Mrs. Rebecca A. Myers died today at the age of 90. Her death occurred at noon at the home of her son, William D. Myers, 1504 Sycamore street, with whom she resided. Born in Xenia, Ohio, she came to this community when she was a young woman and had made St. Joseph her home for 75 years.
The trip to this section of Missouri from Ohio was made in a covered wagon and on one occasion Mrs. Myers nearly lost her life when the wagon capsized while the Mississippi River was being crossed.
Mrs. Myers was the widow of Edgar E. Myers, a Burlington employee. Her survivors are two sons, the one with whom she resides and Benjamin F. Myers, St. Joseph; three daughters, Mrs. E. G. Francis and Mrs. Fannie Jeffords, St. Joseph, and Mrs. Clara L. Showers, Savannah, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Littrell and Mrs. Emma S. Ream, St. Joseph; a niece, Miss Nora Roberts; 11 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. The body is at the Heaton-BeGole & Bowman mortuary.
(From the February 5, 1944 issue of the St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph, Mo.)
The trip to this section of Missouri from Ohio was made in a covered wagon and on one occasion Mrs. Myers nearly lost her life when the wagon capsized while the Mississippi River was being crossed.
Mrs. Myers was the widow of Edgar E. Myers, a Burlington employee. Her survivors are two sons, the one with whom she resides and Benjamin F. Myers, St. Joseph; three daughters, Mrs. E. G. Francis and Mrs. Fannie Jeffords, St. Joseph, and Mrs. Clara L. Showers, Savannah, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Littrell and Mrs. Emma S. Ream, St. Joseph; a niece, Miss Nora Roberts; 11 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. The body is at the Heaton-BeGole & Bowman mortuary.
(From the February 5, 1944 issue of the St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph, Mo.)
Mrs. Rebecca A. Myers died today at the age of 90. Her death occurred at noon at the home of her son, William D. Myers, 1504 Sycamore street, with whom she resided. Born in Xenia, Ohio, she came to this community when she was a young woman and had made St. Joseph her home for 75 years.
The trip to this section of Missouri from Ohio was made in a covered wagon and on one occasion Mrs. Myers nearly lost her life when the wagon capsized while the Mississippi River was being crossed.
Mrs. Myers was the widow of Edgar E. Myers, a Burlington employee. Her survivors are two sons, the one with whom she resides and Benjamin F. Myers, St. Joseph; three daughters, Mrs. E. G. Francis and Mrs. Fannie Jeffords, St. Joseph, and Mrs. Clara L. Showers, Savannah, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Littrell and Mrs. Emma S. Ream, St. Joseph; a niece, Miss Nora Roberts; 11 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. The body is at the Heaton-BeGole & Bowman mortuary.
(From the February 5, 1944 issue of the St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph, Mo.)
The trip to this section of Missouri from Ohio was made in a covered wagon and on one occasion Mrs. Myers nearly lost her life when the wagon capsized while the Mississippi River was being crossed.
Mrs. Myers was the widow of Edgar E. Myers, a Burlington employee. Her survivors are two sons, the one with whom she resides and Benjamin F. Myers, St. Joseph; three daughters, Mrs. E. G. Francis and Mrs. Fannie Jeffords, St. Joseph, and Mrs. Clara L. Showers, Savannah, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Littrell and Mrs. Emma S. Ream, St. Joseph; a niece, Miss Nora Roberts; 11 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. The body is at the Heaton-BeGole & Bowman mortuary.
(From the February 5, 1944 issue of the St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph, Mo.)
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