daughter of Joseph Morley & Sarah Ann Whisler Morley

wife of John C Maupin

Clarinda Herald Journal (Clarinda, Iowa), Monday, November 12, 1934

Mrs. J. C. Maupin – Mary Luella Morley, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Morley, was born in Fulton county, Illinois, on Jan. 20, 1864, and departed this life on Nov. 5, 1934, at the Brown hospital in Clarinda, Iowa, at the age of 70 years, 9 months and 15 days.

She came with her parents to Page county when but a small child, residing at that time on a farm north of Yorktown.

On March 1, 1882, she was united in marriage to John C. [arlton] Maupin, and they made their home on a farm a short distance from that of her parents. About 1898 they left the farm and took up their residence in Yorktown. Seven children were born to this union, four girls and three boys. The family circle has remained intact with the exception of the death of Mary Belle, who lived only a few days after birth.

She leaves to mourn their loss, her husband, J. C. Maupin; three daughters and three sons: Mrs. Cyrena McNutt of Yorktown, Mrs. Blanche Hetzler of Cantril, Ia., Mrs. Aletha Rowland of Worthington, Mo., Roy of Covington, Okla., Horace of Coolidge, Kans., and Howard of Clarinda. There are eleven grandchildren. She is also survived by three sisters and four brothers: Mrs. Flora Claubaugh of Essex, Ia., Mrs. Arta Loy of Homestead, Okla., Mrs. Edna Stanley of Grinnell, Ia., Lewis Morley of Gravity, Ia., Frank Morley of Blanchard, Ia., Floyd Morley of Saskatchewan, Canada, and Luther Morley of Clarinda.

At the time of her death she was a member of the M. E. church of Yorktown.

Mrs. Maupin has been troubled with creeping paralysis for about twenty years, the trouble getting steadily worse. The last five years she has had much difficulty in getting around, but still insisted on doing as much of her own work as possible. On last Saturday morning when she was endeavoring to rise, to go about the tasks of the day, she fell, twisting here leg in such a manner as to cause a break to the bone. The shock to her system was a tremendous one and one from which she soon passed away.

Rev. T. G. Kelly, her pastor, conducted the services at the M. E. church Tuesday afternoon. Pall bearers were Loyd Vanderpool, Vern McElhiney, Fred Mitts, Charles Castle, Ernest Winger and Julius Isaacson. A quartette, Mrs. Burl Hutchinson, Mrs. Wm. Chaffin, Mr. Sucker and Earl Annan, sang two numbers. Rev. T. G. Kelly sang a solo. Mrs. Clyde Apple presided at the piano.