Maria Clow Burco

BURCO, CLOW, BIGELOW, EDOM, ROCKWELL, BURCO

Posted By: Raven Thomas (email)
Date: 6/21/2005 at 19:41:28

Oelwein Daily Register Obituary:
Obituary Notice of Mrs Maria Burco:

Maria Clow was born in Holmes County, Ohio, August 10 1835, and died in Oelwein June 19 1909, aged seventy three years, tn months, and nice days. In 1854 she was united in marriage to Mathias Burco while yet a resident of Ohio, and two years later they came to Iowa and located on a farm near Independence. They resiede on the farm and near Hazleton up to the time of his death which occured in 1898.

To them were born seven children, of whom four are lving--Mrs Bert Bigelow, Fayette; Mrs Emmett Edom; Oelwein, Mrs Marie Rockwell; St. Paul, Minn, and Nelson Burco, Aurora, who attended the last serviced which occured from the Methodist church in Hazleton, June 21 at 2:30 p.m.

She has been a member of the Methodist church for many years and lived a ture, christin life. This was evidenced by the love and esteem in which she was held by her associates. She had done well her part in life, and had lived more than the allotted period of life when she was called and willingly laid down the burden of life. She had been a true wife and mother, and went to join her husband and three children who had preceeded her to that bourne from which no traveller returns. Her children have the sympathy of friends in their loss.