Rebecca (Carey) Webb (1917)

CAREY, FRY, WEBB

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 4/29/2011 at 19:32:06

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, December 5, 1917
Page 7

Death of MRS. NANCY WEBB

Mrs. Nancy Webb, widow of the late James Webb, died Monday morning, at the age of 84 years, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Fry of Earlham.

After their marriage the Webbs left Indiana for Iowa, and lived on a farm on the Earlham road for years. Of late, Mrs. Webb has been a resident of Winterset, recently going to her daughter's home on account of failing health and strength.

Funeral services were conducted in the Winterset Methodist church this morning at 11 o'clock, by Rev. Louis Watson of Earlham. Burial in Winterset cemetery followed.
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Transcriber's note: Transcribed as published, the deceased's name has been verified in the Madison County probate records. There is no evidence that she was ever called "Nancy" and it is believed that the newspaper got her confused with someone else. Her maiden name is "Carey" per her father's gravestone.