Mabel Margaret Farnsworth was born on March 18, 1918 at or near Edgeley, LaMoure County, North Dakota, the oldest of 5 children born to Mabel Lois (Kime) and Elwin Harry Farnsworth. Mabel grew up on a family farm located 3.5 miles southeast of Edgeley, where she attended rural school. As a young woman, she lived with local farm families cooking and performing housekeeping. On June 30, 1936 the young Mabel Farnsworth married Lawrence Joseph Bagley in the Catholic Church in Edgeley, ND, and Mabel escaped the Dust Bowl of North Dakota by moving immediately to Lawrence's family farm outside Regal, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
Lawrence and Mabel farmed near Regal until retiring in 1962. Following "retirement" they would winter in Lake Placid, Florida, where Mabel would work occasional jobs such as packing fruit, and would return to their farm near Regal, MN in the late spring. Mabel and Lawrence spent the last years of their life in the nursing home in Belgrade, Stearns County, Minnesota, where she died on March 5, 2008. They had two daughters, Pauline Ann(b. 1939) and Carol May (b. 1944).
Mabel had very dark hair, was reserved by nature, a good gardener, and a very hard worker.
Lawrence and Mabel farmed near Regal until retiring in 1962. Following "retirement" they would winter in Lake Placid, Florida, where Mabel would work occasional jobs such as packing fruit, and would return to their farm near Regal, MN in the late spring. Mabel and Lawrence spent the last years of their life in the nursing home in Belgrade, Stearns County, Minnesota, where she died on March 5, 2008. They had two daughters, Pauline Ann(b. 1939) and Carol May (b. 1944).
Mabel had very dark hair, was reserved by nature, a good gardener, and a very hard worker.
Mabel Margaret Farnsworth was born on March 18, 1918 at or near Edgeley, LaMoure County, North Dakota, the oldest of 5 children born to Mabel Lois (Kime) and Elwin Harry Farnsworth. Mabel grew up on a family farm located 3.5 miles southeast of Edgeley, where she attended rural school. As a young woman, she lived with local farm families cooking and performing housekeeping. On June 30, 1936 the young Mabel Farnsworth married Lawrence Joseph Bagley in the Catholic Church in Edgeley, ND, and Mabel escaped the Dust Bowl of North Dakota by moving immediately to Lawrence's family farm outside Regal, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
Lawrence and Mabel farmed near Regal until retiring in 1962. Following "retirement" they would winter in Lake Placid, Florida, where Mabel would work occasional jobs such as packing fruit, and would return to their farm near Regal, MN in the late spring. Mabel and Lawrence spent the last years of their life in the nursing home in Belgrade, Stearns County, Minnesota, where she died on March 5, 2008. They had two daughters, Pauline Ann(b. 1939) and Carol May (b. 1944).
Mabel had very dark hair, was reserved by nature, a good gardener, and a very hard worker.
Lawrence and Mabel farmed near Regal until retiring in 1962. Following "retirement" they would winter in Lake Placid, Florida, where Mabel would work occasional jobs such as packing fruit, and would return to their farm near Regal, MN in the late spring. Mabel and Lawrence spent the last years of their life in the nursing home in Belgrade, Stearns County, Minnesota, where she died on March 5, 2008. They had two daughters, Pauline Ann(b. 1939) and Carol May (b. 1944).
Mabel had very dark hair, was reserved by nature, a good gardener, and a very hard worker.
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BAGLEY
MABEL M. MAR. 18, 1918 MAR. 5, 2008
LAWRENCE J. JULY 7, 1911 FEB. 16, 2004
MARRIED JUNE 30, 1936
Reverse Side: BAGLEY
PARENTS OF
PAULINE AND CAROL
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