Victoria Horswell Canon Murray, 1870-1968

MURRAY, CANON, HORSWELL

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/23/2009 at 07:43:06

Victoria Murray, 97, buried here Monday

Memorial services for Mrs. Victoria Murray, 97, were conducted Monday afternoon at the Slaba-Reese Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Raymond Hampton of Estherville officiating. Burial was in Armstrong Grove Cemetery.

A sister of G.S. Horswell, Mrs. Murray died February 9 in a St. Paul, Minn., hospital.

She was born December 11, 1870, a daughter of Richard and Dorcas Horswell. The Horswells were homesteaders on a farm at the east edge of Armstrong.

Mrs. Murray was first married to George Canon and they lived here until his death in 1929. She lived in St. Paul and Minneapolis and married Frank Murray, who also preceded her in death.

Mrs. Murray was a past matron of the local Order of Eastern Star and a member of the Armstrong Methodist Church.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Glenn Finger of St. Paul, Minn.; two grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. J. Ed Johnson of Sioux City, Mrs. Ed Laisey of Glendive, Mont., and Mrs. William Woodbury of Upper Montclair, N.J.; and one brother, Mr. Horswell of Armstrong.

Contributed by: Sue Olson. Source: Armstrong Journal, Armstrong, Emmet County, Iowa, February 1968.