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Barksdale Air Force Base, Lafayette County, Louisiana
Buried
Dewey Cemetery, Dewey, Washington, Oklahoma
Notes
Thomas Plummer Shira was a teacher before he married.
Thomas Plummer Shira came to the Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma area in February 1913 by train. He worked as the Dewey, Washington, Oklahoma postmaster and later built and owned the Sinclair Gas Station which was across from the Dewey United Methodist Church.
Thomas Plummer Shira died while visiting his son, Robert Bruce "Bob" Shira, on Barksdale Air Force Base, Lafayette County, Louisiana.
4. Major General Robert Bruce "Bob" Shira, b. 02 Dec 1910, Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania , d. 22 Nov 2002, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC (Age 91 years)
Shira Group Back: Thomas Plummer Shira, Calvin Curtis Shira, Erla Estelle Brown Shira holding Donald Brown Shira, Unknown, Margaret (Madge) Shira McMichael holding son Kenneth; Front, Samuel Shira and Ruth Elizabeth Steintorf Shira. Please contact the site manager at ssmims63@msn.com if you can identify any of the unknown people.
Shira Family on the porch in PA Left to Rigth: Donald Brown Shira, Elizabeth Jean Shira, Erla Estelle Brown Shira, Robert Bruce Shira, Thomas Plummer Shira, and Samuel Franklin Shira
Samuel Shira Family in front of Shira Home 1. Unknown 2. Margaret (Madge) Shira McMichael holding Kenneth S. McMichael 3. Unknown 4. Ruth Elizabeth Steintorf 5. Samuel Shira 6. Unknown 7. Thomas Plummer Shira 8. Eleanor Elizabeth Shira Caldwell; Butler, Pennsylvania. Please contact the site manager at ssmims63@msn.com if you can identify any of the unknown people.
Shira Family, their home in background Thomas Plummer Shira; Kenneth Eugene Shirey; Unknown; Robert Bruce Shira; Samuel Franklin Shira and wife, Gladys Dorothy Reid Shira; their daughter Dorothy Elizabeth Shira; sitting, Elizabeth Jean Shira Shirey; and kneeling, Donald Brown Shira. Please contact the site manager at ssmims63@msn.com if you can identify any of the unknown people.
Brown Gathering Left to Right: 1st person Thomas Plummer Shira, 2nd person Ethel Leola Moore Brown Sutton, 5th person Warren LeRoy Brown, 6th person Elsie Jane Bovard Brown, 9th from the left is Erla Estelle Brown Shira, 10th person John Everett Brown
Family Gathering in the city Front Row, Left to Right: Kenneth Shira McMichael, Anna Elizabeth "Annie" Shira Bell, and William David Shira. Second Row, Left to Right: Thomas Plummer Shira, Calvin Curtis Shira, Margaret (Madge) A. Shira McMichael, Erla Estelle Brown Shira, Unknown, and John Horace Glenn. Third Row, Left to Right: Unknown, Unknown, Elizabeth Williamson Brown, and Unknown.
Shira Family Front Row, Left to Right: William David Shira; Robert Bruce Shira, Agnes E. Shira, Elizabeth Jean Shira and Erla Estelle Brown Shira. Second Row, Left to Right: Edwin Edward Bell, Margaret (Madge) A. Shira McMichael, Kenneth Shira McMichael, Unknown, Fannie Campbell Shira, and Elizabeth Ruth Steintorf. Third Row, Left to Right: Unknown, Unknown, and Anna Elizabeth "Annie" Shira Bell. Person standing on the far Left: John Everett Brown.
Newspaper article about the Shirey family and the Shira family. Names mentioned in the article: Clifford DeSoto Shirey, Maude Catherine Wise Shirey, Thomas Plummer Shira, Erla Estelle Brown Shira, Elizabeth Jean Shira Shirey, Bruce Eugene Shirey, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ryan, and Mr. and Mrs. H. C. DeLong.
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