Della May Tagg and Wilbur Newton Carkhuff

WILBUR NEWTON CARKHUFF, son of HARRIET WINSLOW BLAIR and JAMES HENRY CARKHUFF, was born January 21, 1886 in Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas,⁸²⁸³ and died October 15, 1966 in Montrose, Montrose, Colorado.⁸²⁸³ He is buried in Cedar Creek Cemetery, Montrose, Montrose, Colorado.^{8283, 456}

He married DELLA MAY TAGG on June 19, 1914 in Montrose, Montrose, Colorado.⁸²⁶¹ She was born February 18, 1888 in Onida, Sully, South Dakota,^{56, 8266} and died January 15, 1972 in Montrose County, Colorado.^{56, 8266} She is buried in Cedar Creek Cemetery, Montrose, Montrose, Colorado.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Houston Descendant Report (Ancestor of Wilbur N. Carkhuff)

Children of DELLA MAY TAGG and WILBUR NEWTON CARKHUFF:

1. MARJORIE LUCILLE CARKHUFF, b. April 1, 1915, Montrose, Montrose, Colorado;⁴⁵³² d. May 30, 2003.⁴⁵³²
2. PAUL WILBUR CARKHUFF, b. July 22, 1917, Montrose, Montrose, Colorado;⁸²⁸⁴ d. March 12, 2014.⁸²⁸⁴
3. MARY HELEN CARKHUFF, b. January 17, 1920, Montrose, Montrose, Colorado;⁴⁵³² d. January, 1980.⁴⁵³²
4. GEORGE MERTON CARKHUFF, b. December 17, 1922, Montrose, Montrose, Colorado;⁷³⁷⁷ d. May 2, 1946;⁴⁵⁶ bur. Cedar Creek Cemetery, Montrose, Montrose, Colorado.⁴⁵⁶
5. JAMES HENRY CARKHUFF, b. January 15, 1927, Montrose, Montrose, Colorado;⁷³⁷⁷ m. BEULAH MARJORIE VORE on December 15, 1950 in Church of the Nazarene, Nampa, Canyon, Idaho^{10055, 10056}; d. September 11, 2023, Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho.²⁶⁰⁹
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Personal Information

Wilbur N. Carkhuff

• was a rural mail carrier⁸²⁸³

Della M. Tagg

• was a secretary for several years at the courthouse in Montrose⁸²⁶⁶
• was a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union⁸²⁶⁶
• was a member of the Nazarene Church. ⁸²⁶⁶

Education

Obituaries

Daily Sentinel, October 24, 1966⁸²⁸³

Wilbur N. Carkhuff

MONTROSE — Services for Wilbur Newton Carkhuff, 80, a rural mail carrier here for 35 years, will be at the Church of the Nazarene at 2 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be in Cedar Cemetery. The Valley Funeral Home is in charge.

Mr. Carkhuff died Sunday at his home.

He was born on Jan. 21, 1886, at Solomon, Kans. He graduated from Abilene, Kans., high school and Central Business College at Kansas City.

Mr. Carkhuff started carrying the mail on Route One in 1911 and served until 1946. He was among those present at the opening of the Gunnison Tunnel and its dedication by President William Howard Taft.

He married Della May Tagg at the Tagg home on the Uncompahgre on June 19, 1914. The wedding dinner was served by Mrs. Lulu Larson and marge the beginning of the Larson Ladies, an organization of women still catering to parties and special dinners in this area.

Surviving are his wife; three sons, Paul of Redvale, Delbert of Tononah, Nev., and James of Saratoga, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Mays of manhattan Beach, Calif., and Mrs. Mary Baker of Chicago, Ill.; two brothers, Herman of Montrose and Elmer of Seal Beach, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Nels Jacobsen of Montrose and Mrs. Nellie Ritzman of Madera, Calif.; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Daily Sentinel, January 20, 1972⁸²⁶⁶

Mrs. Della Carkhuff

MONTROSE — Mrs. Della May Carkhuff, 83, was found dead at her home Tuesday, apparently the victim of a heart attack.

She was the widow of Wilbur N. Carkhuff, a retired postal employe, who died in October, 1966.

Mrs. Carkhuff came to Montrose in 1910. She was employed as a secretary for several years in the old courthouse on Main. The Carkhuffs were married June 19, 1914, in the home of her parents, in the Uncompahgre community.

She was a charter member of the Nazarene Chuch, and the National Association of Retired Civil Employes, and a member of the WCTU.

Mrs. Carkhuff was born Della May Tagg Feb. 18, 1888, at Onida, Dakota Territory. She graduated from high school at Gettysburg, S.D., and attended college at Huron, S.D., and Metropolitan business college in Chicago.

Surviving are three sons, James of Couer d'Alene, Idaho, Delbert of Tonopah, Nev., and Paul of Redvale; two daughters, Mrs. T. C. Baker of Chicago and Mrs. Vern West of Manhattan Beach, Calif.; a brother, two sisters, 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 20, 19003202	Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas	James Henry Carkhuff Harriet Winslow Blair Catherine Millie Carkhuff Herman Glen Carkhuff Houston F. Carkhuff Walter Emerson Carkhuff James Elmer Carkhuff Wilbur Newton Carkhuff Clarissa Helen Carkhuff Nellie Irene Carkhuff
April 18, 19108263	Montrose, Montrose, Colorado	James Henry Carkhuff Harriet Winslow Blair Wilbur Newton Carkhuff Clarissa Helen Carkhuff Nellie Irene Carkhuff
January 9, 19208271	Orchard, Montrose, Colorado	Wilbur Newton Carkhuff Della May Tagg Marjorie Lucille Carkhuff Paul Wilbur Carkhuff
April 4, 19308272	Orchard, Montrose, Colorado	Wilbur Newton Carkhuff Della May Tagg Marjorie Lucille Carkhuff Paul Wilbur Carkhuff Mary Helen Carkhuff George Merton Carkhuff James Henry Carkhuff
April 12, 19408273	Montrose, Montrose, Colorado	Wilbur Newton Carkhuff Della May Tagg George Merton Carkhuff James Henry Carkhuff Son