Martha Jane Mathews

MATHEWS, BECK, BOLTZ, JARVIS, WUNNENBERG, HAMLTON, EISEMAN, BLYTHE, BARRICK, JORDAN

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Date: 10/9/2018 at 21:19:54

Morning Sun News-Herald, April 4, 1935

Mrs. Edwin D. Mathews passed away at her home in this city at an early hour Saturday, March 30, following a several months illness. The funeral services were held at the Union church Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. J. A. Spyker of Herrick Iowa, a former pastor of the deceased, assisted by Rev. W. J. Giffin. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Yohe, Miss Verna Thompson and Raymond Pogemiller sang. The interment was at Elmwood cemetery. The pallbearers were H. H. Beck, J. E. Boltz, Myers Jarvis, Clarence Wunnenberg, W. E. Hamilton and John Eiserman.

Immediate relatives called here for the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Will Mathews of Detroit, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mathews of New York City; Mrs. Louise Mathews Blythe of Evanston, Ill., and Mr. and Mrs. Roland Barrick and family of Wapello.

Martha Jane Jordan, a daughter of John and Eliza Jordan, was born near Berlin, Wis., Sept 9, 1857. She grew to young womanhood in that locality, and was united in marriage to Edwin D. Mathews, also a resident of Berlin, on October 26, 1873. They moved to Iowa in 1891, first locating at Cedar Rapids, where they lived until 1898, when they came to this county and settled on a farm northeast of Morning Sun. They left the farm in 1914 and moved to this city.

Mrs. Mathews was a long-time member of the Presbyterian church, taking an active part in the services and activities of the local church until declining health prevented.

The deceased leaves to mourn her death her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Roland Barrick of Wapello, two sons, Will Mathews of Detroit, Mich., and Stanley Mathews of New York city; a granddaughter, Louise Blythe, now living in Evanston, Ill., made her home with the family here for several years. A brother living in Wisconsin, and ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren also survive.