Foster parents: Anna Dorotha (Mechling) Hill 17 Sep 1853 IN to 20 Jun 1932 Peoria, AZ and William Hill Apr 1842 Indiana. Their sons are Charles R. Hill 26 Sep 1872 IN to 6 Jul 1950 Los Angeles, CA & Walter Edwards Hill 9 Sep 1874 Indiana to 11 Oct 1958 Oklahoma Memorial# 43099974
Willim Hill was the son of Iseral Hill & Harriett Edwards
Texas County Tax Rolls
Tax Assessment year 1890 County Fannin
Name Jose Rise and Alice Rice
Original Grantee T. E. Harrison Acres 26 Value $260.00
Obituary
Prescott Courier
Prescott, Yavapai Co., AZ
26 Aug 1972
Alice Thorman, 97, died at the Arizona Pioneers' Home Tuesday, July 24, 1979.
Born in Bonham, Texas, Dec. 15 1881, she moved to Peoria, Ariz., in 1916 and to Prescott in 1954.
Mrs. Thorman was a member of the Prescott Nazarene Church.
She is survived by a daughter Margaret Schmidt of Prescott; two sons Gale of Mesa and Glenn of Glendale, Ariz: eight grandchildren, 16 great granchildren and two great - great grandchildren, all living in Arizona. A son, Carl, preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Memory Chapel, with the Rev. James McIntosh officiating. Burial folling at Mountain View Cemetery.
Visitation will be from noon to service time Fri-day at Memory Chapel.
ALICE THORMAN
PIONEER PROFILES
At ninety-six, Alice Thorman is still describeb by friends and family as "fiecely independent." She was living in her own apartment and doing her own shopping, housework, laundry and cooking until she broke her hip in 1974 and entered the Arizona pioneer's Home a few months later. Her independent outlook made it difficult for her to settle down at the home; since the 1960's she has several times entered and then, on her own accord, left again whenever she became restless and wanted a place of her own. This time she seems to have made up her mind to stay.
Mrs. Thorman's pioneer spirit dates back to her twenty-acre cotton farm in Peoria, where for many years she worked the fields along with the rest of her family. Her daughter remembers that the children would pick cotton in 115 degree heat, until they were "wet all over, then jump in the canal to cool off and go do another round." Electricity and ice were luxuries at that time; a "water cooler" meant letting the water drip down on gunny sacks wrapped around shelves piled with fresh food. Everyone "bathed in laundry tubs and slept outside all summer" in the effort to stay cool.
There are also good memories of a closer family and neighborhood life, especially when the Peoria area had a community Christams tree ever year, with treats for all the children, and visiting the neighbors was the main form of recreation. Alice came to Arizona from Texas in 1916 to join her parents. She moved to Prescott in the 1940's, when chino Valley was a "land of dairies and alfalfa fields." Amazingly in this mobile age, her three children and their descendants are all still in Arizona, eight grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, and one great great-grandson almost a year old. Her oldest son died in France in World War II and she took that very hard but she is always touched when more than thirty years years later his wife in California writes and sends her gifts.
Mrs. Thorman now spends her times reading, visiting and keeping up her interest in flowers. She has difficulty walking and hearing and is more inclined to stay inside. She seldom talks about the past but does recall hiking a couple of miles every Sunday in Texas to attend services and it is important that Reverend McIntosh from the Church of the Nazarene visits her regularly.
Her daughter adds, "She always loved the church, it's her faith in God that's kept her going.
THE PRESCOTT PAPER
29 June 1978
page 11 collumn 1.
The Arizona Pioneer's Home
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ADDENDUM
Marraige: 5 Apr 1908 Bonham, TX
Biological Parents of Alice Rice and Jose Rice
"Nany Elizabeth Fain & Japer Rice"
Alice's biological parents possibly died of Influenza in Fannin County, TX.
Parents mention in "PIONEER PROFILES" are Alice Rice's foster parents, William Hill & Anna Dorothe Mechling.
Alice Rice was Enumerated on the 1900 Precinct 7, Fannin County, TX census as an orphan.
Josie was orphaned and raised by the Clements family in Fannin, Co., TX
William Hill and his wife Anna Dorothe Mechling both of Indiana. Anna was born 17 Sept 1854 in Indiana and died 20 Jun 1932 in Peoria, Maricopa, AZ - burial 21 June 1932 Glendale, AZ. Hockery Mortuary in charge.
