This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/5995 Message Board Post: MRS. ANNA JAMES VAN NAME Anna JAMES was born October 26, 1852 in the town of Centerville, N.Y. and passed away December 16, 1947, at the home of Mrs. Cora LAFFERTY in Rushford, N.Y. Anna was one of six children born to Lewis and Mary JAMES. Mr. JAMES was a tailor by trade for many years. In 1890 Anna was united in marriage to Richard VAN NAME, also a resident of Centerville who passed away in April, 1922. In 1902 they adopted Ruth Elizabeth JESSUP. Mrs. VAN NAME spent the most of her life in Centerville, except for the several winters she spent with her daughter, Mrs. Carl GORDON and family. The funeral was held December 19, 1947 at the Gordon home conducted by the Rev. Gomer MILLS of Sandusky, N.Y. with burial beside her husband in the Centerville cemetery. Those who attended the funeral from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Glen TULLAR of Angelica, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn TULLAR of Olean, Mr. and Mrs. Edward CLAPP of Cuba. Mrs. VAN NAME enjoyed reading and kept up with the news until a short time before her death. She leaves to mourn their loss, her daughter, Mrs. Ruth GORDON; four grandchildren, Mrs. Lynn TULLAR of Olean, Mrs. Edward CLAPP of Cuba, Lou and Eleanor GORDON of Rushford; three great grandchildren, Lynda, Carolyn and Brent TULLAR of Olean; a niece, Mrs. MARY GEERTS of Fresno, Calif., a grandniece, Miss Barbara WHITE of Los Angeles, Calif., besides many other relatives and friends." CARD OF THANKS "We with to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to every one who helped us in any way during the illness and death of our mother and grandmother. Especially do we wish to thank the Gleaners for the dinner. Mr. and Mrs. CARL GORDON Mr. and Mrs. LYNN TULLAR Mr. and Mrs. EDWARD CLAPP LON L. GORDON ELEANOR GORDON" >From an obituary found in the Davies Room of the Rushford, NY Library. Dated Dec. 1947.