Flenniken, Mary Althea (Pease) 1860 - 1959
FLENNIKEN, PEASE, CRAGIN, ECKHART PRESCOTT
Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 5/19/2014 at 20:41:56
Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO., 10 August 1959.
Mrs. Mary Althea Flenniken, 98 years old, died at 1:45 o'clock this morning in a Joplin nursing home, where she had lived for several years. She had been ill for three weeks.
Born November 27, 1860, in Dubuque, Iowa, Mrs. Flenniken had lived in Joplin for 12 years. She came here from Strawberry Point, Mo. She was the widow of John C. L. Flenniken, who died in 1940.
Surviving are a nephew, Harold Cragin, 616 Islington place; a grand-nephew and two grand-nieces.
Her body will be returned to Strawberry Point by the Thornhill-Dillon mortuary for funeral services and burial.
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Clayton County Register, Thur., 20 Aug. 1959. Strawberry Point column.
Graveside services for Mrs. Mary A. Flenniken, 97, were conducted at the Strawberry Point cemetery Tuesday afternoon, August 11. Mrs. Flenniken had lived at Joplin, Mo., for about 13 years and died in a convalescent home in that city.
Mrs. Flenniken was the widow of C. J. Flenniken who owned a jewelry store here for many years, served as president of one of the Strawberry Point banks and was a representative in the state legislature.
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Notes:
Strawberry Point, MO., should be Strawberry Point, IA.
See the 1882 Clayton County History bio. of Robert Bruce Flenniken (which mentions John Franklin Flenniken as his son) and also the Misc. Bio. of Mary A. (Pease) Flenniken. Both are on the Clayton co. IAGenWeb site, link below:
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