Eleanor Brooks Vaulx and Thomas Scott Risser

THOMAS SCOTT RISSER, son of INEZ MARY SCOTT and JULIUS OTHO RISSER, was born March 17, 1884 in Adel, Dallas, Iowa,⁸ and died October 7, 1967 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska.^{356, 56} He is buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska.^{32, 357, 456}

He married ELEANOR BROOKS VAULX on April 25, 1909 in Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas.³⁷² She was born December 8, 1882 in Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas,^{32, 362} and died February 4, 1967 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska.³² She is buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska.^{32, 362, 456}

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Children of ELEANOR BROOKS VAULX and THOMAS SCOTT RISSER:

1. JAMES VAULX RISSER, b. March 16, 1910, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa;³¹¹ m. ELLA CAROLYN SCHACHT on June 24, 1934 in Cook, Johnson, Nebraska³⁶¹; d. January 4, 1973, Chicago, Cook, Illinois.³⁴
2. KATHARINE VAULX RISSER, b. January 27, 1917, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska;³⁶³ m. ERNST L. SCHAEKEL on October 20, 1951^{363, 6501}; d. February 8, 1954, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska.³⁶³
3. ELIZABETH SCOTT RISSER, b. July 28, 1921, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska;³⁶³ d. February 19, 1972, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska.³²

The following was clipped from the Fayetteville (Ark.) Daily of Tuesday, April 27, 1909. Mr. Risser is a graduate of the University of Arkansas, and a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. Mr. and Mrs. Risser will be at home at 716 Willow avenus, Council Bluffs, Iowa:

"The marriage of Thomas P. Risser and Eleanor Vaulx was solemnized in St. Paul's Church Sunday morning at 7:20 by the father of the bride, assisted by the rector. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. Risser and his bride left for Council Bluffs ..."³⁷²

Lincoln Evening Journal and Nebraska State Journal, February 6, 1967³⁶²

RISSER—Mrs. Thomas S. (Eleanor V.), 84 2520 A, died Saturday. Born Fayetteville, Ark. Lincoln resident 55 years. Member Episcopal Church. Survivors: husband, Thomas; son, J. Vaulx Risser, Lincoln; daughter, Elizabeth, Lincoln; two grandchildren; three great-grand children.

Services: 11 a m Tuesday, Roper & Sons', 4300 O. Burial in Wyuka. Father James Stillwell and Rev. Leland H. Lesher. Pallberaers: James V. Risser, H. Brad Hartwig, John Beau, Hal H. Miles, Carl J. Norden, Norman Shaw.

Northwest Arkansas Times, February 6, 1967³⁷⁵

Lincoln, Neb. — Mrs. Eleanor Vaulx Risser, 84, a former resident of Fayetteville, died Saturday in Lincoln, Neb. She was the daughter of Rev. James J. Vaulx, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church from 1876 to 1902, and was a 1904 graduate of the University of Arkansas.

She is survived by her husband, Thomas Risser, and a daughter, Miss Betty Risser, both of the home; a son, Vaulx Risser of Lincoln; two grand-children; and three great-grand-children.

Funeral service and burial will be in Lincoln Tuesday.

Sunday Journal & Star, October 8, 1967³⁵⁶

RISSER, RETIRED ENGINEER, DIES IN NURSING HOME

Services are pending for Thomas Risser, 84, who died in a Lincoln nursing home Saturday night.

A retired engineer for the Lincoln Telephone Co, Mr. Risser was a member of the Pioneer Telephone Assn., Westminster Presbyterian Church and Sigma Nu fraternity.

He is survived by a son J. Vaulx, president of Midwest Steel and daughters, Mrs. C. R. Rhodes, of Fayettevile, Ark., and Miss Elizabeth Risser of Lincoln.

Lincoln Evening Journal and Nebraska State Journal, October 9, 1967³⁵⁷

RISSER—Thomas, 84, Lincoln, died Sautrday. Retired engineer for LT&T, born Iowa. Lincoln resident 55 years. Member Westminster Presbyterian, Pioneer Telephone Assn., Sigma Nu. Survivors: son, J. Vaulx, Lincoln; daughters Miss Elizabeth, Lincoln; sister, Mrs. C. R. Rhodes, Fayetteville, Ark.; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Roper & Sons', 4300 O. Burial Wyuka. Pallbearers: R. D. Andrews, J. M. Hartley, Victor Musselman, Hugo Staley, George Albury, Harlen Cane.