Jennie M. Wheat 1860-1941

WHEAT, ROBERTS, PURINTUIN

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 1/7/2011 at 00:34:23

Rites of Aged Lady
Services Held Sunday For Mrs. W. H. Wheat Who Passed Away Friday
Funeral services were held Sunday [November 1, 1941] afternoon at the Mahlum and Anderson Funeral home for Mrs. W. H. Wheat, 81, who passed away Friday afternoon at the Coleman hospital. The Rev. Claude Fausnaugh, of the Presbyterian church was in charge of the services and burial was in the Oak Hill cemetery. Mrs. Wheat was the mother of Mrs. Roy Roberts, of this city, and had been making her home with her.

On Wednesday of last week Mrs. Wheat was taken to the Coleman hospital where her condition was pronounced as extremely serious and very little hope was given for her recovery. She was involved in an automobile accident near Sioux Falls last Labor Day and although she was thought to have recovered from the accident there may have been complications that eventually caused her illness and death.

During the years that Mrs. Wheat has made her home in Estherville she had many friends who will regret to learn of her death. She was an active woman as long as her health permitted and during her illness has been a patient and never complaining sufferer.

Besides her daughter, Mrs. Roberts in this city, Mrs. Wheat is survived by one other daughter, Mrs. J. O. Purintuin, of DeSmet, So. Dak., who was also with her when she passed away. Mr. Wheat passed away in 1912. (Vindicator and Republican, Estherville, IA, November 4, 1941)