Veach, Maria J. 1830(31?)-1911 (Parks)
VEACH, PARKS
Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 5/2/2005 at 14:27:07
Mrs. Sam Veach Died Saturday At Son's Home
After a brief illness extending over little more than two weeks Mrs. Samuel Veach passed away last Saturday evening at 10 o'clock at the home of her son, Charles Veach, three-miles west of this city. The deceased has been visiting her sons and other relatives since the death of her husband September 30, last, and she had just returned to the old homestead which is being occupied by her son, Charles when she was forced to her bed with an attack of la grippe from which she never recovered.
Maria J. Sparks [Parks] was born in Indiana November 1, 1831. With her parents she came to Clayton county in 1848 and a year later the family moved to Lynn county, Iowa. October 17, 1850, she was united in marriage to Samuel Veach and three years later Mr. and Mrs. Veach moved to the old Veach farm four miles west of Newton, where they resided for thirty-nine years. The last few years they lived, they have spent retired to Newton at the Samuel Veach home on West Main street.
Eight children were born to them, but only three of them survive their parents. They are: James of Baxter; John of Colfax; and Charles of Newton. Mrs. Veach was a good mother and was always devoted to her home and her children. Her three sons -- now married and with homes of their own, will receive the sympathy of many friends in their sad trial.
The funeral will be held tomorrow at 12 o'clock at Sugar Grove church--the funeral party leaving the home at 11 o'clock. Rev. N. G. Thomas of this city will preach the sermon and interment will be made in the Metz cemetery. Mrs. Veach had been reared in the Baptist church and in all probability would have been one of the first members of the new church to be built soon at Metz. ~ The Newton Daily News, January 16, 1911.
* Jasper County, Iowa Death Register, Book 3 page 97 (birth date listed as 1830)
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