STEWART, Ruhama: Died 1923

STEWART, TRUE, CRAVENS

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Date: 3/7/2017 at 20:43:29

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OBITUARY.

Ruhama True, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley True, was born in Eastern Indiana, November 10, 1846, and died February 20, 1923, aged 76 years, 3 months and 10 days.

She was married to Paul C. Stewart, December 23, 1869. To this union were born seven children: three daughters, Minnie L., Douds, Iowa, Rosa M., Keosauqua, Mary E. died in infancy; four sons, Geo. W. of Douds, Roscoe C. died in infancy, William W. of Wapello, Roy of Libertyville.

She was a devoted wife and a kind and loving mother. Besides her children she leaves her husband, one sister, Mrs. Ida Cravens of Paola, Kansas; 17 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, besides other relatives and friends to mourn her loss.

Funeral services were conducted at her late home on Thursday, February 22, at 10 o'clock a.m., by F.C. Behner. Interment in the Miller Chapel cemetery.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book H, Page 110, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, Iowa