CANON CITY DAILY RECORD, CANON CITY, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO- MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1956
MRS. CAPITOLA (sic) V. MENEFEE DIES SUNDAY MORNING
Mrs. Capitola Viola Menefee, 68, late of 1018 Harrison avenue, passed away in a local hospital at 1:45 a.m. Sunday following an extended illness.
Mrs. Menefee was born in Tyrone, Okla., Jan. 11, 1888, and moved to Florence from Alva, Okla., in 1946. She came to Canon City in 1949.
She was a member of the First Christian church of Canon city, the American Legion and the VFW auxiliary. She was married to Paul R. Menefee, who survives, in Medicine Lodge, Kan., Aug. 26, 1931.
Besides her husband, she is survived by two children, Mrs. Odie Smith of Wichita, Kan., and Mrs. Kenneth Garrett of Farmington. N.M., eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Also surviving are the following brothers and sisters: Bill Eller of Alva, Okla.; Joseph Eller of Granite City, Ill.; Harrison Eller of El Centro, Calif.; Mrs. Helen Gauze of El Centro, Calif.; and Mrs. Ida Williams of Beaman, Mo.
Funeral services will be held from the Holt chapel at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Rev. L.A. Fleming officiating, assisted by the Rev. Lloyd R. Sparks. Interment will be in Lakeside cemetery.
