HIGGINS, Nettie (Fay) 1864-1929

HIGGINS, FAY

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Date: 5/24/2011 at 13:01:46

Nettie (Fay) Higgins 1864-1929

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RESIDENT HERE 42 YEARS DIES
STROKE IS FATAL TO MRS. N. S. HIGGINS; FUNERAL TO BE SATURDAY

Mrs. Nettie F. Higgins, 65, who lived at 216 Third street northeast, died at 1’clock Thursday afternoon. She had been ill the past two weeks and suffered a stroke of apoplexy. She had been a resident of Mason City since 1887.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the Randall Funeral Parlors. The Rev. C. Burnett Whitehead, pastor of St. John’s Episcopal Church, will be in charge. Burial will be in Elmwood cemetery. Relatives request that there be no flowers.

Mrs. Higgins was born January 12, 1864, at Rockford, Ill., and resided there until coming to Mason City. She was married on June 26, 1883, to Charles B. Higgins.

Besides her husband she is survived by two sons, Dr. b. C. Higgins at home, and Fay M Higgins, Mitchell, S. Dak., and a daughter, Miss Marie Higgins at home. Mrs. Higgins was a member of the Episcopal church.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Friday December 13, 1929

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Iowa Cemetery Records:
Name: Nettie Fay Higgins
Death Date: 12 Dec 1929
Page #: 52
Birth Date: 12 Jan 1864
Cemetery: Elmwood
Town: Mason City
Level Info: Tombstone Records of Cerro Gordo County, Iowa