HART, Rachel Amelia 1840 - 1923

HART, FRY, ELLIS, PIERCE

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/11/2024 at 21:37:58

"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Monday, September 17, 1923
Front Page, Column 8

MRS. R. A. HART DIED YESTERDAY

Funeral Will Be Held Tomorrow Morning At 10 From The FRY Home

Mrs. Rachel Amelia HART died yesterday afternoon about 1:30 oclock at the home of her daughter Mrs. Henry W. FRY, 1006 West Burlington street after an illness of some time. The funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 10 oclock from the FRY home in charge of Rev. R. H. Polly of the Christian church. Interment will take place in Evergreen cemetery.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Tuesday, September 18, 1923
Page Two, Column 3

MRS. RACHEL A. HART FUNERAL HELD TODAY

The funeral services for Mrs. Rachel Amelia HART, who passed away Sunday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry W. FRY, 1006 West Burlington, were held this morning at ten o'clock from the FRY home. Rev. R. H. Polly of The Christian church conducted the services in the presence of a large number of friends. Mrs. William Stever and Mrs. Norvell Switzer sang. Harry LaRue, Henry Hancock, Norvell Switzer, Thomas T. Stuckey, Sidney Biddle and Robert Ross, acted as pallbearers.

Mrs. HART was formerly Miss Rachel Amelia ELLIS and she was born April 13, 1840 in Illinois, being at the time of her death 83 years, 5 months and 3 days old. In early womanhood she was united in marriage to Frank HART, who preceded her in death over 20 years ago. A daughter Mrs. Harriet PIERCE died 21 years ago. For the past 17 years she has made her home with her daughter Mrs. FRY, the only surviving child.

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Tuesday, September 18, 1923
Page Six, Column 1

JUST AMONG OURSELVES

... --Miss Elizabeth FRY, an instructor in the Waverly schools, was called here Sunday noon by the illness and death of her grandmother, Mrs. Rachel Amelia HART.

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Note: Buried in Lot 2nd.184. Her gravestone notes a birth year of 1841, however both her obituary and her Death Certificate note a birth year of 1840. The burial location of husband Frank is not known as of the date of this posting.