Dove (Comfort Mikiraha) PITTMAN 1,2,3
- Born: 17 Aug 1875, Ringgold City (historical), Ringgold, Iowa
- Marriage: Samuel James McCORMICK on 3 Mar 1897 in Mount Ayr, Ringgold, Iowa, USA
- Died: 4 Jan 1964, Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, USA at age 88 8
- Buried: Lakeside Cemetery, Canon City, Fremont, Colorado 12
 Death Notes:
Canon City Daily Record 4 Jan 1964 Page 1
Mrs. Dove McCormick, 88, Dies Saturday In Canon City Hospital
Mrs. Dove McCormick, resident of Canon City since 1938, who lived at 712 Harrison Ave., died in a local hospital Saturday, 5:30 a.m., after a lingering ill ness. She had been in failing health for one year, becoming serious the past three weeks. She was 88.
Services will be 2:30 p.m. Monday in Chapel of the Garden, the Rev. Gilbert Moore officiating. Interment will be in Lakeside cemetery with arrangements being handled by Holt-Wilson Funeral Directors.
Mrs. McCormick was born Aug. 17 1875 in Ringold City. Iowa. She was married to Samuel James McCormick on March 3, 1897 in Mount Ary, Iowa lie died Aug. 21, 1942
The couple came to Colorado in 1918 from Coffeyville, Kans., and to Canon City on Jan. 7, 1938 from Holly Colo.
Mrs. McCormick was a member of the First Baptist Church, the Queen Esther Class of the church, and the Gold Star Mothers’ Club.
Survivors include four sons, C. James McCormick, Canon City; Millard Thomas McCormick San Antonio, Tex.; Maynard Charles McCormick, Holly, Colo.; Wayne Franklin McCormick, Long Beach, Calif. and four daughters, Mrs. Fern Gossett. Cortez, Colo.; Mrs. Emma Tillinghast, Canton, O.; Mrs. Dove Stafford, Pueblo, Colo.; Mrs. Jennie Woodall, Dodge City, Kan.
Several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; a brother, Edward Pittman of Canon City, and two sisters, Mrs. Bell Whitehead, Hiwasa, Ark., and Mrs. Bissie McChaney, Kellerton, Ia., also survive.
Two sons and one daughter preceded her in death.
Noted events in her life were:
1. Census, 1880, Poe twp, Ringgold, Iowa, USA. 13
2. Census, 1900, Lincoln twp, Harrison, Missouri. 14
3. Census, 1910, Howard twp, Labette, Kansas. 7
4. Census, 1930, Holly, Prowers, Colorado, USA. 10 Shows their granddaughter Lusille Parish living with them, but I think the census is wrong on parent's birthplace.
Dove married Samuel James McCORMICK, son of George McCORMICK and Sarah HARRIS, on 3 Mar 1897 in Mount Ayr, Ringgold, Iowa, USA. (Samuel James McCORMICK was born on 1 May 1865 in Indiana, died on 21 Aug 1942 in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, USA 15 and was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Canon City, Fremont, Colorado 12.)
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