Sarah Margaret
(Porter) Douglass, my first cousin twice removed, died 23 December 1974 in Sidney,
Richland County, Montana.
SIDNEY — Margaret Douglass, 90, of Sidney, died Sunday in the
Community Memorial Hospital.
She was born March 16, 1884, in Todd County, Minn., a daughter of
Mrs. and Mrs. Cornelius Porter.
In 1906 she moved to Montana and homesteaded on Gossett Flats. She
was married to Stephen Douglass Feb. 2, 1908, in Glendive. They ranched east of
the Yellowstone River until 1924 when they worked for Holly Sugar Co. until
1945. In 1948 they moved to Crane where she worked as a post mistress until
1951 when they moved to Sidney.
She was a member of Lonsdale United Methodist Church, a charter
member of Royal Neighbors, a charter member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and a
charter member of Senior Citizens.
Survivors include a son, Charles Douglass of Helena; a daughter
Mrs. Shirley Obergfell, of Sidney; a brother, Robert Porter of Glendive; a
sister Nellie Powers of Columbus; 15 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Lonsdale United
Methodist Church, the Rev. Howard Hunter officiating. Burial will be in the
Sidney Cemetery. Fulkerson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.”
[SOURCE: "Douglass," Billings Gazette, 24 Dec 1974, p. 10, col.
7; digital images, AccessNewspaperArchive (access by subscription :
accessed 6 Oct 2011).]
© 2012 Denise Spurlock
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