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Lewis and Bernice (Chambers) Colsten, 1N 44W



LEWIS' FAMILY

In 1900 Gage County, Nebraska, James Colsten is 41, Lorilla Colsten 32 Wife, Aubrey Colsten 15 Son, and Louis Colsten 7 Son.

In 1920 Wray, James Colsten is 60, Flora Colsten 52 Wife, Louis C. Colsten 26 is farming, and John E. Brown 38 Lodger.

BERNICE'S FAMILY

In 1900 Clay County, Kansas, Ernest Chamber is 33, Fannie Chamber 25 Wife, Edith Chamber 10 Daughter, Claude Chamber 7 Son, Bryan Chamber 4 Son, and Bernice Chamber 1 Daughter.

In 1920 Wray, Ernest R. Chambers is 52, born in England, naturalized, widowed, a plasterer, Bernice Chambers 22 Daughter a saleslady.

Ernest G. Chambers BIRTH 1867 DEATH 1939 BURIAL Grandview Cemetery Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, MEMORIAL ID 17083278.
"Heart failure caused the death of 72-year-old Ernest George (better known as Dad) Chambers on early last Thursday morning, June 1. Death came to this elderly well-known man of Wray soon after rising from his bed. E. J. Chambers was born in County of Kent, England, Feb. 27, 1867; and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. W. Wilkins, north of Wray Jung 1, 1939, at the age of 72 years, three months and seven days. When 'three years old he came to the United States with his parents and they settled at Milford, Kan. He spent his early days in Milford, Kan., receiving his schooling and being married at that place to a Miss Waller. In 1912 he moved his family to Wray, where he had since made his residence. Two dauhgters and two sons mourn his passing. The daughters are Mrs. J. W. Wilkins of Wray and Mrs. Lewis Colsten of Victor. The sons are B. J. Chambers of McPherson, Kan., and Claude D. Chambers of Grand Rapids, Mich. Also surviving him are a brother, C. J. Chambers of Milford, Kan., and a sister, Mrs. Eva Tate of Lawrence, Kan., and other les3 near relatives and friends. Funeral services were held In Wray on Sunday, June 4, at the Hitchcock Funeral home at 2 o’clock p. m., with Rev. William Brown as minister. Interment was made in Grandview cemetery."

September 12, 1941 McAllen, Texas " Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie A. Crain, 67, who died Thursday at 7 a. m. at the family home near Pharr, will be held Sunday at the Lauck-Roberts funeral home in Pharr.
Survivors are her husband, R K. Crain: two sons, Claude and Bryan Chambers of Grand Rapids, Mich.; two daughters, Mrs. J. W. Wilkins of Wray, Colo., and Mrs. Louis C. Colsten of Florissant, Colorado."
Burial was to be in McAllen.

May 21, 1909 "Jno. W. Wilkins of Milford, Kansas, who has been looking over Yuma County for the past week and visiting his friend, D. J. Sexsmith, returned to Milford Tuesday. Mr. Wilkins is very favorably impressed with this part of Yuma county and no doubt he will return soon to become one of its citizens."

In 1920 Yuma County, John W. Wilkins is farming, born in Arkansas, 46, Edith Wilkins 29 Wife, John E. Wilkins 11 Son, and Ruth B. Wilkins 1 Daughter.

December 1955 Wray " Christmas dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wilkins were Mr. and Mrs. Ross Anderson and Mrs. Wilkins’ sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Colsten, and their daughter, Mrs. Adola Stoderl, and Susan of Syracuse, Kansas."

John W. Wilkins BIRTH 1873 DEATH 1961 BURIAL Grandview Cemetery Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, MEMORIAL ID 63495128.
". W. Wilkins, resident of Yuma county for the past fifty years, died early Friday morning. August 11. at Wray, his home for the past several years. Funeral services were conducted for Mr. Wilkins at the Assembly of God Church on Saturday afternoon. Reverend Dale Wheeler officiated and interment was at Grandview cemetery. John William Wilkins, son of John W. and Nancy Jane Wilkins, was bom at Dardnell, Ark., on November 22. 1873, and was 87 years. 8 months and 11 days old at the time of his death. His early days were spent at Ft. Worth. Tex. His wife is the former Edith Chambers whom he married at Waterville, Kan. Two children. Jack and Ruth, were bom to them. Mr Wilkins first came to Colorado in 1910 and homesteaded north of Wray. Due to failing eyesight. he was forced to leave the farm in 1945 Since that time, as long as sight permitted, he spent his time visiting the sick and I cheering the shutins. He was also a daily visitor at the hospital as long as his health permitted He had been a member of the| Assembly of God Church for the past thirty years Surviving him are his wife Edith; daughter, Ruth Fahrig. and husband of Andrews. Tex.; son i Jack and wife of Topeka. Kan : two sisters. Mrs Jennie Roberts and Mrs Beulah Colley; two nieces and one nephew, all of Ft. Worth. Tex."

