Carrie E. Richmond was born in Utica, Wisconsin, on September 2nd, 1855. When a year old she moved with her parents, Daniel C. and Arvilla [sic Aurilla] Richmond, to Coloma, Wisconsin, where she resided with her parents for nineteen years. At the age of sixteen she was baptizied and became a member of the Seventh Day Baptist church of Dodge Center, which she remained loyal to until her death on Saturday morning, April 9th. She was 71 years, 7 months and 7 days old at the time of her demise.
In the year 1876 she came to Minnesota and two years later was united in marriage to George Green at Freeborn, Minn. After her marriage she made her home at Freeborn until 1898, when the family moved to Kanabec county, where she had since resided. The deceased was a loving wife and a kind and willing mother. From a child she was interested in temperance reform work, and has for over forty years been a loyal worker in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. In Mora, she has held the office of President of the local union for twenty years. She was also the president of District 16 for sixteen years and her entire life was devoted to the solving of the prohibition problem.
She leaves to mourn her loss her husband and three daughters, namely: Mrs. A. Churchward of Chetec, Wis.; Mrs. Dick Hardie of Kallispel, Mont.; and Miss Florence Green of Cumberland, Wis., who for the past number of weeks has been at her mother's bedside; three grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were held Monday at 2:30 from the Presbyterian Church, Rev. Stanley R. Wexler and Rev. John Blackhurst officiating. Interment was made in the Oakwood Cemetery. Pall bearers were A.S. Olson, Wm. Hueller, John Nisbet, Jay Tomson, Walter Edgar and Lewis Nelson. The bereaved relatives have the sympathy of all.
Carrie E. Richmond was born in Utica, Wisconsin, on September 2nd, 1855. When a year old she moved with her parents, Daniel C. and Arvilla [sic Aurilla] Richmond, to Coloma, Wisconsin, where she resided with her parents for nineteen years. At the age of sixteen she was baptizied and became a member of the Seventh Day Baptist church of Dodge Center, which she remained loyal to until her death on Saturday morning, April 9th. She was 71 years, 7 months and 7 days old at the time of her demise.
In the year 1876 she came to Minnesota and two years later was united in marriage to George Green at Freeborn, Minn. After her marriage she made her home at Freeborn until 1898, when the family moved to Kanabec county, where she had since resided. The deceased was a loving wife and a kind and willing mother. From a child she was interested in temperance reform work, and has for over forty years been a loyal worker in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. In Mora, she has held the office of President of the local union for twenty years. She was also the president of District 16 for sixteen years and her entire life was devoted to the solving of the prohibition problem.
She leaves to mourn her loss her husband and three daughters, namely: Mrs. A. Churchward of Chetec, Wis.; Mrs. Dick Hardie of Kallispel, Mont.; and Miss Florence Green of Cumberland, Wis., who for the past number of weeks has been at her mother's bedside; three grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were held Monday at 2:30 from the Presbyterian Church, Rev. Stanley R. Wexler and Rev. John Blackhurst officiating. Interment was made in the Oakwood Cemetery. Pall bearers were A.S. Olson, Wm. Hueller, John Nisbet, Jay Tomson, Walter Edgar and Lewis Nelson. The bereaved relatives have the sympathy of all.
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Carrie Green 1855-1927 Mother
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