VALLERA A McKIBBEN AMES, (Mrs. Thomas Ames)
(29 Jun 1895 - 26 Mar 1926)

	Vallera A. McKibben was born June 29th, 1895, at Burr 
Oak, Michigan. She lived there with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 
Albert McKibben, just one month. From this place the family 
moved to Orland, Indiana, three and one-half miles South and 
East, on a farm. When Vallera was 22 months old, another 
little soul was born into the family, a sister by name, Jessie 
Margorite, who passed from this life at the age of two and 
one-half years. Three and one-half years afterward, the family 
moved to a larger cattle farm. While here, the father died, 
leaving Vallera and her mother behind. Vallera was consecrated 
to Christ at the age of seven. She became a firm believer in 
and practicer of Christianity and after coming to Hudson, she 
united with the First Methodist Episcopal Church, where her 
membership still remains.

	She graduated from the Hudson High School with the class 
of 1915. Two years later, she was united in marriage to Thomas 
Ames. Two children were born, Albert and Lillian, who still 
survive. Her mother and many relatives and a host of friends 
remain to mourn her loss. She departed this life on Friday 
morning, March 26th at the home of her Mother. She will be 
laid to rest in the cemetery at Orland, Indiana.

The above information was found in book #1 in the black 
notebook collection, #1 through #22, compiled by Audree Siebel
Lewis, at the Angola Public Library, Angola, Indiana. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

	Father: Albert James McKibben, 1868 - 1903.
`	Mother: Belle (Dickinson) McKibben, 14 Mar 1873 - 
		09 Nov 1965.
	Sister: Jessie Marguerite McKibben, born about 
		29 Apr 1897, died 21 or 24 Nov 1899, age 
		2y. 6m. 23?d.
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Ind., 1990" by Audree Siebel 
Lewis, Vol. I, page 329; Vol. II, page 1225.