Teri Marie Stumpf
F, #1672
Last Edited=25 Jul 2022
- Relationships
- 3rd cousin of Steven Harn Redman
4th great-granddaughter of Matej Nestaval
Teri Marie Stumpf is the daughter of Jerome John Stumpf and Beverly Elaine Squires. Teri Marie Stumpf married Scott Robert Holgate on 14 November 1992 at Hennepin Co., Minnesota.1 Teri Marie Stumpf married David Leroy Ahlm on 11 November 2011 at Hennepin Co., Minnesota; Certificate Number: 10047061.
Children of Teri Marie Stumpf and Scott Robert Holgate
Citations
- [S1991] Minnesota Marriage Collection, 1958-2001, online https://www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as Minnesota Marriage Collection, 1958-2001.
Thomas Stumpf
M, #1671
Last Edited=25 Jul 2022
- Relationships
- 3rd cousin of Steven Harn Redman
4th great-grandson of Matej Nestaval
Thomas Stumpf is the son of Jerome John Stumpf and Beverly Elaine Squires. Thomas Stumpf married Dawn D. Uhl on 12 August 1995 at Stearns Co., Minnesota.1,2
Citations
- [S1991] Minnesota Marriage Collection, 1958-2001, online https://www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as Minnesota Marriage Collection, 1958-2001.
- [S1989] U.S. Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, online https://ancestry.com/, Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S. Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.
Original data: See source information provided with each entry.. Hereinafter cited as U.S. Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection.
Tom Jerome Stumpf1
M, #6521
Last Edited=3 Sep 2011
- Relationships
- 3rd cousin 1 time removed of Steven Harn Redman
5th great-grandson of Matej Nestaval
Citations
- [S1990] Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002, online https://www.ancestry.com, File Number: 1991-MN-037247. Hereinafter cited as Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002.
Nancy Stewart Sturdevant
F, #1406, b. 5 November 1921, d. 3 December 1993
Last Edited=30 Apr 2023
Nancy Stewart Sturdevant was also known as Nancy Stertevant.1 She was born on 5 November 1921 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., West Virginia.2,1,3 She married John Barnett Tonkin, son of Loring Lombard Tonkin and Norma Madeline Smith, on 20 October 1945 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., West Virginia.4,1 Nancy Stewart Sturdevant lived in 1962 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., West Virginia. Her Social Security Number was 235-34-1013, issued in West Virginia before 1951, born 05 Nov 1921 and died 03 Dec 1993. She died on 3 December 1993 at West Virginia at age 72.1,3 She was buried at Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co., West Virginia.3
Children of Nancy Stewart Sturdevant and John Barnett Tonkin
- Loring Lombard Tonkin+ b. 9 Aug 1946, d. 12 Feb 2018
- John Barnett Tonkin Jr. b. 24 Apr 1949, d. 6 Sep 2016
- Nancy Sturdevant Stewart Tonkin b. 16 May 1954, d. 29 Nov 2017
Citations
- [S1841] Elizabeth (Brinkley) Sponseller, "Email from Elizabeth (Brinkley) Sponseller 29Aug2007," e-mail message from e-mail address (n/a) to Steven Harn Redman, 29 Aug 2007. Hereinafter cited as "Email from Elizabeth (Brinkley) Sponseller 29Aug2007."
- [S371] Paul Bradley PURDY (321), A branch of the Purdy family descending from David and Eliza Ann Purdy with David's line from Francis Purdy of Fairfield 1595-1658. FHL Call Number 929.273 P972, pg 32 (Flint, Michigan: Purdy self-published, c1962). Hereinafter cited as The David Purdy Family.
- [S2545] Findagrave.com website, database and images (Find a Grave, 1300 West Traverse Parkway, Lehi, Utah Co., Utah ), Nancy Jane (Sturtevant) Tonkin, Memorial ID 171441111,
Birth: 5 November 1921, Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
Death: 3 December 1993, West Virginia, USA
Burial: Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison County, West Virginia
Source: Find a Grave
SourceCitation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171441111/nancy-jane-tonkin: accessed 30 April 2023), memorial page for Nancy Jane Sturtevant Tonkin (5 Nov 1921–3 Dec 1993), Find a Grave Memorial ID 171441111, citing Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Shannon (contributor 48550075).
Parents
Arlington C Sturtevant 1882–1947
Nancy Frances Shuttleworth Sturtevant 1887–1980
Spouses
John Barnett Tonkin 1919–2006 (m. 1945)
Siblings
John Stuart Sturtevant 1917–1917
Children
Loring L Tonkin 1946–2018
John B Tonkin 1949–2016
Nancy Stuart Tonkin 1954–2017
Image URL: https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2016/290/171441111_1476739007.jpg,. - [S902] Paul Bradley Purdy (321), A branch of the Purdy family descending from David and Eliza Ann Purdy with David's line from Francis Purdy of Fairfield 1595-1658. FHL Call Number 929.273 P972, pg 32 (Flint, Michigan: Purdy self-published, c1962). Hereinafter cited as The David Purdy Family.
Madge E. Stutler
F, #7726
Last Edited=9 Aug 2019
Madge E. Stutler married Henry M. Grant.
Child of Madge E. Stutler and Henry M. Grant
- James Douglas Grant b. 1 Oct 1917, d. 22 Oct 1998
Douglas Michael Suber
M, #10362, b. 7 October 1953, d. 17 January 2000
Last Edited=1 Aug 2024
Douglas Michael Suber was born on 7 October 1953 at Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington. He married Gerriann Houser, daughter of Jerry Oliver Houser and Patricia Ann Rankin, on 14 February 1976 at King Co., Washington. Douglas Michael Suber died on 17 January 2000 at King Co., Washington, at age 46.
Anthony Joseph Sucher Jr.
M, #6930, b. 20 February 1918, d. 20 August 1990
Last Edited=26 Mar 2024
Anthony Joseph Sucher Jr. was born on 20 February 1918 at Missouri.1 He married Violet Marie Merry, daughter of Anderson Hoyt Merry and Pearl Ada Fellows, on 9 October 1941 at Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri. Anthony Joseph Sucher Jr. died on 20 August 1990 at Arlington, Arlington Co., Virginia, at age 72.1 He was buried at Plot: Sec: 68, Site: 4639, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington Co., Virginia.1
Citations
- [S2545] Findagrave.com website, database and images (Find a Grave, 1300 West Traverse Parkway, Lehi, Utah Co., Utah ), Anthony Joseph Sucher Jr., Memorial ID 49360444,
Birth: 20 February 1918, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, USA
Death: 20 August 1990, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia
Source: Find a Grave
SourceCitation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49360444/anthony_joseph-sucher: accessed March 26, 2024), memorial page for Anthony Joseph Sucher Jr. (20 Feb 1918–20 Aug 1990), Find a Grave Memorial ID 49360444, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by John C. Anderson (contributor 47208015).
Parents
Anthony Joseph Sucher 1893–1965
Elizabeth Lucille McKenzie Sucher 1895–1972
Spouses
Violet Marie Merry Sucher 1916–2007 (m. 1941)
Siblings
Frances Lanell Sucher Rehm 1919–1988
Image URL: https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2019/349/49360444_4c2375c5-50e0-4cc3-8964-d8f8e6750be4.jpeg,.
Nellie Sullivan1
F, #3094, b. circa 1793
Last Edited=26 Jan 2020
- Relationship
- 3rd great-grandmother of Steven Harn Redman
SOURCE: Frank Trombley letter 01Oct1996. Nellie Sullivan married Jeremiah McCarthy, son of Charles McCarthy and Margaret Walsh. Nellie Sullivan was born circa 1793 at Cork Co., Ireland.
Children of Nellie Sullivan and Jeremiah McCarthy
- John McCarthy+ b. 24 Sep 1817, d. 8 Oct 1878
- Timothy McCarthy b. c 1821
- Charles McCarthy b. c 1825
- Edward McCarthy b. c 1838
Citations
- [S1501] Letter from Yvonne Marie (Barry) Payne (P.O. Box 1502, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459) to Steven Harn Redman, Mar 1998; Steven Harn Redman (Steven Harn Redman, P.O. BOX 294, Lyman, WY).
Nellie Sullivan
F, #3098
Last Edited=8 Oct 1996
SOURCE: Frank Trombley letter 01Oct1996. Nellie Sullivan married Timothy McCarthy, son of Jeremiah McCarthy and Nellie Sullivan.
