Sympathy Saturday: Victor Claude Balding, 1874-1945

[dee_burris]

This is the obituary for my great grandfather, who got a patent for a toy he made.

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V C Balding, Retired Telegrapher, Dies.

Victor C Balding, aged 70, retired telegrapher for the Missouri Pacific Lines, died at his home at 217 Denison street at 8 Tuesday night. He had been employed by the railroad for 38 years and retired three years ago. He was a member of the Second Presbyterian church and Albert Pike Lodge No. 714 Masons. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hattie C Balding of Little Rock; three sons, Lt. Eugene V Balding of Camp Maxey, Tex.; R Ellington Balding of Alice, Tex., and Sgt. Marvin P Balding of Fort Leonard Wood, MO; four daughters, Mrs. W N Brandon, Mrs. Joe D Williams and Mrs. John H Fox of Little Rock and Miss Vera Balding of Spokane, Wash., and four grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Ruebel & Company.
Published on Wednesday, 10 Jan 1945, in the Arkansas Gazette

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[oakmouse]

Miss Vera Balding. Do you know where in Spokane she lived, and when and where she died? Because that name is oddly familiar. (Is she the female relative of yours we already talked about, who died in a small town in Eastern WA and was a Rebekah?)

[dee_burris]

She was the fourth child - born 14 Jun 1910 in Little Rock, died 25 Oct 1999 in Maricopa Co., AZ.

Married twice - first to Allan Robert King, who died in 1961 in Sarasota, FL. After his death, she remarried to Julian Harold King, and for a while, they lived on his farm outside of Springfield, MO.

Julian died in AZ in 1983 - they had moved to Sun City for retirement. Aunt "Bobo" (as we called her) stayed in AZ after his death.

Since she was single in Spokane in 1945 when her dad died, and I wasn't born yet, no, I don't know how long she was there.

Hoping to talk to my uncle's widow this weekend to see if she can remember some of the talk about the Baldings after she married into the family in 1951.

Vera's oldest sister has a very interesting story, but right now there are too many gaps for me to do it justice.

[oakmouse]

Hmmm, probably not somebody I or my family knew, then; she was gone before we got there. Her name sounding familiar may just be one of those random echoes.