MacLEARN, Dorothy Frances: 1909-1926

MACLEARN

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In Memoriam
**July 1926

DOROTHY F. MACLEARN.

Dorothy Frances MacLearn, the fourth child of the Rev. T.F. MacLearn and Mrs. MacLearn, was born Oct. 1, 1909, at Yarmouth, Me., and died Sunday, July 18, at Ottumwa, following an accident. She leaves to mourn their loss, her parents, brothers Edwin and Frederick of Montrose, Roy, Paul and Kenneth at home, and sisters, Lurana, Esther, Mae and Luetha, all at home. She is also survived by many relatives.

She came west with her parents when an infant, the family locating at University Park, Iowa. The later moved to Montrose and then to Ottumwa. She was converted in February, 1925, at the Nazarene mission of Ottumwa, under the ministry of her father the pastor of the mission. She sang a duet at the church service Sunday evening, with Opal Bailey, a short time before her death. She was a student in the high school of Ottumwa, and was preparing to become a teacher.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, at the Nazarene tabernacle, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Kirby and the Rev. Mr. Giddeon Williamson of Farmington. The latter sang, "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" - Contributed

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book C, Page 242, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA