Alma Lorena Holmes ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Otter Creek Township, Greenwood, KS on 9 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 56, Family 83
Otter Creek Township, Greenwood County, Kansas, United States
Farm owned, with mortgage
Alma L. Holmes..Daughter..Aug 1882..17..Missouri..At School

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Otter Creek Township, Greenwood, KS on 18 April 1910. ¹

1910 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 31, Family 120, Roll 441
Otter Creek Township, Greenwood County, Kansas, United States
Farm rented
Married 7 years
Alma L. Henchfield..Wife..27..Missouri..3/2

(Living with husband and 2 sons.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Otter Creek Township, Greenwood, KS on 9 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 33, Family 8, Roll 533
Otter Creek Township, Greenwood County, Kansas, United States
Home rented
Alma Denchfield..Wife..37..Missouri

(Living with husband and 5 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Otter Creek Township, Greenwood, KS on 18 April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 14, Family 118, Roll 703
Otter Creek Township, Greenwood County, Kansas, United States
Home owned
Alma L. Denchfield..Wife..47..Missouri..married at age 20

(Living with husband and 4 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Otter Creek Township, Greenwood, KS on 20 April 1940. ⁴

1940 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 37-16, Family 185, Roll 1233
Otter Creek Township, Greenwood County, Kansas, United States
Home owned, $6000
Alma Denchfield..Wife..57..Missouri..10th grade

(Living with husband, 2 sons, and widowed sister.)
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• Her obituary was published in the Eureka Herald Newspaper after 12 May 1980 in Eureka, KS.

⁶ Funeral services for Alma Lorena Denchfield, 97, Eureka, were held last Thursday from Forsberg Funeral Home in Severy, with interment in Piedmont Cemetery. Mrs. Denchfield died May 12 at Greenwood County Hospital.

The daughter of Lott L. and Nancy Elizabeth Holmes, she was born August 9, 1882 in La Plata, Mo., and came to Piedmont in a covered wagon when she was 15.

On February 11, 1903, in Eureka, she married Fred Hayes Denchfield. The couple moved to a farm along the Otter Creek, where Mrs. Denchfield lived until November 1975. Mr. Denchfield died in 1967.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Ray (Myrl) Shumake, Laverne, Okla.; one sister, Mary A. Holmes, Eureka; nine grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.

Six children, Denzel, Frederick Ray, Claude (Pete), Lesslie, Elizabeth Pearl and Thomas, preceded her in death.

Lecil Sullivan and LaRon Bronson were the speakers for the services. Music was provided by Harriet Conssentine and Steve Barry.

(Source: Eureka Herald, Eureka, KS)
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• She was buried on 15 May 1980 in the Piedmont Cemetery in Piedmont, KS.

Find a Grave Memorial 15164281
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Alma married Frederick Hayes Denchfield on 11 February 1903 in Eureka, KS.^{1 2 3 4} (Frederick Hayes Denchfield was born on 1 December 1876 in Kentland, IN,^{1 2 3 4 7 8} died on 2 September 1967 in Eureka, KS ^{7 8} and was buried after 2 September 1967 in Piedmont, KS ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Otter Creek Township, Greenwood, KS on 18 April 1910. ¹

1910 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 31, Family 120, Roll 441
Otter Creek Township, Greenwood County, Kansas, United States
Farm rented
Married 7 years
Fred H. Henchfield..Head..33..Indiana..Farmer, General Farm
Alma L. Henchfield..Wife..27..Missouri..3/2
Thomas .L Henchfield..Son..4..Kansas
Frederich R. Henchfield..Son..2..Kansas
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Otter Creek Township, Greenwood, KS on 9 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 33, Family 8, Roll 533
Otter Creek Township, Greenwood County, Kansas, United States
Home rented
F. H. Denchfield..Head..43..Indiana..Farmer, General Farm
Alma Denchfield..Wife..37..Missouri
Thomas Denchfield..Son..14..Kansas..Farm Hand, Home Farm
Ray Denchfield..Son..11..Kansas..Farm Hand, Home Farm
Claud Denchfield..Son..9..Kansas
Myrl Denchfield..Daughter..7..Kansas
Leslie Denchfield..Son..4..Kansas
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Otter Creek Township, Greenwood, KS on 18 April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 14, Family 118, Roll 703
Otter Creek Township, Greenwood County, Kansas, United States
Home owned
Fred H. Denchfield..Head..53..Indiana..married at age 26..Farmer, General Farm
Alma L. Denchfield..Wife..47..Missouri..married at age 20
Thomas L. Denchfield..Son..24..Kansas..Laborer, General Farm
Claude H. Denchfield..Son..19..Kansas
B. Myrl Denchfield..Daughter..17..Kansas
Leslie P. Denchfield..Son..14..Kansas
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Otter Creek Township, Greenwood, KS on 20 April 1940. ⁴

1940 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 37-16, Family 185, Roll 1233
Otter Creek Township, Greenwood County, Kansas, United States
Home owned, $6000
Fred Denchfield..Head..63..Indiana..8th grade..Farmer
Alma Denchfield..Wife..57..Missouri..10th grade
Thomas Denchfield..Son..34..Kansas..12th grade..Farmer
Leslie Denchfield..Son..24..Kansas..10th grade..Farmer
Mary Holmes..Sister-in-law..42..Kansas..8th grade..Widowed..Housework
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