Mary Jane Spunner Wilson 1842-1917

JONES, SPUNNER, PFENNING

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 1/12/2011 at 21:50:48

Mary J. Wilson Laid to Rest
Remains Were Brought Here From Minnesota Yesterday for Burial
Mary Jane Spunner, born Lake Zurich, April 13th, 1842. Died at Coleraine, Minn., March 12th, 1917. Age 75 years.

January 8th 1867 she was united in marriage to John Wilson at Sycamore, Ill. After a few years they moved to Applington, Iowa. Moving from there to North Western Iowa, where they finally settled at Emmet Grove in 1890. Since selling the old home about ten years ago she has lived among her children in northern Minn., often visiting old friends here and in Illinois.

Mrs. Wilson leaves five children to mourn her loss. George Andrew, Coloraine, Minn., Lewis William, Virginia, Minn., Sarah Francis Pfenning, S. Canada, Joseph Spunner, Eveleth Minn., and John Egan, St. Paul, Minn.

Mr. Wilson having passed away Nov. 2 1898 and a daughter Elizabeth Ann 4 years of age April 23 1873.

She has a sister Elizabeth Spunner of Lake Zurich, Ill. and other surviving relatives near there.

Mrs. Wilson enjoyed the friendship of a host of friends and has always been known as a woman of broad mind and loft ideals always interested in the cause of Christianity and the uplifting of mankind. Funeral services were held at the M.E. church at Coleraine Tuesday March 13th. Mrs. Wilson was called to Coleraine Feb. 13th where he son Geo. suffered a stroke of paralysis and who is not expected to life at the present time, a few days after her arrival there she was taken ill with bronchial pneumonia which proved fatal at the end of twelve days. Of course her advanced age and previous nervous disorders made the disease much more difficult to combat and two trained nurses summoned from Duluth but to no avail.

Her remains were brought here for interment beside her husband in Oakhill cemetery. Services held at M.E. church March 21st under the auspices of the ladies relief corps, owing to sickness in every one of the families and weather conditions the only ones able to accompany the remains here [remainder too dark to read.] (Estherville Enterprise, Estherville, IA, March 21, 1917)