MRS. ADA MORLEY BURIED SATURDAY

Mrs. Ada J. Morley, whose death occurred last Thursday, was buried in Arlington cemetery Saturday at 2 o’clock from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Braithwaite of Arlington, with the Rev. H. C. Van Valkenburgh officiating.

Mrs. Morley was an early settler near Arlington, and she has a host of friends and relatives in that vicinity who will regret her passing.

At the services a quartet composed of Mrs. Carl Keller, Mrs. Howard Marshall, Rev. Thomas W. Parkin and Will A. Reckmeyer sang “The Old Rugged Cross" and “Jesus Savior Pilot Me”. The pallbearers were H. C. McClellan, G. A. Marshall, H. W. Schoettger, Will Unland, Angus Sorenson and W. A. Whitford.

Out of town relatives present for the services included Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Morley and Mfs. Carl Heitman all of Waterloo, Ia., Mr. and Mrs. Francis Kenton of Lincoln, Randall Morley of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. Angus Sorenson, Wayne and Carol June Cross all of Fremont.

#2-April 21, 1938- The Pilot Tribune- Ada (Hendick) Morley

AGED ARLINGTON WOMAN DIES HERE

SERVICES HELD AT ARLINGTON FOR MARS. ADA MORLEY, 81, A PIONEER

Mrs. Ada I. Morley, 81, early pioneer of the Arlington vicinity, died last Thursday morning at a convalescent home in Blair, where she had been for the past six months. She had been seriously ill about a week. With her late husband, A. Spencer Morley, she operated the Morley Inn, also known as the Halfway House near Arlington in the late 70’s, which for many years was a stopping place for overland passengers. The inn was located on what is not the Paul Lottman farm.

As Ada I. Hendicks, she was born April 22, 1857, In Muskegon, Michigan, and came to Arlington with her parents in 1874. She was married to Mr. Morley July 4, 1875.

Mr. and Mrs. Morley retired from farm life in 1919, moving into Arlington, where Mr. Morley died a few years later.

Mrs. Morley is survived by three sons, LeRoy of Norfolk, Claude of Lincoln and Harvey of Waterloo, Iowa; and a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Braithwait of Arlington. Two sons preceded her in death, one in infancy and the other, Glen, dying in France during the World War. There are 22 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren who survive the aged Arlington woman.

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Braithwait at Arlington. The Rev. H.C. Van Valkenburgh of Arlington’s Congregational church officiating.

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

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