Individual Details
Eldora Mae "Dora" ADAMS
(27 Mar 1890 - 11 Sep 1968)
Events
| Birth | 27 Mar 1890 | Cerro Gordo Township, Piatt County, IL |  | ||
| Marriage | 28 Dec 1910 | Rolling Fork, Sharkey County, MS - Herman Payton FURR | | ||
| Occupation | 1930 - 1940 | garment factory seamstress - Decatur, Macon County, IL | |||
| Occupation | 1950 | florist helper and janitress - Macon County, IL | |||
| Death | 11 Sep 1968 | Anaheim, Orange County, CA |  | | |
| Burial | Melrose Abbey Memorial Park, Anaheim, Orange County, CA | | |||
| Soc Sec No | 328-10-1558 | |
Families
| Spouse | Herman Payton FURR (1890 - 1925) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Herman Payton FURR Jr. (1914 - 1914) |
| Child | Adella Mae FURR (1916 - 1999) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | William Rose ADAMS (1866 - 1945) |
| Mother | Emma May GOOD (1867 - 1941) |
Notes
Death
Mrs. Herman (Dora) Furr, 78, of Anaheim, Calif. A former Decatur resident, died Wednesday in Anaheim. She was born March 27,1890, a daughter of W. R. and Emma Good Adams. A longtime resident of Decatur, Mrs. Furr moved to Anaheim seven years ago. She was employed by the Home Mfg. Co. in Decatur. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Thelma) Goodwin of Anaheim; Mrs. Ernest (Adella) Karloski of Rosemead, Calif.; Mrs. John Sheehan of Redondo Beach, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Guy, (Ethel) Rice of Decatur, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, a son, two sisters and two brothers. Funeral services will be in California.The Decatur Daily Review, Decatur, Illinois, September 13, 1968
Endnotes
1. "Illinois, Births and Christenings, 1824-1940", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H9TW-TDPZ : 13 February 2020).
2. Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979. Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 26 November 2020.
3. The Decatur Daily Review, Decatur, Illinois.
4. , findagrave.com (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
5. United States Social Security Death Index.