Wiggins, Eleanor R. 1863-1916

WIGGINS, ROBERTSON, BOYLAN, HOFFMAN, CLIFFORD, STONE

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Date: 3/11/2013 at 10:17:24

The Grinnell (IA) Herald; May 12, 1916

MRS. A.W. WIGGINS

Mrs. A.W. Wiggins died at 11:30 o'clock on the morning of Monday, May 8, at her home, 108 East Court street, Ottumwa, Ia., after an illness of nine days with pleural pneumonia. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and at the time of her death was aged 52 years and 6 months. She is survived by her husband, one son, J.A. Wiggins of Grinnell, the only child, five sisters and one brother, and her mother, Mrs. A. Robertson, of Ottumwa.

Funeral services were held at the home in Ottumwa on Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock, and the body was brought to Grinnell, where interment was made Wednesday evening in Hazelwood cemetery. Rev. J.M. Brown conducted the services at the grave. The husband and son, four of the sisters, Mrs. Thomas Boylan, of Des Moines, Mrs. F.L. Hoffman, of Denison, Mrs. John Clifford, of Little Rock, Ark., and Miss Jessie Robertson, of Ottumwa, and the brother, William B. Robertson, of Des Moines, came from Ottumwa to attend the burial services. The fifth sister, Mrs. F.S. Stone, of Nampa, Ida., could not be present.
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"Iowa, Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990," index, FamilySearch

Name: Eleanor R. Wiggens (Wiggins)
Gender: Female
Burial Place: Grinnell, Ia.
Death Date: 08 May 1916
Death Place: Ottumwa, Center
Age: 52
Birth Date: 08 Oct 1863
Birthplace: Scotland
Occupation: Housewife
Marital status: Married
Father's Name: A. Robertson
Father's Birthplace: Scotland
Mother's Name: Ellen McFarland
Mother's Birthplace: ---

Indexing Project (Batch) Nubmer: B86805-4
System Origin: Iowa-EASy
GS Film Number: 1769031
Reference ID: p333 #428