Ann Frances (Hamilton) Patterson (1951)

PATTERSON, DENLY, PHILLIPS

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Winterset Madisonian - December 12, 1951
Winterset, Iowa

MRS. ANN PATTERSON DIES AT 89 YEARS

Native of Illinois Lived in Madison County for 86 Years

TRURO--Mrs. Ann Patterson, a resident of Madison county for 86 years, died at the Osceola hospital Saturday, Dec. 8, at the age of 89 years.

Mrs. Patterson was widely known in the Truro community, where she had spent most of her long life. She was a native of Menard county in Illinois near Springfield, where she was born May 6, 1862, and came to this community at the age of 3 years.

She was married at Osceola on Jan. 6, 1886 to Charles E. Patterson. Her husband preceded her in death as did three of her sons and a daughter.

Surviving are a son, Charles E. Patterson; two daughters, Mrs. Amy Denly and Mrs. Catherine Phillips of Truro; 13 grandchildren; and 20 great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Monday from the Kale funeral home in Truro, in charge of the Rev. Clarence Moore. Burial was made in the Field cemetery near Truro.