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OJSUiUi VAil.fi if UAlfiVSouth Slope Woman \ Resides in County f Sixty^eight Years!j — |j I Special to Daily Tin;-.-} [5 Blairstown. Jan. i*h~Thv r~r death of Mrs. Hiram .Miner at her ihome in this city. removed on- of the pioneer woul n nf Benton county , Mrs, Minor has been z resident lt;»i the south slope sixty-eight years. Her •obituary follows: \) Mary A. daughter of Samuel ami ; Matilda Anderson was horn near •Cosciioczon. Ohio Dcn-oml^r lo. 1S41:| ’died at b?r home in Blairstown. in..'January, y. aged SI years and om* month. \• •j At the age of 14 she a u:e i y 1: wagon with her parems. nine broth-1' ers and live sisters to Beirr.a «-oun:y. J: Iowa, where they located on a lai m ;‘near Bhurstown. On October 2f«. 1SH1 ■'she was united in marriage to Hiram 1‘ Miner. They settled on a farm wes.! of tow n where they lived until a. fe^ years ago when they nuvni te’Blairstown. where her remaining jyears were spent. To this union were * mboro ten children, five boys and fir* girls: Thomas Miner of Spirit Laktj Alfred Miner of Cedar Falls. Rob-, ert Miner of Keystone, Oscar Miner; and Mrs. Augusta Lanam of null - , ; Plaine. Janies Miner of Luzerne. Mrs ! ] Clara Mayhew. Mrs. Alice Mettler j Mr* Emma Kern and Miss Mabel Miner all of Blairstown.Mrs. Miner is survived bv threer *1L brothers. William and Marion Ander- [ - son of Auburn. Xebr., Daniel Auder-r son of Canute. Okla.. and two sisters.; Mrs. Sarah Greer or Omaha, ujid Mrs. i Elizabeth Lund berg of Galva. Iowa.1 , Mr. and Mrs. Mimr were among i the sturdy pioneer:; who mean: so•much in the development ? ; rhc* ! i country in the early days. Dv.-rn ^d \ •. Was a faithful m sinner of th*- At. EL} \ . church at Biairstown and every day ![ of her life was lived in a wav that lt;: proved her true to her Christian j u \ faith. A noble mother has go nr, to ■ ^ t her reward. Her husband preroedert II1ni her in death Sept. 20. 191?,. j s»i j She leaves besides her children, j twenty-seven grandchildren. :wo j hI great grandchildren and a host n: sm-! p | rowing friends to mourn her passing, j *l» j Ttie Rev. Grant of the Methodist i ^ church, had charge nf the funeral I .. ] which was held Friday aft: moon. ] i j January 12. at the Methodist church. I t. The nallbearcrr. were Bernard Miner. 1 'j JFaaarU Miner. Leslie Miner. Car- iII win Miner, Lester Kern. Leo Kern.; t all grandsons of the deceased. jj Those from out of town at landing { r^were Alfred Miner and family. Cedar j5 | Fails, Mrs. Bettie Lundhs-rg. Omaha. *- Miss Besst* Anderson, Auburn. Xebr.. i- Mrs- Xancy Anderson, Mrs. Xeli La- j- her, Mrs. Bernice Jacobson. Mr. and a ! Airs- Hartl or Cedar Rapids. Mis? \ LjLenore Mettler of Enhervllie, ami! Thomas W. Miner of Spirit Lake.h\r• iI{ ---*- i i
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Cedar Valley Daily Times
Vinton, Iowa, US
Tue, Jan 16, 1923
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