Iowa
Old Press
Sioux City Journal
Sioux City, Woodbury co. Iowa
Wednesday, July 14, 1926
Page 11, Col 5
WOMAN DIES IN CHILDBIRTH
Lifelong S. C. Resident Passes Away at Hospital Tuesday.
Death Tuesday afternoon claimed Mrs. Vern Darville Burris, 32
years old, a lifelong resident of Sioux City, as the result of
the birth of a daughter, Olive Faye, at a Sioux City hospital.
Although still alive at an early hour this morning, the babe was
said by hospital attendants to be in a critical condition. Born
at LeMars, Ia., July 11, 1894, the deceased, who prior to her
marriage, was Miss Olive Darville, came to Sioux City with her
parents
when she was less than a year old. A graduate of Morningside
academy, she completed her studies at Morningside college with
the class of 1915, and was also a graduate of the National
Business Training school.
On November 4, 1922, she was married to Vern Burris at Elk Point,
S. D. The deceased was a member of the Morningside Presbyterian
church. Surviving her are: her husband, Vern Burris, and her
parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Darville, all of Sioux City; two brothers,
Harrison M., and George Lynn, both of Chicago, Ill.; and five
sisters, Mrs. O. L. Britton, of Tyndall, S. D., Mrs. D. J.
Murphy, of Sioux City; Mrs. J. V. Graves, of Ashland, Ore., Mrs.
R. C. Jackson, of Englewood, Cal., and Mrs. Grace T. Orkleson, of
Seattle, Wash. The infant daughter was still alive at the
hospital early Tuesday evening. Pending funeral arrangements, the
body is at Christy's undertaking establishment.
[Transcriber Note--Sadly, five days after the death of the
mother, the infant, also named Olive Fay, died on July 18, 1926.]
[transcribed by V.R., January 2006]