Orrel Nathaniel Straw

   Cause of his death was heart attack.

  General Notes:

Research of:
Marie Francis Egan
P.O.Box 6743
Helena, Montana 59604
United States
406 449 7046
m9deer@aol.com

9 June 1917 - WWI Draft record 3 June 1917 lists one child. Age 24 with medium height and build and blue eyes and lt. brown hair.occ: self employed farmer

1919 - Purchased 320 acres in Miles City, MT

1920 Rosebud MT
Orrel N b. 9 Mar 1893 Forsyth, MT ; living in School District 9, Rosebud, Montana
Nellie F [wife] b 1896 WA
Sarah W 1918
Dorothy 1919

1930 Billings, Yellowstone, MT
Orrel Nathanel, 36, occ: farmer
Fay [Nellie F] Smith b. 29 Sep 1894 d. 23 Sept 1981 Yellowstone, MT age 85
Sarah May 1917
Dorothy E 1919
Margaret R 1921
Helen D 1923
James A 1926
Norman P 1928
June M 11/12 months

(research of J. Straw Wittman)
Orrel Nathaniel Straw married Nellie Fay Smith on September 29, 1915 in Forsyth, Mt. Methodist Episcopal Church, daughter of Wilbur Cassius Smith and Sarah Adoline Stitzer.
Children of Orrel Nathaniel Straw and Nellie Fay Smith are:
Paul Norman Straw, b. July 08, 1927, Forsyth, Mt. Rose Bud County, d. November 06, 2000, Billings, Mt. Yellowstone County.
Sara Mary Straw.
Dorothy Edith Straw.
Margaret Ruth Straw.
Helen Orline Straw.
James Alva Straw.
June Mary Straw.
Phillis Jean Straw.
Wilbur Orrel Straw.
Winefred Ann Straw.
Janet Rose Straw.

Orrel Died 11 -04 -1964, Billings, Yellowstone, MT Married/Separated

SSDI:
Orrel STRAW
Birth Date: 24 Mar 1893
Death Date: Apr 1964
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Montana
Actual Death Residence: Montana

Billings Gazette | Billings, Montana | Monday, April 13, 1964
Funeral services for Orrel Nathaniel Straw , 71, of 220 Monroe St., will be held at 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday in Smith's Funeral Chapel.
The Rev. Vern L. Klingman, pastor of First Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Straw, a retired farmer, died of an apparent heart attack at his Billings home Saturday.
He was born in Forsyth, March 24, 1893, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Straw, Mr. Straw
married Nellie Fay Smith in Forsyth, Sept. 29, 1915.
Mr. and Mrs. Straw settled on a ranch north of Billings in 1930. In 1941, they moved to
Billings.
He was a member of the First Melhodist Church.
Surviving are the widow; three sons, James A. Straw of Jackson St., Paul N. Straw,
Rapeljo Star Route, Wilbur 0 Straw of 4435 Jansma Avc.; eight daughters, Mrs. Floyd
Jacobs of 915 N. 19(h St., Mrs Cloyd Priestly of 1310 Collon Blvd., Mrs. Kenneth Clark of
Acton, Mrs. Arthur Plath of Phillipsburg, Mrs. David Wittman of 1935 Burlington Avc,
Mrs. David Lackinan, Route 1 Mrs. Russell Lchner of 4125
Vaughn Lane, Mrs. Harold Richardson of 4017 Bench Blvd • four brothers, Roy Straw of Forsyth, Alva Straw of Fullerton, Calif., Carl Straw of Petersburg Alaska, Harry Straw of Seattle, Wash.; 44 grandchildren

Orrel married Nellie Fay Smith, daughter of Wilbur Cassius Smith and Sarah Adeline Stitzer, on 29 Sep 1915 in Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana, United States of America. (Nellie Fay Smith was born on 29 Sep 1895 in Lyle, Klickitat County, Washington, died on 23 Sep 1981 in Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana and was buried on 25 Sep 1981 in Sunset Memorial Gardens in Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana.)