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Martha Jane (Howard) Binns (1948)

BINNS, HOWARD, MOORE, BUSCH

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 12/29/2007 at 12:45:50

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, August 4, 1948, page 1

MARTHA BINNS, 76, DIED SATURDAY

Life-Long Resident of This County Passes at Home in Winterset

Mrs. Martha Binns, a life-long resident of Madison county, died last Saturday, July 31 at her home in Winterset. She was 76 years of age.

Mrs. Binns was the former Martha Jane Howard, daughter of Dexter and Elizabeth Moore Howard. She was born in Madison county May 14, 1872.

She was married to Nathan Binns in June 1890. They were the parents of seven children, two of whom died in infancy. The husband and father died in 1924.

Her entire life was spent in Webster township until 10 years ago when she moved into Winterset.

Surviving are the five children, Everett L. Binns, Fred Binns and Alfred Binns, all of Winterset, Arthur Binns of Macksburg and Mrs. Marie Busch of Marion, Mont.; 11 grandchildren; one great grandson; and a brother, Denton Howard of Minnesota.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from the Anderson home for funerals, in charge of the Rev. A. R. Weed of Tingley. Burial was made in the Wight cemetery.

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