Melissa J. (Bagley) Worrall (1848-1934)

BAGLEY, WORRALL, BUFFINGTON, LEFLER, RICHESON, VASEY, COSGROVE, JENNETT

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 3/7/2021 at 11:04:44

From Nevada Evening Journal March 15, 1934 (page 1)

Mrs. George Worral Died Last Night at Daughter's Home

Special to the Journal.
Zearing, Mar. 15--Mrs. George Worral, 85, died Wednesday evening at 10:30 at the home of daughter, Mrs. John Buffington, from complications incident to old age.

She was born October 20, 1848, in LaSalle county, Illinois, and was united in marriage to George Worral at Earlville, Ill., in 1868. They continued their home in Illinois until 1875 when they came out to Iowa and settled first at Colo.

There they lived for a number of years and in 1912 they broke up their home in Colo and went to Marshalltown where they were at the Iowa Soldiers home when the husband died in 1924. Following the death of the husband Mrs. Worrall divided her time between the soldiers' home and the homes of her children.

Thirteen children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Worral, four of whom preceded them in death. Those surviving are Mrs. Sarah Buffington of Zearing, Mrs. Mae Lefler of South Dakota, Mrs. Ross Richeson of Rock Island, Mrs. Cordelia Vasey of Adams, S. D., Mrs. Lida Cosgrove of Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Dorothy Jennett of Detroit, and sons Ollie and Bert Worral of Marshalltown and Boyd Worral of Boone. She also leaves a brother Bradford Bagley, of Nevada.

Mrs. Worral has long been a member of the Nazarene church of Marshalltown and the Relief Corps of the soldiers' home.

The funeral will be held Monday at Brouhard funeral home in Zearing, after which the body will be taken to Marshalltown for interment in Riverside cemetery by the side of her husband.