William and Anna had two sons, Charles R. Hill Born 26 Sep 1872 in Indiana died 6 July 1950 Los Angeles, CA and Walter Edwards Hill Memorial# 43099974
This memorial is maintained by a family member
Bio, documents, photos and stories both here and on Ancestry.com are submitted by great grandson Daniel Paul Aldrete
Willim Hill was the son of Iseral Hill & Harriett Edwards
Texas County Tax Rolls
Tax Assessment year 1890 County Fannin
Name Jose Rise and Alice Rice
Original Grantee T. E. Harrison Acres 26 Value $260.00
Obituary
Prescott Courier
Prescott, Yavapai Co., AZ
26 Aug 1972
Alice Thorman, 97, died at the Arizona Pioneers' Home Tuesday, July 24, 1979.
Born in Bonham, Texas, Dec. 15 1881, she moved to Peoria, Ariz., in 1916 and to Prescott in 1954.
Mrs. Thorman was a member of the Prescott Nazarene Church.
She is survived by a daughter Margaret Schmidt of Prescott; two sons Gale of Mesa and Glenn of Glendale, Ariz: eight grandchildren, 16 great granchildren and two great - great grandchildren, all living in Arizona. A son, Carl, preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Memory Chapel, with the Rev. James McIntosh officiating. Burial folling at Mountain View Cemetery.
Visitation will be from noon to service time Fri-day at Memory Chapel.
ALICE THORMAN
PIONEER PROFILES
At ninety-six, Alice Thorman is still describeb by friends and family as "fiecely independent." She was living in her own apartment and doing her own shopping, housework, laundry and cooking until she broke her hip in 1974 and entered the Arizona pioneer's Home a few months later. Her independent outlook made it difficult for her to settle down at the home; since the 1960's she has several times entered and then, on her own accord, left again whenever she became restless and wanted a place of her own. This time she seems to have made up her mind to stay.
Mrs. Thorman's pioneer spirit dates back to her twenty-acre cotton farm in Peoria, where for many years she worked the fields along with the rest of her family. Her daughter remembers that the children would pick cotton in 115 degree heat, until they were "wet all over, then jump in the canal to cool off and go do another round." Electricity and ice were luxuries at that time; a "water cooler" meant letting the water drip down on gunny sacks wrapped around shelves piled with fresh food. Everyone "bathed in laundry tubs and slept outside all summer" in the effort to stay cool.
There are also good memories of a closer family and neighborhood life, especially when the Peoria area had a community Christams tree ever year, with treats for all the children, and visiting the neighbors was the main form of recreation. Alice came to Arizona from Texas in 1916 to join her parents. She moved to Prescott in the 1940's, when chino Valley was a "land of dairies and alfalfa fields." Amazingly in this mobile age, her three children and their descendants are all still in Arizona, eight grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, and one great great-grandson almost a year old. Her oldest son died in France in World War II and she took that very hard but she is always touched when more than thirty years years later his wife in California writes and sends her gifts.
Mrs. Thorman now spends her times reading, visiting and keeping up her interest in flowers. She has difficulty walking and hearing and is more inclined to stay inside. She seldom talks about the past but does recall hiking a couple of miles every Sunday in Texas to attend services and it is important that Reverend McIntosh from the Church of the Nazarene visits her regularly.
Her daughter adds, "She always loved the church, it's her faith in God that's kept her going.
THE PRESCOTT PAPER
29 June 1978
page 11 collumn 1.
The Arizona Pioneer's Home
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ADDENDUM
Marraige: 5 Apr 1908 Bonham, TX
Biological Parents of Alice Rice and Jose Rice
"Nany Elizabeth Fain & Japer Rice"
Alice's biological parents possibly died of Influenza in Fannin County, TX.
Parents mention in "PIONEER PROFILES" are Alice Rice's foster parents, William Hill & Anna Dorothe Mechling.
Alice Rice was Enumerated on the 1900 Precinct 7, Fannin County, TX census as an orphan.
Josie was orphaned and raised by the Clements family in Fannin, Co., TX
William Hill and his wife Anna Dorothe Mechling both of Indiana. Anna was born 17 Sept 1854 in Indiana and died 20 Jun 1932 in Peoria, Maricopa, AZ - burial 21 June 1932 Glendale, AZ. Hockery Mortuary in charge.
