Josephine Merritt (1850-1943)

JENKINS, MERRITT, PERRY, GIBSON, MILLER, KELLY, IRWIN, SCHENK

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 10/22/2010 at 16:12:10

Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, January 15, 1943

OLDEST ANDREW RESIDENT DIES

Rites Held For Josephine Merritt

ANDREW- Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church in Andrew Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock for Mrs. Josephine Merritt, 92, Andrew’s oldest resident, Rev. D. C. Perry, pastor, officiating. Burial was in the Andrew Cemetery. Pallbearers were F. W. Gibson, H. W. Miller, O. H. Kelly, T. L. Irwin, C. E. Irwin and Carl Schenk.

Josephine Jenkins Merritt was born near Andrew May 2, 1850. She spent most of her life in this community, where she was a teacher in the rural schools, and a member of the Methodist Church, always active in church and Sunday school work. She was a charter member of the Andrew Ladies Literary Association, an organization which is still alive in Andrew.

In the year 1871 she was united in marriage to Absalom Dennis Merritt at Bellevue. To this union, one son, Luman, was born. Both preceded her in death, also four sisters and three brothers are deceased. For the past ten years Mrs. Merritt was in failing health and had been making her home at the Becker Home, Maquoketa for five years, where she was tenderly cared for until death called her to her eternal reward.

Josephine Merritt Grave
 

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