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Oberlin loses area elder Rachel Edwards at 98
Mrs. Rachel Edwards of Morgan Street Oberlin oldest resident died Tuesday night just months before her 99th birthday. A lifelong worker in church temperance and home duties she gained nationwide notice during World War I at age 94 for the National Feed Garden Campaign. She was born in 1824 in Wales and lived in Ontario New York Elyria Cleveland before settling in Oberlin. Survived by five children and her daughter Miss Sarah Edwards, funeral Friday at 10 AM at the home with burial in Woodlawn.
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Ontario County
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