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DUVALL, Sophia: Died 1950

DUVALL, CLARK, WRIGHT

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Date: 5/17/2017 at 22:14:07

**Handwritten: Dec. 1950

Mrs. Sophia Clark Duvall

Mrs. Sophia Duvall, 78, died at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Catherine Clark in Keosauqua. She had been ill for three weeks and had been a patient in an Ottumwa hospital.

She was born July 18, 1872 near Keosauqua, the daughter of James and Dora Wright Clark. When a small girl she went to Keokuk to live with an uncle, Samuel Clark, and attended school there. She returned to Van Buren county and taught for 25 years in the rural schools of this county. She was married in 1931 to Andrew Duvall, who died in September, 1947. Two brothers and a sister also preceded her in death. She was a member of the Methodist church. Survivors are nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Keosauqua Methodist church with the Rev. Burton C. Bastucheck officiating. Burial was in the Fellows cemetery near Keosauqua.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book H, Page 150, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA


 

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