DOUGHTY, Prudence A. 1860 - 1945

DOUGHTY, WRIGHT, CROSON

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 9/11/2021 at 12:21:19

"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Friday, September 21, 1945
Page FIVE, Column 4

LOCALS

... --Mrs- (sic) Prudence DOUGHTY of 306 East Madison St. is quite ill at her home. She recently celebrated her 85th birthday. ...

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Monday, September 24, 1945
Page SIX, Column 4

LOCALS

... --Mrs. Prudence DOUGHTY of 306 East Madison St. who has been seriously ill for several days remains in the same condition. ...

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Thursday, September 27, 1945
Page SIX, Column 7

MRS. DOUGHTY PASSES AWAY

Mrs. Prudence A. DOUGHTY, 85, passed away at 9:30 this morning at the home of Mrs. E. M. West, 306 East Madison, following a serious illness of three weeks. She had resided with Mrs. West for the past nine years, and had been confined to her room for almost four years.

She was born September 12, 1860. Her first marriage was to John WRIGHT, and two children were born to this union: Mae, who passed away at the age of two years, and another child who died in infancy.

She married Rev. A. S. DOUGHTY March 6, 1907, and was always active in the Free Methodist church.

She is survived by one half sister, Mary E. CROSON of Libby, Mont., and two step brothers, and several nieces and nephews.

The body has been taken to the Hoskins Funeral Home where funeral arrangements are still pending.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Friday, September 28, 1945
Page THREE, Column 4

P. DOUGHTY Services Tomorrow, Hoskins

Funeral services for Mrs. Prudence DOUGHTY, who passed away yesterday morning at the home of Mrs. E. M. West, 306 East Madison street, will be held tomorrow, Sept. 29, at Hoskins Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. Rev. E. W. Walls and Rev. J. G. Dingman will be in charge.

Interment in Evergreen cemetery.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Monday, October 1, 1945
Page FIVE, Column 8

PROBATE OF WILL

State of Iowa, Jefferson County, ss:

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Notice is hereby given that an instrument, purporting to be the last Will and Testament and Codicil of Prudence A. DOUGHTY, Deceased is now on file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Jefferson County, and that Friday, October 26th A. D. 1945 at 9:30 a. m. has been set for proof and final hearing of same.

Witness my hand and seal of said Court, this 1st day of Oct., 1945.

W. S. PARKIN,
Clerk of District Court
By VIRLEE M. ANDERSON,
Deputy.

Oct 1, 8, 15.

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Note: Buried in Lot 2nd.232 with her second husband, the Rev. Alvin Samuel DOUGHTY.