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Note: Cecile told this story to her daughter-in-law, Marvel (Hillman) DeVault.
When Cecile's son Bill got a new car he picked her up and took her for a drive. Shortly after they started out he turned a corner sharply and Cecile's door came open. Cecile almost fell out, but she was a short lady and her feet hooked under the dash. I can almost imagine the scene as the car rounds the corner with the top half of Cecile suspended in space and her only connection to the car being her feet hooked under the dash.
Bayard Transcript - January 6, 1938
Mrs. Cecil DeVault has accepted a position as bookkeeper for the Cox Lunber company. Mrs. DeVault was formerly employed as a clerk in the L. B. Murphy store which recently closed out.
OBITUARY
Mrs. Cecile DeVault
Mrs. Cecile DeVault, 72, of 1455 Ninth Street, Gering, died at her home Monday. She was born Jan. 16, 1894 at Linden, Iowa. She attended school at Linden and was graduated from Kirkman High School in Kirkman, Iowa. She then came with her parents to Bayard.
She married Henry DeVault in Bayard in 1916. She lived in the Bayard community many years and later became associated with the L. B. Murphy Co. in Bridgeport. She retired in 1959 when she moved to Reseda, Calif., to be with her son and family. She returned to Gering in 1963 where she made her home with S. N. Howell of Gering.
She is survived by one son, William DeVault of Reseda; one brother, Samuel Howell of Gering, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. One brother preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Boley-Dennis Funeral Home in Gering with the Rev. Merton D. Wyatt officiating. Burial will be in Reseda. A memorial has been established to the Heart Fund.
GRAVE STONE
IN LOVING MEMORY CECILE A. DeVAULT 1894 -- 1966
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