January 1, 1915 Van Buren Press-Argus Crawford County, Arkansas CHRISTMAS SAD DAY FOR ONE FAMILY One of the most distressing incidents of Christmas day in Van Buren, was the death of Mrs. J F DeArmond, who passed away shortly after 6 p m, Friday, at the Zufall wagon yard in this city. Mrs. DeArmond gave birth to an infant early Christmas morning, but it lived but a few minutes and arrangements were made to bury the little body here. The mother continued to grow worse and at 5 o’clock it became evident to the family that she had but a few hours to live, despite the medical attention that had been provided for her, and at the hour named above, she passed away and her body was taken to Hunt’s Undertaking Parlors and both hers and that of the infant have been prepared for shipment to the old home, Cherokee, Oklahoma for burial. According to the story told by the husband and father, the had been on a wagon trip through Arkansas and Southern Missouri, and were en route home when they reached Van Buren two weeks ago. Upon their arrival here two weeks ago, Mr. DeArmond was taken sick and was just recovering when the death of his wife occurred. They had spent all their means during the two weeks they had been in Van Buren, but had wired for financial aid that will permit him to take his wife’s body back home. There are 6 children in the family, the oldest being 13 years and the youngest 2 years of age. These children, following the death of their mother, were taken by Mrs. E J Riley, who while not having spare beds for them, has furnished them with a warm room in her home, fed them and clothed them as far as she could. Mrs. J R Johnson provided Mr. DeArmond with a warm coat and contributed some clothing to the children’s comfort. Fran Alverson Warren e-mail: alverson@valuelinx.net 479-369-2703 http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/