The Sauk Centre herald., 1938-12-29

l. Another Of our pioneer residents
reached the end Of q long and use.
full life in the death last Friday eve
ming of Mrs. Elizabeth Mellet. Re
markably active and well for one
of her years, she had been about as
usual until the preceding Sunday
when she suffered q stroke. She died
at the home of her sister. Miss
Mary A. Clark, with whom she
made her home the past two years.
More Familiarity known as Eliza.
she was a daughter of Mary and
James Clark, among our earliest
settlers. She was born in Belle
Plaine nearly eighty years ago, her
birth being March 3, 1859.
Here she grew to womanhood and
married Matt Fitzsimmons. To this
union four children were born.
Some years following the death Of
Mr.. Fitzsimmons she married John
Mellet, and to that union two chill
dren were born. Mr.. Mellet died
a few years ago.
Mary A. Clark Is her only survtv-
ing sister. The children are: Mrs.
Erve Carpenter, Of Sauk Centre;
Mrs. Ben Aigner, of Canada; Thos.
Fitzsimmons, Of Duluth; Frank
Mellet, of Swanville, and Leo Mel
let, of Montana
Funeral services were conducted
by Father Minogue at Sacred Heart
church Sunday afternoon with bur-
ial in the parish cemetery. The re-
QUEEN mass for the deceased was
offered Tuesday morning.
Pallbearers were Edw. Lyncn,
James Dyer, DR.. d. w. Wilson, Fat
Moriarty, o. Dougal and Nd. M.
Gaffney.
John w. Carr
John w. Carr, a former resident
of West Union Township, passed
away ON Christmas Day at noon.
at Boone, Iowa, at the home of his
sister, Mrs. A. c. Davis. He had
been in failing health for several
wears, but had been seriously i'll
for only one week preceding his
death.
Mr.. Carr, who was over 80 years
old, left this community eight years
ago, and moved to Ohio. He was a
resident Of West Union Township
for six or seven years. From Ohio
he went to Boone, Iowa, where he
passed away.
Mrs. Quentin Beck, a grand
daughter, who resides in West Un-
ion Township, is the only surviving
relative in this community. Sur
viving children are as follows: Mrs.
Cora Miller, mother of Mrs. Quen-
tin Beck, Lansing, Mich; Roy Carr
and Cecil Carr, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs.
d. A. Ripath, Lansing, Mich; Jen-
ME Carr and Mrs. A. c. Davis,
Boone, Iowa.
Mrs. Carr, his wife, preceded him
in death about eight years ago,
and burial was made in Ashley
where the remains OF the
husband will be inferred.
The body will arrive in this city
and funeral services will
be held at the Sauk Centre Fun
eral chapel at 2:30 today, Thurs
day afternoon. Rev. NJ. L Brann,
pastor Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, will conduct the service.
James Thompson
James Alexander (Sandy) Thomp-
son was born in Douglastown, New
Brunswick, on May 1, 1858, and he
passed away at the home Of his
John Hines, at Westport,
on Thursday morning, December
%, at the age Of IS years, seven
and p days. He had been
Ill the past three years with dia-
betes, but had been around as US
ual until two days before his death.
At the age of nineteen years he
came to Minnesota with his par
ents and settled on farm near
Willard. He lived there until the
death Of his brother-in-law, Michael
Hines, when he went to live with
mis- sister and helped her raise her
family. He had made his home
with his nephew the past twenty
years.
There are four surviving sisters,
Mrs. Agnes Doyle, Of San Francis
20, CAL; Mrs. Lauara Argall and
Miss Kate Thompson, Of San Diego,
Cal, and Mrs. Eliza Hines, Of West
port, besides a number Of nephews
and nieces who mourn his passing.
Funeral services were held at
he M. E. Church in Westport Sat
lrday afternoon with burial in the
lake Amelia cemetery. The pail
bearers were: Francis Dougherty.
Francis Gaffaney, Howard Stuart.
Fred Cooper, L. J. Buchholz and
lawrence Frederick. - Westport
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