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William Bagley Prestridge
16 Oct 1892 – 6 Mar 1962
| Birth | 16 Oct 1892 |
| Death | 6 Mar 1962 |
| Cemetery | Hailey Cemetery Hailey , Blaine County , Idaho , USA |
| Added by | Colleen Lockwood on 02 May 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36165737 |
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Hailey -- William B. Prestridge, 69 , died in a local hospital Tuesday after a lingering illness. Mr. Prestridge was born Oct. 16, 1892, in Purdey, Okla., and traveled to Ketchum in 1937, where he was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad up to time of his death. He married Emily J. Irvine in Bridgeport, Neb., on May 24, 1939, and moved with her to a home in Hailey. He was a veteran of World War I, and a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mr. Prestridge is survived by his wife, two sons, Freddie L., of Kent, Wash., and William C., with the United States Army in Germany; a daughter, Mrs. Hubert McMahan, of Mountain Home, and five brothers, John T., of Redwood City, Calif.; Earl of Texas, and Rufus, Henry and George of Olustee, Okla., and two sisters, Mrs. Dovie Combert and Mrs. C. J. Pinson, also of Olustee. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at McGoldrick. Bird Chapel here with Rev. R. J. Kennedy officiating. Military rites will be accorded Mr. Prestridge at Hailey under direction of the Blaine County Post of the American Legion. The Idaho Daily Statesman (Boise, ID) 08 Mar 1962, Thu ∼ Hailey, Idaho -- William B. Prestridge, 69, died Tuesday, 3 a.m., in a Sun Valley hospital after a long illness. Born Oct. 16, 1892, Purdey, Okla. Came to Ketchum in 1937. Union Pacific Railroad Co. employee. Moved to Hailey in 1958. Married Emily J. Irvine, May 24, 1929. Veteran World War I. Member, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Survivors; widow; sons, Freddie L., Kent Wash., William C., U.S. Army in Germany; daughter, Mrs. Hubert McMahan, Mountain Home; four brothers, two sisters. Burial, Hailey Cemetery. The Salt Lake Tribune (UT)
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- Minnie Ethel Prestridge Brooker 1884–1957
- Lucy Viola Prestridge Burrier 1885–1959
- Adelia "Addie" Prestridge Welty 1887–1983
- Myrtle Alena Prestridge Dean 1889–1986
- George Harris Prestridge 1891–1983
- Charles Henry Prestridge Jr 1894–1984
- Joseph Aaron Prestridge 1897–1925
- Earl Richard Prestridge 1899–2003
- Johnnie Maude Prestridge Pinson 1902–1997
- John Thomas Prestridge 1908–1998
- Rufus Andrew Barton Prestridge 1910–1993
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