Reno Evening Gazette
October 13, 1949
Pioneer Nevada Matron Is Dead
Winnemucca, Oct. 13 - One of the few remaining pioneers who had grown up during the early development of Humboldt County died here Monday night.
She was Mrs. Kathleen Anker, aged 89.
Mrs. Anker was born in Missouri Feb. 9, 1860, but came west with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Nofsinger, as a child. Her father was captain of a wagon train which left Omaha, Neb., and arrived in Stockton, Calif., in 1862 after following the Overland mail route through Ft. Churchill and Carson.
Settling in Surprise Valley near Alturas, her father hauled freight into the valley from the old Central Pacific Railroad at Reno until he heard of the gold strike in Humboldt County and moved his family there.
The Nofsingers moved to Winnemucca from the mines in 1876 and a short time later Kathleen was married to Thomas Shone.
With her husband she then moved to the Toll House Station 12 miles north of Winnemucca. Teamsters and stage passengers lodged at this station during trips into northern Humboldt County, Boise and Silver City, Idaho. During the Bannock War of 1876, companies of soldiers from California and the Winnemucca volunteers passed that way enroute to Idaho.
About 1893 Mr. and Mrs. Shone returned to Winnemucca and bought the Bush Hotel on Railroad Street where they lived for about six years. They later built the Shone House and Shone's Cottages on Bridge Street. The Shone House still stands today but the cottages have since been destroyed by fire.
Mr. Shone died in 1913, a short after retiring from an active political and fraternal life. Their two children Tommy and Bertha Rebecca, also died many years ago.
Four years after the death of her husband, Mrs. Shone was married to Peter Anker former county commissioner of Humboldt County. In December, 1917, Mr. and Mrs. Anker moved to Lovelock which was then a part of Humboldt county, where they lived until Mr. Anker's death in 1922.
Mrs. Anker then returned to Winnemucca and the family home on West Third Street. She lived there until she entered the Humboldt County Hospital the first of October this year.
She was the oldest living charter member of the local Order of the Eastern Star. Her lodge held funeral services this afternoon at the Eddy Mortuary.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Annie Leidig of Tonopah, two nieces, Mrs. J.W. Davey and Mrs. Alice Hampton both of Winnemucca and a granddaughter, Betty Shone Gaiennie of Lovelock.
October 13, 1949
Pioneer Nevada Matron Is Dead
Winnemucca, Oct. 13 - One of the few remaining pioneers who had grown up during the early development of Humboldt County died here Monday night.
She was Mrs. Kathleen Anker, aged 89.
Mrs. Anker was born in Missouri Feb. 9, 1860, but came west with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Nofsinger, as a child. Her father was captain of a wagon train which left Omaha, Neb., and arrived in Stockton, Calif., in 1862 after following the Overland mail route through Ft. Churchill and Carson.
Settling in Surprise Valley near Alturas, her father hauled freight into the valley from the old Central Pacific Railroad at Reno until he heard of the gold strike in Humboldt County and moved his family there.
The Nofsingers moved to Winnemucca from the mines in 1876 and a short time later Kathleen was married to Thomas Shone.
With her husband she then moved to the Toll House Station 12 miles north of Winnemucca. Teamsters and stage passengers lodged at this station during trips into northern Humboldt County, Boise and Silver City, Idaho. During the Bannock War of 1876, companies of soldiers from California and the Winnemucca volunteers passed that way enroute to Idaho.
About 1893 Mr. and Mrs. Shone returned to Winnemucca and bought the Bush Hotel on Railroad Street where they lived for about six years. They later built the Shone House and Shone's Cottages on Bridge Street. The Shone House still stands today but the cottages have since been destroyed by fire.
Mr. Shone died in 1913, a short after retiring from an active political and fraternal life. Their two children Tommy and Bertha Rebecca, also died many years ago.
Four years after the death of her husband, Mrs. Shone was married to Peter Anker former county commissioner of Humboldt County. In December, 1917, Mr. and Mrs. Anker moved to Lovelock which was then a part of Humboldt county, where they lived until Mr. Anker's death in 1922.
Mrs. Anker then returned to Winnemucca and the family home on West Third Street. She lived there until she entered the Humboldt County Hospital the first of October this year.
She was the oldest living charter member of the local Order of the Eastern Star. Her lodge held funeral services this afternoon at the Eddy Mortuary.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Annie Leidig of Tonopah, two nieces, Mrs. J.W. Davey and Mrs. Alice Hampton both of Winnemucca and a granddaughter, Betty Shone Gaiennie of Lovelock.
Reno Evening Gazette
October 13, 1949
Pioneer Nevada Matron Is Dead
Winnemucca, Oct. 13 - One of the few remaining pioneers who had grown up during the early development of Humboldt County died here Monday night.
She was Mrs. Kathleen Anker, aged 89.
Mrs. Anker was born in Missouri Feb. 9, 1860, but came west with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Nofsinger, as a child. Her father was captain of a wagon train which left Omaha, Neb., and arrived in Stockton, Calif., in 1862 after following the Overland mail route through Ft. Churchill and Carson.
Settling in Surprise Valley near Alturas, her father hauled freight into the valley from the old Central Pacific Railroad at Reno until he heard of the gold strike in Humboldt County and moved his family there.
The Nofsingers moved to Winnemucca from the mines in 1876 and a short time later Kathleen was married to Thomas Shone.
With her husband she then moved to the Toll House Station 12 miles north of Winnemucca. Teamsters and stage passengers lodged at this station during trips into northern Humboldt County, Boise and Silver City, Idaho. During the Bannock War of 1876, companies of soldiers from California and the Winnemucca volunteers passed that way enroute to Idaho.
About 1893 Mr. and Mrs. Shone returned to Winnemucca and bought the Bush Hotel on Railroad Street where they lived for about six years. They later built the Shone House and Shone's Cottages on Bridge Street. The Shone House still stands today but the cottages have since been destroyed by fire.
Mr. Shone died in 1913, a short after retiring from an active political and fraternal life. Their two children Tommy and Bertha Rebecca, also died many years ago.
Four years after the death of her husband, Mrs. Shone was married to Peter Anker former county commissioner of Humboldt County. In December, 1917, Mr. and Mrs. Anker moved to Lovelock which was then a part of Humboldt county, where they lived until Mr. Anker's death in 1922.
Mrs. Anker then returned to Winnemucca and the family home on West Third Street. She lived there until she entered the Humboldt County Hospital the first of October this year.
She was the oldest living charter member of the local Order of the Eastern Star. Her lodge held funeral services this afternoon at the Eddy Mortuary.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Annie Leidig of Tonopah, two nieces, Mrs. J.W. Davey and Mrs. Alice Hampton both of Winnemucca and a granddaughter, Betty Shone Gaiennie of Lovelock.
October 13, 1949
Pioneer Nevada Matron Is Dead
Winnemucca, Oct. 13 - One of the few remaining pioneers who had grown up during the early development of Humboldt County died here Monday night.
She was Mrs. Kathleen Anker, aged 89.
Mrs. Anker was born in Missouri Feb. 9, 1860, but came west with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Nofsinger, as a child. Her father was captain of a wagon train which left Omaha, Neb., and arrived in Stockton, Calif., in 1862 after following the Overland mail route through Ft. Churchill and Carson.
Settling in Surprise Valley near Alturas, her father hauled freight into the valley from the old Central Pacific Railroad at Reno until he heard of the gold strike in Humboldt County and moved his family there.
The Nofsingers moved to Winnemucca from the mines in 1876 and a short time later Kathleen was married to Thomas Shone.
With her husband she then moved to the Toll House Station 12 miles north of Winnemucca. Teamsters and stage passengers lodged at this station during trips into northern Humboldt County, Boise and Silver City, Idaho. During the Bannock War of 1876, companies of soldiers from California and the Winnemucca volunteers passed that way enroute to Idaho.
About 1893 Mr. and Mrs. Shone returned to Winnemucca and bought the Bush Hotel on Railroad Street where they lived for about six years. They later built the Shone House and Shone's Cottages on Bridge Street. The Shone House still stands today but the cottages have since been destroyed by fire.
Mr. Shone died in 1913, a short after retiring from an active political and fraternal life. Their two children Tommy and Bertha Rebecca, also died many years ago.
Four years after the death of her husband, Mrs. Shone was married to Peter Anker former county commissioner of Humboldt County. In December, 1917, Mr. and Mrs. Anker moved to Lovelock which was then a part of Humboldt county, where they lived until Mr. Anker's death in 1922.
Mrs. Anker then returned to Winnemucca and the family home on West Third Street. She lived there until she entered the Humboldt County Hospital the first of October this year.
She was the oldest living charter member of the local Order of the Eastern Star. Her lodge held funeral services this afternoon at the Eddy Mortuary.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Annie Leidig of Tonopah, two nieces, Mrs. J.W. Davey and Mrs. Alice Hampton both of Winnemucca and a granddaughter, Betty Shone Gaiennie of Lovelock.
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Burial date: 12 Oct 1949
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