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Mary Ellen <I>Cruise</I> Anstey

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Mary Ellen Cruise Anstey

Birth
USA
Death
17 Jun 1975 (aged 93)
Anita, Cass County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Massena, Cass County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Anita Tribune
June 19, 1975
Page 1

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Anstey, 93, will be held at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Massena at 11 a.m. today (Thursday, June 19), with Fr. James Wadsworth offering the Requiem Mass. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery, Massena.

Mrs. Anstey died at Crestwood Nursing Home in Anita at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, June 17; she had been a resident there since 1966. She was born on November 24, 1881 in Adams County, the daughter of George Cruise and Mrs. McGarry Cruise, and married Dr. John Anstey on June 6, 1906, at St. Timothy's Catholic Church (Reno). The couple were life-long residents of the Massena community; Dr. Anstey carried on a veterinary practice for many years.

Survivors include her husband, a resident of Crestwood Nursing Home, Anita; three daughters, Veronica O'Neill of Clarion, Helen Van Antwerp of Chicago and Marjorie Hughes of Anchorage, Alaska, and a son, Dr. George Anstey of St. Louis, Missouri.

The late Mrs. Anstey and her husband observed their 69th wedding anniversary last Thursday.
Anita Tribune
June 19, 1975
Page 1

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Anstey, 93, will be held at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Massena at 11 a.m. today (Thursday, June 19), with Fr. James Wadsworth offering the Requiem Mass. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery, Massena.

Mrs. Anstey died at Crestwood Nursing Home in Anita at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, June 17; she had been a resident there since 1966. She was born on November 24, 1881 in Adams County, the daughter of George Cruise and Mrs. McGarry Cruise, and married Dr. John Anstey on June 6, 1906, at St. Timothy's Catholic Church (Reno). The couple were life-long residents of the Massena community; Dr. Anstey carried on a veterinary practice for many years.

Survivors include her husband, a resident of Crestwood Nursing Home, Anita; three daughters, Veronica O'Neill of Clarion, Helen Van Antwerp of Chicago and Marjorie Hughes of Anchorage, Alaska, and a son, Dr. George Anstey of St. Louis, Missouri.

The late Mrs. Anstey and her husband observed their 69th wedding anniversary last Thursday.


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  • Added: May 2, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89500873/mary_ellen-anstey: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Ellen Cruise Anstey (24 Nov 1881–17 Jun 1975), Find a Grave Memorial ID 89500873, citing Saint Patricks Cemetery, Massena, Cass County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by SW Iowa (contributor 47288119).