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Mrs. M Gardner Dead
Mrs. Mahlon Gardner died at her home in this city yesterday afternoon at half past four o'clock after an illness of about twenty years. Lung trouble was the cause of her long sickness and death, and for the past three years, she had been confined to her home. The funeral services will be held from the Methodist church, Friday afternoon at two o'clock and the remains will be interred in the Villisca cemetery. Rev. P.V.D. Vedder to be the officiating clergyman.
Clarinda B. Roy was born Aug 24, 1843 near Wheeling, West Virginia. When she was 13 years old her parents moved to Illinois and settled near Farmer City, and when she was 21 she was married to James Davis. To them were born two children, Mrs. D. L. Gardner of Massena, Iowa, and W. P. Davis of Villisca. Five years after her marriage she was left a widow and returned home to her parents where she made her home for seven years. Then she was married to Mahlon Gardner November 27, 1879 and to them was born one child; Grace. Nineteen years she was converted and united with the Methodist church in Saybrook, Illinois and since had lived a faithful and Christian life.
Mrs. Gardner, had lived in Villisca and vicinity about 13 years and was known by many friends as an exceptionally kind and cheerful wife, mother, and neighbor who patiently endured her long suffering to the end. The afflicted family has the deepest sympathy of the community.
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Mrs. M Gardner Dead
Mrs. Mahlon Gardner died at her home in this city yesterday afternoon at half past four o'clock after an illness of about twenty years. Lung trouble was the cause of her long sickness and death, and for the past three years, she had been confined to her home. The funeral services will be held from the Methodist church, Friday afternoon at two o'clock and the remains will be interred in the Villisca cemetery. Rev. P.V.D. Vedder to be the officiating clergyman.
Clarinda B. Roy was born Aug 24, 1843 near Wheeling, West Virginia. When she was 13 years old her parents moved to Illinois and settled near Farmer City, and when she was 21 she was married to James Davis. To them were born two children, Mrs. D. L. Gardner of Massena, Iowa, and W. P. Davis of Villisca. Five years after her marriage she was left a widow and returned home to her parents where she made her home for seven years. Then she was married to Mahlon Gardner November 27, 1879 and to them was born one child; Grace. Nineteen years she was converted and united with the Methodist church in Saybrook, Illinois and since had lived a faithful and Christian life.
Mrs. Gardner, had lived in Villisca and vicinity about 13 years and was known by many friends as an exceptionally kind and cheerful wife, mother, and neighbor who patiently endured her long suffering to the end. The afflicted family has the deepest sympathy of the community.
Family Members
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Robert Jesse Roy
1846–1908
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Ocdeviah Roy Johnson
1847–1926
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Phebe R Roy Johnson
1849–1877
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Nancy Roy Spratt
1850–1920
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Henrietta "Etta" Roy Gardner
1852–1877
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Joseph Davis "Job" Roy
1854–1921
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Alice C Roy Beale
1856–1894
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Estaline Roy McKinley
1858–1905
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infant son Roy
1860–1860
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Lemuel Wilson "Lem" Roy
1862–1935
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