Mrs. Sarah Butts, 85, Sews Without Glasses
Mrs. Sarah Butts of Bedford, who is in her eighty-sixth year, recently completed a crocheted rug, which she made without the use of glasses. She threaded all of her own needles used in sewing the rug rags, as well as doing the crocheting.
Mrs. Butts spent the winter months in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Thummel, and family in the Eagle community south of Bedford, returning to her own home in north Bedford the first of the week.
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Taylor county Herald, 17 Dec., 1942, page 1:
Mrs Butts Dies At Home of Daughter
Following a short illness, Mrs. Sarah Butts, 88, died Sunday at the home of her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thummel, south of Bedford.
Survivors are her children, Mrs. Alice Thummel, Bedford; Miss Linnie Butts, Oelwein; Mrs. Ora Hughes, Omaha, and Glenn Butts of Bedford. Her husband and a son and daughter preceded her in death several years ago.
Last rites were held Tuesday afternoon at the Walker-Shum funeral home, conducted by the Rev. G. A. Hufstader of the Methodist church. Interment was made in Fairview cemetery.
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Mrs. Sarah Butts Dies Sunday Dec. 13
Mrs. Sarah Butts, a resident of Bedford and community for many years, died at the home of her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thummel, Sunday morning December 13, 1942.
The funeral services were held at the Walker and Shum Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev.G.L. Hufstader. Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery.
Sarah Isabel Payton, daughter of Jacob Harvey and Mary Jane Payton, was born in Henry county, Illinois, November 5, 1854, being aged 88 years, 1 month and 8 days at the time of her death. She was one of a family of six brothers and four sisters. At the age of twenty years she moved with the family to Taylor county, Iowa, locating near Bedford.
On January 2, 1879, she was married to James Walker Butts. They started housekeeping on a farm six and one half miles southeast of Bedford and lived there continuously for thirty-eight years. In April 1917, they moved to Bedford, where she had since resided.
To them wee born six children. Mr. Butts died October 13, 1918. Two children, Pearl and Ray, preceded their parents in death.
Mrs. Butts united with the Methodist church when a girl and lived a faithful Christian life to the end. She loved her home, church, and loved ones and so enjoyed and welcomed all who visited in her home. Even in her declining years she was still eager for the best of life.
She is survived by four children: Mrs Alice Thummel of Bedford, Miss Linnie Butts of Oelwein, Mrs. Ora Hughes of Omaha, and Glenn Butts of Bedford; four grandsons and three great grandchildren. Also by two sisters, Mrs. Celinda Moore of Des Moines and Mrs. Elma Overstreet of Kissimmee, Florida.
Mrs. Sarah Butts of Bedford, who is in her eighty-sixth year, recently completed a crocheted rug, which she made without the use of glasses. She threaded all of her own needles used in sewing the rug rags, as well as doing the crocheting.
Mrs. Butts spent the winter months in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Thummel, and family in the Eagle community south of Bedford, returning to her own home in north Bedford the first of the week.
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Taylor county Herald, 17 Dec., 1942, page 1:
Mrs Butts Dies At Home of Daughter
Following a short illness, Mrs. Sarah Butts, 88, died Sunday at the home of her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thummel, south of Bedford.
Survivors are her children, Mrs. Alice Thummel, Bedford; Miss Linnie Butts, Oelwein; Mrs. Ora Hughes, Omaha, and Glenn Butts of Bedford. Her husband and a son and daughter preceded her in death several years ago.
Last rites were held Tuesday afternoon at the Walker-Shum funeral home, conducted by the Rev. G. A. Hufstader of the Methodist church. Interment was made in Fairview cemetery.
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Mrs. Sarah Butts Dies Sunday Dec. 13
Mrs. Sarah Butts, a resident of Bedford and community for many years, died at the home of her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thummel, Sunday morning December 13, 1942.
The funeral services were held at the Walker and Shum Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev.G.L. Hufstader. Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery.
Sarah Isabel Payton, daughter of Jacob Harvey and Mary Jane Payton, was born in Henry county, Illinois, November 5, 1854, being aged 88 years, 1 month and 8 days at the time of her death. She was one of a family of six brothers and four sisters. At the age of twenty years she moved with the family to Taylor county, Iowa, locating near Bedford.
On January 2, 1879, she was married to James Walker Butts. They started housekeeping on a farm six and one half miles southeast of Bedford and lived there continuously for thirty-eight years. In April 1917, they moved to Bedford, where she had since resided.
To them wee born six children. Mr. Butts died October 13, 1918. Two children, Pearl and Ray, preceded their parents in death.
Mrs. Butts united with the Methodist church when a girl and lived a faithful Christian life to the end. She loved her home, church, and loved ones and so enjoyed and welcomed all who visited in her home. Even in her declining years she was still eager for the best of life.
She is survived by four children: Mrs Alice Thummel of Bedford, Miss Linnie Butts of Oelwein, Mrs. Ora Hughes of Omaha, and Glenn Butts of Bedford; four grandsons and three great grandchildren. Also by two sisters, Mrs. Celinda Moore of Des Moines and Mrs. Elma Overstreet of Kissimmee, Florida.
