Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1918 — OBITUARY OF MARY MATHENA [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY OF MARY MATHENA

Mary E. Dalton was born June 22, 1840 and departed this life Feb. 10. 1918. Age 77 yrs., 8 months and 18 days. She was united in marriage with Thomas Mathena the 12th day of Feb. 1863. To this union was born two daughters, Mrs. Lewis Muster of this city and Lizzie, who died when 9 years old; five sons, Ellis, Elmer and Earl all of this city and James of Cherokee, lowa, and Wiliam who died at the age of one year. She held to the faith of the Quaker church of whose faith her father and mother gave her the quiet and spiritual truth of that grand old denomination. She had been a sufferer for many months but bore her afflictions with patience. She was a good mother and will be greatly missed by those who loved her. Besides her brothers and sisters she leaves two grand-children, Mrs. Leota Daniels and Emmett Muster, and many friends to mourn her loss. So ends the life chapter of another who has lived with us in this life.