This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Birkby, Myers, Gealey, Billesbach, Cummings, Jennings, Goodfellow Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1558 Message Board Post: SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. January 12, 1939. "Mrs. Walter Birkby Buried Here Saturday".--Funeral service for Mr. Walter Birkby, former resident of the community, who died at the family home at Gordon, Nebr., last Wednesday, Jan. 4, after a brief illness, were held at the Widberger funeral home Saturday, Jan. 6, with interment in the Grandview cemetery at Knox. Rev. C.M. Corrie, pastor of the Farragut Methodist church, formerly pastor at Sidney, had charge of the services. Accompanying the remains to Sidney were her husband, Walter Birkby, and her children, Thomas Birkby and wife and sons; Mrs. Ethel Myers, Mr. Myers and their daughter Helen; Mrs. Bette Gealey; and Mrs. Cecille Billesbach and Mr. Billesbach, all from Gordon, Nebr. Her son, Morton Birkby, and family from Thurman were also present for the services, as were her sister, Mrs. Annie Cummings, and Mrs. Cummings of Farrragut. These, with a large concourse of other relatives and friends followed her remains to the place of interment, following the services in Sidney. Sena Gertrude Jennings, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Jennings, was born at Hamburg March 9, 1872 and departed this life at Gordon, Nebr., Jan. 4, 1939, at the age of 66 years, 9 months and 25 days. At the age of 14, she moved with her parents to Sidney, where she grew to womanhood, and was married in June, 1891 to Walter Birkby. To this union were born 11 children, four of whom preceded the mother in death. Besides the five named as attending the funeral, are a son, Walter Birkby, Jr., of Oklahoma City, Okla., and a daughter, Mrs. William Goodfellow of Sheridan, Wyo. There are also 11 grandchildren. In 1926, Mr. and Mrs. Birkby and their family moved to Gordon, Nebr., where they have since made their home. Both in Sidney and in their newer home, Mrs. Birkby leaves many friends, who with her family, mourn her passing.She was a sincere Christian and was a faithful member of the Presbyterian church, having joined the Grandview church in 1906.