Mrs. Sarah Butts, 85, Sews Without Glasses
Mrs. Sarah Butts of Bedford, who is in her eighty-sixth year, recently completed a crocheted rug, which she made without the use of glasses. She threaded all of her own needles used in sewing the rug rags, as well as doing the crocheting.
Mrs. Butts spent the winter months in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Thummel, and family in the Eagle community south of Bedford, returning to her own home in north Bedford the first of the week.
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Taylor county Herald, 17 Dec., 1942, page 1:
Mrs Butts Dies At Home of Daughter
Following a short illness, Mrs. Sarah Butts, 88, died Sunday at the home of her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thummel, south of Bedford.
Survivors are her children, Mrs. Alice Thummel, Bedford; Miss Linnie Butts, Oelwein; Mrs. Ora Hughes, Omaha, and Glenn Butts of Bedford. Her husband and a son and daughter preceded her in death several years ago.
Last rites were held Tuesday afternoon at the Walker-Shum funeral home, conducted by the Rev. G. A. Hufstader of the Methodist church. Interment was made in Fairview cemetery.
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Mrs. Sarah Butts Dies Sunday Dec. 13
Mrs. Sarah Butts, a resident of Bedford and community for many years, died at the home of her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thummel, Sunday morning December 13, 1942.
The funeral services were held at the Walker and Shum Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev.G.L. Hufstader. Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery.
Sarah Isabel Payton, daughter of Jacob Harvey and Mary Jane Payton, was born in Henry county, Illinois, November 5, 1854, being aged 88 years, 1 month and 8 days at the time of her death. She was one of a family of six brothers and four sisters. At the age of twenty years she moved with the family to Taylor county, Iowa, locating near Bedford.
On January 2, 1879, she was married to James Walker Butts. They started housekeeping on a farm six and one half miles southeast of Bedford and lived there continuously for thirty-eight years. In April 1917, they moved to Bedford, where she had since resided.
To them wee born six children. Mr. Butts died October 13, 1918. Two children, Pearl and Ray, preceded their parents in death.
Mrs. Butts united with the Methodist church when a girl and lived a faithful Christian life to the end. She loved her home, church, and loved ones and so enjoyed and welcomed all who visited in her home. Even in her declining years she was still eager for the best of life.
She is survived by four children: Mrs Alice Thummel of Bedford, Miss Linnie Butts of Oelwein, Mrs. Ora Hughes of Omaha, and Glenn Butts of Bedford; four grandsons and three great grandchildren. Also by two sisters, Mrs. Celinda Moore of Des Moines and Mrs. Elma Overstreet of Kissimmee, Florida.
Mrs. Sarah Butts of Bedford, who is in her eighty-sixth year, recently completed a crocheted rug, which she made without the use of glasses. She threaded all of her own needles used in sewing the rug rags, as well as doing the crocheting.
Mrs. Butts spent the winter months in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Thummel, and family in the Eagle community south of Bedford, returning to her own home in north Bedford the first of the week.
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Taylor county Herald, 17 Dec., 1942, page 1:
Mrs Butts Dies At Home of Daughter
Following a short illness, Mrs. Sarah Butts, 88, died Sunday at the home of her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thummel, south of Bedford.
Survivors are her children, Mrs. Alice Thummel, Bedford; Miss Linnie Butts, Oelwein; Mrs. Ora Hughes, Omaha, and Glenn Butts of Bedford. Her husband and a son and daughter preceded her in death several years ago.
Last rites were held Tuesday afternoon at the Walker-Shum funeral home, conducted by the Rev. G. A. Hufstader of the Methodist church. Interment was made in Fairview cemetery.
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Mrs. Sarah Butts Dies Sunday Dec. 13
Mrs. Sarah Butts, a resident of Bedford and community for many years, died at the home of her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thummel, Sunday morning December 13, 1942.
The funeral services were held at the Walker and Shum Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev.G.L. Hufstader. Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery.
Sarah Isabel Payton, daughter of Jacob Harvey and Mary Jane Payton, was born in Henry county, Illinois, November 5, 1854, being aged 88 years, 1 month and 8 days at the time of her death. She was one of a family of six brothers and four sisters. At the age of twenty years she moved with the family to Taylor county, Iowa, locating near Bedford.
On January 2, 1879, she was married to James Walker Butts. They started housekeeping on a farm six and one half miles southeast of Bedford and lived there continuously for thirty-eight years. In April 1917, they moved to Bedford, where she had since resided.
To them wee born six children. Mr. Butts died October 13, 1918. Two children, Pearl and Ray, preceded their parents in death.
Mrs. Butts united with the Methodist church when a girl and lived a faithful Christian life to the end. She loved her home, church, and loved ones and so enjoyed and welcomed all who visited in her home. Even in her declining years she was still eager for the best of life.
She is survived by four children: Mrs Alice Thummel of Bedford, Miss Linnie Butts of Oelwein, Mrs. Ora Hughes of Omaha, and Glenn Butts of Bedford; four grandsons and three great grandchildren. Also by two sisters, Mrs. Celinda Moore of Des Moines and Mrs. Elma Overstreet of Kissimmee, Florida.
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