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Winchester Evening Star
November 1904
MRS. YEAKLEY DIES JUST BEFORE DAWN
Well Known Lady Succumbs to Old Age at Her Home This Morning.
Mrs. Charity Alice Yeakley, widow of the late James Yeakley, formerly of this city, died at 4:30 o'clock tis morning at her late home on north Market street, after an illness of a week. She was in the 72d year of her age, having been born on November 9th, 1833, in Frederick county.
Funeral services will be conducted at the late home, at 11 o'clock Saturday morning and interment will be made in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Rev. George S. Bowers, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, of which Mrs. Yeakley was a devout member, will be the officiating clergyman. The pallbearers have not yet been selected.
Mrs. Yeakley is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Addie S. Felson, of Xenia, Ohio; and Miss Carrie A. Yeakley, of Winchester; and six sons, Messrs. Carson, Dorsey, Edward and Vance Yeakley. of Winchester; Charles Yeakley of Xenia, Ohio; and Martin S. Yeakley of Tippecanoe, Ohio. She also leaves one brother, Mr. John W. Bageant, of Timber Ridge, this county. Mrs. Yeakley was formerly Miss Bageant, the daughter of the late John Bageant, one of the best known citizens of the county.
For several months past Mrs. Yeakley had been in decling[sic] health incident to her advanced age, but until a week ago she had not been confined to her room. Mrs. Yeakley's death was due to her advanced age. For the past week she had been very ill, and yesterday, as told in THE STAR, her condition became critical. Those at her bedside saw that the end was not far off, and telegrams were sent to her children away from home. Mr. Martin S. Yeakley reached Winchester this morning, too late to see his mother alive.
Mrs. Yeakley was loved and esteemed by all who knew her, and her death is the cause of much sorrow.
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Winchester Evening Star
November 1904
MRS. YEAKLEY DIES JUST BEFORE DAWN
Well Known Lady Succumbs to Old Age at Her Home This Morning.
Mrs. Charity Alice Yeakley, widow of the late James Yeakley, formerly of this city, died at 4:30 o'clock tis morning at her late home on north Market street, after an illness of a week. She was in the 72d year of her age, having been born on November 9th, 1833, in Frederick county.
Funeral services will be conducted at the late home, at 11 o'clock Saturday morning and interment will be made in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Rev. George S. Bowers, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, of which Mrs. Yeakley was a devout member, will be the officiating clergyman. The pallbearers have not yet been selected.
Mrs. Yeakley is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Addie S. Felson, of Xenia, Ohio; and Miss Carrie A. Yeakley, of Winchester; and six sons, Messrs. Carson, Dorsey, Edward and Vance Yeakley. of Winchester; Charles Yeakley of Xenia, Ohio; and Martin S. Yeakley of Tippecanoe, Ohio. She also leaves one brother, Mr. John W. Bageant, of Timber Ridge, this county. Mrs. Yeakley was formerly Miss Bageant, the daughter of the late John Bageant, one of the best known citizens of the county.
For several months past Mrs. Yeakley had been in decling[sic] health incident to her advanced age, but until a week ago she had not been confined to her room. Mrs. Yeakley's death was due to her advanced age. For the past week she had been very ill, and yesterday, as told in THE STAR, her condition became critical. Those at her bedside saw that the end was not far off, and telegrams were sent to her children away from home. Mr. Martin S. Yeakley reached Winchester this morning, too late to see his mother alive.
Mrs. Yeakley was loved and esteemed by all who knew her, and her death is the cause of much sorrow.
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