Families of William Raymond Flournoy
WILLIAM RAYMOND FLOURNOY, son of ALMA PALMORE IRVINE and SAMUEL HOLLOWAY FLOURNOY, was born March 17, 1894 in Hardin, Ray, Missouri,9237 and died August 14, 1980 in Modesto, Stanislaus, California.10231 He is buried in Hillside Cemetery, Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut.456
He married (1) HELEN HORNER on June 13, 1922 in Jackson County, Missouri.8037 She was born in 1895,456 and died February 3, 1968 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut.42 She is buried in Hillside Cemetery, Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut.456
He married (2) DOROTHEA JANE MONTGOMERY on July 26, 1968.12963 She was born September 17, 1901 in Sutter Creek, Plymouth, California,250, 12961 and died April 16, 1985 in Modesto, Stanislaus, California.250, 12961 She is buried in Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson, Stanislaus, California.456
Children of HELEN HORNER and WILLIAM RAYMOND FLOURNOY:
- JAMES HORNER FLOURNOY, b. January 17, 1926, New York, Manhattan, New York;4532 m. JACQUELINE LOCKHART SMITH on October 21, 1950 in Old First Reformed Church, Brooklyn, Kings, New York12957; d. March 18, 2004;4532 bur. Hillside Cemetery, Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut.456
- HOUSTON IRVINE FLOURNOY, b. October 7, 1929, New York, Manhattan, New York;12956 m. MARJORIE ELSIE WESTERKAMP on July 11, 1954 in Denver, Denver, Colorado10815; d. January 7, 2008, California.12959
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Personal Information
William R. Flournoy
- was a US army Air Force Veteran of World War I10231
- was an executive for General Foods10231
- was a member of the Elks Lodge10231
- was a member of the Masonic Lodge10231
- was a member of the First Baptist Church, Modesto, Stanislaus, California. 10231
Marriage Announcements and News
Daily Republican, June 26, 192212955
Flournoy-Horner
Announcements have been received of the marriage of Miss Helen Horner, youngest daughter of J. L. Horner, of Kansas City, but formerly of this place to Mr. William Raymond Flournoy, of New York City, on Thursday, June 15, 1922. The bride was raised and educated in this place, graduating from the Hartford High school with the class of 1913. Four years later she completed the musical course at Baker University. Mill Helen has a wonderful soprano voice of wide range and volume and has delighted many with her singing on the Chautauqua platform. The past two winters she has been musical director in the public and High schools at LaCygne. She is a bright capable young lady. From a little girl she has grown up in our midst, admired by both old and young alike. She has ever been a bright star in the home and now she has gone to reign as queen in her own home.The groom is a stranger to us, but judging from what the bride is worthy of, he is a fine and noble man. On account of the recent death of Mrs. Horner, only a quiet home wedding was had, with just the immediate family circle. The many friends of Miss Helen extend to her their heartiest congratulations for a long, pleasant and prosperous married life in her New York home.—Hartford Times.
The bride's many friends in this community join in congratulations and best wishes. She had charge of the music department in the Burlington high school and was very popular here.
Obituaries
Modesto Bee, August 16, 198010231
WILLIAM R. FLOURNOY
Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Franklin & Downs-McHenry Chapel for William Raymond Flournoy, 86, who died Thursday in a Modesto hospital after a lengthy illness.
Private burial will follow.
A native of Missouri, he was a retired executive for General Foods Corp. and moved to Modesto 10 years ago.
He was a World War I Air Force veteran, a member of the Order Dae Dalians, the Modesto Elks Lodge No. 1282, BPOE, the Masonic Luncheon Club, the Ivanhoe Lodge AF & AM of Kansas City, Mo., and the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco.
Mr. Flournoy also served on the board of directors for Memorial Hospital and was a member of the First Baptist Church.
He leaves his wife, Dorothea M. of Modesto; two sons, Houston I. of Palos Verdes Estates and James H. Flournoy of Connecticut; stepdaughter Mrs. Norman S. Reid of Modesto; and eight grandchildren.
Modesto Bee, April 18, 198512961
Mrs. Flournoy Dies At Age 83
Dorothea McVay Flournoy, a volunteer worker in many community organizations, died Tuesday in Modesto. She was 83.
A service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Franklin & Downs-McHenry Chapel. The service will conclude at the chapel.
Mrs. Flournoy was a founder of the Progressive Club, the League of Women Voters, Family Service League and Lawyers' Wives of California.
She also was a member of many other groups, including the American Association of University Women, Stanislaus County Humane Society, Salvation Army Board of Directors and Women's Auxiliary, Modesto Symphony and Symphony Auxiliary, Memorial Hospital Foundation and Del Rio Country Club.
She was a Soroptomist "Woman of the Year" and past regent of the Hugh Moss Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. She also was a member of the First Baptist Church of Modesto.
In addition, Mrs. Flournoy had been a member of the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco and the alumni associations of Lindenwood College, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Arizona.
She was married twice. Her first husband was Nathan B. McVay, a Modesto lawyer who also served judicially as a U.S. commissioner.
After his death, she married Raymond Flournoy, father of former gubernatorial candidate Houston Flournoy.
Mrs. Flournoy was born in Sutter Creek. She had lived in Modesto since 1928.
She is survived by a daughter, Erdean McVay Reid of Modesto, and two grandchildren.
The family prefers remembrances to be sent to Community Hospice, 115 Griswold Ave., Suite 1, Modesto 95350 or the Salvation Army, Box 1328, Modesto 95353.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| June 23, 190010232 | Crooked River, Ray, Missouri |
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| April 18, 19104386 | Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri |
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| January 10, 1920293 | Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri |
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| April 8, 19309209 | East Rockaway, Nassau, New York |
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| April 22, 19409209 | Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts |
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