton is survived by her son, William S. Poppleton, jr., sister, Mrs. Lucien Stephens; niece, Mrs. Robert Hall; grandsons, William Sears Poppleton, 3d, and Samuel Knox.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 o'clock at Trinity Cathedral. Interment Prospect Hill. Inquiries may be addressed to the Burket chapel, HA 0090.
source of obituary: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 24, 1936, page 22, column 4
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Two Beneficiaries in Poppleton Will
The will of Mrs. Helen S. Poppleton, who died November 23, filed lor probate today, names as beneficiaries her son, William S. Poppleton, and her sister, Mrs. Julia S. Stevens, both of Omaha.
Size of the estate was not revealed. "For probate purposes" it was set at 20 thousand dollars.
The sister was granted an income of $150 a month in the original will. This was cut to one hundred dollars a month by a codicil. An original cash bequest of one thousand dollars to a brother, Robert G. Smith of San Francisco, was revoked in a codicil "because of changing conditions"
The entire estate is to remain in trust during the lifetime of the sister, with the provision that if she continues to live one-third is to be given outright to the son in 1940, another third to him in 1945, and the remaining third to him or his heirs after her death.
source of article: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 30, 1936, page 9, column 2
Douglas County marriage license # 13465
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Mrs. Poppleton Ill.
Mrs. William Sears Poppleton, sr., is ill at Methodist hospital.
source of article: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 16, 1936, page 6, column 3
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Mrs. Poppleton Dies; Was Pioneer
Mrs. William Sears Poppleton, sr., a leader in Omaha society for years, died this morning in a local hospital. She underwent an abdominal operation a week ago Saturday and was recovering satisfactorily until Sunday night when her heart weakened. Early this morning relatives were summoned to the bedside,
Mrs. Poppleton was born in Litchfield, Conn,, 60 years ago. She came to Omaha with her parents when a young girl and had lived here since. Her residence was at 418 South Thirty-eighth avenue.
She was a member of Trinity cathedral where the funeral will be held.
She is survived by one son, William S. Poppleton, jr., a sister, Mrs. Lucien Stephens, a brother, Robert G. Smith of San Francisco, a niece, Mrs. Robert Hall, formerly Miss Charlott Smith, and two grandsons, William Sears Poppleton, 3d, and Samuel Knox Poppleton.
source of obituary: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 23, 1936, page 1, column 5
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Mrs. Poppleton, Sr., Dies.
Mrs. William Sears Poppleton, sr., who died suddenly this morning in a local hospital following an operation.
source of obituary (article included a portrait): Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 23, 1936, page 3, column 7
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(identical text of the article in Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 23, 1936, page 1, column 5 with the additional paragraph as transcribed below)
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 11 a. m. at Trinity cathedral with burial at Prospect Hill cemetery. The body is at the Burket mortuary.
source of obituary: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 24, 1936, page 12, column 2
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POPPLETON -- Mrs. Helen Smith, wife of the late William S. Poppleton, died November 23. Mrs. Poppleton is survived by her son, William S. Poppleton, jr., sister, Mrs. Lucien Stephens; niece, Mrs. Robert Hall; grandsons, William Sears Poppleton, 3d, and Samuel Knox.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 o'clock at Trinity Cathedral. Interment Prospect Hill. Inquiries may be addressed to the Burket chapel, HA 0090.
source of obituary: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 24, 1936, page 22, column 4
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Two Beneficiaries in Poppleton Will
The will of Mrs. Helen S. Poppleton, who died November 23, filed lor probate today, names as beneficiaries her son, William S. Poppleton, and her sister, Mrs. Julia S. Stevens, both of Omaha.
Size of the estate was not revealed. "For probate purposes" it was set at 20 thousand dollars.
The sister was granted an income of $150 a month in the original will. This was cut to one hundred dollars a month by a codicil. An original cash bequest of one thousand dollars to a brother, Robert G. Smith of San Francisco, was revoked in a codicil "because of changing conditions"
The entire estate is to remain in trust during the lifetime of the sister, with the provision that if she continues to live one-third is to be given outright to the son in 1940, another third to him in 1945, and the remaining third to him or his heirs after her death.
source of article: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 30, 1936, page 9, column 2
Helen Clarke SMITH married William Sears POPPLETON on October 7, 1903 at Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
Douglas County marriage license # 13465
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Mrs. Poppleton Ill.
Mrs. William Sears Poppleton, sr., is ill at Methodist hospital.
source of article: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 16, 1936, page 6, column 3
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Mrs. Poppleton Dies; Was Pioneer
Mrs. William Sears Poppleton, sr., a leader in Omaha society for years, died this morning in a local hospital. She underwent an abdominal operation a week ago Saturday and was recovering satisfactorily until Sunday night when her heart weakened. Early this morning relatives were summoned to the bedside,
Mrs. Poppleton was born in Litchfield, Conn,, 60 years ago. She came to Omaha with her parents when a young girl and had lived here since. Her residence was at 418 South Thirty-eighth avenue.
She was a member of Trinity cathedral where the funeral will be held.
