The Kingsley News, 5 November 1942, page 1: Mrs. George W. Fletcher, aged 82, a resident of Kingsley for the last 38 years, died Wednesday of last week following a paralytic stroke which she suffered a few days previous. Her husband, a retired farmer, died eleven years ago. Mrs. Fletcher was born in Tama, Iowa, and when a small child moved with the family to Battle Creek, Iowa. She was married there in 1884 and where they lived on a farm until 1904, when they came to Kingsley to make their home. Surviving are five sons, Earl of Mercer, California; Herbert, Albert, Raymond, and Frank, all of Kingsley; and five daughters, Mrs Mary Trout of Russell, Minnesota; Mrs. Gertie Finch of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Mrs. S. Spink of Kingsley; Mrs. Dora Bowers of Anthon, and Mrs. Mabel Goosie of Fairfield, Nebraska; two brothers, A.O. Riddle of Anthon, and Theodore Riddle of Battle Creek; a sister, Mrs. Nettie Petty of Williston, North Dakota; 29 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held last Saturday afternoon from the Kingsley Methodist Church with Rev. M.L. Metcalf officiating. Interment was in the Kingsley Cemetery.
The Kingsley News, 5 November 1942, page 1: Mrs. George W. Fletcher, aged 82, a resident of Kingsley for the last 38 years, died Wednesday of last week following a paralytic stroke which she suffered a few days previous. Her husband, a retired farmer, died eleven years ago. Mrs. Fletcher was born in Tama, Iowa, and when a small child moved with the family to Battle Creek, Iowa. She was married there in 1884 and where they lived on a farm until 1904, when they came to Kingsley to make their home. Surviving are five sons, Earl of Mercer, California; Herbert, Albert, Raymond, and Frank, all of Kingsley; and five daughters, Mrs Mary Trout of Russell, Minnesota; Mrs. Gertie Finch of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Mrs. S. Spink of Kingsley; Mrs. Dora Bowers of Anthon, and Mrs. Mabel Goosie of Fairfield, Nebraska; two brothers, A.O. Riddle of Anthon, and Theodore Riddle of Battle Creek; a sister, Mrs. Nettie Petty of Williston, North Dakota; 29 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held last Saturday afternoon from the Kingsley Methodist Church with Rev. M.L. Metcalf officiating. Interment was in the Kingsley Cemetery.
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