CARSON, Mable (Sherman) 1878-1944

CARSON, SHERMAN, HALE, FIELDS

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 3/28/2011 at 14:35:13

Mable (Sherman) Carson 1878-1944

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PIONEER OF ST. ANSGAR DIES; RITES SATURDAY

ST. ANSGAR, IOWA – Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Methodist Church for Mrs. Mabel Sherman Carson, 66, who died at her home here Wednesday. Death was due to cerebral hemorrhage.

Mrs. Carson, a lifelong resident of St. Ansgar, suffered a stroke two and one half months ago and was cared for at Mercy Hospital, at Mason City and the Cedar Valley Hospital at Charles City. She returned to her home here a few weeks ago.

She was married to Nute Carson December 27, 1904.

Surviving are her husband, one daughter; Mrs. Lucy Fields; a son, Clair, of St. Ansgar; and a grandson. Also survived by two brothers, LaForest Sherman, St. Ansgar; Adelbert J. Sherman, Kansas City, Missouri, and one sister; Mrs. Leora Hale of Milford.

Burial will be in the East cemetery, St. Ansgar. The Rev. W. F. Belling will officiate.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Friday, June 2, 1944]
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Saint Ansgar Cemetery:

Mable H. Carson -- February 17, 1878 — May 31, 1944

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NOTE: Her tombstone spelled her name Mable, but the obituary spelled it Mabel. It is assumed the obituary was incorrect.