Perry, Rebecca Louisa (Page)1833 - 1918

PERRY, PAGE, SIMONDS

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 7/13/2024 at 12:43:47

Source: Cresco Plain Dealer Aug. 2, 1918, P5 C5

A. D. Perry received a message on Wednesday morning which brought the information that his mother, Mrs. C. C. Perry, and his sister, Mrs. Simonds, who had been caring for the mother, had both passed away, the latter dying soon after the death of her mother. After receiving this sad news, Mr. and Mrs. Perry both left on the noon train for Minneapolis.

Source: Cresco Plain Dealer Aug. 9, 1918, P4 C5

OBITUARY.
Perry.
Rebecca Louisa Page, daughter of Daniel and Louisa Page, was born in Ohio, Sept. 16 1833, and died at the home of her daughter Mrs. G. E. Simonds at Minneapolis, Minn., July 31, 1918, aged 84 years, 10 months, 15 days.
When a child she moved with her parents from Ohio to northern Illinois, Oct. 10, 1852, she was married to C. C. Perry at Dundee ,Illinois. To this union seven children were born, A. D. and W. B. of Cresco, C. E. and M. O. of Selah, Wash., J. J. of Alaska and L. G. of San Francisco, Cal., and daughter, Mrs. G. E. Simonds of Minneapolis, who passed away a few moments after her mother.
In the fall of 1867 they came to Iowa, settling in Winneshiek county. Ten years later they moved to Cresco in which town and its vicinity they lived until July 15, 1917, when the husband and father was called to the Glory Land. From that time until her death she lived with her daughter in Minneapolis
In her youth she was baptized, uniting with the Baptist church in Dundee, Ill., in which faith she lived and died.
She leaves to mourn their loss, six sons, 21 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren, she never having been called upon to mourn the death of one of her descendants. She was a woman of undying Christian faith, loved by all who knew her, a devoted wife and mother,
Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. J. A. Pettit at the residence of A. D. Perry Friday, Aug. 2. Burial in Oaklawn.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express our gratitude to our many friends who by their kindness, thoughtfulness and beautiful floral offerings during our bereavement have helped to lighten the burden of our sorrow.
A, D. Perry and Family.

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