Cora M. Strike 1869-1905

STRIKE, COLBURN

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Date: 1/9/2003 at 05:51:55

Cora May Strike was born in Walworth county, Wis., Aug. 5, 1869, and came to Iowa with her parents in 1880. At the age of twenty-one she united with the Congregational church at Postville, Iowa, being then a resident of that place. Later she resided at West Union, until in October 1900, when she went to Seattle, Wash. In February 1901, she was married to Wm. M. Colburn, of West Union. Mrs. Colburn died at Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 18, 1905, at the age of 35 years, 6 months and 13 days, her death being the first in the family. She leaves a husband, mother, father, four sisters, and three brothers to mourn their loss. The remains were brought to Nashua where brief funeral services, conducted by Thomas W. Todd, of Osage, were held at the grave. Interment at Greenwood cemetery.

-The Nashua Reporter; March 2, 1905