Mary Anna (Jones) Carver (1859-1935)

JONES, CARVER, TORRY, SHEARER, CLEMENT, PEASE

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/2/2021 at 09:51:56

From Nevada Evening Journal August 20, 1935 (page 3)

Funeral Held Monday for Mary Ann Carver

Special to the Journal.
Collins, Aug. 20--Funeral services for the late Mrs. Mary Ann Carver, 76, of Collins, who died Saturday, August 17 at 12:00, were held from the Methodist church on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with her pastor, the Rev. Charles Hohanshalt in charge.

Burial was in Evergreen cemetery by the side of her husband and son. Music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mrs. Kenneth Tomlinson, Mrs. L. M. Hall, J. G. Gingles and J. R. Witmer with Miss Charlotte Visey at the piano. The songs used were "The Old Rugged Cross," "Someday I'll Understand" and "Safe in the Arms of Jesus."

The pallbearers chosen from the Freeland-Carver post of the American Legion were Dewey Kern, Byron Keagle, Elbert Shank, J. R. Armstrong, Clair Fish and R. D. McCord.

The flowers were beautiful and bore mute testimony to the love and esteem in which she was held in this community. They were arranged and cared for at the church and cemetery by Mrs. C. G. Fish and Mrs. J. R. Armstrong.

Ushers at the church were Mrs. H. R. Sokel and Mrs. R. D. McCord.

Mrs. Carver was a daughter of William and Nancy Jones and was born near Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 25, 1859. On March 16, 1887, she was united in marriage to Charles H. Carver of near Collins at Maxwell, Iowa and since that time the family home has bee near and in Collins. Seven children were born to this union, six of whom survive.

A son, Ray, died in France during the World war and the husband died on Dec. 25, 1932.

The surviving children are William Carver, Mrs. Pearl Torry, Bessie and Harry Carver, all of Collins, Mrs. Ethel Shearer of Fekoa, Washington and Mrs. Charlotte Clement of Waterloo.

She also leaves ten grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Emma Pease of Oregon and a brother, Geo. Jones of Alberta, Canada.

Mrs. Carver had been in poor health for many years and for the past three years has been confined mostly to her bed. As long as her health permitted, she was an active member of the Auxiliary of the American Legion and the local Methodist church.

She has always taken an active interest in the welfare of her family and this community and will be greatly missed by all who were privileged to know her.