Perry Sulsar
M, #3681, b. June 1833
Last Edited=28 Dec 2018
SOURCE: Jim Coleman FHL film 1673524, item 14. Perry Sulsar was born in June 1833 at Ohio. He married Abigal Ruple, daughter of Jacob Ruple and Abigail McLintick(), on 6 October 1859.1
Citations
- [S29] Jim Coleman, "Jim Coleman FHL film 1673524, item 14", 1990 (Mishawaka, Indiana). Hereinafter cited as "John Coleman records."
male Suman1
M, #2404
Last Edited=23 Aug 1997
Child of male Suman and Virginia C. Douty
Citations
- [S1125] B. Esther (Oviedo) Harn, "E.B. Harn Sheets, FHL film 1036595, # 213,214", Feb 1977 (18921 Knapp St., Northridge, CA 91324). Hereinafter cited as "E.B. Harn Sheets, FHL film 1036595."
Martha Suman
F, #2405
Last Edited=23 Aug 1997
- Relationships
- 4th cousin 1 time removed of Steven Harn Redman
3rd great-granddaughter of John Hearn
Martha Suman was the daughter of male Suman and Virginia C. Douty. Martha Suman married Wilfred Runkles on 25 December 1902.1
Citations
- [S1126] B. Esther (Oviedo) Harn, "E.B. Harn Sheets, FHL film 1036595, # 214", Feb 1977 (18921 Knapp St., Northridge, CA 91324). Hereinafter cited as "E.B. Harn Sheets, FHL film 1036595."
Alice Gabriello Summers
F, #1452, b. 12 August 1893, d. 19 June 1988
Last Edited=23 Sep 2022
- Relationships
- 2nd cousin 1 time removed of Steven Harn Redman
2nd great-granddaughter of Jacob Rupel
Alice Gabriello Summers was born on 12 August 1893 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.1,2 She was the daughter of Gabriel Rush Summers and Mercy Ann Longley. Alice Gabriello Summers married Joseph Maxwell Stephenson, son of Rome Charles Stephenson and Ella Jane Maxwell, on 31 October 1914 at Indiana.3 Alice Gabriello Summers lived in August 1920 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.3 She lived in July 1924 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana. She married Charles Lincoln Ayling, son of Augustus D. Ayling and Elizabeth Freeman Cornish, on 11 August 1928 at Washington, Litchfield Co., Connecticut.4 Alice Gabriello Summers died on 19 June 1988 at Orleans, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts, at age 94; Certificate: 033547.1 She was buried at Lot 149, Grave 007, Beechwood Cemetery, Centerville, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts.1
Citations
- [S2545] Findagrave.com website, database and images (Find a Grave, 1300 West Traverse Parkway, Lehi, Utah Co., Utah ), Alice G. Ayling, Memorial ID 182358015,
Birth: 12 August 1893, South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA
Death: 19 June 1988, Massachusetts, USA
Burial: Beechwood Cemetery, Centerville, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Source: Find a Grave
SourceCitation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182358015/alice-g-ayling: accessed 23 September 2022), memorial page for Alice G. Ayling (12 Aug 1893–19 Jun 1988), Find a Grave Memorial ID 182358015, citing Beechwood Cemetery, Centerville, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Nicole (contributor 50146628).
Parents
Gabriel Rush Summers 1857–1920
Mary Ann Longley Summers 1855–1944
Spouses
Charles Lincoln Ayling 1875–1970 (m. 1928)
Joseph M. Stephenson 1893–1946
Image URL: https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2020/91/182358015_249d0871-52d0-4e9d-be25-da1bfc50bc5f.jpeg,. - [S916] Timothy Edward Howard, History of St Joseph Co , Indiana, 1907, page 778-779 (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Co., 1907). Hereinafter cited as History of St. Joseph Co., Indiana.
- [S1887] GABRIEL R. SUMMERS DIES AFTER MONTH'S ILLNESS, The South Bend Tribune Newspaper (Indiana), South Bend, Indiana, 21 Aug 1920, Section 1, page 1, The South Bend Tribune Newspaper (Indiana), Saturday 21 Aug 1920, Section 1, page 1.. Hereinafter cited as The South Bend Tribune Newspaper (Indiana).
- [S2545] Findagrave.com website, Charles Lincoln Ayling, Memorial ID 125922814,.
Edward Summers
M, #2633, b. circa 1824, d. April 1880
Last Edited=23 Sep 2022
Edward Summers was born circa 1824 at Ireland.1 He married Catherine Drullinger on 12 October 1853 at Niles, Michigan.2 Edward Summers died in April 1880 at Clay Twsp., St. Joseph Co., Indiana.1 He was buried at Section D, row 4, lot 52, Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.2
Child of Edward Summers and Catherine Drullinger
- Gabriel Rush Summers+ b. 13 Mar 1857, d. 20 Aug 1920
Citations
- [S1162] Timothy Edward Howard, History of St Joseph Co , Indiana, 1907, page 778 (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Co., 1907). Hereinafter cited as History of St. Joseph Co., Indiana.
- [S2545] Findagrave.com website, database and images (Find a Grave, 1300 West Traverse Parkway, Lehi, Utah Co., Utah ), Edward Summers, Memorial ID 143239068,
Birth: 1825, Ireland
Death: 20 April 1880, USA
Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, St. Joseph County, Indiana
Source: Find a Grave
SourceCitation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 05 October 2020), memorial page for Edward Summers (1825–20 Apr 1880), Find a Grave Memorial no. 143239068, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by jcrow (contributor 47605922).
Spouse Catherine Drullinger Summers unknown–1918 (m. 1853)
Children Gabriel Rush Summers 1857–1920 Mary A. Summers Vanderhoof 1859–1912 Thomas D. Summers 1861–1920,.
Gabriel Rush Summers
M, #276, b. 13 March 1857, d. 20 August 1920
Last Edited=10 Apr 2022
Gabriel Rush Summers was born on 13 March 1857 at New Carlisle, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.1,2 Gabriel Rush Summers was a Manufacturer of sovereign remedies, engaged in South Bend drug business.1 He was the son of Edward Summers and Catherine Drullinger. Gabriel Rush Summers graduated circa 1873 at University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.2 He married Mercy Ann Longley, daughter of Andrew Longley and Mary Ruple, on 28 October 1880 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.3,2 Gabriel Rush Summers died on 20 August 1920 at 314 West Colfax Ave., South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana, at age 63.4,2
The South Bend Tribune Newspaper (Indiana), Saturday 21 Aug 1920, Section 1, page 1 (portions of copy were illegible).
GABRIEL R. SUMMERS DIES AFTER MONTH'S ILLNESS
Hon. Gabriel R. Summers, 68 years old, owner of the News-Times, former state senator and prominent business man in this city for many years, died Friday night at 11:50 o'clock at his home, 314 West Colfax avenue. Mr. Summers had been seriously ill for four weeks with heart disease and diabetes and had been in ill health for over a year, having suffered several severe attacks of heart failure. He was taken critically ill July 23 and repeated relapses followed by a stroke of apoplexy Thursday morning caused the abandonment of all hope of his recovery. He had been in a state of coma for two days and was unable to recognize members of his family at his bedside.
Private funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the residence. Bishop John Hazen White, assisted by Rev. Robert J. Long, of St. James Episcopal church, officiating. Burial will be in Highland cemetery. The body will wile in state at the residence Monday from 10 o'clock until 3.
The active pallbearers will be Dr. John A. Stoeckley, James A. Judie, John G. Yeagley, William A. McInenry, Edward Zeitler and Edward Chierhart. The honorary pallbearers will be Joseph M. Neff, George Y. Hepler, Schuyler Robertson, William P. O'Neill, Elmer Crockett, Hon. Rome C. Stephenson, Marvin Campbell, Samuel Parker, Dixon W. Place, Jacob M. Chillas, Dr. J.W. Hill and Aaron Jones.
Surviving Mr. Summers are his wife, Mrs. Mercy Ann Longley Summers, whom he married Oct. 28, 1880, and one daughter, Mrs. Joseph M. Stephenson, of this city.
Mr. Summers was born in New Carlisle, this county, March 13, 1857, the son of Edward and Catherine Summers. After his graduation from Notre Dame university when he was 16 years old Mr. Summers returned to his father's farm in Clay township and after his father's death in 1880 entered the farming business on an intensive scale. He (?) became engaged in the agricultural implementation business in this city and Wullerton(?), this county, and in 188(?) became president of the South Bend Iron Bed company. He was one of the organizers of the Vanderheof Medicine company in 189(?) and in recent years has been in full control of the company.
