Rachel (Forsythe) Villiers (1906)

FORSYTHE, STEPHENSON, STICKEL, VILLIARS, VILLIER, VILLIERS

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 5/5/2009 at 09:52:33

The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Friday, March 23, 1906
Page 5

RACHEL VILLIARS

Mrs. Rachel Villiars, wife of Francis Villiars, residing in the northeast part of the city, died Monday morning at six o'clock after a lingering illness lasting three years.

Mrs. Villiars was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, January 8, 1834. She was first married to John Stickel and to them were born two children, both of whom are dead. She was married to Francis Villiars in 1858, and to them five children were born, four of whom survive, Jacob at Elwell, Iowa, Frank, Mary Stephenson and Ida Villiars, all of Winterset.

The funeral services were held from the residence Wednesday morning and were conducted by Rev. E. E. Bennett of the Christian church. Interment was in the Winterset cemetery.
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Transcriber's note: Transcribed as published, name on her gravestone reads "Villier" and on her husband's "Villiers".
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Coordinator's note: Maiden name taken from Iowa Death Certificate for daughter Mary.

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