Margaret "Maggie" (Wood) Purviance (1869-1952)

WOOD, PURVIANCE, URMY, BURK

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:11

From Nevada Evening Journal February 28, 1952 (page 4)

Funeral Services For Mrs. Plummer Purviance

COLLINS -- Funeral services were conducted for Mrs. Plummer Purviance who died February 24, in Collins February 26, 1952, at 1:30 in the Collins Church of Christ by the Reverend Louis H. Joslin of the Collins Methodist church. Interment in the Evergreen cemetery, Collins.

The selections "Asleep in Jesus" and :Home of the Soul" were sung by Nellie Graham, Ethel Halterman, Gertrude Huntrods, Ada Oswalt, Jessie Patton and Winifred Sutton, accompanied by Mrs. Fred Mead.

Casket bearers were Henry Duesbury, Tom Huntrods, Floyd Oswalt, Edd Stratton, George Thompson and Harvey Wescott. Flower bearers, the Loyal Women's Class.

Obituary

Margaret Wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Wood, was born December 4, 1869, and passed away at her home in Collins, Iowa, February 24th, 1952, at the age of 82 years, two months and 20 days.

When an infant of three days, her mother passed away, and she was immediately adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Urmy, acquaintances and friends of the Wood family.

On March 16, 1890, she was united in marriage to Plummer Purviance. To this union was born one daughter, Mercie, who with the stricken husband, survives her. Also surviving is one sister, Mrs. P. W. Burk of Morrison, Ill.

Mrs. Purviance united with the church of her choice in early youth, transferring her membership to the Collins Church of Christ in the spring of 1925. Although she was never able to attend Divine services, she did not loose interest in and concerning the church activities.

Due to her love for her home and its comforts, there grew up a strong bond of affection between mother and daughter.