Sarah Caroline (Wort) Finn 1843-1929

WORT, FINN, CLARK, HORNBAKER, ELLER

Posted By: Nancy Peterson (email)
Date: 5/3/2004 at 09:54:04

Mrs. Jas. Finn Died Sunday Morning(April 7,1929)

At the home of her daughter Mrs. M. A. Clark on Main street early Sunday morning occurred the death of Mrs.James Finn of Bonaparte,Iowa who for a year or more has been making her home in this city. A brief service was held Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at Awtry and Lankelma's undertaking parlors after which the body was taken to Bonaparte and funeral services were conducted in the Methodist church,with interment in the cemetery several miles in the country.
Mrs. Finn was born in the vivinity of Bonaparte on May 31,1843 and at the time of her death was nearing her 86th birthday. She has been in declining health for a long time and since the death of her husband she had brooded much over his going, which made death a welcome visitor.
The following children survive Mrs. Finn: Mrs. M.A. Clark of this city, Mrs.Mary Hornbaker of Bonaparte, R.W. Finn of Monroe,Lawrence Finn of Hales, Mo., Mrs. T.W. Eller of Bison, S.Dakota, E.P. Finn of St.Francis, Kansas and Charles B. Finn of Mt.Pleasant.

Pella Chronicle, April 11, 1929,page 1 Pella, Iowa