I233: Mollie Leona FULKERSON (9 Jan 1874

Mollie Leona FULKERSON

9 Jan 1874 - 28 Sep 1910

OCCUPATION: Housewife
BIRTH: 9 Jan 1874, Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., CA
DEATH: 28 Sep 1910, Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., CA
BURIAL: 30 Sep 1910, Fulkerson Cemetery, Sonoma Co., CA

Father: Stephen Trible FULKERSON
Mother: Amanda Ellen COCKRILL

Family 1 : William M. WENDT

MARRIAGE: 4 May 1891, Rincon Valley, Sonoma, CA

                                                        _Fulkard FULKERSON _+
                             _Richard FULKERSON _______|
                            |                          |_Sarah DAVIS _______+
 _Stephen Trible FULKERSON _|
|                           |                           ____________________
|                           |_Sally Shepherd CLAWSON __|
|                                                      |____________________
|
|--Mollie Leona FULKERSON 
|
|                                                    _Anderson COCKRILL _+
|                         _Henry Harrison COCKRILL _|
|                        |                          |_Rebecca VENABLE ___+
|_ Amanda Ellen COCKRILL |
                         |                           ____________________
                         |_Ruhamy DOYLE ____________|
                                                    |____________________

Notes:

Picture from Margie Hymer

My grandfather's mother. My grandfather's cousin, Bernice Cummins, grew up near the Wendt family in Santa Rosa in the early 1910's, and remembered her Aunt Moll as making "...the best bread and would always give me bread and butter and sugar."

Photo from Margie Hymer xxxxx

A possible photo of Mollie as a young girl plus and an older picture of her perhaps slightly before her mariage.

"Billie" and Mollie on their "Wedding Day" plus a picture of them in later years. This wedding day picture is both in the collection passed down by my family as well as in the collection of Mollie's "half-cousin," Hattie Grant (copy from Roberta Ballard Medina).

Mollie died at her parent's home when she was 36 years old after a long illness. My grandfather was 13 at the time and went to live with Bruce Fulkerson's family. He rarely mentioned anything about his childhood. Her death was listed as "Parafilegia," on the death certificate, though I (nor the doctors that I consulted about it) have been unable to identify what this was. My grandmother remembers her illness having something to do with "female problems." Her headstone is marked "1874-1909."

Obituary from The Press Democrat, Thursday Morning, Sept. 29, 1910:

Mrs. Wm. Wendt is

Called by Death Passing of a well-known and Respectable Woman after Three Months of Illness

After nearly three months illness Mrs. Mollie Leon Wendt, wife of William Wendt of Rincon Valley, passed away Wednesday evening about 8:15 o'clock at the home of her parents, Mr. Mrs. S. T. Fulkerson 729 Santa Rosa Avenue.
What makes the death of the daughter all the more sad is the fact that the aged father is lying critically ill in the house and for several days it has been only a question of which one would hold out the longest. Mr. Fulkerson, it is not believed, can survive but a very short time.
Mrs. Wendt was born here in Sonoma County 36 years ago and spent all of her life here. She was married in March of 1891, and is survived by her husband and four sons, Claude, Stephen, Milton and Douglas Wendt. Four sisters and two brothers also survive too. They are Mrs. Douglas Badger, Mrs. H. B. Leggett and Mrs. George Cummings of this city, and Mrs. T. S. Grider of Tulare and Richard and Bruce Fulkerson.
The funeral arrangements have not been made as yet, but will be announced tomorrow.

Also from The Press Democrat, Oct. 1, 1910, p. 7:

Mrs. Mollie Wendt is laid to rest

The remains of the late Mrs. Mollie Leon Wendt, wife of William Wendt of Rincon Valley, and daughter of Mr. Mrs. S. T. Fulkerson of this city were laid to rest in the local cemetery, yesterday afternoon. The Funeral was held from the Fulkerson home on Santa Rosa Avenue, where the deceased passed away. It was largely attended by relatives and friends.
The services were conducted by the Rev. Peter Colvin of the Christian Church. The funeral cortege was one of the largest seen here for some time as friends of the family from Rincon Valley came in large numbers to attend the services and show their last respects to the dead.
The funeral hymns were sung by a duet composed of Miss Maime Peterson and Miss Mary Gale.
The pall bearers were six brother in laws of the deceased: messrs Leonard and Fred Wendt, Henry and Charles Leggett, Dode Grider and Geo. Cummings.

From Fulkerson 50th Anniv
Mollie at her parents' 50th Anniversary in 1908

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