Jane "Jennie" (Stewart) Brewster (1912)
BREWSTER, CLOVER, STEWART
Posted By: Kent Transier (email)
Date: 2/6/2016 at 23:13:32
The Cherokee Times
Cherokee, Iowa
Monday, July 8, 1912
Page 1, Column 3DEATH CLAIMS TWO AURELIANS
W. M. COOMBS AND MRS. W. F. BREWSTER DIE SUDDENLY
The Little City On the East Side in Mourning Because of the Double Loss on the 4th and 5th
Mrs. W. F. Brewster
On Friday morning, July 5, the wife of W. F. Brewster passed away after an illness of three weeks resulting from a stroke of paralysis. Death came while at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Clover.
She is another old resident. Her husband has been a stock buyer for twenty years and for a time previous to going into the stock business was a farmer in Afton township, where the son, Irvin, still lives. She was highly respected by a wide circle of acquaintances and many will be sorry because of her loss.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. R. Hoffman in the Congregational church Sunday morning at 10 a. m. Interment was made in Pleasant Hill cemetery.
She leaves to mourn her besides her husband a daughter, Mrs. Geo Clover, and a son, Irvin. There may be other relatives but the writer is not acquainted with them.
_____________________Transcriber's notes: Maiden name taken from Madison County Marriage Records. The deceased was a Madison County resident for about 25 years before relocating to Cherokee County in 1879.
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