Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Henderson) Ryner (1916)
BELL, HENDERSON, LULL, RYNER
Posted By: Kent Transier
Date: 2/10/2015 at 18:54:03
Winterset Madisonian
Wednesday, December 27, 1916
Page 1, Column 4Death of Mrs. J. A. Ryner
The death of Mrs. Lizzie Henderson Ryner occurred on Sunday, December 24th at her home in Union township, following a long period of ill health. On Thursday she complained of severe pain in her lungs, resulting in her death three days later.
Mrs. Ryner was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1850, and her marriage to Jacob Ryner took place in 1877. The have been residents of Union township for years.
Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. W. C. Lull and a son, Wm. A., both of Union township and a son, Clifford of Springfield, Minn.; by a sister, Mrs. N. J. Bell of De Soto and two brothers, Duncan of Colorado and Thomas of Milliken, Mich. Mrs. Ryner had been a member of the U. P. church since childhood, Rev. W. J. Stewart conducting funeral services at North Branch U. B. church on Tuesday afternoon.
________________________The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, December 27, 1916
Page 1, Column 1Mrs. J. A. Ryner
Lizzie S. Anderson was born in Guernsey County, Ohio on October 26, 1850. From there she moved to Illinois where they resided till after her father’s death. Then they moved to Madison county, Iowa where she spent the remainder of her life. She united with the U. P. church in the days of our youth and remained a faithful member until her death.
On February 8, 1877, she was united in marriage to Jacob A. Ryner. To this union were born three children, Clifford D., of Springfield, Minnesota; Willie A. And Mrs. Clyde Lull, of this place. She raised two brother’s children, Ernest and Bertha Ryner and Mrs. Oren Benson, Sioux Falls, Idaho.
She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, three children, two daughters-in-law and eight grandchildren and a host of friends.
She was a kind wife and a loving mother and leaves a vacant place that never can be filled. On December 21 she was taken seriously ill and departed this life on December 24, 1916 at the age of 66 years, 1 month and 23 days.
Funeral services were held at the North Branch U. B. church Tuesday morning at 11 a. m., conducted by Rev. W. J. Stuart, of the United Presbyterian church of Winterset.
________________________Transcriber's note: Although her gravestone and this obituary list her year of birth as 1850, she appears in the 1850 census as 2 years old and has a younger sibling so her birth year is likely to be 1848.
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