He became interested in the South Bend News in 1909(?) and it was in a great measure due to his influence that the consolidation of the South Bend News and South Bend Tribune was effected in 1911. Three years later Mr. Summers became practically complete owner of the South Bend News-Times and in 1917 relinquished his duties at published to his son-in-law, Joseph M. Stephenson.
Mr. Summers was elected state senator from St. Joseph county in 1914, serving in the 69th and 70th assemblies and on several important committees. He lent his influence toward the passage of the state-wide prohibition law; the United Suffrage act(?), later held unconstitutional by the supreme court, and he bill providing for a constitutional convention (???) state which the supreme court held invalid. He was conceded to be one of the progressive members of the senate. At the (?) of his term he refused to run for re-election, his reasons being ill-health and the weight of his many business interests.
Being a firm believer in the future of South Bend, Mr. Summers became identified with many of the well known business enterprises of the city and was a heavy investor in the city's real estate.2 History of St. Joseph Co., Indiana, 1907, page 778.
The South Bend Tribune Newspaper (Indiana), Monday 23 Aug 1920, Section 1, page 5.
Private funeral services for Hon. Gabriel R. Summers were held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the residence, 314 West Colfax avenue. Bishop John Hazen White, assisted by Rev. Robert J. Long, of St. James Episcopal church, officiating. Burial was in the Summers mausoleum in Highland cemetery. The body lay in state at the residence from 10 o'clock this morning until the funeral hour. The active pallbearers will be Dr. John A. Stoeckley, James A. Judie, John G. Yeagley, William A. McInenry, Edward Zeitler and Edward Chierhart. The honorary pallbearers will be Joseph M. Neff, George Y. Hepler, Schuyler Robertson, William P. O'Neill, Elmer Crockett, Hon. Rome C. Stephenson, Marvin Campbell, Samuel Parker, Dixon W. Place, Jacob M. Chillas, Dr. J.W. Hill and Aaron Jones. Many messages of condolence have been received from associates of Mr. Summers during his service in the state senate 1915-1917.5 He was buried on 23 August 1920 at Highland Cemetery, South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.2,5,6
The South Bend Tribune Newspaper (Indiana), Saturday 21 Aug 1920, Section 1, page 1 (portions of copy were illegible).
GABRIEL R. SUMMERS DIES AFTER MONTH'S ILLNESS
Hon. Gabriel R. Summers, 68 years old, owner of the News-Times, former state senator and prominent business man in this city for many years, died Friday night at 11:50 o'clock at his home, 314 West Colfax avenue. Mr. Summers had been seriously ill for four weeks with heart disease and diabetes and had been in ill health for over a year, having suffered several severe attacks of heart failure. He was taken critically ill July 23 and repeated relapses followed by a stroke of apoplexy Thursday morning caused the abandonment of all hope of his recovery. He had been in a state of coma for two days and was unable to recognize members of his family at his bedside.
Private funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the residence. Bishop John Hazen White, assisted by Rev. Robert J. Long, of St. James Episcopal church, officiating. Burial will be in Highland cemetery. The body will wile in state at the residence Monday from 10 o'clock until 3.
The active pallbearers will be Dr. John A. Stoeckley, James A. Judie, John G. Yeagley, William A. McInenry, Edward Zeitler and Edward Chierhart. The honorary pallbearers will be Joseph M. Neff, George Y. Hepler, Schuyler Robertson, William P. O'Neill, Elmer Crockett, Hon. Rome C. Stephenson, Marvin Campbell, Samuel Parker, Dixon W. Place, Jacob M. Chillas, Dr. J.W. Hill and Aaron Jones.
Surviving Mr. Summers are his wife, Mrs. Mercy Ann Longley Summers, whom he married Oct. 28, 1880, and one daughter, Mrs. Joseph M. Stephenson, of this city.
Mr. Summers was born in New Carlisle, this county, March 13, 1857, the son of Edward and Catherine Summers. After his graduation from Notre Dame university when he was 16 years old Mr. Summers returned to his father's farm in Clay township and after his father's death in 1880 entered the farming business on an intensive scale. He (?) became engaged in the agricultural implementation business in this city and Wullerton(?), this county, and in 188(?) became president of the South Bend Iron Bed company. He was one of the organizers of the Vanderheof Medicine company in 189(?) and in recent years has been in full control of the company.
He became interested in the South Bend News in 1909(?) and it was in a great measure due to his influence that the consolidation of the South Bend News and South Bend Tribune was effected in 1911. Three years later Mr. Summers became practically complete owner of the South Bend News-Times and in 1917 relinquished his duties at published to his son-in-law, Joseph M. Stephenson.
Mr. Summers was elected state senator from St. Joseph county in 1914, serving in the 69th and 70th assemblies and on several important committees. He lent his influence toward the passage of the state-wide prohibition law; the United Suffrage act(?), later held unconstitutional by the supreme court, and he bill providing for a constitutional convention (???) state which the supreme court held invalid. He was conceded to be one of the progressive members of the senate. At the (?) of his term he refused to run for re-election, his reasons being ill-health and the weight of his many business interests.
Being a firm believer in the future of South Bend, Mr. Summers became identified with many of the well known business enterprises of the city and was a heavy investor in the city's real estate.2 History of St. Joseph Co., Indiana, 1907, page 778.
The South Bend Tribune Newspaper (Indiana), Monday 23 Aug 1920, Section 1, page 5.
Private funeral services for Hon. Gabriel R. Summers were held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the residence, 314 West Colfax avenue. Bishop John Hazen White, assisted by Rev. Robert J. Long, of St. James Episcopal church, officiating. Burial was in the Summers mausoleum in Highland cemetery. The body lay in state at the residence from 10 o'clock this morning until the funeral hour. The active pallbearers will be Dr. John A. Stoeckley, James A. Judie, John G. Yeagley, William A. McInenry, Edward Zeitler and Edward Chierhart. The honorary pallbearers will be Joseph M. Neff, George Y. Hepler, Schuyler Robertson, William P. O'Neill, Elmer Crockett, Hon. Rome C. Stephenson, Marvin Campbell, Samuel Parker, Dixon W. Place, Jacob M. Chillas, Dr. J.W. Hill and Aaron Jones. Many messages of condolence have been received from associates of Mr. Summers during his service in the state senate 1915-1917.5 He was buried on 23 August 1920 at Highland Cemetery, South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.2,5,6
Child of Gabriel Rush Summers and Mercy Ann Longley
- Alice Gabriello Summers b. 12 Aug 1893, d. 19 Jun 1988
Citations
- [S256] Anderson & Cooley, South Bend & the Men who made it, 1901, pg 152-153 (South Bend, Indiana: The Tribune Printing Co., 1901). Hereinafter cited as South Bend & the Men who made it.
- [S1887] GABRIEL R. SUMMERS DIES AFTER MONTH'S ILLNESS, The South Bend Tribune Newspaper (Indiana), South Bend, Indiana, 21 Aug 1920, Section 1, page 1, The South Bend Tribune Newspaper (Indiana), Saturday 21 Aug 1920, Section 1, page 1.. Hereinafter cited as The South Bend Tribune Newspaper (Indiana).
- [S253] Unknown author, St Joseph Co , IN Marriage Records, (Bk 8, pg 284) (n.p.: n.pub., unknown publish date).
- [S257] Unknown author, Death Record Index, St Joseph Co , South Bend, IN, Book CH-50 (n.p.: n.pub., unknown publish date). Hereinafter cited as Death Record Index, St Joseph Co , South Bend, IN, Book CH-50.
- [S1888] N/a, The South Bend Tribune Newspaper (Indiana), South Bend, Indiana, 23 Aug 1920, Section 1, page 5, The South Bend Tribune Newspaper (Indiana), Monday 23 Aug 1920, Section 1, page 5. Hereinafter cited as The South Bend Tribune Newspaper (Indiana).
- [S2545] Findagrave.com website, database and images (Find a Grave, 1300 West Traverse Parkway, Lehi, Utah Co., Utah ), Gabriel Rush Summers, Memorial ID 175124990,
Birth: 13 March 1857, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA
Death: 20 August 1920, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA
Burial: Highland Cemetery, South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana
Source: Find a Grave
SourceCitation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 05 October 2020), memorial page for Gabriel Rush Summers (13 Mar 1857–20 Aug 1920), Find a Grave Memorial no. 175124990, citing Highland Cemetery, South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Gene Brierly (contributor 47132860).
