MALVINA D. (SPURR) BAIRD/GRAHAM

SPURR, BAIRD, GRAHAM, POUSH

Posted By: Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert (email)
Date: 3/23/2002 at 19:48:30

Decatur County Journal
Thursday, January ll, l9l7

The reaper whose name is Death was again abroad in the community, when Saturday morning, December 30, l9l6, MRS. MALVINA D. GRAHAM, of Lamoni, Iowa, departed this life at the home of MRS. W. A. POUSH, in Leon, Iowa.

MRS. GRAHAM was the daughter of MILTON and DIANA SPURR. She was born at Girard, Pa., June 6, l832.

MRS. GRAHAM was twice married; To WILLIAM C. BAIRD, March l85l, who died in July, l853. Two sons were born to this union, MILTON, of Los Angeles, Calif., and WILLIAM C., of Ashtabula, Ohio. December 3, l87l, she was joined in marriage to W.H. GRAHAM of Warren, Illinois. MRS. ALLIE S. POUSH, of Leon, was the only child born to this union.

In l880 MRS. GRAHAM came with her husband to Lamoni, Iowa, where she has been a continuous resident ever since.

In youth MRS. GRAHAM was converted and joined the Baptist Church. She was a good woman. A woman who is sincerely mourned by her husband, her sons, her daughter and an extended circle of friends.

The funeral services, which were in charge of Rev. Raoul R. Moser, were held Monday afternoon, January l, from the home of her daughter, where MRS. GRAHAM had been visiting for the holiday season. The burial which took place in Leon's Cemetery, however, was postponed until Tuesday morning on account of a delay in the arrival of her son, WILLIAM C. BAIRD, of Ashtabula, Ohio, who came to be present at his mother's funeral. Sincere sympathy is extended to all of the bereaved.

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