Earlene Aurel Coston and Verne Robert Markham

EARLENE AUREL COSTON, daughter of MABEL AUREL TAYLOR and FRANK MERLE COSTON, was born July 8, 1926 in Skidmore, Nodaway, Missouri,⁹⁶⁹⁷ and died January 27, 1984 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico.⁹⁶⁹⁷ She is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Skidmore, Nodaway, Missouri.^{9697, 456}

She married VERNE ROBERT MARKHAM on May 26, 1946 in Savannah, Andrew, Missouri.³¹²² He was born May 19, 1927 in Graham, Nodaway, Missouri,⁴⁵⁶ and died February 18, 2015.⁴⁵⁶

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Children of EARLENE AUREL COSTON and VERNE ROBERT MARKHAM:

1. Son

Education

Marriage Announcements and News

Maryville Daily Forum, May 28, 1946³¹²²

Coston-Markham

Miss Earlene Aurel Coston Skidmore and Verne Robert Markham Maryville were married at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon in a double ring ceremony. The Rev. Frank J. Mapel officiated at his Savannah residence.

The bride was attended by her sister Miss Erma Louise Coston and the best man was the bride's brother, William F. Coston. Miss LaVena Mildred Coston sister of the bride played the wedding march. Miss Gloria Jeanne Eickholt the groom's niece was the ring bearer.

Others present were Mr. and MRs. Frank Coston parents of the bride who were also married by the Rev. Mapel, the bridgroom's mother Mrs. Lucil Markham, the bridegroom's sister, Mrs. Eickholt and Mr. Eickholt and Mrs. Mapel.

The bride and groom were graduated from Maryville high school in 1945. During the past year the bride has been teaching in a Nodaway county rural school.

The bridegroom has recently been discharged from the navy. After a brief honeymoon in Kansas City they will reside in Maryville.

Obituaries

St. Joseph Gazette, January 31, 1984⁹⁶⁹⁷

Earlene Markham

SKIDMORE, Mo. — Earlene A. Markham, 57, Albuquerque, N.M., died Friday, Jan. 27 at her home following a lengthy bout with cancer.

She was born July 9, 1926, at Skidmore, Mo.

Surviving are two sons, Stephen R. Markham, Albuquerque, and Bruce Markham, Bethell, Wash.; a daughter, Tammy A. Gassaway, Albuquerque; two sisters, Erma L. Bilby, Rosendale, Mo., and LaVerna M. Loehr, Kansas City, Mo.; two brothers, William F. Coston, Skidmore, Mo., and Robert C. Coston, Hugo, Okla.; and six grandchildren.

Services will be held in Albuquerque. Graveside services and burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Skidmore. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 Wednesday evening at the Price Funeral Home in Maryville, Mo.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
April 2, 19303119	Clay, Holt, Missouri	Frank Merle Coston Mabel Aurel Taylor Erma Louise Coston William F. Coston Robert Volney Coston Earlene Aurel Coston
April 30, 19403121	Colfax, Daviess, Missouri	Frank Merle Coston Mabel Aurel Taylor Erma Louise Coston Robert Volney Coston Earlene Aurel Coston Daughter