Parents Edward Summers 1825–1880 Catherine Drullinger Summers unknown–1918
Spouse Mary Ann Longley Summers 1856–1880
Siblings Mary A. Summers Vanderhoof 1859–1912 Thomas D. Summers 1861–1920,.
John Douglas Summers
M, #8804
Last Edited=12 Oct 2024
John Douglas Summers married Vera Colleen Harn, daughter of Collie Camp Harn Jr. and Lillie Elvera Frederickson, on 30 November 1951 at Travis Co., Texas.1 John Douglas Summers and Vera Colleen Harn were divorced on 29 October 1971 at Travis Co., Texas.
Children of John Douglas Summers and Vera Colleen Harn
Citations
- [S2620] Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965: Source Citation
Travis County Clerk's Office; Austin, Texas; Travis County Marriage Records; The Book Series: 54-56
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014., Ancestry.com website, Ancestry, 1300 West Traverse Parkway, Lehi, Utah Co., Utah. Hereinafter cited as Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965.
Kelly James Summers
M, #10499
Last Edited=12 Oct 2024
- Relationships
- 4th cousin 1 time removed of Steven Harn Redman
5th great-grandson of John Hearn
Kelly James Summers is the son of John Douglas Summers and Vera Colleen Harn. Kelly James Summers married Noreen Frances Minnes circa 1981 at Florida.
male Summers
M, #9548
Last Edited=9 Apr 2023
Scott Douglas Summers
M, #10498
Last Edited=12 Oct 2024
- Relationships
- 4th cousin 1 time removed of Steven Harn Redman
5th great-grandson of John Hearn
Scott Douglas Summers is the son of John Douglas Summers and Vera Colleen Harn. Scott Douglas Summers married Mary Ann Hamilton on 31 December 1974 at Travis Co., Texas.
Harriet Melissa Sumner
F, #7805, b. 1844, d. 16 August 1885
Last Edited=26 Jul 2021
Harriet Melissa Sumner was born in 1844.1 She married John Thomas Harn, son of John Hanson Thornton Harn and Frances Leighty. Harriet Melissa Sumner died on 16 August 1885 at Appanoose Co., Iowa.1 She was buried at Moravia Cemetery, Moravia, Appanoose Co., Iowa.1
Children of Harriet Melissa Sumner and John Thomas Harn
- Garrett Taylor Harn+ b. 25 Aug 1866, d. 19 Jul 1960
- Francis B. Harn+ b. 22 Oct 1869, d. 10 Oct 1949
- Anna L. Harn b. 1872
- Alfred Blaine Harn+ b. 1877, d. 13 Sep 1930
Citations
- [S2545] Findagrave.com website, database and images (Find a Grave, 1300 West Traverse Parkway, Lehi, Utah Co., Utah ), Harriet Melissa (Sumner) Harn, Memorial ID 79137537,
Birth: 1844, USA
Death: 16 August 1885, Appanoose County, Iowa, USA
Burial: Moravia Cemetery, Moravia, Appanoose County, Iowa
Source: Find a Grave
SourceCitation: Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/79137537/harriet-melissa-harn: accessed 26 July 2021), memorial page for Harriet Melissa Sumner Harn (1844–16 Aug 1885), Find a Grave Memorial ID 79137537, citing Moravia Cemetery, Moravia, Appanoose County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by rhondachelseabrent (contributor 47027837).
Parents Orpha Taylor Sumner 1816–1888
Spouse John Thomas Harn 1843–1893
Siblings Talitha Sumner Earnest 1840–1900
Children Garrett T. Harn 1866–1960 Francis B Harn 1869–1949 Alfred Blaine Harn 1877–1930,.
Mary Sumption
F, #8199, b. 1 June 1790, d. 1 March 1856
Last Edited=27 Mar 2024
Mary Sumption was born on 1 June 1790 at Kentucky.1 She married Jesse Rush on 12 April 1812. Mary Sumption died on 1 March 1856 at Elkhart Co., Indiana, at age 65.1 She was buried at Prairie Street Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart Co., Indiana.1
Child of Mary Sumption and Jesse Rush
- Isaiah Rush+ b. 16 May 1825, d. 10 Dec 1905
Citations
- [S2545] Findagrave.com website, database and images (Find a Grave, 1300 West Traverse Parkway, Lehi, Utah Co., Utah ), Mary (Sumption) Rush, Memorial ID 53432703,
Birth: 1 June 1790, Kentucky, USA
Death: 1 March 1856, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
Burial: Prairie Street Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana
Source: Find a Grave
SourceCitation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53432703/mary-rush: accessed March 27, 2024), memorial page for Mary Sumption Rush (1 Jun 1790–1 Mar 1856), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53432703, citing Prairie Street Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by TB (contributor 48742414).
Parents
Charles Sumption Sr unknown–1825
Spouses
Jesse Rush 1791–1838
Siblings
George Sumption 1792–1847
Charles Sumption Jr 1792–1852
Rebecca Sumption Overfield
Children
Peter Rush 1822–1878
Richard Rush 1825–1895
Isaiah Rush 1828–1905
Margery Rush Farr 1828–1906
Madison Rush 1837–1897
Image URL: https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2010/158/53432703_127605361126.jpg,.
Rita Katherine Suomela
F, #9195, b. 3 March 1925, d. 9 November 2004
Last Edited=7 Nov 2022
Rita Katherine Suomela was born on 3 March 1925 at San Francisco Co., California.1 She married Charles Gerald Gucker in 1944. Rita Katherine Suomela died on 9 November 2004 at Olympia, Thurston Co., Washington, at age 79.1 She was buried at Holyrood Cemetery, Shoreline, King Co., Washington.1
Child of Rita Katherine Suomela and Charles Gerald Gucker
Citations
- [S2545] Findagrave.com website, database and images (Find a Grave, 1300 West Traverse Parkway, Lehi, Utah Co., Utah ), Rita Katherine (Suomela) Gucker, Memorial ID 53040952,
Birth: 3 March 1925, San Francisco County, California, USA
Death: 9 November 2004, Olympia, Thurston County, Washington, USA
Burial: Holyrood Cemetery, Shoreline, King County, Washington
Source: Find a Grave
SourceCitation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53040952/rita-katherine-gucker: accessed 07 November 2022), memorial page for Rita Katherine Suomela Gucker (3 Mar 1925–9 Nov 2004), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53040952, citing Holyrood Cemetery, Shoreline, King County, Washington, USA; Maintained by Earl Abbe (contributor 46843447).
Parents
Niilo V Suomela 1893–1963
Amelia Junttila Suomela 1894–1998
Spouses
Charles Gerald Gucker 1919–1962 (m. 1944)
Siblings
Emily Lucielle Snellman 1919–1999
Neil Martin Suomela 1926–1984
Image URL: https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2011/169/53040952_130853579925.jpg,.
John Supinger1
M, #6759
Last Edited=19 Sep 2019
Citations
- [S2050] In Memory of Ruth Evelyn Bowles, online http://www.stinekilburnfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/988216/Bowles-Ruth/obituary.php. Hereinafter cited as Obituary for Ruth Bowles.
Mary Jane Surber1
F, #5113, b. 7 September 1820, d. 4 March 1900
Last Edited=20 Mar 2024
- Relationship
- 3rd great-grandmother of Terresa Ann Struck
Mary Jane Surber was born on 7 September 1820 at Botetourt Co., Virginia.2 She married Daniel Givens Walker, son of John H. Walker and Sarah Susannah Givens, on 8 November 1838 at Botetourt Co., Virginia.1 Mary Jane Surber married Elijah Elder on 2 April 1872. Mary Jane Surber died on 4 March 1900 at Ten Mile, Macon Co., Virginia, at age 79.2 She was buried at Mount Tabor Cemetery, Atlanta, Macon Co., Missouri.2
Child of Mary Jane Surber and Daniel Givens Walker
- Charles Green Walker+1 b. 18 Mar 1850, d. 13 Feb 1925
Citations
- [S1705] Web site of Merrill and Sharon Sanders, online http://www.pilotindexpeak.com/. Hereinafter cited as Web site of Merrill and Sharon Sanders.
