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VOLtlMK XXXV. NO. 24SAMUEL WICKEVANSWERS SUMMONSLast Friday evening at the homo of tits mn, Frank Wir-kejr, north of tn* n, Samuel W'fi key, a pioneer ritlften of this vli intty passed away of hear lt;trouble ami other complication*, used seventy -even years, one mootb j and fourteen days The funeral »u | fiorn the M K church. Sunday after j noon at 2 i* m Interment in the Massent* township cemetery A large; audience «d friends and relatives j comfortably filled the lt;hurt h atid beautiful floral tribute* bespoke the tender sympathies of relatives and friend* Itev K I. 8piller delivered th*» very comforting funeral addressMr Wtckey was born at Akron. Q ,Jan 4. 1 s'jit and lt;aim to llnllas rutin ty, In, in I Hi' In 117.1 was untied in marriage to Fannie' IlMtsour of Nap puttee, Ind , who pr**( * d* d him in death To ihem were' horn th» fol lowing children Frank k of Mu* sen,! Alvin, iHipree, s I» . Melvin H„ Klla Co. and Milo A The latterthree are defeasedIn they removed to this vlrlnity ami lived tor many year* on a farm two miles north of town Mr Wlckey » i. a genial, whole souled man who strove to always live a four «i|imr life anil to our best know ledtte accordinr to the testimony of hi* neighbors made a tor nccess of It II * w a * f o r in a n y ve a r s a me mb* ■ r »»f ih. ,\| I church and died In the faith,Fi » eotc-iderahh until her of lt;i Mr Wn kev ti.nl lived at Ityron t Ik 1.1loud * 1 „ist Octuher, in fullte.ilizafion of the fact his days were ' nutnhered. he came to make his I holiir Wall Li* mmi 1 r . k, whe.r until | hi* relsa-e lie patiently bore what j i mild Rut he cured Mr Wlckey was an original suh*lt; rih«*r for the Mas setia K* ho and from that day to his death never was without It Hiirr in Oklahoma it was a most priced week ! letter to him of the i ran suctions of the locality in which he never lost Interest He was a I w u v • » goodfriend and tieiRlilior and lived up to all the .percept* (hat make for a Kood cil.I/en The world is always in nerd I M of *w»h men and the i lt;ho is glad of the ptiv liege to write this plain Mini pie i)Ul truthful tribute to one who was m every worthy of a mitrh better el« gy We Join in lt;y mpathy with I hose who mourn his dejwrrtureiI oil lie* i lie*. I tecRESOLUTION OF CONDOLENCE IWhere** it h.»* pl*a*«d the Urand . Oji,
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Massena Echo
Massena, Iowa, US
Thu, Feb 24, 1927
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