Emily (GATES) DANT
GATES, DANT, GRAY, WHEELER, CAMPBELL
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 7/15/2011 at 20:10:37
Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, September 26, 1917OBITUARY ~ MRS. EMALY (sic, should be Emily) DANT
On September 14, Mrs. Emaly A. DANT [sic], an old settler of Ringgold county, after an illness of less than a week, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. E. GRAY, near Maloy, aged 79 years, 8 months, and one day. She leaves to mourn her death, besides numberless friends, six children—Edward C. DANT of Mount Ayr, James B. DANT of Conway, William R. DANT of South Dakota, Mrs. C. H. WHEELER of Mount Ayr, Mrs. Robert CAMPBELL of Colorado and Mrs. J. E. GRAY of Maloy. All the children were at the bedside when she passed away.
Father POUGET, of the Immaculate Conception church, said a memorial mass and preached her funeral sermon. She was laid to rest beside her husband and children in St. Mary's cemetery near Maloy.
Submission by Julie Watts, July of 2011
Ringgold Obituaries maintained by Tony Mercer.
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