- [S2545] Findagrave.com website, database and images (Find a Grave, 1300 West Traverse Parkway, Lehi, Utah Co., Utah ), Mary Jane (Surber) Elder, Memorial ID 14496906,
Birth: 7 September 1820, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA
Death: 3 April 1900, Ten Mile, Macon County, Missouri, USA
Burial: Mount Tabor Cemetery, Atlanta, Macon County, Missouri
Source: Find a Grave
SourceCitation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14496906/mary_jane-elder: accessed March 20, 2024), memorial page for Mary Jane Surber Elder (7 Sep 1820–3 Apr 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14496906, citing Mount Tabor Cemetery, Atlanta, Macon County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Anonymous1 (contributor 46801300).
Parents
Jacob J. Surber 1784–1865
Nancy Laura Ann Waggoner Surber 1794–1854
Spouses
Daniel Givens Walker 1796–1856 (m. 1838)
Elijah Elder 1811–1886 (m. 1874)
Siblings
James Washington Surber 1819–1885
Joseph Surber 1824–1862
Emeline Surber Simmons 1824 – unknown
William Surber 1827–1899
Maria "Ann" Surber Halley 1828–1890
Caroline Surber Varns 1831–1916
Charles L. Surber 1832–1867
Antoinette Surber "Nettie" Moody 1837–1912
John Thomas Benton Surber 1839–1884
Harriet Surber
George A. Surber
Children
John William Walker 1839–1899
George Washington Walker 1841–1911
Sarah Malinda Walker Boney 1843–1918
Martha Ann Walker Montgomery 1846–1919
Asenith Amanda E. Walker Smith 1848–1879
Charles Green Walker 1850–1925
Mary Emaline Walker Montgomery 1852–1918
Louisa Jane Walker Elder 1854–1915
Image URL: https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2015/99/14496906_1428718261.jpg,.
Brace Harold Sussman
M, #7789, b. 25 October 1910, d. 2000
Last Edited=27 Aug 2024
Brace Harold Sussman was born on 25 October 1910 at Seattle, King Co., Washington. He was the son of Frank Sussman and Edith Annie Gustafson. Brace Harold Sussman married Maye Elisabeth Aerni on 4 November 1951 at Jefferson, Marion Co., Oregon. Brace Harold Sussman was also known as North. He died in 2000 at Walla Walla Co., Washington.
Children of Brace Harold Sussman and Maye Elisabeth Aerni
- Nathaniel Dean North b. 18 Aug 1952, d. 10 Feb 2022
- Bracita Joy North
Frank Sussman
M, #7787, b. 1870
Last Edited=23 Aug 2024
Frank Sussman was born in 1870 at Germany. He married Edith Annie Gustafson on 12 December 1909 at King Co., Washington. Frank Sussman and Edith Annie Gustafson were divorced before 1920 at Washington.
Children of Frank Sussman and Edith Annie Gustafson
- Brace Harold Sussman+ b. 25 Oct 1910, d. 2000
- Suzine Dolores Sussman+ b. 9 Nov 1911, d. 18 Nov 1990
Suzine Dolores Sussman
F, #7175, b. 9 November 1911, d. 18 November 1990
Last Edited=13 Dec 2024
Suzine Dolores Sussman was born on 9 November 1911 at King Co., Washington. She was the daughter of Frank Sussman and Edith Annie Gustafson. Suzine Dolores Sussman was also known as Susanna. She married George Daniel Van Sickle, son of George Washington Van Sickle and Margaretta Helen Harn, on 25 March 1931 at Seattle, King Co., Washington.1 The cause of death was murdered. Suzine Dolores Sussman died on 18 November 1990 at Seattle, King Co., Washington, at age 79. She was buried Cremated, Other, Specifically: University of Washington School of Medicine deemed body unfit for use and body was cremated.2
Following from online editon of The Seattle Times on 01Mar1991:
Murder Tale Filled With Strangling, Poisoning -- Relatives Accused Of Killing Woman Who Didn't `Enjoy Life'
By Julie Emery
The daughter and the mother said they first tried to poison the 79-year-old grandmother, Suzine Van Sickle, by mixing her medicine with clam chowder.
But when she failed to succumb to the overdose and awoke the next day, the two women allegedly smothered her with a pillow, they told police.
They did it, they told police, because they felt she couldn't enjoy life anymore.
The murder, it turned out, was a family affair, according to court records. It was done by Van Sickle's daughter and granddaughter who took her from a nursing home and squandered her private funds, prosecutors said.
Yesterday, prosecutors filed first-degree murder charges against the woman's daughter, Jimmie Jean Shumway, 59, and grandaughter, Alexis M. Shumway, 28.
Bail was set at $500,000 each. Jimmie Jean Shumway is in the King County jail. The granddaughter was expected to turn herself in today, prosecutors said.
The bizarre tale of the grandmother who died Nov. 18 in her home, in the 4400 block of South Brandon Street, was unraveled this week.
Deputy Prosecutor Lisa Marchese said the two almost got away with murder.
``The police never would have learned about it if the granddaughter had not called police on Feb. 12 saying she wanted to report a murder,'' the prosecutor said.
The daughter, contacted by homicide detectives Monday, also confirmed the killing, saying the two concluded Van Sickle did not have the ability ``to enjoy life'' so they decided to kill her, according to the charges.
Marchese said the King County medical examiner also is looking into the death of Van Sickle's husband, George, who died ``under mysterious circumstances'' Jan. 13, 1990, in the presence of Jimmie Jean Shumway.
According to Alexis Shumway's account, Suzine Van Sickle had spent her last years in a nursing home after having hip surgeries. She also had a heart problem and brain seizures and required extensive care.
The two women had removed Van Sickle from a nursing home in October.
Alexis Shumway said she and her mother decided Nov. 17 to poison Van Sickle, according to court documents.
Jimmie Jean, after consulting the Physicians' Desk Reference book, decided to try an overdose of Dilantin, an antiseizure medicine.
Alexis described how they chopped up more than 50 pills and mixed them with clam chowder, which Jimmie Jean fed to Van Sickle, according to court documents.
But when Van Sickle was still alive the next morning, Jimmie Jean grabbed a pillow and put it over her mother's face, the documents say.
Van Sickle ``struggled for her life for about 20 minutes'' and tried to fight back, the charges indicate. Jimmie Jean then directed Alexis to ``hold down one side of the pillow so no air could seep in.'' The victim eventually stopped struggling, the prosecutor said.
Suzine and George Van Sickle had decided in 1974 to donate their bodies to science. Several hours after Van Sickle died on Nov. 18, when her face returned to a ``normal'' color, the university's School of Medicine was called, Alexis said. Police retrieved a sample of Van Sickle's blood and her ashes. The blood sample showed a level of Dilantin that far exceeded normal therapeutic levels.
Van Sickle, when examined by her physician Nov. 5, was in ``good stable condition'' and ``mentally clear,'' according to the charges.
According to Alexis, Van Sickle was removed from the nursing center because it had a lien on the Van Sickle home for outstanding bills. The personal banker for the Van Sickles invested more than $100,000 that Suzine Van Sickle received in a settlement of a lawsuit over her husband's black-lung disease, the prosecutor said..
Copyright (c) 1991 Seattle Times Company, All Rights Reserved.3
Following from online editon of The Seattle Times on 04Mar1991:
A Deadly Secret She Could Hide No Longer -- Woman Reveals How She Helped In Killing Her Grandmother
By Julie Emery
For nearly three months, Alexis Shumway lived with a horrible secret - the murder of her 79-year-old grandmother.
When, on Feb. 12, she could hold in the horror no longer, she called Seattle police. While two detectives sat at the kitchen table of her Rainier Valley home - one of the officers stroking her pet cat, Athena - Shumway told the astonishing story of how she and her mother fatally smothered her grandmother, Suzine Van Sickle.
Alexis Shumway, 28, and her mother, Jimmie Jean Shumway, 59, were charged with first-degree murder Thursday in King County Superior Court in connection with the Nov. 17 death. The granddaughter called The Seattle Times on Friday and asked to tell her side of the story.
She said she loved her grandmother, but had been manipulated and cowed by her mother, Jimmie Jean, for years - including the morning of the slaying. Besides, the granddaughter said, her grandmother repeatedly had expressed a desire to die.
Jimmie Jean Shumway pleaded not guilty to the first-degree murder charge today. King County Superior Court Judge Patricia Aitken set a March 18 hearing on the charge. Aitken told the woman's defense attorney that he could raise the issue of Shumway's $500,000 bail at a later date.
According to court documents filed with the charges, Jimmie Jean Shumway, when contacted by police last Monday, also confirmed the killing, saying she and her daughter concluded Van Sickle did not have the ability "to enjoy life'' so they decided to kill her.
