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Mary Ellen <I>Friend</I> Casteel

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Mary Ellen Friend Casteel

Birth
Maryland, USA
Death
12 Apr 1912 (aged 83)
Aurora, Hamilton County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Aurora, Hamilton County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section OC-C, Lot 189
Memorial ID
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Birth year on stone is in error.

Wife of 1. John Casteel, and 2. Thomas Casteel.

"The Aurora News"
Friday, May 3, 1912
Page 5, col 6

Mary Ellen Castell [sic] died last Saturday at the home of her son, Milford Castell, southeast of Aurora, after having been permitted to dwell upon this earth eighty-three years and twenty-three days. Deceased was born April 4, 1829, in Somersett county, Pennsylvania [sic]. May 15, 1847, she married to John Castell, who departed this life forty-seven years ago next July. To Mr. and Mrs. Castell were born seven children, of whom five survive their mother. They are Matilda Hutches of Custer county, Nebraska; Milford Castell of Aurora; Minerva Milliard of Surprise; Alpheus Castell of Custer county and Jennie McCain of Rapid City, South Dakota. The other two children, Mary Crosby and Marshall Castell, died some years ago. Mother Castell was for a long term of years a resident of Hamilton county. She united with the church in early childhood and to the end of her long and useful life she lived a faithful and conscientious christian. The funeral was held from the Lysinger church Tuesday afternoon, where a large number of friends and neighbors by whom the departed was much beloved gathered to pay their last respects to the aged remains of this good woman.
Birth year on stone is in error.

Wife of 1. John Casteel, and 2. Thomas Casteel.

"The Aurora News"
Friday, May 3, 1912
Page 5, col 6

Mary Ellen Castell [sic] died last Saturday at the home of her son, Milford Castell, southeast of Aurora, after having been permitted to dwell upon this earth eighty-three years and twenty-three days. Deceased was born April 4, 1829, in Somersett county, Pennsylvania [sic]. May 15, 1847, she married to John Castell, who departed this life forty-seven years ago next July. To Mr. and Mrs. Castell were born seven children, of whom five survive their mother. They are Matilda Hutches of Custer county, Nebraska; Milford Castell of Aurora; Minerva Milliard of Surprise; Alpheus Castell of Custer county and Jennie McCain of Rapid City, South Dakota. The other two children, Mary Crosby and Marshall Castell, died some years ago. Mother Castell was for a long term of years a resident of Hamilton county. She united with the church in early childhood and to the end of her long and useful life she lived a faithful and conscientious christian. The funeral was held from the Lysinger church Tuesday afternoon, where a large number of friends and neighbors by whom the departed was much beloved gathered to pay their last respects to the aged remains of this good woman.


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