She is survived by one son, William S. Poppleton, jr., a sister, Mrs. Lucien Stephens, a brother, Robert G. Smith of San Francisco, a niece, Mrs. Robert Hall, formerly Miss Charlott Smith, and two grandsons, William Sears Poppleton, 3d, and Samuel Knox Poppleton.
source of obituary: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 23, 1936, page 1, column 5
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Mrs. Poppleton, Sr., Dies.
Mrs. William Sears Poppleton, sr., who died suddenly this morning in a local hospital following an operation.
source of obituary (article included a portrait): Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 23, 1936, page 3, column 7
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(identical text of the article in Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 23, 1936, page 1, column 5 with the additional paragraph as transcribed below)
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 11 a. m. at Trinity cathedral with burial at Prospect Hill cemetery. The body is at the Burket mortuary.
source of obituary: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 24, 1936, page 12, column 2
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POPPLETON -- Mrs. Helen Smith, wife of the late William S. Poppleton, died November 23. Mrs. Poppleton is survived by her son, William S. Poppleton, jr., sister, Mrs. Lucien Stephens; niece, Mrs. Robert Hall; grandsons, William Sears Poppleton, 3d, and Samuel Knox.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 o'clock at Trinity Cathedral. Interment Prospect Hill. Inquiries may be addressed to the Burket chapel, HA 0090.
source of obituary: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 24, 1936, page 22, column 4
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Two Beneficiaries in Poppleton Will
The will of Mrs. Helen S. Poppleton, who died November 23, filed lor probate today, names as beneficiaries her son, William S. Poppleton, and her sister, Mrs. Julia S. Stevens, both of Omaha.
Size of the estate was not revealed. "For probate purposes" it was set at 20 thousand dollars.
The sister was granted an income of $150 a month in the original will. This was cut to one hundred dollars a month by a codicil. An original cash bequest of one thousand dollars to a brother, Robert G. Smith of San Francisco, was revoked in a codicil "because of changing conditions"
The entire estate is to remain in trust during the lifetime of the sister, with the provision that if she continues to live one-third is to be given outright to the son in 1940, another third to him in 1945, and the remaining third to him or his heirs after her death.
source of article: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 30, 1936, page 9, column 2
Douglas County marriage license # 13465
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Mrs. Poppleton Ill.
Mrs. William Sears Poppleton, sr., is ill at Methodist hospital.
source of article: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 16, 1936, page 6, column 3
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Mrs. Poppleton Dies; Was Pioneer
Mrs. William Sears Poppleton, sr., a leader in Omaha society for years, died this morning in a local hospital. She underwent an abdominal operation a week ago Saturday and was recovering satisfactorily until Sunday night when her heart weakened. Early this morning relatives were summoned to the bedside,
Mrs. Poppleton was born in Litchfield, Conn,, 60 years ago. She came to Omaha with her parents when a young girl and had lived here since. Her residence was at 418 South Thirty-eighth avenue.
She was a member of Trinity cathedral where the funeral will be held.
She is survived by one son, William S. Poppleton, jr., a sister, Mrs. Lucien Stephens, a brother, Robert G. Smith of San Francisco, a niece, Mrs. Robert Hall, formerly Miss Charlott Smith, and two grandsons, William Sears Poppleton, 3d, and Samuel Knox Poppleton.
source of obituary: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 23, 1936, page 1, column 5
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Mrs. Poppleton, Sr., Dies.
Mrs. William Sears Poppleton, sr., who died suddenly this morning in a local hospital following an operation.
source of obituary (article included a portrait): Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 23, 1936, page 3, column 7
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(identical text of the article in Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 23, 1936, page 1, column 5 with the additional paragraph as transcribed below)
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 11 a. m. at Trinity cathedral with burial at Prospect Hill cemetery. The body is at the Burket mortuary.
source of obituary: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 24, 1936, page 12, column 2
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POPPLETON -- Mrs. Helen Smith, wife of the late William S. Poppleton, died November 23. Mrs. Poppleton is survived by her son, William S. Poppleton, jr., sister, Mrs. Lucien Stephens; niece, Mrs. Robert Hall; grandsons, William Sears Poppleton, 3d, and Samuel Knox.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 o'clock at Trinity Cathedral. Interment Prospect Hill. Inquiries may be addressed to the Burket chapel, HA 0090.
source of obituary: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 24, 1936, page 22, column 4
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Two Beneficiaries in Poppleton Will
The will of Mrs. Helen S. Poppleton, who died November 23, filed lor probate today, names as beneficiaries her son, William S. Poppleton, and her sister, Mrs. Julia S. Stevens, both of Omaha.
Size of the estate was not revealed. "For probate purposes" it was set at 20 thousand dollars.
The sister was granted an income of $150 a month in the original will. This was cut to one hundred dollars a month by a codicil. An original cash bequest of one thousand dollars to a brother, Robert G. Smith of San Francisco, was revoked in a codicil "because of changing conditions"
The entire estate is to remain in trust during the lifetime of the sister, with the provision that if she continues to live one-third is to be given outright to the son in 1940, another third to him in 1945, and the remaining third to him or his heirs after her death.
source of article: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska), evening edition, November 30, 1936, page 9, column 2
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