Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, Colorado, September 9, 1976 
 
PHEBE BALDERSON RITES AUG. 20 
 
Funeral services were held Friday, August 20, 1976 from the First Christian 
church in Holyoke for Phebe Beatrice Balderson, 80, who passed away August 
17, 1976. 
 
Dale Arnold, minister of the church, officiated at the services. Interment was in 
Holyoke Memorial park. 
 
Phebe Beatrice Balderson, daughter of Amelia and Jeremiah Bailey, was born on 
September 28, 1885, at Firth, Nebraska. She grew to womanhood in the Firth 
area. 
 
Phebe was united in marriage to James Freddie Balderson on January 5, 1903 at 
Beatrice, Nebraska. Following their marriage they made their home near 
Cortland, Nebraska until the spring of 1917 when they moved to the Holyoke 
area, where they farmed and ranched for several years. 
 
Phebe was preceded in death by her husband; one daughter, Leota; one 
granddaughter; one grandson; one great grandson; one great granddaughter, 
and 10 brothers and sisters. 
 
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Wilbert (Evelyn) Brown, Fleming, and 
Mrs. William (Goldie) Shuman, Holyoke; her son, Earnest Balderson, Wray; one 
brother, J.L. Bailey, Firth, Nebraska; eight grandchildren; 31 great grandchildren; 
32 great great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.