Obituary Record

Margaret (Doran) Brewster
Died on 10/23/1933

2 Nov., 1933 - The Enterprise Mrs. Margaret Doran Brewster passed away at the home of her son, J. M. Brewster, Monday, Oct. 23 following a brief illness. Funeral rites were held at this home Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, conducted by Rev. C. C. Norlin. The remains were taken to Iowa early Wednesday morning, and services were held there. Burial was made at Alta Vesta, Iowa beside the husband who died in 1912. Mr. and Mrs. Brewster accompanied the body to Iowa. They returned home Friday. Mr. Brewster, at the time of her death, was 98 years, 6 months and 28 days old. She was active and had been able to care for herself until the last days of her life. She had made her home with a daughter at Clear Lake, Ia. for the past fourteen years. She passed away last spring at her home there. Mrs. Brewster came here a few weeks ago to live with her son and family. Surviving, beside the son, is another son, Fred Brewster of Cleveland, Ohio and a daughter, Mrs. Lois Turnstile of Yakima, Washington, twenty one grandchildren, twenty six great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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Printed in the Washington County Enterprise on 11/2/1933


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