Overmire, Maggie Amanda Henderson 1873-1944

OVERMINE, HENDERSON

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Date: 5/7/2011 at 13:07:10

Overmire, Maggie Amanda Henderson –
Maggie Amanda Henderson, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Henderson, was born near Aledo, Illinois, on March 19, 1873, and died at the home of her daughter in Earlville. Iowa, on August 3, 1944.

When a small child she moved with her parents to southwest Iowa. She was educated in the rural schools of Taylor county and was graduated from Lenox High School in 1889, later teaching in the rural schools of the county.

On July 1, 1891, she was united in marriage to Marl M. Overmine and they established a home in the Prairie Gem neighborhood between Clearfield and Lenox. To this union four children were born: Floy, Mrs. Carl Laxson of Earlville, Iowa; Bertice, Mrs. Wm. Fuehrer of Grand Rapids, Mich.; May, Mrs. Marc Wilkin of Indio, California, and a son, Harold, who passed away in East Chicago, Indiana, in August 1929.

Mrs. Overmire was preceded in death by her husband, who died in April 1929. She is survived by her three daughters, 17 grandchildren and one great grandson. Seven of her grandsons are now in the armed services.

In early life Mrs. Overmire became a member of the United Presbyterian church at Clearfield. After her marriage she transferred her membership to the Presbyterian church in Lenox and in recent years she was active in the Congregational church in Earlville.

After the death of her husband she spent seven years in the home of her brother, Thomas Henderson, in Clearfield, and several years in California with her mother and other relatives there.

She is also survived by four brothers, Thomas Henderson of Conway, Iowa; Frank Henderson of Santa Ana, California; Dr. Ray Henderson of Long Beach, California; Floyd Henderson of Indianola, Iowa; and a sister, Miss Cora Henderson of Midway City, California.

Funeral services were held at the United Presbyterian church in Lenox on Monday afternoon, August 7, at 2:30, in charge of Rev. Earl Moneymaker. Burial took place in Lenox cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, August 10, 1944