Sarah Ray Halley (1853-1912)

HALLEY, RAY, BALL, SHALLEY, KURTZ

Posted By: Gail and Dennis Bell
Date: 6/11/2005 at 11:22:47

THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, February 15, 1912, "Death of Mrs. Geo. Halley - John Ray received word last Saturday, of the death of his sister, Mrs. George Halley of Nevada, who died at Corpus Cristi, Texas, at 7:30 o'clock that morning. Mrs. Halley had been an invalid for some tine and received treatment at the Iowa Sanitarium for several weeks, but she could find no relief and as a last hope she and her husband went to Texas only a few weeks ago, hopeful that the change might prove beneficial. But her condition seemed to be beyond help and she passed away very shortly after her arrival in Texas. The body will be shipped back to Nevada, where funeral services will be held and internment made in the Nevada cemetery. Mr. Ray went to Nevada, Tuesday, to await the arrival of his sister's body, and will remain till after the funeral"

THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, February 22, 1912, page 1, column 1. “MRS. GEORGE HALLEY – Sarah Ray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Judiah Ray, was born in Indian Creek Township, Story County, Iowa, on December 28, 1853. She was reared in the County and was here married in March 1895**, to George Halley, who like herself, was a long time resident of the county. They made their home for a few years on their farm in Nevada Twp. But soon settle in Nevada, where they lived for the rest of their life. The trip south for her health was the first trip that she ever made out of the county of her birth, and her record is naturally that of a good woman who confined herself strictly to the duties of her home. She was the mother of two children, both girls and both now married: Clara, now Mrs. Chas. Ball, of Fairfield, and Nellie, now Mrs. Fred Shalley of Nevada. Besides her husband and daughters she is survived also by two brothers and one sister: Jacob Ray and Mrs. Clara Kurtz of Nevada; John Ray of Maxwell, Samuel Ray of Indianola, and Judiah Ray Jr. of Lake Crystal, Minnesota **Editorial note – 18 Mar 1875