ALEXANDER, Mary Emma 1866 - 1957

ALEXANDER, KNIGHT

Posted By: Jane Adams (email)
Date: 2/14/2005 at 12:18:45

"The Fairfield Ia. Ledger"
Saturday, May 25, 1957
Page 8, Column 2

Mary ALEXANDER Taken In Death

Death came late yesterday afternoon to Mary E. ALEXANDER, life-time resident of this community.

She passed away about 4:30 p.m Friday at the Jefferson County hospital where she had been seriously ill since May 15. She had been in failing health the past several years.

Last rites will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Weston Behner Funeral home with the Rev. H. T. Rasche in charge. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.

Mary E. ALEXANDER, 90, was born Nov. 29, 1866, at Birmingham, Iowa, the daughter of the late Andrew C. and Martha S. KNIGHT ALEXANDER. She came to Fairfield with her parents when she was only one year old and had made her home here since.

She was never married and made her home with her brother, Herbert, at 705 S. Seventh Street. Miss ALEXANDER was an active member of the Free Methodist church for many years.

She is survived by her brother. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and one sister.

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Note: Her Death Record in the Jefferson County Courthouse shows her name as Mary Emma ALEXANDER.