Amelia (Brown) Cline Pritchard (1835-1925)

BROWN, CLINE, PRITCHARD, ADAMS, HAMM, SHEARER

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 8/15/2022 at 21:26:00

From Nevada Evening Journal October 23, 1925 (page 6)

DIED SUDDENLY NONAGENARIAN

MRS. AMELIA PRTICHARD PASSED AWAY WHILE VISITING GRANDDAUGHTER

Special to the Journal.
Mswell, Oct. 23--Mrs. Amelia Cline Pritchard, age 90, died at the home of a granddaughter, Mrs. Ellery Adams, north of Ames, Thursday morning and the funeral services will be held at the Presbyterian church in Maxwell Saturday afternoon at 2:30, the services being in charge of Rev. H. D. Robinson.

The music will be furnished by a choir consisting of the children of her nieces and nephews, members of the Olinger family, while the pall bearers will be from among her nephews.

Mrs. Pritchard was one of the pioneer women of this community and was 90 years of age Dec. 17 last. Her first husband was John Cline and following his death she was married to Reese Pritchard, who also preceded her in death.

Of late years she had been [making] her home with her children [most of] the time with the son, George Cline of Eagle Grove. She had been at [-----] and Maxwell visiting with re[latives] and friends and had stopped a[t the] home of her granddaughter, Mrs. {Ad]ams, on her way back to Eagle G[rove.]

She leaves three sons and [two] daughters. They are John Cl[ine of] Colorado, James Cline of Elk[---.] George Cline of Eagle Grove a[nd] daughters, Mrs. Fred Hamm [of Mon]tana and Mrs. Sanford Shearer [of Cal]ifornia. She also leaves [----] grandchildren and other relati[ves.]

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