Sarah Catharine Stillwell Whitney (1870-1946)

BALL, JOHNSON, JONES, OLINGER STILLWELL, WHITNEY

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Date: 9/10/2005 at 20:36:25

WHITNEY, SARAH CATHARINE STILLWELL (MRS. LEROY) (1870-1946)

Nevada Public Library obituary file, Nevada, Iowa. Newspaper source unknown, May 1946.
“MRS. WHITNEY DIED SUNDAY AT DAUGHTER’S HOME. – Sarah Catharine Whitney, 76, mother of Mrs. Lewis Jones and Mrs. Leona Ball of Ames, and aunt of Mrs. J. A. Olinger of Nevada, passed away Friday morning in the Jones home, 197 ½ Kellogg avenue, Ames. She had been ill several months. Mrs. Whitney was born April 1, 1870, at Maxwell, Ia., and came to Ames in 1922. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stillwell, early settlers in Polk county. Her marriage to LeRoy Whitney took place Jan. 20, 1897, at Maxwell. Survivors include Mr. Whitney, a son, Harry of Denver, Colo., three daughters, Mrs. Marie Johnson of Sharon, Wis., Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Ball of Ames. There are also seven grandchildren. Three children preceded their mother in death. Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon in the Adams chapel and at 3:30 in the Presbyterian church at Maxwell. Burial will be in the Maxwell cemetery.”
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Nevada Public Library obituary file, Nevada, Iowa. AMES MILES POST, May 1946.
“SARAH CATHARINE WHITNEY. – Sarah Catharine Whitney, 72, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Louis Jones, 719 ½ Kellogg, at 6:35 a.m., Tuesday, May 28, after an illness of several months. She was born at Maxwell, April 1, 1870, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stillwell, early settlers of Polk County, and came to Ames in 1922. She was married to LeRoy Whitney Jan. 20, 1897, at Maxwell. Survivors are her husband, one son, Harry Whitney of Denver, Colo.; three daughters, Mrs. Marie Johnson, Sharon, Wis., Mrs. Hazel Jones and Mrs. Leona Ball, both of Ames, and seven grandchildren. Three children preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 p.m. at the Adams chapel and at 3:30 p.m. in the Presbyterian church at Maxwell, with Rev. R. C. Walker in charge. Burial will be in the Maxwell cemetery.”
**Information is slightly different in these two obituaries.

BURIAL: Vol. IX, Grave Marker Inscriptions, Indian Creek Township, Inc. City of Maxwell, Story County, Iowa, Maxwell Municipal Cemetery, section 1, row 20, plots 8, 9, 10 & 11, Leona Whitney BALL 1905 - 1974, daughter; (9) Floyd T. son of Leroy & Kate WHITNEY Mar 25, 1900 - Sept 2, 1917, (10) Kate WHITNEY mother 1870 - 1946, (11) LeRoy WHITNEY father 1875 - 1949.