Roy M. and Helena A. (Pearson) Dunham, 10 North 52 West
ROY'S FAMILY
Wallace Dunham, 21, born in Ohio, married Myra L. Allen on Nov 7, 1878 in Fairfield, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
Roy Melvin Dunham was born 08 May 1883 in Chapin, Saginaw, Michigan to Wallace Dunham and Maria Allen.
In 1900 Clinton County, Michigan, Roy, born May 1883, is with his mother Myra Dunham born June 1853. Ethel was born June 1887 , all in Michigan.
(Ethel married Charles C. Saylor, and thiy're buried in Eaton County, Michigan, Ethel 1887-1973 # 155106711 and Charles 1883-1967.
Roy, 21, married Pearl Moody, 20, on August 31, 1904 in Delta County, Michigan. She was the daughter of Stephen Moody and Jennie Ford.
Pearl Ethel Moody Dunham, born, 23 Sep 1883, died 18 Oct 1907 (aged 24), is buried in Duplain Township Elsie Village Cemetery, Elsie, Clinton County, Michigan,# 35903952 ·
Her parents were Stephen Elza Moody 1861–1898 and Jennie Ford Moody 1861–1925.
Roy is a blacksmith in Iliff precinct, Logan County, Colorado in 1910, 26, born in Michigan, single, living alone.
LENA'S FAMILY
"William A. Pearson, a prominent Peetz merchant for more than a quarter of a century, died at his home last Monday morning at the age of 75. Funeral services were held at Peetz Tuesday with Rev. Taylor officiating and interment was made in Sidney Greenwood cemetery, the Gehrig funeral service in charge.
Mr. Pearson had been bedfast for five months, the result of a lingering illness. Three years ago he was forced to retire from business because of ill health and he had been inactive since that time.
He was one of the most prominent residents of Peetz, coming there soon after the town was founded. He had a wide acquaintanceship in Logan and Cheyenne counties, and news of his death had occasioned widespread regret.
Mr. Pearson is survived by his wife, and seven children. The Telegraph is attempting to secure a complete obituary notice for publication Tuesday.
OBITUARY
William Ambrose Pearson was born at Sommerset, Warren county, in October 4, 1859, and departed life April 15, 1935, at the age of 75 years, five months and 11 days. He was a resident of Colorado and the Peetz community for 25 years.
He was united in marriage to Miss Alice Dalton October 31, 1881, at Atlantic, Ia. They moved from Iowa to Winston, Colo., in 1910, and to Peetz in 1914, where he had made his home until his death. He was converted and united with the Methodist church in his young manhood. Two sons preceded him in death, John Harold and Claud Ambrose. He leaves to mourn his departure his wife, Alice, two sons and five daughters. They are Fred H. of Witney, Arthur C. of Kennett, Mo., Mrs. Rev Dunham of Padroni, Mrs. G.L. Howard of Carrolton, Mo., Mrs. Glen Martin of Benedict, Mrs. R.D. Reynolds and Mrs. H.E. Williams of Peetz. A sister, Mrs. G.B. Prall of Atlantic, Ia., also survives. Besides his immediate family he leaves 31 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends, who revere his memory."
RAY AND LENA
Dunham, Ray M. and Pearson, Lena A. married December 1, 1912 in Logan County. "Announcement cards were received by several in the community announcing the nupltals of Lena A. Pearson and Roy M. Dunham as having occurrod at Sterling Sunday. Dec.l. They are both respected young people of this vicinity for a number of years. We extend congratulations."
April 1910 Padroni items " Roy Dunham expects to put in a pool hall as soon as the Spitler building is finished."
Burleson R Dunham, 8 Mar 1919 - 4 Sep 1923 (aged 4) Burial Riverside Cemetery Sterling, Logan County, Colorado, # 54909942
Roy claimed a quarter in section 29, 10N 52W in 1913.
In 1919 Padroni, School District # 91 Roy Dunham, is president, D. K. Parr is secretary, George W. Smith treasurer, Padroni.
June 1919 "Roy Dunham, who left last week to be present at the bedside of his mother reached there in the evening. The next morning his mother died. Mrs. Dunham will be remembered by many friends here, having spent several months a guest at her son's home a few years ago. Sympathy is extended. "
Myra L. (Allen) Dunham 1857-1919 is buried in Elsie, Michigan # 22814794.
October 1919 Padroni " Roy Dunham will move with his family into their new residence, purchased from Pete Guitterez recently."
January 1920 "Roy Dunham and family spent Xmas with Mrs. Dunham's parents at Peetz. Mr. Dunham returned to his business the next day, but Mrs. Dunham and the children remained for a longer visit."
In 1920 Roy is operating a garage in Padroni, with Lena, both 35. Delma is 6, Wallace 5, Cedric 4, and Burleson 1.
July 1920 "Padroni Bible Class will meet Friday, July 23, at the home of Mrs. R. M. Dunham, 3:30 p. m."
"Roy Dunham left Thursday for a visit to his old home in Elsie, Mich. "
In 1930 Logan County, Roy is 45, Helena 44 born in Iowa, Delma 16, Wallace 15, Cedric 14, and Roy L. 4, all four born in Colorado.
Helena is buried in Ashland, Oregon 1886-1961 # 11285819.
So is Roy Melvin Dunham 1883-1964 # 11285823
DELMA
Arthur Peters was in Padroni in 1930, 21, with Henry 58 born in New York and Mathilda 53 born in Iowa. LeRoy is 29, Arthur 21, and Richard 14, all three born in Nebraska.
(Henry C. Peters and Mathilda Preitauer had Richard Frane Peters on Oct 6, 1915 in Gothenburg, Nebraska.
