“Her infant sons are buried in Newfoundland Canada.”
Am I reading this wrong?
Wichita Evening Eagle, Thursday, January 15, 1959
Funeral Planned For Twin Boys
The twin sons of Airman 2.C. and. Mrs. Richard [Ralph Lee] Berkebile will be buried here in Calvary Cemetery after graveside services Wednesday. Father Joseph Fisher, All Saints Catholic Church, will officiate. The twins were born Jan. 5, in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Michael Phillip died Monday and Stephan Jerome died on Thursday. They were grandsons of Mr. and Mrs. R. Lee Berkebile, 3920 E. Funston, and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dunham, 8635 S. Broadway.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34580925
This is from the Wichita Evening Eagle for January 15, 1959 and it says burial “here in Calvary Cemetery after graveside services Wednesday.” At the bottom of the page it says Calvary Cemetery is in Wichita, Kansas.
I assumed Pepperrell Air Force Base (I should have put a question mark after it) based on the fact the he was an Airman 2 Class and everything was happening in St. John’s where Pepperrell AFB was located.
Frankly, I think you can drop the whole Newfoundland line of inquiry and stick with the Blaine, Washington line.
Nope, I am. I made the assumption that someone living in Newfoundland and who had children which were born and died in Newfoundland, would bury those children in Newfoundland. Apparently they traveled all the way to Kansas to bury them. Whoda thunk? My salient point was still valid. The family was living in Canada in 1959.
Frankly, I think you can drop the whole Newfoundland line of inquiry and stick with the Blaine, Washington line.
I agree, though we don't really know how long they stayed in Newfoundland and it is possible that Aunt Eleanor was there in 1961, but much less likely. Thanks for pointing that out.