Despite all this, Alexis Shumway does not consider herself a killer. When her attorney informed her that prosecutors would file the homicide charges, she recalled, "I fell to pieces. I went out of his office bawling my head off. I cried all the way to the bus stop. I never thought I would be charged with murder. I thought it was all my mother's doing.''
The Van Sickle death sounds like something out of the tabloids. Was it a mercy killing? Was it money-motivated?
"It's kind of like a `Murder, She Wrote' case,'' said a Seattle homicide detective, who asked that his name not be used. "It doesn't fit the usual profile of murder.''
Alexis Shumway readily admits she helped smash up about 50 pills containing Dilantin, an anti-seizure medicine, for the grandmother's clam chowder the evening of Nov. 16. She said she felt the grandmother would not eat the soup, which her mother had laden with spices, and in any case, did not think the concoction would be fatal. The granddaughter said her mother fed the grandmother the mixture, but Van Sickle lived.
The granddaughter said that when she went into Van Sickle's bedroom the next morning, she had no idea that murder was on the agenda. She had been holding her grandmother's hand. Then, she said, her mother grabbed the pillow and put it over the grandmother's face. She said the mother then directed her to ``hold down one side of the pillow so no air could seep in.'' She said she did as ordered, then let loose as the grandmother struggled for life, her legs kicking. Death came in 20 minutes.
Alexis Shumway said "my whole life has been bizarre.'' She loved her grandmother, she said. "We were best buddies. We'd go to movies together, dinner and shopping. She was a beautician, too. She paid my way through beauty college. She was glad to be here, and glad I was taking care of her.''
"Here'' is the Van Sickle family home near Columbia City that Van Sickle moved back to last October from a nursing home. The granddaughter quit another job to be a full-time caretaker.
"My mom was always critical of me, saying, `You're not taking care of grandma right,' '' the granddaughter added. "All through my whole life I could never please my mother.
"My mom was afraid the nursing home would get the house. She would mention that once in a while and it worried me. I was adamant about defending my grandmother's wants and needs.''
According to Alexis Shumway, the nursing home had a lien on the home because of unpaid nursing-home bills.
Suzine Van Sickle, whose husband, George, had died in January 1990, turned 79 on Nov. 9. Van Sickle felt she had nothing to live for and had outlived many of her friends, the granddaughter said.
"She couldn't walk,'' the granddaughter said, recalling that the grandmother once ordered her to "Get me a gun.''
"If I had a gun, I'd kill myself,'' she quoted her grandmother as saying.
"I bought the Dilantin,'' the granddaughter said, telling her grandmother: "If you do want to go that bad, I'll put the pills by your bed.''
But Van Sickle did not take the pills. And after she survived the intended poisoning, Jimmie Jean Shumway began "crying on my shoulder,'' the granddaughter said.
The daughter had never before talked about suffocating her mother, the granddaughter said. The daughter "kept saying `she can't talk. She's probably had strokes. She'll probably be on life supports,' '' the granddaughter recalled.
"It's like she drew on my love for my grandmother,'' she said. "She knew how much I cared for her.''
The granddaughter said she entered the bedroom and found her mother ``was on a rampage to do it (murder). At the beginning, I thought it was a merciful act, but toward the end, when my mother kept bugging me about holding the pillow down, I thought `this is wrong.' But I felt powerless. I felt I couldn't do anything to stop it.''
The granddaughter said her mother swore her to secrecy about the murder, but she eventually told two friends, then got a stern warning from the mother not to tell anyone else.
"I was losing weight. I couldn't sleep. I was thinking of suicide because I couldn't live with this burden. It was just too heavy.''
The granddaughter said she called 911 at the urging of a boyfriend.
Published Correction Date: 3/5/91 - Alexis Shumway Notified Police About The Suffocation Murder Of Her 79-Year-Old Grandmother Despite A Boyfriend Who Urged Her Not To Call Authorities. This Article Indicated The Boyfriend Urged Her To Call.
Copyright (c) 1991 Seattle Times Company, All Rights Reserved.4
Following from online editon of The Seattle Times on 23Aug1991:
The Murder of Suzine Van Sickle
DAUGHTER, GRANDDAUGHTER GUILTY OF WOMAN'S MURDER
The Seattle Times
August 23, 1991, Friday, Final Edition
BY JULIE EMERY
They loved 79-year-old Suzine Van Sickle and brought her back
home to live out her days, they said.
But Van Sickle's caretakers - her daughter and granddaughter
- yesterday were convicted of poisoning, then smothering her.
A King County jury found Jimmie Jean Shumway, 59, the
daughter, and Alexis Shumway, 29, guilty of premeditated
first-degree murder in the bizarre killing last November that
they kept secret for three months.
The two showed no emotion as the verdict was read yesterday.
Deputy Prosecutor Lisa Marchese said that after the two
depleted the $100,000 estate of the widowed Van Sickle, she no
longer was useful to them.
"They got rid of the burden," the prosecutor said
in closing arguments. "They murdered her."
The daughter and granddaughter gave separate statements to
police telling how they had chopped up 50 capsules of Dilantin,
an anti-seizure medicine, then mixed it in clam chowder and fed
it to Van Sickle Nov. 17 in the family home in Rainier Valley.
But when she was still alive the next day, they put a pillow
over her face and suffocated her. After a 20-minute struggle,
Van Sickle died.
A medical examiner concluded she died of congestive heart
failure, and her body was donated to the University of
Washington.
"This was the perfect murder - with the one exception -
a guilty conscience," John "Jay" Mooney, a
Seattle homicide detective, said after the verdict.
Alexis Shumway, who was chief caretaker for her grandmother,
lived with the secret until Feb. 12, when she called police.
Marchese and Deputy Prosecutor Kerry Keefe brought evidence
showing that the daughter, after getting power of attorney for
her mother in late 1987, wrote 30 checks to herself totaling $
45,000.
More than $13,000 was donated to the Church of Scientology,
the prosecutors said. Payments to the nursing home where Van
Sickle previously lived were overdue.
Police found a paper in Jimmie Jean Shumway's Federal Way
home where she had written the fatal dosage for Dilantin - two
to five grams - after consulting the Physician's Desk Reference.
The daughter said in her statement, "I did it. It was a
mercy killing." She said Van Sickle several times had
talked about taking her own life.
The granddaughter's statement said she held the pillow
"for a while, then I just held my grandmother's hand."
When Van Sickle was killed, the fees to the nursing home
where she earlier resided were $ 33,000 in arrears and the
establishment was attempting to put a lien on her home on South
Brandon Street.
Juror Carla Anderson said after the verdict:
"I think we all were concerned about Alexis. We felt that
her mother obviously dominated and that she was passive."
But the jury had no choice but to follow the law, she said.
Superior Court Judge Frank Sullivan will sentence the two in
about six weeks. The standard sentencing range is 20 to 26 years
in prison.
Neither has a criminal record.5
Following from online editon of The Seattle Times on 28Sep1991:
Relatives Sentenced For Murder -- Daughter, Granddaughter Get Total Of 55 Years
By Julie Emery
Suzine Van Sickle was a retired beautician who loved to read, sew, grow flowers and take photographs. In her later years, she pored over flower books and crocheted afghans.
Three years before her murder at the hands of her closest relatives, she and her husband, George, had received a $100,000 settlement from injuries he suffered on the job. She also received Social Security, got his pension when he died and benefited from Medicaid.
But at the time of her death, authorities found just $5.41 in two bank accounts, a zero balance in another and a fourth account that was overdrawn.
Yesterday, a King County Superior Court judge imposed sentences totaling 55 years for the professed loved ones who poisoned her with doctored clam chowder last fall and then smothered her with a pillow.
Judge Frank Sullivan imposed an exceptional sentence of 35 years on Van Sickle's daughter, Jimmie Jean Shumway, 59, of Federal Way, who had power of attorney for her mother. Shumway had "essentially pillaged a substantial future" for the 79-year-old Van Sickle, the judge said.
He called the case a "classic case of extreme vulnerability of a victim," noting that Van Sickle, in the months before her murder, needed 24-hour care, was incontinent and could not fix her own food.
Alexis M. Shumway, 29, a granddaughter who lived at the family home in Columbia City, was sentenced to 20 years.
"They (the daughter and granddaughter) made the decision that her life was no longer of value," Deputy Prosecutor Kerry Keefe said before the sentencing. "Their motivations were greed and their own selfishness, rather than loving care and comfort of their own flesh and blood."
