Eloise Mather 1904-1984

MATHER, YOUNG

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 5/14/2024 at 07:53:30

August 29, 1984 - The Tipton Conservative

Funeral services for Mrs. Merlin (Eloise Young) Mather, 80, were held at the West Branch Friends church Aug. 25 with Ben Richmond officiating. Burial was in the Springdale cemetery. Mrs. Mather, a former teacher at North English and principal at Springdale high school, died at Mercy hospital, Iowa City, Aug. 22.

Born at Center Junction March 4, 1904, she graduated from Cornell college in 1925. She was a member of the President's Club at Cornell. She was married to Merlin Mather at Center Junction June 25, 1928.

The couple had lived in Mexico for several years where she was a director of a work camp for the American Friends Service committee. She was a member of the West Branch Friends church.

She is survived by her husband and a son, Roy, St. Louis, Mo. She was preceded in death by a son.