Stella Claiborn d. 1 February 1974

BIG TIMBER- Mrs. Stella Claiborn, 91, died Friday morning in the Pioneer Home, where she had been a patient for four years.

She was born March 21, 1882, in Waynesville, Mo., and grew up there.

On Nov. 5, 1899. she was married to Dr. Drura Claiborn in Waynesville. They moved to Big Timber in 1907, and had lived there since. Her husband died in 1959.

Mrs. Claiborn was a past matron of Order of Eastern Star and past president of the Big Timber Women's Club.

Survivors include six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Lowry Funeral Home, with Dr. Olive Tanquary of the Congregational Church officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery.

The Billings Gazette
Billings, Montana
3 February 1974, Sunday
Page 15

Transcribed by Laura (Abernathy) Huffman