MRS. WILHELMINA CANNON

Miss Wilhelmina Jaster was born in Mechlenberg, Germany in 1865 where she lived until nineteen years of age when she came to America.

She was married to Mr. Cornelius Cannon at Blair in 1890, and to this union five children were born: Catherine of Council Bluffs; Cornelius of Kansas City; Marie of Columbus; Hazel and James of Blair.

She died at Mercy hospital of Council Bluffs, Iowa on last Sunday morning at about 8 o’clock following a surgical operation.

The body was brought to the home in this city, and interment was made in the Blair cemetery on last Tuesday in the presence of a large assemblage of friends gathered to show their last respects for a loving mother and kind friend.

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

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