Miss Jane Stark Passes Away

The  many friends and classmates of Miss Jane Stark, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stark of Alpha, were saddened to hear of her death at 2:20 a.m. Tuesday from spinal meningitis. She had only been ill since Sunday morning first having a bad cold which developed into meningitis.
Miss Stark was a member of the Senior Class, and a very prominent member of the younger set. She was active in all school activities and always ready to participate in anything that she was requested to do. The many friends of Jane and her family sympathize with them in this time of their great loss.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. R. F. Thompson, pastor and Rev. Lester BG. Rickman, pastor of Christian Church officiating. Interment was in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Pall bearers were selected from members of the senior class and were Otto Vittrup, Billie Vittrup, George Wallis, Harold Willis, Ed Hughes, James Collingsworth, Buster Stewart, and Millard Noell. Members of the senior class and the high school entered in a group. Many beautiful floral offerings were sent as a token of love and proving Jane's great popularity.
She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stark, one brother Frank, two sisters Roberta and Sandra George all of Alpha.

The Richardson Echo - April 23, 1937
Submitted by Jan Jones

Jane Elizabeth Stark Called by Death

Miss Elizabeth Jane Stark, age 17 years, 2 months, of Alpha, Texas, died at a Dallas hospital Tuesday morning at 1:30, spinal meningitis being the cause of death. She was a senior in the Richardson High School at the time of her death.
   Funeral services were held in the Richardson Baptist church at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Rev. Bro. R. F. Thompson, pastor of Church of Christ in Richardson officiated, with Rev. Knight of Ennis, Texas, assisting. Interment in the Mt. Calvary cemetery near Richardson. Morticians, Rhotons. Pall bearers were, Otto and Billy Vitrop, George and Hamal Wallis, Ed Hughes, James Collingsworth, C. W. Murphy and Millard Noel.
    She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack V. Stark of Alpha; one brother, Frank Stark; two sisters, Roberta and Sandra George Stark, all at home; and an uncle, Mr. Walter Stark of Carrollton.
    Death came suddenly to this young girl just budding into young womanhood and is certainly a decided shock to her parents, her brother and sisters, and to the schoolmates with whom she has been so intimately associated up to within a couple of days of the time of her death. The heartfelt sympathy of the entire community go out to the bereaved parents and the entire family.

Carrollton Chronicle - Friday, Apr 25, 1937
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams