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Cause of death: Cancer
Labern Wilbern McReynolds
Obituary from Colton, CA newspaper:
Labern W. McReynolds, 64, of 1744 Rancho Ave., Colton, died yesterday in a San Bernardino hospital. He was born in Missouri and was a 21-year resident of San Bernardino County and of California, during which time he was employed as a heavy duty mechanic with Triangle Rock Products, Inc.
He attended the United Methodist Church of Colton.
Survivors include his wife, Jeanette F.; one daughter, Mrs. Dona Eason of Fontana; one son, Rollie F. also of Fontana; three brothers, Gaylord, of Kentucky, Elmer, of Colton, and Donald, of Chicago, Ill.; and three sisters, Ona Smith of Rockfield, Ind., and Marcel Baum and Grace Coburn both of Kansas City, Mo.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Knopsnyder Mortuary Chapel followed by burial in Crestlawn Memorial Park in Riverside.
Friends may call at the chapel today and tomorrow between 1 and 9 p.m. and Monday until time of the service.
The following information was provided by Dona (McReynolds) Eason:
Jeanette Frances Hightower was born 6 Oct 1911 in Joplin, Mo. At age 17, she moved with her parents to Chillicothe, Mo. where this put her across the street from her future husband, Labern McReynolds, whom she married 2 years later. When Labe first saw her, she was in her front yard, dressed in a flowered voile dress and a wide brimmed hat. She had black curly hair that hung down her back, blue eyes and a very white skin. He thought she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. He sent his sister over to meet her and invite her to go for a ride in his father's 1928 Essex. She went and this started them dating.
One date, on a cold winters night, Labe walked 2 miles on ice and snow and 28 degree below zero weather, to sit and talk to her in her parent's parlor (they had moved across town by then). On his way home he saw the town's ice cream parlor, 'The Candy Kitchen' burn to the ground as firemen fought a losing battle as the water froze in the hoses and hydrant.
Labe died 17 May 1973 in San Bernardino, CA of cancer.
More About Labern Wilbern McReynolds: Burial: Aft. May 17, 1973, Crestlawn Memorial Park, Riverside, Riverside Co., CA, USA.839 Degree of Descendant Inte: @SUB1@. Occupation: Heavy Duty Mechanic for Triangle Rock Products, Inc..839 Record Change: January 10, 1998839 Religion: United Methodist Church, Colton, San Bernardino Co., CA, USA.839
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Children of Labern Wilbern McReynolds and Jeanette Frances Hightower are:
Labern Wilbern McReynolds (b. April 01, 1909, d. May 17, 1973)
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