Mary Green Stevenson Turvey

TURVEY, STEVENSON, EMBREE, SHIELDS, SADLER

Posted By: Marlene Skalberg (email)
Date: 2/5/2015 at 16:39:24

Mrs. D. Turvey passed from this life Tuesday, March 7, 1916 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Akin of Mt. Etna vicinity. Mrs. Turvey had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Akin, and family, for some time. Funeral services were held at the Lincoln Center Church, March 9th and the body was laid to rest in the Lincoln Center Cemetery beside her husband. The services were conducted by Elder R. A. Bixler.
Mary Green Stevenson was born in 1838 in Cass County, Illinois and died in Adams County, Iowa, March 7, 1916, in the 78th year of her age. She was married to David Turvey in December 1855. To this union were born twelve children of whom six died in infancy, six remaining to mourn the loss of a good, kind mother. Those surviving are James Turvey of Arcadia, Nebraska, Jeff D. Turvey of Corning, Iowa, Elizabeth E. Akin of Mount Etna, Iowa, and whose home Mrs. Turvey passed away; Charles E. Turvey of San Benito, Texas, and Mrs. Callie Sadler of Wheatland, Wyoming. There are 26 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, also four brothers and one sister.
Mr. Turvey died at Hayes, Iowa in 1901. In 1861 he enlisted in the Union Army undeserved in the Civil War, leaving Mrs. Turvey the sole support of three small children while he was away fighting for his country. She joined the church in early womanhood, joining the Advent Christian Church in 1884, and was a faithful attendant and worker in the church and Sunday School as long as she was able to attend. For the last ten years she has been suffering with infirmities of advanced age which she has borne patiently and without one word of complaint. A large circle of friends mourn the loss of this estimable lady.
Adams County Free Press, March 15, 1916, page 24