In 1940, Henry is in Manhattan, Kansas. Matilda is in Sidney, Nebraska, widowed, 63, with Fred 37, Roma 10, and Fredrick 7.
Fred W. Peters, 43, married Agnes I. Sutters in South Dakota in 1945, and is buried in Sidney with her.
Henry Carl Peters 1871-1940 is buried in Sidney, Nebraska # 31071164. So is Matilda 1876-1953 # 31071452. Richard F. Peters 1915-1973 is bureid in Ashland, Oregon # 55844610, with Martha E. 1921-1994. )
In 1940 Jackson County, Oregon, Delma is 26, with Arthur E. 31 born in Nebraska. Roanna 6, Bonnie 5, and Melvin 3 were all born in Colorado. They were in Padroni in 1935.
Delma E. Peters is buried in Ashland, Oregon 1913-2003 # 55822333, with Arthur Ernest Peters 1908-1979 # 55822308.
"A graveside service for Delma Evelyn Peters will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Scenic Hills Memorial Park, Ashland. Friends may pay their respects at Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home from 5 to 7 p.m. today and 9 to 11 a.m. Monday.
Mrs. Peters, 89, of Medford, died Thursday (April 3, 2003) at Northridge Center in Medford.
Memorial contributions may be made to a Christian college scholarship fund.
She was born Oct. 2, 1913, in Sterling, Colo., to Roy and Helena Dunham. She was reared in Colorado and graduated from high school in 1932.
On Jan 5, 1933, in Sydney, Neb., she married Arthur E. Peters, who died in 1979. In 1939, the Peterses moved to Ashland, where she operated a children’s day care center at her home. She served as the president of the Briscoe Elementary School Parent Teacher Association.
She was a member of Ashland First Baptist Church, where she had been a Sunday school teacher and served in the Women’s Missionary Fellowship.
Survivors include a son, Ernest, Grants Pass; four daughters, Roanna Beagle, Ashland, Bonnie Morgan, Phoenix, Carol Holsapple, Myrtle Creek, and Phyllis Franck, White City; 15 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and four great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by four brothers.
WALLACE
Woody Dunham is buried in Medford, Oregon # 129264742.
" The funeral for Wallace "Woody" Dunham will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Hillcrest Chapel, Medford. Private entombment will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Mr. Dunham, 79, of Talent, died Thursday (Sept. 22, 1994) in Talent.
He was born March 24, 1915, in Padroni. Colo.
He moved to the Rogue Valley 60 years ago from California.
Mr. Dunham sold Christmas trees for many years.
During World War II he served in the U.S. Army.
Survivors include two daughters, Lois Talbott, Talent, and Patty Jane Rowe, Myrtle Creek; a brother Cedric Dunham, Talent; a sister, Delma Peters, White City; five grandchildren; and wight great-grandchildren.
CEDRIC
Cedric is a laborer in 1940 Klamath County, Oregon, 28, with Ruth 21 and Cedric 2.
(Ruth Abernathy was in Sterling in 1930, 12, with mother Mamie Abernathy 55, widowed born in Ohio. Her brother Ardell is 10, born in Colorado, living with Opal Tanner, 26 born in Nebraska and her husband Wiliam F. Tanner 30 and three kids.
1942 Medford, Oregon "Cedric Maxwell Dunham, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Dunham of 412 North Grape street is reported to be resting easily this morning in Community hospital where he is receiving medical treatment for a broken leg. He was accidental ly struck by an automobile be ing driven by Leon Evans, route 1, Central Point, late yesterday afternoon on Fir street. The child was playing with another boy along the walk on Fir street with toy guns and is reported to have run out in front of a car parked at the curb and into the street. He was hit by the right front fender of the Evans car according to a report on file. The report stated that the Dunham boy was thrown and slid about 20 feet and that the Evans car skidded a short distance before striking the boy, "
Cedric M. Dunham, Sr. 1916-1998 is buried in Eagle Point, Oregon # 605190.
Ruth V. Abernathy/ Dunham, 40, married Verus F. Shepard on March 19, 1961 in San Bernardino County, California. She died April 18, 2003.
2005 - "C. Max Dunham 915 Highland Ave #56
Duarte, CA 91010
cmaxdart@yahoo.com
Phone # 626-599-2118"
ROY
"The 'Typhoon of Steel,' the Battle of Okinawa, will be forever remembered for the ferocity of the fighting on both sides. Landing there on April 1, 1945, was Pvt. Roy L. Dunham, known to his neighbors on Elizabeth Street as Lee. Eager to enlist, he left Ashland High early and was assigned to the 4th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division.
By April 14, they had swept 55 miles inland, fighting fierce opposition every step of the way. Heavy rains and constant shelling turned Okinawa into a quagmire as they fought for Sugar Loaf Hill, routing out Japanese defenses in wooded, twisty channels of rocky ridges and ravines. Two hundred Marines were killed for every 100 yards gained.
In a place littered with burnt out trees, battle refuse, and shallow foxholes covered with tarps, Lee was fatally wounded on May 27, 1945. Whether he was able to get medical attention is not known — his family thinks he may have been evacuated by an Amtrac (amphibious tractor) and, while taking him to a medical field station, it was hit by enemy fire.
As fellow Marine Eugene Sledge said, “Courage meant overcoming fear and doing one’s duty in the presence of danger, not being unafraid.” For those 27 days in a Typhoon of Steel, Lee fought with courage and conviction. He died on May 31 at the age of 19, receiving a Presidential Citation ribbon bar with star for his division’s heroic service and a posthumous Purple Heart."
DUNHAM, Roy Lee, Pvt., USMCR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs Roy M. Dunham, 505 Elizabeth St., Ashland, Ore. remains were returned later.