Ella Mabel Salyers Perkins 1889-1957

PERKINS, SALYERS

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 1/22/2012 at 23:16:04

Former Ella Salyers Dies; Burial Here
Mrs. Roy N. Perkins of Minneapolis, the former Ella Mabel Salyers of Estherville, died at 2:10 a.m. yesterday at Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis.

Mrs. Perkins has been in poor health for 10 years.

Born in Estherville Sept. 5, 1889 she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I.N. Salyers. She attended school here and was married Oct. 8, 1908, to Roy N. Perkins at Falls City, Neb. They lived there and in Wyoming, Fort Dodge, Albert Lea and Minneapolis.

She was a member of the Christian church in Minneapolis and funeral services will be held at the Wreness Brothers funeral home in Minneapolis at 4 p.m. tomorrow with burial at 1 p.m. Thursday in the East Side cemetery at Estherville.

The Rev. Lester Strubhar will conduct the graveside rites here.

Surviving are her husband, a daughter, her mother and three brothers, Maurice and [ ] Salyers of Estherville and Paul of Boone and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father and a brother, Clyde. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, February 12, 1957)