Aged 75 years 2 months 18 days
The Fredonia Weekly Herald
Fredonia, Kansas
Friday, May 24, 1912
page 1
Another Old Settler Gone.
Mary Ross Fortner was born in Ohio, Feb. 21, 1837 and died at her home on Plum Creek in Wilson county, Kansas, May 10th, 1912, at the age of 75 years 2 months and 18 days.
Mary Ross was married to Richard Fortner in Vermillion county, Ills., in 1855. To this union were born eleven children, three of them dying in infancy. Seven of the living were at her bedside - three daughters and four sons - at the time of her death.
The oldest daughter, Mrs. Matilda Shepler, preceded her mother to her reward six years ago. The remaining children are Mrs. Lena Barnes of Hillsdale, Okla.; H.J. Fortner of Eureka Springs, Ark.; D.F. and A.J., and R.B. Fortner and Mrs. Lucy Bell Wahlgemuth of Fredonia and Mrs. Maud Means of Doby, Okla.
Mrs. Fortner united with the United Brethren church at Greenbridge school house in 1904 and lived and died in the faith of a true Christian. She was a kind and patient mother and a good neighbor. There are 19 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren and a host of neighbors and friends to mourn her loss.
Funeral services were held at her home on Sunday at eleven o'clock, May 12, 1912, conducted by Rev. Jesse Williams and interment made in Fredonia cemetery.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield) June 2019
The Fredonia Weekly Herald
Fredonia, Kansas
Friday, May 24, 1912
page 1
Another Old Settler Gone.
Mary Ross Fortner was born in Ohio, Feb. 21, 1837 and died at her home on Plum Creek in Wilson county, Kansas, May 10th, 1912, at the age of 75 years 2 months and 18 days.
Mary Ross was married to Richard Fortner in Vermillion county, Ills., in 1855. To this union were born eleven children, three of them dying in infancy. Seven of the living were at her bedside - three daughters and four sons - at the time of her death.
The oldest daughter, Mrs. Matilda Shepler, preceded her mother to her reward six years ago. The remaining children are Mrs. Lena Barnes of Hillsdale, Okla.; H.J. Fortner of Eureka Springs, Ark.; D.F. and A.J., and R.B. Fortner and Mrs. Lucy Bell Wahlgemuth of Fredonia and Mrs. Maud Means of Doby, Okla.
Mrs. Fortner united with the United Brethren church at Greenbridge school house in 1904 and lived and died in the faith of a true Christian. She was a kind and patient mother and a good neighbor. There are 19 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren and a host of neighbors and friends to mourn her loss.
Funeral services were held at her home on Sunday at eleven o'clock, May 12, 1912, conducted by Rev. Jesse Williams and interment made in Fredonia cemetery.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield) June 2019
Aged 75 years 2 months 18 days
The Fredonia Weekly Herald
Fredonia, Kansas
Friday, May 24, 1912
page 1
Another Old Settler Gone.
Mary Ross Fortner was born in Ohio, Feb. 21, 1837 and died at her home on Plum Creek in Wilson county, Kansas, May 10th, 1912, at the age of 75 years 2 months and 18 days.
Mary Ross was married to Richard Fortner in Vermillion county, Ills., in 1855. To this union were born eleven children, three of them dying in infancy. Seven of the living were at her bedside - three daughters and four sons - at the time of her death.
The oldest daughter, Mrs. Matilda Shepler, preceded her mother to her reward six years ago. The remaining children are Mrs. Lena Barnes of Hillsdale, Okla.; H.J. Fortner of Eureka Springs, Ark.; D.F. and A.J., and R.B. Fortner and Mrs. Lucy Bell Wahlgemuth of Fredonia and Mrs. Maud Means of Doby, Okla.
Mrs. Fortner united with the United Brethren church at Greenbridge school house in 1904 and lived and died in the faith of a true Christian. She was a kind and patient mother and a good neighbor. There are 19 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren and a host of neighbors and friends to mourn her loss.
Funeral services were held at her home on Sunday at eleven o'clock, May 12, 1912, conducted by Rev. Jesse Williams and interment made in Fredonia cemetery.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield) June 2019
The Fredonia Weekly Herald
Fredonia, Kansas
Friday, May 24, 1912
page 1
Another Old Settler Gone.
Mary Ross Fortner was born in Ohio, Feb. 21, 1837 and died at her home on Plum Creek in Wilson county, Kansas, May 10th, 1912, at the age of 75 years 2 months and 18 days.
Mary Ross was married to Richard Fortner in Vermillion county, Ills., in 1855. To this union were born eleven children, three of them dying in infancy. Seven of the living were at her bedside - three daughters and four sons - at the time of her death.
The oldest daughter, Mrs. Matilda Shepler, preceded her mother to her reward six years ago. The remaining children are Mrs. Lena Barnes of Hillsdale, Okla.; H.J. Fortner of Eureka Springs, Ark.; D.F. and A.J., and R.B. Fortner and Mrs. Lucy Bell Wahlgemuth of Fredonia and Mrs. Maud Means of Doby, Okla.
Mrs. Fortner united with the United Brethren church at Greenbridge school house in 1904 and lived and died in the faith of a true Christian. She was a kind and patient mother and a good neighbor. There are 19 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren and a host of neighbors and friends to mourn her loss.
Funeral services were held at her home on Sunday at eleven o'clock, May 12, 1912, conducted by Rev. Jesse Williams and interment made in Fredonia cemetery.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield) June 2019
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