This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McIlree, Russell Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UW.2ADE/1815 Message Board Post: Mendocino Beacon Mendocino, Mendocino Co., CA Saturday, January 21, 1905 A Death at Comptche Mrs. Elsie F. McIlree died at Comptche Jan. 16th, after an illness covering a period of several weeks. The burial was at the old cemetery at this place. The cortege was composed of many sorrowing friends. A large percentage of Comptche citizens turned out to pay their last respects to the memory of the deceased. Mrs. McIlree had been a patient sufferer from the effects of a cancer for some years. After an operation in San Francisco she went to New Mexico, in hopes of benefiting her health. Later the cancer returned and a second operation was found necessary, from the effects of which she did not fully recover. This was last year and during the late fall her son, Dave Russell went to New Mexico and brought his mother home to Comptche. Deceased was aged 57years and a native of Falkirk, Scotland. She had been twice married, her body being laid beside her first husband, Mr. Russell. Mendocino County Indexes http://www.pacificsites.net/~pcarna Mendocino County Tombstone Photos http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mendocem/