Iowa Old Press
Ottumwa Tri-Weekly Courier, October 15, 1910
NANCY WHEATON
DIES AT AGENCY
Agency, Oct. 11.—(Special.)—Mrs. S. Wheaton, aged 74, who has made her home here Monday. Mrs. Wheaton than half a century, died suddenly at her home here today. Mrs. Wheaton got up this morning feeling as well as usual. She built a fire and was preparing breakfast when she was stricken with a severe pain in the back of her neck. Her son, John Wheaton, came to her assistance, only to have his mother fall back in his arms, dead. Another son, Frank Wheaton, who also lives at Agency, and a daughter, Mrs. J. W. Baker, of Omaha, survive. W. W. Wheaton of Ottumwa is a nephew of the deceased. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed.
Ottumwa Tri-Weekly Courier, October 25, 1910
The funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Nancy Wheaton who passed away suddenly Monday at her home in Agency will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence. Rev. B. G. Hankins of the M. E. church at Agency will conduct the funeral. Interment will be made in the Agency cemetery.
[transcribed by L.Z., Feb 2020]