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bOBITUArV OF MRS. E, J. SUMMERS.MiiUasha Leader. •* . ■Elizabeth Louisa Melvin was born In Brown county, Ohio, October 2(5, fS49, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. E. Muth, in Mahaska, .Kansas, May 2(5, 1908, aged -08 years and 7 months. . .y\ October «, 1872, she wasMnarrM' to E. .) Sum mere at Vnioii C • tv, A tcbi-son • county, Mo. They residua Afobi.viViHvou 1 .ty' 1:;t.. .1 ■ - ;retno vechbo llepublic county. Kansas,where they resided on a farm twomiles north ol Xarua until lBi-2, when they moved to Narku where they havesince resided. ■ . .In .January.- 190(1, Mrs. Summers wasstricken with paralysis from which she never fully recovered. Shortly afterward she was afflicted with hearttrouble and dropsy lrom which shewasaconstantsufferer until her death.V’^tj she hole it all with patience.Being,unable to take care, “of her house work, she. was taken to York,I Nehr.j in June, 190, where she visited with, her daughter, Mrs. L. C.Herse, until the middle of October, f wlien they came to Mahaska.to reside } temporarily, expecting to return to- Narka the first of May. But her com ! dition was such that she could not I make the change,- so slie wastakentoI he home of her daughter at this place e where she was'cared for until the end. I0 cvue. * , ‘ \iri| .ghe leaves a.husband, six children, tv/o brothers and one sister ad a host r- of other relatives and friends tod mourn. The cliildren are, Mrs. W. E II |Muth;and E. 0.Summers,ofgahaska *f Mrs,L C- Herse and Miss Ve)i?ia, of n Ylt;$. iNebr., and ltoss and yRussel. ie The brothers add sister are4, Johnh MelVii), of North Lawrence, i James101 Melyij^rof Glenlock, Kans., and Mrs. 11 P. O. King, of Mahaska. d r. She toad been and a'Ctive and faithful ir I member of the Christian churchfsince ir. 11872, bei g one of the,foremost lt;in es-babliatitovg tlie Christian chuYcli at- - toerehlp1 \tln:CjV¥lt;va;trfrJtI!lt;£ at the 1»we of her deaii. She as a bklud iffi fcving wife attd n 1 * andt -only be niissed In the
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Narka News
Narka, Kansas, US
Fri, Jun 05, 1908
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