Woolworth, Mrs. Martha (Died 1928)

WOOLWORTH

Posted By: Linda Ziemann (email)
Date: 1/15/2006 at 18:54:42

LeMars Sentinel newspaper
Dated May 25, 1928

MRS. MARTHA WOOLWORTH WAS WIFE OF LE MARS PIONEER HARNESSMAKER

Funeral services were held at Muscatine, Iowa, Tuesday, for Mrs. Martha Woolworth, 78 years old, a former LeMars and Sioux City resident.

Mrs. Woolworth was a resident of LeMars in the early eighties and nineties, her husband being a harness maker here. He was killed when struck by a train at a railroad crossing in LeMars in 1893.

Mrs. Woolworth was the mother of F. H. Woolworth, of Sioux City, Boy Scout executive of the Sioux City area and was the mother of L. Woolworth, who was agent at the Illinois Central freight depot here a few years ago. Another son is a well known farmer in the south part of Plymouth county.

Mrs. Woolworth died Saturday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. D. Cooper, at Muscatine.

Born in Vermont, Mrs. Woolworth came to Sioux City in 1870 and was married to S. H. Woolworth. Mr. Woolworth was killed in an accident in 1893 at LeMars where they went to reside in 1884. She had been living at Muscatine since 1906.

Surviving are four sons, F. C. Woolworth, of Sioux City; S. E. Woolworth, of Pembina, N.D.; Leo Woolworth, of Cherokee; and Percy Woolworth, of Hinton; and three daughters, Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Charles E. Chaney, of Omaha; and Mrs. Phillip Crosley, of Cherokee.