Van Sickle died Nov. 18, 1990, after a 20-minute struggle, during which the two women held a pillow to her face after first trying to kill her with poisoned food. Neither spoke at the sentencing and showed little emotion. Their attorneys said they will appeal.
Deputy Prosecutor Lisa Marchese said before the sentencing that the nursing home where Van Sickle once stayed had notified the state Adult Protective Services that she might be in peril after the daughter and granddaughter moved her home.
The removal was made despite the pending appointment of a legal guardian, Marchese said. Kathleen Burge, a social worker for Adult Protective Services had written Jimmie Jean Shumway two months before the murder, asking for details on Van Sickle's finances and how the two women planned to care for Van Sickle.
The daughter never responded to Burge's letter. Burge testified that she did not pursue the matter and did not telephone Van Sickle's home or visit her.
"The nursing home did everything right," Marchese said. "The signals were all there for APS, including $40,000 in fees owed the nursing home. The APS dropped the ball."
Keefe and Marchese had asked for lesser punishment for the granddaughter because she reported the murder to Seattle police.
Before the confession, Van Sickle's doctor had classified the death as from natural causes.
A neighbor of Van Sickle, Freida Hein, remembers how Van Sickle for years made her own clothes and was talented in photography.
Hein, 76, said that a year before Van Sickle's murder, she had gone to the house to visit, bringing Van Sickle a birthday cake.
"They didn't even tell her it was her birthday," Hein said.
Copyright (c) 1991 Seattle Times Company, All Rights Reserved.6
Following from online editon of The Seattle Times on 01Mar1991:
Murder Tale Filled With Strangling, Poisoning -- Relatives Accused Of Killing Woman Who Didn't `Enjoy Life'
By Julie Emery
The daughter and the mother said they first tried to poison the 79-year-old grandmother, Suzine Van Sickle, by mixing her medicine with clam chowder.
But when she failed to succumb to the overdose and awoke the next day, the two women allegedly smothered her with a pillow, they told police.
They did it, they told police, because they felt she couldn't enjoy life anymore.
The murder, it turned out, was a family affair, according to court records. It was done by Van Sickle's daughter and granddaughter who took her from a nursing home and squandered her private funds, prosecutors said.
Yesterday, prosecutors filed first-degree murder charges against the woman's daughter, Jimmie Jean Shumway, 59, and grandaughter, Alexis M. Shumway, 28.
Bail was set at $500,000 each. Jimmie Jean Shumway is in the King County jail. The granddaughter was expected to turn herself in today, prosecutors said.
The bizarre tale of the grandmother who died Nov. 18 in her home, in the 4400 block of South Brandon Street, was unraveled this week.
Deputy Prosecutor Lisa Marchese said the two almost got away with murder.
``The police never would have learned about it if the granddaughter had not called police on Feb. 12 saying she wanted to report a murder,'' the prosecutor said.
The daughter, contacted by homicide detectives Monday, also confirmed the killing, saying the two concluded Van Sickle did not have the ability ``to enjoy life'' so they decided to kill her, according to the charges.
Marchese said the King County medical examiner also is looking into the death of Van Sickle's husband, George, who died ``under mysterious circumstances'' Jan. 13, 1990, in the presence of Jimmie Jean Shumway.
According to Alexis Shumway's account, Suzine Van Sickle had spent her last years in a nursing home after having hip surgeries. She also had a heart problem and brain seizures and required extensive care.
The two women had removed Van Sickle from a nursing home in October.
Alexis Shumway said she and her mother decided Nov. 17 to poison Van Sickle, according to court documents.
Jimmie Jean, after consulting the Physicians' Desk Reference book, decided to try an overdose of Dilantin, an antiseizure medicine.
Alexis described how they chopped up more than 50 pills and mixed them with clam chowder, which Jimmie Jean fed to Van Sickle, according to court documents.
But when Van Sickle was still alive the next morning, Jimmie Jean grabbed a pillow and put it over her mother's face, the documents say.
Van Sickle ``struggled for her life for about 20 minutes'' and tried to fight back, the charges indicate. Jimmie Jean then directed Alexis to ``hold down one side of the pillow so no air could seep in.'' The victim eventually stopped struggling, the prosecutor said.
Suzine and George Van Sickle had decided in 1974 to donate their bodies to science. Several hours after Van Sickle died on Nov. 18, when her face returned to a ``normal'' color, the university's School of Medicine was called, Alexis said. Police retrieved a sample of Van Sickle's blood and her ashes. The blood sample showed a level of Dilantin that far exceeded normal therapeutic levels.
Van Sickle, when examined by her physician Nov. 5, was in ``good stable condition'' and ``mentally clear,'' according to the charges.
According to Alexis, Van Sickle was removed from the nursing center because it had a lien on the Van Sickle home for outstanding bills. The personal banker for the Van Sickles invested more than $100,000 that Suzine Van Sickle received in a settlement of a lawsuit over her husband's black-lung disease, the prosecutor said..
Copyright (c) 1991 Seattle Times Company, All Rights Reserved.3
Following from online editon of The Seattle Times on 04Mar1991:
A Deadly Secret She Could Hide No Longer -- Woman Reveals How She Helped In Killing Her Grandmother
By Julie Emery
For nearly three months, Alexis Shumway lived with a horrible secret - the murder of her 79-year-old grandmother.
When, on Feb. 12, she could hold in the horror no longer, she called Seattle police. While two detectives sat at the kitchen table of her Rainier Valley home - one of the officers stroking her pet cat, Athena - Shumway told the astonishing story of how she and her mother fatally smothered her grandmother, Suzine Van Sickle.
Alexis Shumway, 28, and her mother, Jimmie Jean Shumway, 59, were charged with first-degree murder Thursday in King County Superior Court in connection with the Nov. 17 death. The granddaughter called The Seattle Times on Friday and asked to tell her side of the story.
She said she loved her grandmother, but had been manipulated and cowed by her mother, Jimmie Jean, for years - including the morning of the slaying. Besides, the granddaughter said, her grandmother repeatedly had expressed a desire to die.
Jimmie Jean Shumway pleaded not guilty to the first-degree murder charge today. King County Superior Court Judge Patricia Aitken set a March 18 hearing on the charge. Aitken told the woman's defense attorney that he could raise the issue of Shumway's $500,000 bail at a later date.
According to court documents filed with the charges, Jimmie Jean Shumway, when contacted by police last Monday, also confirmed the killing, saying she and her daughter concluded Van Sickle did not have the ability "to enjoy life'' so they decided to kill her.
Despite all this, Alexis Shumway does not consider herself a killer. When her attorney informed her that prosecutors would file the homicide charges, she recalled, "I fell to pieces. I went out of his office bawling my head off. I cried all the way to the bus stop. I never thought I would be charged with murder. I thought it was all my mother's doing.''
The Van Sickle death sounds like something out of the tabloids. Was it a mercy killing? Was it money-motivated?
"It's kind of like a `Murder, She Wrote' case,'' said a Seattle homicide detective, who asked that his name not be used. "It doesn't fit the usual profile of murder.''
Alexis Shumway readily admits she helped smash up about 50 pills containing Dilantin, an anti-seizure medicine, for the grandmother's clam chowder the evening of Nov. 16. She said she felt the grandmother would not eat the soup, which her mother had laden with spices, and in any case, did not think the concoction would be fatal. The granddaughter said her mother fed the grandmother the mixture, but Van Sickle lived.
The granddaughter said that when she went into Van Sickle's bedroom the next morning, she had no idea that murder was on the agenda. She had been holding her grandmother's hand. Then, she said, her mother grabbed the pillow and put it over the grandmother's face. She said the mother then directed her to ``hold down one side of the pillow so no air could seep in.'' She said she did as ordered, then let loose as the grandmother struggled for life, her legs kicking. Death came in 20 minutes.
Alexis Shumway said "my whole life has been bizarre.'' She loved her grandmother, she said. "We were best buddies. We'd go to movies together, dinner and shopping. She was a beautician, too. She paid my way through beauty college. She was glad to be here, and glad I was taking care of her.''
"Here'' is the Van Sickle family home near Columbia City that Van Sickle moved back to last October from a nursing home. The granddaughter quit another job to be a full-time caretaker.
"My mom was always critical of me, saying, `You're not taking care of grandma right,' '' the granddaughter added. "All through my whole life I could never please my mother.
