Second Generation

10. Flora Alvina Speiser^3,5,7 was born on 6 Feb 1877 in Shattuc, Clinton County, Illinois.^2,28 She appeared in the census in Jun 1880 in Meridian Township, Clinton County, Illinois.¹⁸ She lived in Saint Louis, St. Louis (city), Missouri before 1919. She lived in Olds, Alberta, Canada between Jun 1919 and Nov 1944.²⁸ She died on 8 Nov 1944 in James River Bridge, Alberta, Canada.²⁸
From her obituary in an unknown paper:
Mrs. Flora McClarty Dies in Canada
Mrs. Flora Speiser McClarty, 67, a former resident of Meridian township, died at her home at James River Bridge, Alberta, Canada, Nov. 8. She was born near Shattuc Feb. 6, 1877 and was the daughter of the late Joseph and Barbara Heinzman Speiser. On June 4, 1919, she was married to George McClarty in Canada.
Before going to Canada, Mrs. McClarty was employed in St. Louis. Since her marriage she had lived near Olds, Alberta, Canada, where she and her husband obtained a homstead and resided there at the time of her death. Mrs. McClarty's parents, five brothers and four sisters preceded her in death. Two sisters, Mrs. Fannie Koch of Carlyle, and Mrs. Elizabeth Noller of Shattuc passed away last year.
Survivors include her husband, one stepdaughter and five grandchildren living in Canada; a sister, Mrs. Stephen Stein of Parsons, Kansas; a nephew, Joseph Speiser of St. Louis, who was reared in the home with her from infancy at the death of his mother in 1881, and many other nieces and nephews who mourn the passing of "Aunt Flora"
The body arrived at Centralia on Wednesday and remained at the Garnier Funeral Home until the funeral services at Sandoval in the St. Lawrence Catholic church on [missing] She was buried in Nov 1944 in Sandoval City Cemetery, Sandoval, Illinois, New Section, Row 3.^5,13 She was also known as Flora Alvena Speiser.

Flora Alvina Speiser and George McClardy were married on 4 Jun 1919 in Canada.^2,5,28 George McClardy^3,5 was born in 1877 in Canada.^3,5,58 He died in James River Bridge, Alberta, Canada.^5,13 He was also known as George McClarty.