William and Anna had two sons, Charles R. Hill Born 26 Sep 1872 in Indiana died 6 July 1950 Los Angeles, CA and Walter Edwards Hill Memorial# 43099974
This memorial is maintained by a family member
Bio, documents, photos and stories both here and on Ancestry.com are submitted by great grandson Daniel Paul Aldrete
Foster parents: Anna Dorotha (Mechling) Hill 17 Sep 1853 IN to 20 Jun 1932 Peoria, AZ and William Hill Apr 1842 Indiana. Their sons are Charles R. Hill 26 Sep 1872 IN to 6 Jul 1950 Los Angeles, CA & Walter Edwards Hill 9 Sep 1874 Indiana to 11 Oct 1958 Oklahoma Memorial# 43099974
Willim Hill was the son of Iseral Hill & Harriett Edwards
Texas County Tax Rolls
Tax Assessment year 1890 County Fannin
Name Jose Rise and Alice Rice
Original Grantee T. E. Harrison Acres 26 Value $260.00
Obituary
Prescott Courier
Prescott, Yavapai Co., AZ
26 Aug 1972
Alice Thorman, 97, died at the Arizona Pioneers' Home Tuesday, July 24, 1979.
Born in Bonham, Texas, Dec. 15 1881, she moved to Peoria, Ariz., in 1916 and to Prescott in 1954.
Mrs. Thorman was a member of the Prescott Nazarene Church.
She is survived by a daughter Margaret Schmidt of Prescott; two sons Gale of Mesa and Glenn of Glendale, Ariz: eight grandchildren, 16 great granchildren and two great - great grandchildren, all living in Arizona. A son, Carl, preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Memory Chapel, with the Rev. James McIntosh officiating. Burial folling at Mountain View Cemetery.
Visitation will be from noon to service time Fri-day at Memory Chapel.
ALICE THORMAN
PIONEER PROFILES
At ninety-six, Alice Thorman is still describeb by friends and family as "fiecely independent." She was living in her own apartment and doing her own shopping, housework, laundry and cooking until she broke her hip in 1974 and entered the Arizona pioneer's Home a few months later. Her independent outlook made it difficult for her to settle down at the home; since the 1960's she has several times entered and then, on her own accord, left again whenever she became restless and wanted a place of her own. This time she seems to have made up her mind to stay.
Mrs. Thorman's pioneer spirit dates back to her twenty-acre cotton farm in Peoria, where for many years she worked the fields along with the rest of her family. Her daughter remembers that the children would pick cotton in 115 degree heat, until they were "wet all over, then jump in the canal to cool off and go do another round." Electricity and ice were luxuries at that time; a "water cooler" meant letting the water drip down on gunny sacks wrapped around shelves piled with fresh food. Everyone "bathed in laundry tubs and slept outside all summer" in the effort to stay cool.
There are also good memories of a closer family and neighborhood life, especially when the Peoria area had a community Christams tree ever year, with treats for all the children, and visiting the neighbors was the main form of recreation. Alice came to Arizona from Texas in 1916 to join her parents. She moved to Prescott in the 1940's, when chino Valley was a "land of dairies and alfalfa fields." Amazingly in this mobile age, her three children and their descendants are all still in Arizona, eight grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, and one great great-grandson almost a year old. Her oldest son died in France in World War II and she took that very hard but she is always touched when more than thirty years years later his wife in California writes and sends her gifts.
Mrs. Thorman now spends her times reading, visiting and keeping up her interest in flowers. She has difficulty walking and hearing and is more inclined to stay inside. She seldom talks about the past but does recall hiking a couple of miles every Sunday in Texas to attend services and it is important that Reverend McIntosh from the Church of the Nazarene visits her regularly.
Her daughter adds, "She always loved the church, it's her faith in God that's kept her going.
THE PRESCOTT PAPER
29 June 1978
page 11 collumn 1.
The Arizona Pioneer's Home
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ADDENDUM
Marraige: 5 Apr 1908 Bonham, TX
Biological Parents of Alice Rice and Jose Rice
"Nany Elizabeth Fain & Japer Rice"
Alice's biological parents possibly died of Influenza in Fannin County, TX.
Parents mention in "PIONEER PROFILES" are Alice Rice's foster parents, William Hill & Anna Dorothe Mechling.
Alice Rice was Enumerated on the 1900 Precinct 7, Fannin County, TX census as an orphan.
Josie was orphaned and raised by the Clements family in Fannin, Co., TX
William Hill and his wife Anna Dorothe Mechling both of Indiana. Anna was born 17 Sept 1854 in Indiana and died 20 Jun 1932 in Peoria, Maricopa, AZ - burial 21 June 1932 Glendale, AZ. Hockery Mortuary in charge.
William and Anna had two sons, Charles R. Hill Born 26 Sep 1872 in Indiana died 6 July 1950 Los Angeles, CA and Walter Edwards Hill Memorial# 43099974
This memorial is maintained by a family member
Bio, documents, photos and stories both here and on Ancestry.com are submitted by great grandson Daniel Paul Aldrete
Willim Hill was the son of Iseral Hill & Harriett Edwards
Texas County Tax Rolls
Tax Assessment year 1890 County Fannin
Name Jose Rise and Alice Rice
Original Grantee T. E. Harrison Acres 26 Value $260.00
Obituary
Prescott Courier
Prescott, Yavapai Co., AZ
26 Aug 1972
Alice Thorman, 97, died at the Arizona Pioneers' Home Tuesday, July 24, 1979.
Born in Bonham, Texas, Dec. 15 1881, she moved to Peoria, Ariz., in 1916 and to Prescott in 1954.
Mrs. Thorman was a member of the Prescott Nazarene Church.
She is survived by a daughter Margaret Schmidt of Prescott; two sons Gale of Mesa and Glenn of Glendale, Ariz: eight grandchildren, 16 great granchildren and two great - great grandchildren, all living in Arizona. A son, Carl, preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Memory Chapel, with the Rev. James McIntosh officiating. Burial folling at Mountain View Cemetery.
Visitation will be from noon to service time Fri-day at Memory Chapel.
ALICE THORMAN
PIONEER PROFILES
At ninety-six, Alice Thorman is still describeb by friends and family as "fiecely independent." She was living in her own apartment and doing her own shopping, housework, laundry and cooking until she broke her hip in 1974 and entered the Arizona pioneer's Home a few months later. Her independent outlook made it difficult for her to settle down at the home; since the 1960's she has several times entered and then, on her own accord, left again whenever she became restless and wanted a place of her own. This time she seems to have made up her mind to stay.
Mrs. Thorman's pioneer spirit dates back to her twenty-acre cotton farm in Peoria, where for many years she worked the fields along with the rest of her family. Her daughter remembers that the children would pick cotton in 115 degree heat, until they were "wet all over, then jump in the canal to cool off and go do another round." Electricity and ice were luxuries at that time; a "water cooler" meant letting the water drip down on gunny sacks wrapped around shelves piled with fresh food. Everyone "bathed in laundry tubs and slept outside all summer" in the effort to stay cool.
There are also good memories of a closer family and neighborhood life, especially when the Peoria area had a community Christams tree ever year, with treats for all the children, and visiting the neighbors was the main form of recreation. Alice came to Arizona from Texas in 1916 to join her parents. She moved to Prescott in the 1940's, when chino Valley was a "land of dairies and alfalfa fields." Amazingly in this mobile age, her three children and their descendants are all still in Arizona, eight grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, and one great great-grandson almost a year old. Her oldest son died in France in World War II and she took that very hard but she is always touched when more than thirty years years later his wife in California writes and sends her gifts.
Mrs. Thorman now spends her times reading, visiting and keeping up her interest in flowers. She has difficulty walking and hearing and is more inclined to stay inside. She seldom talks about the past but does recall hiking a couple of miles every Sunday in Texas to attend services and it is important that Reverend McIntosh from the Church of the Nazarene visits her regularly.
Her daughter adds, "She always loved the church, it's her faith in God that's kept her going.
THE PRESCOTT PAPER
29 June 1978
page 11 collumn 1.
The Arizona Pioneer's Home
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ADDENDUM
Marraige: 5 Apr 1908 Bonham, TX
Biological Parents of Alice Rice and Jose Rice
"Nany Elizabeth Fain & Japer Rice"
Alice's biological parents possibly died of Influenza in Fannin County, TX.
Parents mention in "PIONEER PROFILES" are Alice Rice's foster parents, William Hill & Anna Dorothe Mechling.
Alice Rice was Enumerated on the 1900 Precinct 7, Fannin County, TX census as an orphan.
Josie was orphaned and raised by the Clements family in Fannin, Co., TX
William Hill and his wife Anna Dorothe Mechling both of Indiana. Anna was born 17 Sept 1854 in Indiana and died 20 Jun 1932 in Peoria, Maricopa, AZ - burial 21 June 1932 Glendale, AZ. Hockery Mortuary in charge.
William and Anna had two sons, Charles R. Hill Born 26 Sep 1872 in Indiana died 6 July 1950 Los Angeles, CA and Walter Edwards Hill Memorial# 43099974
This memorial is maintained by a family member
Bio, documents, photos and stories both here and on Ancestry.com are submitted by great grandson Daniel Paul Aldrete
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Buried next to her daughter Margaret and her husband Elmer Richard Schmidt in the Thorman / Schmidt family plot.
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