THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
May 12, 1921
"Mrs. W. B. Wightman"--Mrs. Bessie Yowell Wightman, of Shenandoah, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Yowell of this city, passed away Wednesday evening, May 4, at 8:30 p.m. She had been ill since December of last year with cancer to which malady she finally succumbed. She was taken to a hospital in Omaha the first of December and at the end of five weeks she was brought home under the care of a trained nurse where she remained a constant and patient sufferer until her death.
Bessie Yowell Wightman was born at Hamburg, Iowa, December 1, 1875, and died May 4, 1921 aged 45 years 5 months and 3 days. She was united in marriage to William B. Wightman at Sidney in 1894 and to this union were born seven children, one daughter, Fern, and six sons, Robert, Harry, Charles, Rex. and Paul, one son Richard was drowned in 1911 in the Nishna river east of town when the family lived here. The family moved to Shenandoah in 1914 and have made their home there since that time.
She is survived by her husband, a daughter and five sons besides her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Yowell of this city and two brothers, Thomas Yowell of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and James Yowell of California.
Mrs. Wightman joined the Presbyterian church in early life and has been willing to serve at all times, which is the measure of true religion. Funeral services were held from the home in Shenandoah, Friday morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. John W. Todd. The body was brought to Sidney the same day and laid to rest in Sidney cemetery.
May 12, 1921
"Mrs. W. B. Wightman"--Mrs. Bessie Yowell Wightman, of Shenandoah, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Yowell of this city, passed away Wednesday evening, May 4, at 8:30 p.m. She had been ill since December of last year with cancer to which malady she finally succumbed. She was taken to a hospital in Omaha the first of December and at the end of five weeks she was brought home under the care of a trained nurse where she remained a constant and patient sufferer until her death.
Bessie Yowell Wightman was born at Hamburg, Iowa, December 1, 1875, and died May 4, 1921 aged 45 years 5 months and 3 days. She was united in marriage to William B. Wightman at Sidney in 1894 and to this union were born seven children, one daughter, Fern, and six sons, Robert, Harry, Charles, Rex. and Paul, one son Richard was drowned in 1911 in the Nishna river east of town when the family lived here. The family moved to Shenandoah in 1914 and have made their home there since that time.
She is survived by her husband, a daughter and five sons besides her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Yowell of this city and two brothers, Thomas Yowell of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and James Yowell of California.
Mrs. Wightman joined the Presbyterian church in early life and has been willing to serve at all times, which is the measure of true religion. Funeral services were held from the home in Shenandoah, Friday morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. John W. Todd. The body was brought to Sidney the same day and laid to rest in Sidney cemetery.
THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
May 12, 1921
"Mrs. W. B. Wightman"--Mrs. Bessie Yowell Wightman, of Shenandoah, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Yowell of this city, passed away Wednesday evening, May 4, at 8:30 p.m. She had been ill since December of last year with cancer to which malady she finally succumbed. She was taken to a hospital in Omaha the first of December and at the end of five weeks she was brought home under the care of a trained nurse where she remained a constant and patient sufferer until her death.
Bessie Yowell Wightman was born at Hamburg, Iowa, December 1, 1875, and died May 4, 1921 aged 45 years 5 months and 3 days. She was united in marriage to William B. Wightman at Sidney in 1894 and to this union were born seven children, one daughter, Fern, and six sons, Robert, Harry, Charles, Rex. and Paul, one son Richard was drowned in 1911 in the Nishna river east of town when the family lived here. The family moved to Shenandoah in 1914 and have made their home there since that time.
She is survived by her husband, a daughter and five sons besides her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Yowell of this city and two brothers, Thomas Yowell of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and James Yowell of California.
Mrs. Wightman joined the Presbyterian church in early life and has been willing to serve at all times, which is the measure of true religion. Funeral services were held from the home in Shenandoah, Friday morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. John W. Todd. The body was brought to Sidney the same day and laid to rest in Sidney cemetery.
May 12, 1921
"Mrs. W. B. Wightman"--Mrs. Bessie Yowell Wightman, of Shenandoah, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Yowell of this city, passed away Wednesday evening, May 4, at 8:30 p.m. She had been ill since December of last year with cancer to which malady she finally succumbed. She was taken to a hospital in Omaha the first of December and at the end of five weeks she was brought home under the care of a trained nurse where she remained a constant and patient sufferer until her death.
Bessie Yowell Wightman was born at Hamburg, Iowa, December 1, 1875, and died May 4, 1921 aged 45 years 5 months and 3 days. She was united in marriage to William B. Wightman at Sidney in 1894 and to this union were born seven children, one daughter, Fern, and six sons, Robert, Harry, Charles, Rex. and Paul, one son Richard was drowned in 1911 in the Nishna river east of town when the family lived here. The family moved to Shenandoah in 1914 and have made their home there since that time.
She is survived by her husband, a daughter and five sons besides her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Yowell of this city and two brothers, Thomas Yowell of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and James Yowell of California.
Mrs. Wightman joined the Presbyterian church in early life and has been willing to serve at all times, which is the measure of true religion. Funeral services were held from the home in Shenandoah, Friday morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. John W. Todd. The body was brought to Sidney the same day and laid to rest in Sidney cemetery.
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