Some years ago I was summer pastor at the Peace Valley Church, outside West Plains MO. A major family there were the Fikes, (Pheanus Fike's children -and grandchildren). I was only there the several summer months (between spring and fall school teaching). I do not remember the name Flora. Merle C Rummel > > "WIFE OF FORMER FLORA MAN DIES WEST PLAINS, MO. > > "Mrs. David Bower [Great-Grandpa's second wife, Sarah Barnard Flora] has > received > word of the death of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frank Flora, which > occurred at West Plains, Missouri, last Friday evening, death > being the result of heart failure which attacked her while washing > the supper dishes. She fell to the floor and was dead before her > husband and son could get her on her bed. > > "The funeral and interment were at West Plains. Frank Flora, > the bereft husband, is a son of the late Rev A J Flora and a > brother to Mrs David Myer and Riley and Perry Flora. He left > here about 18 years ago and met Miss Cli__fie Wise, who > became his wife at Peoria, Ill, some two years later. They > have resided in Illinois and Okla. till recently, when they moved > to West Plains. One son, Frank, 13 years old, is left to share > with the father in the great loss." > > Does anybody know what the deceased wife's name was, or who her parents were? > > J