McMaster, Anna Pearl (Farghum) 1913 – 2001

MCMASTER, FARGHUM, ARMSTRONG, BOURIL, WHITMIRE, KRAFT, SLATTERY, DOUD, SCHROEDER

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Date: 5/22/2024 at 16:07:26

Source: Times Plain Dealer; Nov. 28, 2001 Page A-3
from Elma library collection assembled by Marian (Marr) McGee
Transcribed by Joy Moore

Services held tor Anna McMaster
Funeral services for Anna McMaster were held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 20 at First Lutheran Church in Cresco with Rev. Gary K. Lee and Intern Anna Tews officiating. Interment was in Plesant{sic} Hill Cemetery in Lime Springs. Lindstrom Funeral Home handled the arrangements.
Anna, 88, died Saturday, November 17, 2001 at the Cresco Care Center in Cresco.
Anna Pearl McMaster was born July 8, 1913 in Ridgeway, the daughter of James and Maude (Armstrong) Farghum. She attended rural schools in the area.
On June 14, 1929 she married Robert Lee McMaster in Decorah. They farmed in the Lime Springs and Chester areas until they retired to Lime Springs in 1974. In October of 1999 she moved to Cresco.
She enjoyed canning, crocheting, shopping blue light specials and was active in her church.
She is survived by one son: Larry Lee of Plainsboro, NJ; one daughter: Sandra K. Bouril of Littleton, CO; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and one brother: Elmer of Mason City.
Anna was preceded in death by her husband Robert in 1992; two sons: Robert Lee Jr. and Duane E.; her parents; brothers: Clarence, Spencer, and an infant Elmer, who an older surviving brother was named after; and sisters: Florence “Tiny” Whitmire and Eva Kraft.

Added March 28, 2016 by Joy Moore
Source: Riceville Recorder; Nov. 29, 2001 Page 10
from Elma library collection assembled by Marian (Marr) McGee
Transcribed by Joy Moore

Anna Pearl McMaster, 88, Cresco
Services were held for Anna McMaster on Tuesday, November 20, 2001 at First Lutheran Church in Cresco, I A. Interment was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Lime Springs, IA. The Rev. Gary K. Lee and Intern Anna Tews officiated the services.
She passed away at the Cresco Care Center on Nov. 17 at the age of 88 years.
Anna Pearl McMaster was born July 8, 1913 in Ridgeway, IA the daughter of James and Maude Farghum. She attended rural schools in the area. On June 14, 1929, she was united in marriage in Decorah, IA to Robert Lee McMaster. They farmed in the Lime Springs and Chester areas until they retired in Lime Springs in 1974. In October of 1999, she moved to Cresco. Pearl enjoyed canning, crocheting, shopping blue light specials and she was active in her church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers Clarence, Spencer and an infant Elmer Farghum, who an older surviving brother was named after, sisters Florence “Tiny” Whitmire and Eva Kraft, her husband Robert in 1992 and her sons Robert Lee McMaster Jr. and Duane E. McMaster.
Anna is survived by a brother, Elmer Farghum of Mason City, her son Larry Lee McMaster of Plainsboro, NJ and a daughter, Sandra K. Bouril of Littleton, CO, her grandchildren, Robin S. Slattery of Lincoln, CA, Randy S. McMaster of Antelope, CA, Yogi L. McMaster of Southhampton, NJ, Robert McMaster of Jacksonville, AR, Tammy S. Doud of Firestone, CO and Holly M. Schroeder of Castle Rock, CO, her great grandchildren, Tony Scott McMaster of Antelope, CA, Andrew Lee McMaster of Southhampton, NJ, Jacob and Taylor D. Doud of Firestone, CO.

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