Mary Josephine Harper

HARPER, POOLE, FOSTER, WARREN

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Date: 12/23/2018 at 04:00:22

Wapello Republican, August 8, page 4.

Mrs. W. E. Harper died at her home in Mediapolis Monday morning, after a brief illness. She had been in failing health for several months, but she had been ill for only a few weeks, and her condition was not considered as serious until a few hours before her death.

Mary Josephine Foster, daughter of William and Nancy Poole Foster was born June 12, 1870, and was married to W. E. Harper, October 1, 1890. She is survived by her husband; one son, Leo L. of Minneapolis, Minn.; one sister, Mrs. Bertha Warren, of Ottumwa, and three grandchildren. Three children, Ronald D., Myra and Lorman, preceded her in death.

Funeral services were held from the Presbyterian church in Mediapolis Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock, with burial in Kossuth cemetery.