This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pierce, Clapper, Welcheron, Weston, Wyant, Forney Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1455.1 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. Feb. 1, 1940. "Thurman News".--John Pierce, pioneer resident, passed away Tuesday at his home north of town at the age of 75 years. He was the father of 11 children, two of whom preceded their father in death. The nine living children are: Mrs. Bertha Clapper, Luke, John, Paul, Murle, Tom, Raymond, all living near their father's home; Mrs. Alvina Welcheron of Riverton; and Warner of Lincoln, Nebr. Besides his immediate family he leaves three sisters, Mrs. Lillie Weston of Nebraska City, Mrs. Ada Wyant of McPaul and Mrs. Rosa Forney of Thurman; and two brothers, George, living in Montana and Joe, who lives north of town. Funeral services were held at the King Chapel last Thursday afternoon and burial was in thethurmancemetery.