The Schaller Herald
Schaller, Sac Co. Iowa
March 5, 1903
W.W. ALLEN paid $6.00 for water works.
Obituary.
Died. Thursday afternoon, Feb. 19, 1903, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. James WILEY in Nashua, Mrs. Catherine MURKLEY,
from paralysis aged 87 years, 4 months, and 27 days. Catherine
WEGER was born in Morrisburg, Canada, Sept. 22, 1815. In 1836 she
was united in marriage to John MURKLEY. In 1848 she moved to
Wisconsin. Her husband departed this life in 1855. Mrs. MURKLEY
was the mother of eight children, five of whom survive and morn
her loss- Messrs. John and Wm. MURKLEY, of Berlin, Wis., Mrs.
Hattie HAYES, of Milwaukee, Wis., Mrs. J.B. KNIGHT, of Norway,
Mich., and Mrs. Mary WILEY, of Nashua, Iowa. For twenty years the
deceased had made her home in Berlin, Wis. In August, 1901, she
came to Nashua and made her home with her daughter, where she
peacefully passed away. March 24, 1902, she was stricken with
paralasis and remained helpless to the end. She was most tenderly
and untiringly cared for by her daughter, who did all that could
be done to give comfort in her last days.-Nashua Reporter.
Mrs. MURKLEY was a sister of Mrs. M. H. CASSELMAN of this place
who is now the only living member of her immediate family.
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Mar 25,1903
Article on the naming of towns and townships.