This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thomas, Suders, Garcia, Williams, Shelly, Beck Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/204 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Thursday, April 20, 1916 ALVO NEWS ITEMS Obituary. Ida Maybel THOMAS was born near DeWitt, Clinton county, Iowa, August 25, 1862, and died April 14, 1916, at her home at Clatonia, Nebraska, of pneumonia. At the age of seven years she moved with her parents to Ringgold county, Iowa, where she grew to womanhood. In 1885 she moved to Shelby county, Iowa, where she met and married W.H. SUDERS February 14, 1887. To this union was born seven children, one daughter and one son having died in infancy and one daughter, Mary, having died at the age of nineteen years. In 1897 they moved to Alvo, Nebraska, where they resided until 1906, when they located at Clatonia, Nebraska, their present home. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, four daughters, Mrs. Nellie GARCIA, Clatonia; Mrs. Edith WILLIAMS, Alvo; and Bessie SUDERS and Sarah SUDERS, Clatonia; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry THOMAS, Alvo; two sisters, Mrs. Edith SHELLY, Almena, Kansas, and Mrs. Nellie BECK, Bird Island, Minnesota; one brother, Fred THOMAS, Pickrell, Nebraska! , and sic grandchildren. Mrs. Suders had a cheerful disposition, always ready to show kindness to others and lived a consistent Christian life, having united with the Baptist church at the age of 18. The remains were brought to Alvo Sunday, April 16, 1916. The funeral services were held at the M.E. church, conducted by the Rev. M.A. KEITH, and burial was in the Alvo cemetery beside her daughter, Mary. Card of Thanks. We desire to thank the kind friends and neighbors who assisted us during the sickness and burial of our beloved wife and daughters [sic], and for the beautiful hymns and flowers. W.H. Suders and Children Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thomas and Family