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Mortuary notices and resolutions from Pella Iowa in 1917
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Bernhardt Buwalda died at seven miles northwest of Pella on March 37 1917 and was buried the next day. Mrs M J Kennedy mourns her sister Mrs Rachel Lee who died in Dupuyer Montana aged 73 years 10 months. Mrs M Vander Linden nee Marie Coca born 1873 in Pella died March 22 after Brights Disease. Funeral March 24 in Pella with Interment Oakwood cemetery. Resolutions of sympathy from the Ladies Aid society note her Christian life and loss to the church. Mrs E S Cook and Mrs Julia M Post hosted a gathering with spice tests and a name contest, awarding prizes.
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Bernhardt. Buwalda
Pella
Rachel Lee
Lee
Dupuyer
Montana
O ' Kearney
Nebr
M. Vander Linden
Marie Coca
Iowa
Second Reformed Church
Marie
Marinus Vander Linden
Ladies’ Aid Society
Bright
B. F. Brinkman
Oakwood Cemetery
Othe
Aid Society
Holland
Mich
H. P. Vander Meulen
Chas. Syprema
E. S. Cook
Julia M. Post
A. J. Kuyper
F. M. Frush