HILLYGUS, Mary Plathere 1906

HILLYGUS

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 3/17/2017 at 15:51:24

The little baby of Bert Hilligus and wife died Saturday morning after an illness of only two days. She was buried Wednesday in the Holland cemetery.

--Grundy County Democrat (Grundy Center, Iowa), 22 March 1906, pg 2

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Mary Plathere Hillygus

Mary Plathere Hillygus was born Jan. 26, 1906, and died Saturday, March 17, from lung fever after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at the house and burial followed in the Holland cemetery on Wednesday at 12 o'clock.

"A precious one from us has gone
A voice we loved is stilled.
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled."

--The Grundy Republican (Grundy Center, Iowa), 29 March 1906, pg 3