Mrs. Palmer Dies At Newcastle
Marcelia Louisa Palmer, daughter of Dexter and Aurelia Rice, was born on August 25, 1853, at
Springfield, Mass., and died at her home in Newcastle on September 5, 1951, at the age of 98 years and 11 days. She was the oldest of a family of five, includnig two brothers and two sisters, all of whom preceded her in death.
When she was eleven months old, the young girl moved, with her family to Floyd County, Iowa. Here she received much of her schooling, but in 1867, as a girl of thirteen, she moved with her parents to the old Ionia Community, northeast of Newcastle. The family made the trip in a covered wagon, drawn by an ox team. They brought their household goods and cattle with them, finding food along the way in the form of abundant game and wild strawberries, which covered the hills.
On December 1, 1872, she was married to Albert S. Palmer and they lived on a farm five miles northeast of Newcastle. To this union were born four daughters, of whom three are still living. Mr. Palmer passed away on November 30, 1912. Mrs. Palmer continued to live on the farm until December, 1915, when she moved to Newcastle, which for the past 36 years she has made her home.
For a number of months past she had grown increasingly weak, having lost the ability to see, and hearing with difficulty. An event of recent years to which she always looked forward, with pleasure, was her birthday party, and at , her ninelty-eighth birthday party, only a few days before her death, she was present to meet and greet her many friends.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Nellie Pearson of Spokane, Wash., and Evelyn and Verna of Newcastle; also six grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Saturday, September 8, 1951, at 2 p. m., at Newcastle Congregational Church, Rev. A. D. Weage, pastor, officiating. Burial was made in the Palmer lot in Newcastle cemetery under direction of Mohr's Mortuary.
Pallbearers were Dewain Taylor, Will Rahn, Wm. Ellyson, Allen Ellyson, John Lewis ane George Davis.
From the Newcastle Newspaper saved by Gerry Juhlin.
Marcelia Louisa Palmer, daughter of Dexter and Aurelia Rice, was born on August 25, 1853, at
Springfield, Mass., and died at her home in Newcastle on September 5, 1951, at the age of 98 years and 11 days. She was the oldest of a family of five, includnig two brothers and two sisters, all of whom preceded her in death.
When she was eleven months old, the young girl moved, with her family to Floyd County, Iowa. Here she received much of her schooling, but in 1867, as a girl of thirteen, she moved with her parents to the old Ionia Community, northeast of Newcastle. The family made the trip in a covered wagon, drawn by an ox team. They brought their household goods and cattle with them, finding food along the way in the form of abundant game and wild strawberries, which covered the hills.
On December 1, 1872, she was married to Albert S. Palmer and they lived on a farm five miles northeast of Newcastle. To this union were born four daughters, of whom three are still living. Mr. Palmer passed away on November 30, 1912. Mrs. Palmer continued to live on the farm until December, 1915, when she moved to Newcastle, which for the past 36 years she has made her home.
For a number of months past she had grown increasingly weak, having lost the ability to see, and hearing with difficulty. An event of recent years to which she always looked forward, with pleasure, was her birthday party, and at , her ninelty-eighth birthday party, only a few days before her death, she was present to meet and greet her many friends.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Nellie Pearson of Spokane, Wash., and Evelyn and Verna of Newcastle; also six grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Saturday, September 8, 1951, at 2 p. m., at Newcastle Congregational Church, Rev. A. D. Weage, pastor, officiating. Burial was made in the Palmer lot in Newcastle cemetery under direction of Mohr's Mortuary.
Pallbearers were Dewain Taylor, Will Rahn, Wm. Ellyson, Allen Ellyson, John Lewis ane George Davis.
From the Newcastle Newspaper saved by Gerry Juhlin.
Mrs. Palmer Dies At Newcastle
Marcelia Louisa Palmer, daughter of Dexter and Aurelia Rice, was born on August 25, 1853, at
Springfield, Mass., and died at her home in Newcastle on September 5, 1951, at the age of 98 years and 11 days. She was the oldest of a family of five, includnig two brothers and two sisters, all of whom preceded her in death.
When she was eleven months old, the young girl moved, with her family to Floyd County, Iowa. Here she received much of her schooling, but in 1867, as a girl of thirteen, she moved with her parents to the old Ionia Community, northeast of Newcastle. The family made the trip in a covered wagon, drawn by an ox team. They brought their household goods and cattle with them, finding food along the way in the form of abundant game and wild strawberries, which covered the hills.
On December 1, 1872, she was married to Albert S. Palmer and they lived on a farm five miles northeast of Newcastle. To this union were born four daughters, of whom three are still living. Mr. Palmer passed away on November 30, 1912. Mrs. Palmer continued to live on the farm until December, 1915, when she moved to Newcastle, which for the past 36 years she has made her home.
For a number of months past she had grown increasingly weak, having lost the ability to see, and hearing with difficulty. An event of recent years to which she always looked forward, with pleasure, was her birthday party, and at , her ninelty-eighth birthday party, only a few days before her death, she was present to meet and greet her many friends.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Nellie Pearson of Spokane, Wash., and Evelyn and Verna of Newcastle; also six grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Saturday, September 8, 1951, at 2 p. m., at Newcastle Congregational Church, Rev. A. D. Weage, pastor, officiating. Burial was made in the Palmer lot in Newcastle cemetery under direction of Mohr's Mortuary.
Pallbearers were Dewain Taylor, Will Rahn, Wm. Ellyson, Allen Ellyson, John Lewis ane George Davis.
From the Newcastle Newspaper saved by Gerry Juhlin.
Marcelia Louisa Palmer, daughter of Dexter and Aurelia Rice, was born on August 25, 1853, at
Springfield, Mass., and died at her home in Newcastle on September 5, 1951, at the age of 98 years and 11 days. She was the oldest of a family of five, includnig two brothers and two sisters, all of whom preceded her in death.
When she was eleven months old, the young girl moved, with her family to Floyd County, Iowa. Here she received much of her schooling, but in 1867, as a girl of thirteen, she moved with her parents to the old Ionia Community, northeast of Newcastle. The family made the trip in a covered wagon, drawn by an ox team. They brought their household goods and cattle with them, finding food along the way in the form of abundant game and wild strawberries, which covered the hills.
On December 1, 1872, she was married to Albert S. Palmer and they lived on a farm five miles northeast of Newcastle. To this union were born four daughters, of whom three are still living. Mr. Palmer passed away on November 30, 1912. Mrs. Palmer continued to live on the farm until December, 1915, when she moved to Newcastle, which for the past 36 years she has made her home.
For a number of months past she had grown increasingly weak, having lost the ability to see, and hearing with difficulty. An event of recent years to which she always looked forward, with pleasure, was her birthday party, and at , her ninelty-eighth birthday party, only a few days before her death, she was present to meet and greet her many friends.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Nellie Pearson of Spokane, Wash., and Evelyn and Verna of Newcastle; also six grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Saturday, September 8, 1951, at 2 p. m., at Newcastle Congregational Church, Rev. A. D. Weage, pastor, officiating. Burial was made in the Palmer lot in Newcastle cemetery under direction of Mohr's Mortuary.
Pallbearers were Dewain Taylor, Will Rahn, Wm. Ellyson, Allen Ellyson, John Lewis ane George Davis.
From the Newcastle Newspaper saved by Gerry Juhlin.
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