Mabel Lois Kime was born July 5, 1898 at or near Streator, LaSalle County, Illinois, the youngest of 3 surviving daughters of the farmer Arthur George and Anna (Brooker) Kime. In 1908 the family moved to the vicinity of Edgeley, LaMoure County, North Dakota, where Arthur Kime lived in various rented farmsteads and where Mabel grew to adulthood. On May 22, 1917 Mabel Kime married Elwin Harry Farnsworth in Edgeley, and they took over the Farnsworth family farm 3.5 SE of Edgeley. Born to Mabel and Elwin on the farm were 5 children: Mabel, Lillian, Elwin Arthur, Shirley (who died in infancy), and Gerald. The dry years of the Dust Bowl were tough on the family, causing them to lose the farm in Nov. 1937 and move into Edgeley, where Elwin found whatever temporary work was available. Elwin died on Jan. 17, 1952, leaving Mabel to support her youngest son Gerald by cleaning farm homes.
In 1954 Mabel Farnsworth moved to the Mankota area of Minnesota looking for work, and ended up living with 2 Droesch brother bachelor farmers for whom she cleaned and cooked. When one brother died, Mabel moved in 1962 to Blomkest, MN to cook and keep house for the widower Walter Nick Baer. Walter and Mabel married on October 27, 1962 and lived some very happy years in a little home in Blomkest until Walter Baer passed away in 1980. Mabel moved into low-income retirement housing in Willmar, MN, where she passed away on April 14, 1985.
Mabel was the strength of her family in the hard days of the Depression. She was religious, hardworking, and very loving. Rest in peace, Grandma.
In 1954 Mabel Farnsworth moved to the Mankota area of Minnesota looking for work, and ended up living with 2 Droesch brother bachelor farmers for whom she cleaned and cooked. When one brother died, Mabel moved in 1962 to Blomkest, MN to cook and keep house for the widower Walter Nick Baer. Walter and Mabel married on October 27, 1962 and lived some very happy years in a little home in Blomkest until Walter Baer passed away in 1980. Mabel moved into low-income retirement housing in Willmar, MN, where she passed away on April 14, 1985.
Mabel was the strength of her family in the hard days of the Depression. She was religious, hardworking, and very loving. Rest in peace, Grandma.
Mabel Lois Kime was born July 5, 1898 at or near Streator, LaSalle County, Illinois, the youngest of 3 surviving daughters of the farmer Arthur George and Anna (Brooker) Kime. In 1908 the family moved to the vicinity of Edgeley, LaMoure County, North Dakota, where Arthur Kime lived in various rented farmsteads and where Mabel grew to adulthood. On May 22, 1917 Mabel Kime married Elwin Harry Farnsworth in Edgeley, and they took over the Farnsworth family farm 3.5 SE of Edgeley. Born to Mabel and Elwin on the farm were 5 children: Mabel, Lillian, Elwin Arthur, Shirley (who died in infancy), and Gerald. The dry years of the Dust Bowl were tough on the family, causing them to lose the farm in Nov. 1937 and move into Edgeley, where Elwin found whatever temporary work was available. Elwin died on Jan. 17, 1952, leaving Mabel to support her youngest son Gerald by cleaning farm homes.
In 1954 Mabel Farnsworth moved to the Mankota area of Minnesota looking for work, and ended up living with 2 Droesch brother bachelor farmers for whom she cleaned and cooked. When one brother died, Mabel moved in 1962 to Blomkest, MN to cook and keep house for the widower Walter Nick Baer. Walter and Mabel married on October 27, 1962 and lived some very happy years in a little home in Blomkest until Walter Baer passed away in 1980. Mabel moved into low-income retirement housing in Willmar, MN, where she passed away on April 14, 1985.
Mabel was the strength of her family in the hard days of the Depression. She was religious, hardworking, and very loving. Rest in peace, Grandma.
In 1954 Mabel Farnsworth moved to the Mankota area of Minnesota looking for work, and ended up living with 2 Droesch brother bachelor farmers for whom she cleaned and cooked. When one brother died, Mabel moved in 1962 to Blomkest, MN to cook and keep house for the widower Walter Nick Baer. Walter and Mabel married on October 27, 1962 and lived some very happy years in a little home in Blomkest until Walter Baer passed away in 1980. Mabel moved into low-income retirement housing in Willmar, MN, where she passed away on April 14, 1985.
Mabel was the strength of her family in the hard days of the Depression. She was religious, hardworking, and very loving. Rest in peace, Grandma.
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1898 - 1985
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