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Funeral Services For John Sellars Ritzville (Washington) Journal; April 26, 1945 Services for John David Sellars, who died at 2:25am at the Ritzville general hospital Tuesday, were held this morning at 10 o'clock at the Haight funeral parlors. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Clifford Knight at the funeral parlors and the Ritzville Memorial cemetery. John David Sellars, son of John David and Elmina Ralph Sellars, was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, September 5, 1876. At an early age he moved with his family to Rich Hill, Missouri., where he lived for 11 years. He went back to Crawfordsville and in 1898 came to Washington settling first at Pomeroy. Sellars came to Ritzville in 1902. In March, 1903, he married Maude Johnson, who survives him. They had no children. Besides his widow, he is survived by one brother, W.R. Sellars of Spokane, and three sisters, Mrs. Maybelle Breeden and Mrs. June McBride of San Francisco, California, and Mrs. Rachel Smith of Bakersfield, California. Note -- The above is the Obituary for John David Sellars who died April 24, 1945 in Ritzville, Washington. He is burried at the Ritzville Memorial cemetery, in section 4, block 17, lot 10.