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DIED FROM OLD AGE,
Mrs. Mary West Passed
Away
at Her Home Here
Tuesday Noon ----
Funeral Held Wednesday.
Mrs. Mary West,
a well-known resident of Red Oak, passed away at her
home in Red Oak at noon Tuesday afternoon having been in
failing health since November. Her death was due
to old age. She was in her 73rd year.
The funeral of Mrs. West was held at the Congregational
Church at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Eddie
preaching the funeral sermon. Singing was by Mr. and
Mrs. G. M. Fisher; Miss Olive Worsley and F. E.
Crandall. Those who served as pallbearers were O.
P. Worsley, W. W. Montgomery, Wm. Baxter, O. F. Remmers,
Chas. Barton and T. C. Lloyd. Burial was in Red Oak
cemetery.
Those who were here from a distance to attend the
funeral included Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Sandell, of
Craig,
Missouri, Mr. and Mrs. Hazen Redfern, of Council Bluffs; Mrs.
Ida West, Mary and Bertha West, Mrs. Sandell and Mary Sandell, of Griswold; Fred Sandell of Elliott.
Mrs. West was born in Sweden on June 15, 1845, and came
to America in 1852. She was married Oct. 1863, in Bureau
county, Ill., to John West, who died here in 1871. Mrs.
West is survived by one son, Ed West, of Emerson, and
one brother, Chas. Sandell, of Elliott.
Deceased was a member of the Congregational church.
She was a good woman and many friends extend sympathy to
the sorrowing relatives.
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