Wife of Willis Sylvester Long. Daughter of James Miles May and Susan E. Harned
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON HERALD-PATRIOT
Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, December 8, 1927
MRS. WILLIS S. LONG
Mrs. Willis S. Long was born Aug. 26, 1863, near Oakdale, Monroe county, Iowa, and died at her home in Columbia on December 3, 1927, age 64 years, 8 months and 7 days.
Mary E. May was one of a family of six children of James and Susan May. One brother, John, and one sister, Rachel, preceded her in death. Three brothers, George, Thomas and William, all of Columbia, still survive.
She was married to W. S. Long on April 13, 1883. To this union were born three children, Mrs. Edith Crawford, of Knoxville, Iowa, Mrs. Emma Askren and Mrs. Nettie Rowland, of near Columbia. The children, together with 8 grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends survive to mourn their loss.
She united with the M.E. church when a girl and lived a consistent Christian life, always being a congenial wife and making fast friends with whomever she met. As a mother she was of the highest type, always considering the children and the home before herself.
She was afflicted for many years but bore it all with patience until the Lord saw fit to remove her to her home in Heaven.
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON HERALD-PATRIOT
Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, December 8, 1927
MRS. WILLIS S. LONG
Mrs. Willis S. Long was born Aug. 26, 1863, near Oakdale, Monroe county, Iowa, and died at her home in Columbia on December 3, 1927, age 64 years, 8 months and 7 days.
Mary E. May was one of a family of six children of James and Susan May. One brother, John, and one sister, Rachel, preceded her in death. Three brothers, George, Thomas and William, all of Columbia, still survive.
She was married to W. S. Long on April 13, 1883. To this union were born three children, Mrs. Edith Crawford, of Knoxville, Iowa, Mrs. Emma Askren and Mrs. Nettie Rowland, of near Columbia. The children, together with 8 grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends survive to mourn their loss.
She united with the M.E. church when a girl and lived a consistent Christian life, always being a congenial wife and making fast friends with whomever she met. As a mother she was of the highest type, always considering the children and the home before herself.
She was afflicted for many years but bore it all with patience until the Lord saw fit to remove her to her home in Heaven.
Wife of Willis Sylvester Long. Daughter of James Miles May and Susan E. Harned
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON HERALD-PATRIOT
Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, December 8, 1927
MRS. WILLIS S. LONG
Mrs. Willis S. Long was born Aug. 26, 1863, near Oakdale, Monroe county, Iowa, and died at her home in Columbia on December 3, 1927, age 64 years, 8 months and 7 days.
Mary E. May was one of a family of six children of James and Susan May. One brother, John, and one sister, Rachel, preceded her in death. Three brothers, George, Thomas and William, all of Columbia, still survive.
She was married to W. S. Long on April 13, 1883. To this union were born three children, Mrs. Edith Crawford, of Knoxville, Iowa, Mrs. Emma Askren and Mrs. Nettie Rowland, of near Columbia. The children, together with 8 grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends survive to mourn their loss.
She united with the M.E. church when a girl and lived a consistent Christian life, always being a congenial wife and making fast friends with whomever she met. As a mother she was of the highest type, always considering the children and the home before herself.
She was afflicted for many years but bore it all with patience until the Lord saw fit to remove her to her home in Heaven.
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON HERALD-PATRIOT
Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, December 8, 1927
MRS. WILLIS S. LONG
Mrs. Willis S. Long was born Aug. 26, 1863, near Oakdale, Monroe county, Iowa, and died at her home in Columbia on December 3, 1927, age 64 years, 8 months and 7 days.
Mary E. May was one of a family of six children of James and Susan May. One brother, John, and one sister, Rachel, preceded her in death. Three brothers, George, Thomas and William, all of Columbia, still survive.
She was married to W. S. Long on April 13, 1883. To this union were born three children, Mrs. Edith Crawford, of Knoxville, Iowa, Mrs. Emma Askren and Mrs. Nettie Rowland, of near Columbia. The children, together with 8 grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends survive to mourn their loss.
She united with the M.E. church when a girl and lived a consistent Christian life, always being a congenial wife and making fast friends with whomever she met. As a mother she was of the highest type, always considering the children and the home before herself.
She was afflicted for many years but bore it all with patience until the Lord saw fit to remove her to her home in Heaven.
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