Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1917 — Obituary. [ARTICLE]

Obituary.

Mary Ann Cooley, the subject of this brief sketch, was bom in Nort'olk&hire, England, Oct. 3, 1834. She left her native country and moved to America in 1855. On March 18,1850, she was united in marriage at Peotone, 111., with George Gowland. This marriage was blessed with nine children, namely, Margaret Alice, Henry, John, Elizabeth, George, Martha Sophia, Mary Jane, William Edward and Edward. In 1899 she moved with her family to Rensselaer, where she resided until her death. In her early youth, while residing in the country of her birth, she was converted and united with the Methodist chuich. After coming to America she united with the Methodist mained a faithful member. The deceased was a kind mother and wife, and a devoted Christian, with a deep religious nature, ever faithful to every duty toward her neighbors, her family and her church. On the afternoon |of February 6th, 1917, she passed isPto the eternal world with her faith firmly founded in Christ, her Savior. She leaves to mourn her death one son, Henry, three daughters, Mrs. C. Hewett, of Sleeper, Mo.; Mrs. Thomas Redgate and Miss Clara Gowland, of this city; one brother, Robert Cooley, of Peotone, Ill.; one sister, Mrs. Bessie Pierce, of Chicago; twenty'grandchildren and three great grandchildren, and many friends.