Published on April 6, 1939 in the "Gibsonburg Derrick"
OBITUARY
Mrs. Mary Ann Voorhees daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Daum was born in a log cabin one mile west of Gibsonburg, June 3, 1857. She married to JamesV. Voorhees, July 19, 1776. She loved and cared for eight children rearing them all to manhood and womanhood.
She united with the Methodist Episcopal church in 1885 under the ministeral of Rev. Creagor. She also had membership in the W.R.C. and American Legion Auxillary and the Eastern Stars.
Mrs. Voorhees was a regular attendant of the church and Sunday school and was a most devoted member and will be greatly missed by her many friends of the church to whom she had greatly endeared herself by her fine Christian qualities and happy disposition. She was a good mother, a faithful wife and kind neighbor.
She spent the winter with her son Harold and wife of Niagara Falls, N.Y. and was returning to her Gibsonburg home of which she had been a resident during her early life stopping for a short time with her son Zay and wife in Toledo where she was suddenly stricken and passed peacefully to her heavenly home March 31, 1939. Aged 81 years, 8 months, 28 days.
She was preceded in death by her husband who died August 21, 1921, sons Earl who passed June 9, 1934 and Edmund R. July 31, 1938.
She is survived by sons Z.A. Voorhees of Toledo, Joel C. and Gerald L., Gibsonburg, Deloy, Cheaspeak, O., Harold L., Niagara Falls, N,. Y., and daughter Rella Lamb of Van Wert, O. She was the last of a family of ten to survive.
OBITUARY
Mrs. Mary Ann Voorhees daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Daum was born in a log cabin one mile west of Gibsonburg, June 3, 1857. She married to JamesV. Voorhees, July 19, 1776. She loved and cared for eight children rearing them all to manhood and womanhood.
She united with the Methodist Episcopal church in 1885 under the ministeral of Rev. Creagor. She also had membership in the W.R.C. and American Legion Auxillary and the Eastern Stars.
Mrs. Voorhees was a regular attendant of the church and Sunday school and was a most devoted member and will be greatly missed by her many friends of the church to whom she had greatly endeared herself by her fine Christian qualities and happy disposition. She was a good mother, a faithful wife and kind neighbor.
She spent the winter with her son Harold and wife of Niagara Falls, N.Y. and was returning to her Gibsonburg home of which she had been a resident during her early life stopping for a short time with her son Zay and wife in Toledo where she was suddenly stricken and passed peacefully to her heavenly home March 31, 1939. Aged 81 years, 8 months, 28 days.
She was preceded in death by her husband who died August 21, 1921, sons Earl who passed June 9, 1934 and Edmund R. July 31, 1938.
She is survived by sons Z.A. Voorhees of Toledo, Joel C. and Gerald L., Gibsonburg, Deloy, Cheaspeak, O., Harold L., Niagara Falls, N,. Y., and daughter Rella Lamb of Van Wert, O. She was the last of a family of ten to survive.
Published on April 6, 1939 in the "Gibsonburg Derrick"
OBITUARY
Mrs. Mary Ann Voorhees daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Daum was born in a log cabin one mile west of Gibsonburg, June 3, 1857. She married to JamesV. Voorhees, July 19, 1776. She loved and cared for eight children rearing them all to manhood and womanhood.
She united with the Methodist Episcopal church in 1885 under the ministeral of Rev. Creagor. She also had membership in the W.R.C. and American Legion Auxillary and the Eastern Stars.
Mrs. Voorhees was a regular attendant of the church and Sunday school and was a most devoted member and will be greatly missed by her many friends of the church to whom she had greatly endeared herself by her fine Christian qualities and happy disposition. She was a good mother, a faithful wife and kind neighbor.
She spent the winter with her son Harold and wife of Niagara Falls, N.Y. and was returning to her Gibsonburg home of which she had been a resident during her early life stopping for a short time with her son Zay and wife in Toledo where she was suddenly stricken and passed peacefully to her heavenly home March 31, 1939. Aged 81 years, 8 months, 28 days.
She was preceded in death by her husband who died August 21, 1921, sons Earl who passed June 9, 1934 and Edmund R. July 31, 1938.
She is survived by sons Z.A. Voorhees of Toledo, Joel C. and Gerald L., Gibsonburg, Deloy, Cheaspeak, O., Harold L., Niagara Falls, N,. Y., and daughter Rella Lamb of Van Wert, O. She was the last of a family of ten to survive.
OBITUARY
Mrs. Mary Ann Voorhees daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Daum was born in a log cabin one mile west of Gibsonburg, June 3, 1857. She married to JamesV. Voorhees, July 19, 1776. She loved and cared for eight children rearing them all to manhood and womanhood.
She united with the Methodist Episcopal church in 1885 under the ministeral of Rev. Creagor. She also had membership in the W.R.C. and American Legion Auxillary and the Eastern Stars.
Mrs. Voorhees was a regular attendant of the church and Sunday school and was a most devoted member and will be greatly missed by her many friends of the church to whom she had greatly endeared herself by her fine Christian qualities and happy disposition. She was a good mother, a faithful wife and kind neighbor.
She spent the winter with her son Harold and wife of Niagara Falls, N.Y. and was returning to her Gibsonburg home of which she had been a resident during her early life stopping for a short time with her son Zay and wife in Toledo where she was suddenly stricken and passed peacefully to her heavenly home March 31, 1939. Aged 81 years, 8 months, 28 days.
She was preceded in death by her husband who died August 21, 1921, sons Earl who passed June 9, 1934 and Edmund R. July 31, 1938.
She is survived by sons Z.A. Voorhees of Toledo, Joel C. and Gerald L., Gibsonburg, Deloy, Cheaspeak, O., Harold L., Niagara Falls, N,. Y., and daughter Rella Lamb of Van Wert, O. She was the last of a family of ten to survive.
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