Mary Oriola (Wilson) Huston (1947)
HUSTON, WILSON
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 9/26/2024 at 12:41:55
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, February 26, 1947MRS. TAYLOR HUSTON DIES AT MARSHALLTOWN
Buried in Cemetery Here After Rites at West Des Moines
Mrs. Taylor Huston, former Madison county resident, died at the Old Soldiers Home in Marshalltown Saturday night, at the age of 79 years. Mrs. Huston was the former Ora Wilson, daughter of J. C. and Ann Mahon Wilson, who had located in the north part of Douglas township in 1866. She was raised in this county, and following her marriage to Mr. Huston, they moved to a farm near Orilla, and later to Valley Junction.
Mr. Huston preceded her in death, but she is survived by their son, Taylor Huston, Jr., of Minneapolis, Minn.
Funeral services were held at a funeral home in West Des Moines Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock and the body was brought her for brief burial rites, at the Winterset cemetery.
_________________________Times-Republican
Marshalltown, Iowa
Monday, February 24, 1947
Page 5, Column 1Aged Soldiers Home Resident Dies Sunday
Mrs. Mary Oriola Huston, 79, a member of the Iowa Soldiers home since Jan. 2, 1943, died at the home hospital Sunday at 6 a.m. Mrs. Huston had not been in good health for years. Death was due to a complication of ailments.
She was the widow of Zachariah T. Huston, who served in the civil war in the 23d and 29th Iowa infantry regiments. He enlisted Jan. 4, 1864, and was discharged at New Orleans, La., Aug. 10, 1865.
A native of Winterset, where she was born Nov. 12, 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Huston were married there Dec. 13, 1899. Her husband’s death occurred in West Des Moines July 30, 1934. Afterwards, before coming to the soldiers home, Mrs. Huston had lived in West Des Moines with her son, Taylor W. Huston, a member of the state conservation commission staff for many years prior to his entry into war service. The son is the only survivor and now lived in St. Paul, Minn.
The body was taken to West Des Moines for services and burial.
________________________Transcriber’s note: Typed as printed in the Times-Republican. Gravestone is in the Winterset City cemetery, Madison county, Iowa.
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