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Ora Solomon Clodfelter

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Ora Solomon Clodfelter

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
25 May 1955 (aged 79)
Udall, Cowley County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Belle Plaine, Sumner County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section B, Plot 113, Lot 4
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Victim of the May 25th 1955 Udall Tornado

Winfield Daily Courier
Saturday, May 28, 1955
Page 3

Mr. & Mrs. O.S. Clodfelter

Double funeral rites will be held for Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Belle Plaine Cemetery for Mr. & Mrs. Orie S. Clodfelter of Udall. Both lost their lives in the Wednesday night storm at Udall


Winfield Daily Courier
Monday, May 30, 1955
Page 7

Graveside Rites for Clodfelters

Double graveside services will be held Tuesday for Mr. & Mrs. O.S. Clodfelter, victims of the Udall tornado disaster. Mrs. Clodfelter was 77, and Mr. Clodfelter was 80.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. at the Belle Plaine cemetery with the Rev. Wayne Karlowski, Epworth Methodist church pastor, officiating. He will be assisted by the Rev. Giles Stagner of Udall.

Mr. and Mrs. Clodfelter had been life long residents of the Udall community. Mrs. Clodfelter came to the vicinity with her parents from Plainsville, Ohio, and Mr. Clodfelter came to Kansas in 1876 from Portland Mills, Ind., in a covered wagon. Mr. Clodfelter was a retired farmer and was serving the Udall Methodist church as custodian. He and his wife had both been closely associated with the church activities.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. P.D. Prothro of Wichita and Mrs. R.W. Sharp, Paloga, Okla.; and two sons, Leslie and Forrest, Grand Junction, Colo.

Surviving Mrs. Clodfelter is one sister, Mrs. John Alexander, Oxford. Mr. Clodfelter iw survived by two brothers, Ivan and Carson, both of Winfield; and three sisters, Mrs. Clay Ratcliff, Belle Plaine, Mrs. O.M. Nix, Liberal and Mrs. Walter Fooshee, Sylvia.

There are also 13 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren surviving.
Victim of the May 25th 1955 Udall Tornado

Winfield Daily Courier
Saturday, May 28, 1955
Page 3

Mr. & Mrs. O.S. Clodfelter

Double funeral rites will be held for Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Belle Plaine Cemetery for Mr. & Mrs. Orie S. Clodfelter of Udall. Both lost their lives in the Wednesday night storm at Udall


Winfield Daily Courier
Monday, May 30, 1955
Page 7

Graveside Rites for Clodfelters

Double graveside services will be held Tuesday for Mr. & Mrs. O.S. Clodfelter, victims of the Udall tornado disaster. Mrs. Clodfelter was 77, and Mr. Clodfelter was 80.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. at the Belle Plaine cemetery with the Rev. Wayne Karlowski, Epworth Methodist church pastor, officiating. He will be assisted by the Rev. Giles Stagner of Udall.

Mr. and Mrs. Clodfelter had been life long residents of the Udall community. Mrs. Clodfelter came to the vicinity with her parents from Plainsville, Ohio, and Mr. Clodfelter came to Kansas in 1876 from Portland Mills, Ind., in a covered wagon. Mr. Clodfelter was a retired farmer and was serving the Udall Methodist church as custodian. He and his wife had both been closely associated with the church activities.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. P.D. Prothro of Wichita and Mrs. R.W. Sharp, Paloga, Okla.; and two sons, Leslie and Forrest, Grand Junction, Colo.

Surviving Mrs. Clodfelter is one sister, Mrs. John Alexander, Oxford. Mr. Clodfelter iw survived by two brothers, Ivan and Carson, both of Winfield; and three sisters, Mrs. Clay Ratcliff, Belle Plaine, Mrs. O.M. Nix, Liberal and Mrs. Walter Fooshee, Sylvia.

There are also 13 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren surviving.


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