August 1961 " Among those from out of town who were here for the J. W. Wilkins funeral service were Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Fahrig of Andrews, Tex., Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wilkins of Topeka, Kan., Mrs. L. C. Colsten and Mrs. Adola Stoderl and daughter Susan, all of Syracuse, Kansas."


Edith L. Wilkins BIRTH 9 Mar 1890 DEATH Jun 1978 Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, BURIAL Grandview Cemetery Wray, Yuma County, Colorado, MEMORIAL ID 63491387.

LEWIS AND BERNICE

"Miss Bernice Chambers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Crain, of Pittsburg, Kansas, and Lewis C. Colsten, of Wray, Colo., were married in Akron, Colo., June 19, 1920 and have been spending a vacation in Denver and other mountain points.
Mr. and Mrs. Colsten will live on their farm near Wray, Colo., where a fine modern home has been built. Mr. Colsten, who is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Colsten o f Wray, spent a year with the American army in France. "

February 1936 "Mrs. Jack Wilkins visited her sister, Mrs. Louis Colsten near Vernon last week end. "

December 1938 "The small house on the Lewis Colston ranch, east and south of Vernon, was a complete loss by fire recently. Nobody was living on the place at the time it burned, although there was a caretaker using the place as shelter while looking after cattle put on the place by William Pyle of Wray, who has the place under lease. The house was covered by insurance and the insurance company is at a loss to solve the cause of the fire. It is believed that pheasant hunters might have used the house and left without extinguishing lueir fire. This is the second house to bum on this place. Several years ago a large two-story house was a complete loss by fire."


June 8, 1939 "Heart failure caused the death of 72-year-old Ernest George (better known as Dad) Chambers on early last Thursday morning, June 1. Death came to this elderly well-known man of Wray soon after rising from his bed. E. J. Chambers was born in County of Kent, England, Feb. 27, 1867; and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. W. Wilkins, north of Wray Jung 1, 1939, at the age of 72 years, three months and seven days. When 'three years old he came to the United States with his parents and they settled at Milford, Kan. He spent his early days in Milford, Kan., receiving his schooling and being married at that place to a Miss Waller. In 1912 he moved his family to Wray, where he had since made his residence. Two dauhgters and two sons mourn his passing. The daughters are Mrs. J. W. Wilkins of Wray and Mrs. Lewis Colsten of Victor. The sons are B. J. Chambers of McPherson, Kan., and Claude D. Chambers of Grand Rapids, Mich. Also surviving him are a brother, C. J. Chambers of Milford, Kan., and a sister, Mrs. Eva Tate of Lawrence, Kan., and other les3 near relatives and friends. Funeral services were held In Wray on Sunday, June 4, at the Hitchcock Funeral home at 2 o’clock p. m., with Rev. William Brown as minister. Interment was made in Grandview cemetery."

In 1940 Victor, Colorado, Lewis C. Colsten 47 is a driller, Bernice Colsten 41 Wife, Adola R. Colsten 8 Daughter, Clark Elmer Goodman 35 Lodger, and Emmons H. Boedecker 49 Lodger.

Lewis C. Colsten BIRTH 13 Feb 1893 DEATH 2 May 1981 BURIAL Syracuse Cemetery Syracuse, Hamilton County, Kansas, MEMORIAL ID 30165065.

Bernice Eudora Colsten BIRTH 19 Sep 1898 DEATH 15 Apr 1981 BURIAL Syracuse Cemetery MEMORIAL ID 30165084.

Adola R. Levens BIRTH 10 May 1931 DEATH 10 Aug 1997 BURIAL Syracuse Cemetery Syracuse, Hamilton County, Kansas, MEMORIAL ID 30164821.
"Was a Colston by adoption, her adoptive parents were Lewis C. Colsten and Bernice CHambers Colsten "
"Spouses:
Allen Ervin Levens 1931–1979 (m. 1970)
Claude Leroy Hubbard 1934–1965"

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