McDougall, Mrs. John (Bertha R.) 1851-1888

MCDOUGALL

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 10/22/2008 at 15:20:11

LeMars Sentinel
January 17, 1888

Mrs. John McDougal died on Wednesday of this week of erysipelas. The
funeral will be from the residence tomorrow at 2 o'clock P.M., Rev.
Snowden officiating. Mrs. McDougal was a woman of many noble qualities,
and in her death the husband and family of four children are bereft of
the true wife and mother, while society sustains the loss of a valued
member.

~Note from the transcriber: definition of erysipelas: a skin disease
caused by strep infection which devastates the blood.
~Per Plymouth County Iowa Courthouse records: date of death was 11 Jan 1888; aged 33 yrs, 6 mos.

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