Lora A. Matteson Mathews 1851-1935

MATHEWS, MATTESON, AKRE, DUNDAS, BARTON, MOORE, MORGAN

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 5/6/2015 at 00:40:21

Armstrong
Mrs. C.B. Mathews [Lora A. Matteson] died Monday noon from flu and heart trouble. (Estherville Enterprise, Estherville, IA, May 8, 1935)

Mrs. Mathew Dies Mond’y
Had Resided at Armstrong 60 Years – Death Caused by Heart Disease
Mrs. C.B. Mathews, 84, a resident of Armstrong and vicinity for more than 60 years, passed away at her home here Monday noon of heart trouble. Mrs. Mathews was born in Springfield, Ill., March 8, 1851. Her husband died here in July, 1923; one son Dan also preceded his mother in death.

The children living are Claude of Jamestown, N. D.; Mrs. Eva Akre of Algona; Mrs. Mary Dundas of New York; Geo. Thorp of Wisconsin; Martha Barton of Tucson, Ariz.; Mrs. Nellie Moore of Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Harriette Morgan of Chicago, Ill.

Funeral arrangements await the arrival of relatives who plan to attend. (Vindicator and Republican, Estherville, IA, May 9, 1935)

Armstrong
Mrs. C.B. Mathews, 83, died May 6, 1935, at her home here after a short illness from heart complications following the flu. She had lived here for nearly sixty-five years. She is survived by Mrs. Eva Akre, Algona; Mrs. Mary Dundas, Armstrong; Claude Mathews, Jamestown, S. Dak.; Mrs. Martha Marton [Barton], Tucson, Ariz.; Mrs. Nellie Moore, Seattle, Wash.; George Mathews, Thorpe, Wis.; and Mrs. Hattie Morgan, Chicago, Ill. One son, Dan Mathews, died in 1929. There are also thirty-two grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church last Friday afternoon with Rev. J. E. Clifton in charge. Burial was in the Armstrong Grove cemetery. (Estherville Enterprise, Estherville, IA, May 15, 1935)