McMARTIN, Jessie Florence 1879-1957

BRUSH, MCMARTIN, DRESSER, KOBRIGER

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Date: 9/23/2010 at 17:48:34

Jessie Florence McMartin

Rites Held For Jessie McMartin

Funeral services were held Saturday, March 30, 2:00 p.m. at the E. U. B. Church in Castalia for Jessie Florence McMartin, who passed away March 27 at her farm in Bloomfield township. The Rev. Walter T. Martin, pastor of the Community Presbyterian Church of Postville, was in charge of the rites. Burial was in the Castalia cemetery.

Jessie Florence McMartin, daughter of Daniel A. and Julia Brush McMartin, was born June 5, 1879 on a farm in Bloomfield township, Winneshiek county, Iowa, and passed away March 27, 1957 on the farm where she was born and had been her home all her life, at the age of nearly 78 years.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Willis C. and Ivan Burt; and two sisters, Effie X. and Edith M.

She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Wilbur (Martha T.) Dresser of Boise, Idaho, and Mrs. George (Elsie L.) Kobriger of Castalia; and two brothers, Frank C. of Flandreau, South Dakota and Elmer E. at home; also 13 nieces and nephews.

She became a member of Postville Chapter No. 238 Order of the Eastern Star on September 28, 1914.

Postville, Iowa newspaper of the time clipping, from Dorothy Schave's obituary collection.