Obituary:
Mary Jane Cruit, the widow of James B. Willets, is dead at her home, 610 Greene Avenue. She died yesterday of pneumonia. She had been ill only two weeks. She was born in Devonshire, England, June 4, 79 years ago, and had been a resident of Brooklyn for 65 years. She came to this country with her parents at the age of 2 years. For more than half a century she had lived in the Thirteenth and Nineteenth Wards of Brooklyn. Her husband, who died 30 years ago, was a well known business man of old Williamsburgh. The deceased leaves two sons, Samuel Platt and Amos H., and two daughters, the Misses Jennie and Mary L. Willets. The interment will be in Cypress Hills Cemetery.
Obituary:
Mary Jane Cruit, the widow of James B. Willets, is dead at her home, 610 Greene Avenue. She died yesterday of pneumonia. She had been ill only two weeks. She was born in Devonshire, England, June 4, 79 years ago, and had been a resident of Brooklyn for 65 years. She came to this country with her parents at the age of 2 years. For more than half a century she had lived in the Thirteenth and Nineteenth Wards of Brooklyn. Her husband, who died 30 years ago, was a well known business man of old Williamsburgh. The deceased leaves two sons, Samuel Platt and Amos H., and two daughters, the Misses Jennie and Mary L. Willets. The interment will be in Cypress Hills Cemetery.
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