Anna Colmere1851-1916

COLMERE, COLEMERE, WILSON, HEITABREAD

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Date: 5/23/2021 at 17:43:29

7 August 1916 - The Clinton Advertiser
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Mrs. Anna Margaret Colmere of Camanche died at 11 o'clock Sunday evening, after an illness of several days. Funeral services will be held at the home Tuesday morning, in charge of the Rev. C. L. Nye of Clinton. The body will be taken to Rock Island for burial.

Mrs. Colmere has been a resident of Camanche for 15 years. She leaves two daughters, Ella, home, and Mrs. J. L. Wilson of Camanche, and one granddaughter, Grace Ganahl, who was graduated from the Clinton High school in June.

9 August 1916 - The Clinton Advertiser
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After a short funeral service at the home in Camanche, the body of Mrs. Margaret Colemere who died Sunday night was taken to Rock Island where funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in charge of the Rev. Philip Wilhelm of the German Lutheran church.

Mrs. Colemere was Miss Margaret Heitabread. She was born in Cincinnati, O., Dec. 29, 1851 and came to Camanche from Rock Island fifteen eyars ago.