MARY A. (DILLON) RECORD

DILLON, RECORD, FROST, GROGAN, YOUNG

Posted By: Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert (email)
Date: 3/1/2002 at 18:26:54

Decatur County Journal
Thursday, October 2l, l9l5

MARY A. DILLON was born in Pickaway County,
Ohio, April 20, l865, and
died at her home in Leon, Iowa, October 9,
l9l5, at the age of 50 years,
5 months and l9 days.

The deceased came to Decatur County when she
was only a year old and has
made her home here ever since. On January
28, l894, she was married at
Leon to MR. J.A. RECORD, and to this union
was born one daughter, LUA,
now seventeen years of age. In addition to
her husband and daughter,
she is survived by three sisters, MRS. BID
FROST and MRS. THOMAS GROGAN,
of Eden Township, and MRS. NANNA YOUNG, of
Galena, Ohio.

MRS. RECORD has been in poor health for
several years, suffering from
diabetes and other diseases, and a couple of
years ago on account of her
health they moved to Leon from their farm.
She was a kind and
affectionate wife and a loving mother, and no
one knew her but loved
her.

Funeral services were held at the Catholic
Church in Woodland, Monday
morning, conducted by Rev. Father Burkheiser,
and a great concourse of
sorrowing friends were in attendance, it
being one of the largest
funerals ever held at the Catholic Church.

The bereaved husband and daughter have the
sympathy of many friends in
their bereavement.

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Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert
February 28, 2002