The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-02
DEATH OF MRS. MARY
YENDES;; GOOD WOMAN
She Mas Former Resident OF MankatO;
The Funeral Was Held at
Blue Earth

Blue Earth Post: As briefly men
toned in last weeks issue. Mrs. +.
ID. Yendes died at her home In Heron
Lake. Sunday, June 30, 1915. Just as
the sun was setting the spirit passed
from this earthly home to the land of
eternal rest
Mary A. Chaffee was born Septem
Der /. 1896. in Rodman, Jefferson
county. New York. and was the daugh
ter nf Rev. Henry Chaffee. n Baptist
minister. She was the last one OF n
family of several children. She was
married to Frank ID. Yendes, Febru-
airy lG. 1864. and with her husband
came TO Blue Earth I'm 1866. and re-
sided here until his death. which &C.
cured March IL, 1903. Three chill
dren were born to them, two OF whom
are now living. Smith ID. who is a
travelling salesman. and Miss Belle
who is a teacher at Heron Lake, CHI
ford having died in 1900.
liter the death of her husband.
Mrs. Yendes and her daughter moved
10 Mankato and have since made
that city their home. though when
Miss Belle left i'm the fall TO teach
her mother has of late years accom-
panied her and they made their home
together For the past three years
they have resided at Heron Lake.
Mrs. Yendes was never weary in
well-dOing." and could always be
counted on in every good work She
joined the Presbyterian church soon
after her arrival here and was a faith
full member, contributing toward its
various enterprises even after they
moved away. For twenty years she
was secretary of the Presbyterial So
ciety of the Mankato presbytery. She
was an active member of the w. c. T.
U. and the W. r. c. and was always
consulted and her suggestions were
always found helpful. For several
years she had charge of the children's
outing association of Blue Earth and
many a child's life has been made
brighter by few weeks spent in her
home. One of these fresh air chill
dren" stayed with her eleven years
one four years. in all eleven children
have remained in her home for longer
or shorter periods and she was a good
mother to them.
Her health had been failing for the
past year and half. though she was
not abed much OF the time. Her
ailment was of the nature of dropsy
and the disease was slow In it's work
Friday. June IS. her daughter found
IL necessary to be away from home
and being assured by the doctor thai
there. was no immediate danger ant
leaving her in competent care she lef
her. When she returned her mother
seemed much weaker but was cheer.
full and talked about different thing,
and was perfectly conscious until tn,
end came. Funeral services were hell
at the home I'm Heron Lake at 1890 a
m. Tuesday. June %. Rev. Sanders o
the Methodist Episcopal church off
ciating. and the remains brought her,
where services were held at the Pres
byterian church at p. m. Wednesday
DIR. w. NJ. Jennings officiating. Though
the weather was very unfavorabl
there was q large attendance. Tn,
floral offerings were many and yer,
beautiful. The w. G., T. u. the Mis-
sionary society and the Eastern Sta
each sent beautiful tokens of remem
brance. and many friends sent beau
tiful bouquets. The remains were lai,
20 rest I'm our beautiful cemetery Their,
60 await the dawn OF the resurrection
morning.