Saturday, April 26, 2014

Death notice, 1924, of Jemima Brown Butler

"An Aged Woman is Called by Death

A brief illness from pneumonia resulted in the death of Mrs. Jemima Butler, aged 85, the widow of Norman Butler, a well known and highly respected resident of Falls township, which occurred at her home, five miles from this city, at 3:10 o'clock Thursday afternoon.

Mrs. Butler was the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Brown and was the last surviving member of her family.  She was a member of the Baptist church and is survived by the following children:  Lee and Miss Minnie Butler of the home; Mrs. Fred Kelly of the Dresden road, and Earl Butler of the Frazeyburg road.

The funeral will be conducted at the Baxter Baptist church at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon and interment will be made in the church cemetery.  Friends are asked to kindly omit flowers."

-from the Zanesville Signal, March 28, 1924, page 15.

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