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Joseph Edward Chase was born on 19 March 1879 in Richardson County, Nebraska.¹ He died on 16 April 1879, at age 0, in Salem, Franklin, Nebraska.¹ He was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Verdon, Richardson, Nebraska.¹

Frances (Fannie) Ella Chase was born on 2 November 1864 in Nebraska.^1,2,3 She and Robert S. McClenahan were married about 1889.³ She died on 25 August 1932, at age 67.² She was buried in Yukon Cemetery, Yukon, Canadian, Oklahoma.²

Robert S. McClenahan was born on 15 May 1855 in Sayre, Bradford, Pennsylvania.^1,2 He and Frances (Fannie) Ella Chase were married about 1889.² He died on 12 January 1907, at age 51.¹ He was buried in Yukon Cemetery, Yukon, Canadian, Oklahoma.¹

Robert S. McClenahan was a Farmer.²

Ruth Violet McClenahan was born on 31 October 1891 in Seneca, Nemaha, Kansas.^1,2 She died on 1 December 1985, at age 94, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma.¹ She was buried in Yukon Cemetery, Yukon, Canadian, Oklahoma.¹

James Pike Cox was born on 14 June 1886 in Bradenburg, Meade, Kentucky.¹ He died on 9 August 1961, at age 75, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma.

James Pike Cox was a Collector in Gas and Electric.¹

James Pike Cox, Jr., was born on 29 June 1921 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma.¹ He died on 17 February 2004, at age 82, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma.¹ He was buried in Yukon Cemetery, Yukon, Canadian, Oklahoma.¹

Margie D. (?) was born on 12 June 1902.^1,2 She died on 18 March 1988, at age 85, in Houston, Harris, Texas.^1,2 She was buried in Forest Part Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas.¹

Margaret Brisco was born about 1887 in Missouri.¹

Orville B. Barron was born on 5 January 1911 in St. Louis County, Missouri.^1,2 He died on 12 December 2003, at age 92, in Moline, Rock Island, Illinois.²

Orville B. Barron, 92, of East Moline, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2003, at Heartland Health Care Center, Moline.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Wendt Funeral Home, Moline. The Rev. Robert Lee will officiate. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Wendt. Memorials may be made to Two Rivers YMCA, Moline.

Orville was born Jan. 5, 1911, in St. Louis, Mo., to Claude and Marge Brisco Barron. He married Jane Johnson July 28, 1941, in Rock Island. She preceded him in death in 1995.

He was employed at Deere & Co. for 41 years, retiring in 1972 from John Deere Intercontinental as manager of exports and in charge of all ports.

Orville was a former member of Oakwood Country Club, the Elks, Moline Breakfast Optimist Club and was active in Junior Achievement. He was also a volunteer for Sun City Food Bank and Boswell Hospital, Sun City, Ariz. He enjoyed golf, gardening and traveling.

Many people will remember Orville from the Big Band Era when they danced to Orville Barron and the Missourians Band.

Survivors (and spouses) are his daughter, Pam (Mike) Wendt, Moline; granddaughter, Cecelia Wendt, Miami Lakes, Fla.; and grandson, Michael Wendt, Champaign, Ill. In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Stephen Barron.
(Rock Island Argus, Dec. 17, 2003.)

Steven Barron died before 12 December 2003.¹