"My mom was afraid the nursing home would get the house. She would mention that once in a while and it worried me. I was adamant about defending my grandmother's wants and needs.''
According to Alexis Shumway, the nursing home had a lien on the home because of unpaid nursing-home bills.
Suzine Van Sickle, whose husband, George, had died in January 1990, turned 79 on Nov. 9. Van Sickle felt she had nothing to live for and had outlived many of her friends, the granddaughter said.
"She couldn't walk,'' the granddaughter said, recalling that the grandmother once ordered her to "Get me a gun.''
"If I had a gun, I'd kill myself,'' she quoted her grandmother as saying.
"I bought the Dilantin,'' the granddaughter said, telling her grandmother: "If you do want to go that bad, I'll put the pills by your bed.''
But Van Sickle did not take the pills. And after she survived the intended poisoning, Jimmie Jean Shumway began "crying on my shoulder,'' the granddaughter said.
The daughter had never before talked about suffocating her mother, the granddaughter said. The daughter "kept saying `she can't talk. She's probably had strokes. She'll probably be on life supports,' '' the granddaughter recalled.
"It's like she drew on my love for my grandmother,'' she said. "She knew how much I cared for her.''
The granddaughter said she entered the bedroom and found her mother ``was on a rampage to do it (murder). At the beginning, I thought it was a merciful act, but toward the end, when my mother kept bugging me about holding the pillow down, I thought `this is wrong.' But I felt powerless. I felt I couldn't do anything to stop it.''
The granddaughter said her mother swore her to secrecy about the murder, but she eventually told two friends, then got a stern warning from the mother not to tell anyone else.
"I was losing weight. I couldn't sleep. I was thinking of suicide because I couldn't live with this burden. It was just too heavy.''
The granddaughter said she called 911 at the urging of a boyfriend.
Published Correction Date: 3/5/91 - Alexis Shumway Notified Police About The Suffocation Murder Of Her 79-Year-Old Grandmother Despite A Boyfriend Who Urged Her Not To Call Authorities. This Article Indicated The Boyfriend Urged Her To Call.
Copyright (c) 1991 Seattle Times Company, All Rights Reserved.4
Following from online editon of The Seattle Times on 23Aug1991:
The Murder of Suzine Van Sickle
DAUGHTER, GRANDDAUGHTER GUILTY OF WOMAN'S MURDER
The Seattle Times
August 23, 1991, Friday, Final Edition
BY JULIE EMERY
They loved 79-year-old Suzine Van Sickle and brought her back
home to live out her days, they said.
But Van Sickle's caretakers - her daughter and granddaughter
- yesterday were convicted of poisoning, then smothering her.
A King County jury found Jimmie Jean Shumway, 59, the
daughter, and Alexis Shumway, 29, guilty of premeditated
first-degree murder in the bizarre killing last November that
they kept secret for three months.
The two showed no emotion as the verdict was read yesterday.
Deputy Prosecutor Lisa Marchese said that after the two
depleted the $100,000 estate of the widowed Van Sickle, she no
longer was useful to them.
"They got rid of the burden," the prosecutor said
in closing arguments. "They murdered her."
The daughter and granddaughter gave separate statements to
police telling how they had chopped up 50 capsules of Dilantin,
an anti-seizure medicine, then mixed it in clam chowder and fed
it to Van Sickle Nov. 17 in the family home in Rainier Valley.
But when she was still alive the next day, they put a pillow
over her face and suffocated her. After a 20-minute struggle,
Van Sickle died.
A medical examiner concluded she died of congestive heart
failure, and her body was donated to the University of
Washington.
"This was the perfect murder - with the one exception -
a guilty conscience," John "Jay" Mooney, a
Seattle homicide detective, said after the verdict.
Alexis Shumway, who was chief caretaker for her grandmother,
lived with the secret until Feb. 12, when she called police.
Marchese and Deputy Prosecutor Kerry Keefe brought evidence
showing that the daughter, after getting power of attorney for
her mother in late 1987, wrote 30 checks to herself totaling $
45,000.
More than $13,000 was donated to the Church of Scientology,
the prosecutors said. Payments to the nursing home where Van
Sickle previously lived were overdue.
Police found a paper in Jimmie Jean Shumway's Federal Way
home where she had written the fatal dosage for Dilantin - two
to five grams - after consulting the Physician's Desk Reference.
The daughter said in her statement, "I did it. It was a
mercy killing." She said Van Sickle several times had
talked about taking her own life.
The granddaughter's statement said she held the pillow
"for a while, then I just held my grandmother's hand."
When Van Sickle was killed, the fees to the nursing home
where she earlier resided were $ 33,000 in arrears and the
establishment was attempting to put a lien on her home on South
Brandon Street.
Juror Carla Anderson said after the verdict:
"I think we all were concerned about Alexis. We felt that
her mother obviously dominated and that she was passive."
But the jury had no choice but to follow the law, she said.
Superior Court Judge Frank Sullivan will sentence the two in
about six weeks. The standard sentencing range is 20 to 26 years
in prison.
Neither has a criminal record.5
Following from online editon of The Seattle Times on 28Sep1991:
Relatives Sentenced For Murder -- Daughter, Granddaughter Get Total Of 55 Years
By Julie Emery
Suzine Van Sickle was a retired beautician who loved to read, sew, grow flowers and take photographs. In her later years, she pored over flower books and crocheted afghans.
Three years before her murder at the hands of her closest relatives, she and her husband, George, had received a $100,000 settlement from injuries he suffered on the job. She also received Social Security, got his pension when he died and benefited from Medicaid.
But at the time of her death, authorities found just $5.41 in two bank accounts, a zero balance in another and a fourth account that was overdrawn.
Yesterday, a King County Superior Court judge imposed sentences totaling 55 years for the professed loved ones who poisoned her with doctored clam chowder last fall and then smothered her with a pillow.
Judge Frank Sullivan imposed an exceptional sentence of 35 years on Van Sickle's daughter, Jimmie Jean Shumway, 59, of Federal Way, who had power of attorney for her mother. Shumway had "essentially pillaged a substantial future" for the 79-year-old Van Sickle, the judge said.
He called the case a "classic case of extreme vulnerability of a victim," noting that Van Sickle, in the months before her murder, needed 24-hour care, was incontinent and could not fix her own food.
Alexis M. Shumway, 29, a granddaughter who lived at the family home in Columbia City, was sentenced to 20 years.
"They (the daughter and granddaughter) made the decision that her life was no longer of value," Deputy Prosecutor Kerry Keefe said before the sentencing. "Their motivations were greed and their own selfishness, rather than loving care and comfort of their own flesh and blood."
Van Sickle died Nov. 18, 1990, after a 20-minute struggle, during which the two women held a pillow to her face after first trying to kill her with poisoned food. Neither spoke at the sentencing and showed little emotion. Their attorneys said they will appeal.
Deputy Prosecutor Lisa Marchese said before the sentencing that the nursing home where Van Sickle once stayed had notified the state Adult Protective Services that she might be in peril after the daughter and granddaughter moved her home.
The removal was made despite the pending appointment of a legal guardian, Marchese said. Kathleen Burge, a social worker for Adult Protective Services had written Jimmie Jean Shumway two months before the murder, asking for details on Van Sickle's finances and how the two women planned to care for Van Sickle.
The daughter never responded to Burge's letter. Burge testified that she did not pursue the matter and did not telephone Van Sickle's home or visit her.
"The nursing home did everything right," Marchese said. "The signals were all there for APS, including $40,000 in fees owed the nursing home. The APS dropped the ball."
Keefe and Marchese had asked for lesser punishment for the granddaughter because she reported the murder to Seattle police.
Before the confession, Van Sickle's doctor had classified the death as from natural causes.
A neighbor of Van Sickle, Freida Hein, remembers how Van Sickle for years made her own clothes and was talented in photography.
Hein, 76, said that a year before Van Sickle's murder, she had gone to the house to visit, bringing Van Sickle a birthday cake.
"They didn't even tell her it was her birthday," Hein said.
Copyright (c) 1991 Seattle Times Company, All Rights Reserved.6
Child of Suzine Dolores Sussman and George Daniel Van Sickle
- Jimmie Jean Van Sickle+ b. 11 Jan 1932, d. 5 Sep 2003
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Birth: 9 November 1911, Washington, USA
Death: 18 November 1990, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Burial
Source: Find a Grave
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Queen Isabelle Sutphen married Charles E. Jay, son of Daniel Webster Jay and Isabella P. Hollingsworth.
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