Brief mention was made last week of the death of Mrs F.M. Straight, which occurred Tuesday morning, May 7. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the M.E. church, conducted by Rev. Douglass. The church was filled to overflowing with friends and neighbors who came to pay their last tribute of love and esteem to the memory of this good woman. Deceased had been in very poor health for many years, yet through all her illness she maintained a cheerful disposition and bore her suffering in silence. She was an exemplary wife and mother, and was held in high regard by all who knew her.
Nancy Jane Dunn was born at Sardinia, Ohio, Feb 4, 1846, and at the time of her death was aged 72 years, 3 months and 4 days. She was united in marriage to Francis Marion Straight on Oct 18,1868.To this union were born eleven children, seven daughters and four sons. One son died in infancy. The surviving children are Frank E., Long Beach, Calif, Chas E., New Market, Nathan, New Market, Mrs Nora Abbott, Imogene, Iowa, Mrs Emma West, Eldon, Iowa, Mrs Alice Kuhn, O'Dell, Neb., Mrs Zetta Bix, New Market, Iowa, Mrs Maude Burks, Omaha, Nebr., Mrs Ethel Kreiger, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Mrs Blanche Hartman, New Market. These with the sorrowing husband, are left to mourn her loss. She also leaves thirty four grand children and one great grandchild.
She united with the church when by ten years of age and throughout her long and useful life remained faithful to its teachings.
NEW MARKET HERALD, New Market, Iowa, May 16, 1918
obit submitted by Julia Johnson #47176433
Nancy Jane Dunn was born at Sardinia, Ohio, Feb 4, 1846, and at the time of her death was aged 72 years, 3 months and 4 days. She was united in marriage to Francis Marion Straight on Oct 18,1868.To this union were born eleven children, seven daughters and four sons. One son died in infancy. The surviving children are Frank E., Long Beach, Calif, Chas E., New Market, Nathan, New Market, Mrs Nora Abbott, Imogene, Iowa, Mrs Emma West, Eldon, Iowa, Mrs Alice Kuhn, O'Dell, Neb., Mrs Zetta Bix, New Market, Iowa, Mrs Maude Burks, Omaha, Nebr., Mrs Ethel Kreiger, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Mrs Blanche Hartman, New Market. These with the sorrowing husband, are left to mourn her loss. She also leaves thirty four grand children and one great grandchild.
She united with the church when by ten years of age and throughout her long and useful life remained faithful to its teachings.
NEW MARKET HERALD, New Market, Iowa, May 16, 1918
obit submitted by Julia Johnson #47176433
Brief mention was made last week of the death of Mrs F.M. Straight, which occurred Tuesday morning, May 7. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the M.E. church, conducted by Rev. Douglass. The church was filled to overflowing with friends and neighbors who came to pay their last tribute of love and esteem to the memory of this good woman. Deceased had been in very poor health for many years, yet through all her illness she maintained a cheerful disposition and bore her suffering in silence. She was an exemplary wife and mother, and was held in high regard by all who knew her.
Nancy Jane Dunn was born at Sardinia, Ohio, Feb 4, 1846, and at the time of her death was aged 72 years, 3 months and 4 days. She was united in marriage to Francis Marion Straight on Oct 18,1868.To this union were born eleven children, seven daughters and four sons. One son died in infancy. The surviving children are Frank E., Long Beach, Calif, Chas E., New Market, Nathan, New Market, Mrs Nora Abbott, Imogene, Iowa, Mrs Emma West, Eldon, Iowa, Mrs Alice Kuhn, O'Dell, Neb., Mrs Zetta Bix, New Market, Iowa, Mrs Maude Burks, Omaha, Nebr., Mrs Ethel Kreiger, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Mrs Blanche Hartman, New Market. These with the sorrowing husband, are left to mourn her loss. She also leaves thirty four grand children and one great grandchild.
She united with the church when by ten years of age and throughout her long and useful life remained faithful to its teachings.
NEW MARKET HERALD, New Market, Iowa, May 16, 1918
obit submitted by Julia Johnson #47176433
Nancy Jane Dunn was born at Sardinia, Ohio, Feb 4, 1846, and at the time of her death was aged 72 years, 3 months and 4 days. She was united in marriage to Francis Marion Straight on Oct 18,1868.To this union were born eleven children, seven daughters and four sons. One son died in infancy. The surviving children are Frank E., Long Beach, Calif, Chas E., New Market, Nathan, New Market, Mrs Nora Abbott, Imogene, Iowa, Mrs Emma West, Eldon, Iowa, Mrs Alice Kuhn, O'Dell, Neb., Mrs Zetta Bix, New Market, Iowa, Mrs Maude Burks, Omaha, Nebr., Mrs Ethel Kreiger, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Mrs Blanche Hartman, New Market. These with the sorrowing husband, are left to mourn her loss. She also leaves thirty four grand children and one great grandchild.
She united with the church when by ten years of age and throughout her long and useful life remained faithful to its teachings.
NEW MARKET HERALD, New Market, Iowa, May 16, 1918
obit submitted by Julia Johnson #47176433
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