Margaret Blaine Wirt, 81, a niece of Speaker James G. Blaine, one time candidate for the presidency opposing Cleveland, prominent leader in the Republican party and for seven successive terms a member of congress, died sunday evening in a local hospital as a result of breaking her hip in a fall.
Mrs. Wirt's family had lived here for fifty years. She came to Council Bluffs from Springfield, Illinois, with her grandfather, Robert Officer. She married to William Wirt after coming here. They made their home here on Willow Avenue near the First Presbyterian church. About ten years ago Mrs. Wirt went to Omaha to be with her daughter, Mrs. D.K. Ellingwood. Mr. Wirt had died previous to this time. For the last year Mrs. Wirt had been a patient at St. Bernard's hospital, where she suffered the fall which resulted in breaking her hip.
Funeral services were held Tueday morning at the Crosby Mortuary in Omaha, with Father Crawford reading the Episcopal service. Burial was in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, beside the body of her husband. (Sec. 6, Row 10, 1848-1929)
[Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Published September 1, 1929, submitted by Ann]
Mrs. Wirt's family had lived here for fifty years. She came to Council Bluffs from Springfield, Illinois, with her grandfather, Robert Officer. She married to William Wirt after coming here. They made their home here on Willow Avenue near the First Presbyterian church. About ten years ago Mrs. Wirt went to Omaha to be with her daughter, Mrs. D.K. Ellingwood. Mr. Wirt had died previous to this time. For the last year Mrs. Wirt had been a patient at St. Bernard's hospital, where she suffered the fall which resulted in breaking her hip.
Funeral services were held Tueday morning at the Crosby Mortuary in Omaha, with Father Crawford reading the Episcopal service. Burial was in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, beside the body of her husband. (Sec. 6, Row 10, 1848-1929)
[Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Published September 1, 1929, submitted by Ann]
Margaret Blaine Wirt, 81, a niece of Speaker James G. Blaine, one time candidate for the presidency opposing Cleveland, prominent leader in the Republican party and for seven successive terms a member of congress, died sunday evening in a local hospital as a result of breaking her hip in a fall.
Mrs. Wirt's family had lived here for fifty years. She came to Council Bluffs from Springfield, Illinois, with her grandfather, Robert Officer. She married to William Wirt after coming here. They made their home here on Willow Avenue near the First Presbyterian church. About ten years ago Mrs. Wirt went to Omaha to be with her daughter, Mrs. D.K. Ellingwood. Mr. Wirt had died previous to this time. For the last year Mrs. Wirt had been a patient at St. Bernard's hospital, where she suffered the fall which resulted in breaking her hip.
Funeral services were held Tueday morning at the Crosby Mortuary in Omaha, with Father Crawford reading the Episcopal service. Burial was in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, beside the body of her husband. (Sec. 6, Row 10, 1848-1929)
[Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Published September 1, 1929, submitted by Ann]
Mrs. Wirt's family had lived here for fifty years. She came to Council Bluffs from Springfield, Illinois, with her grandfather, Robert Officer. She married to William Wirt after coming here. They made their home here on Willow Avenue near the First Presbyterian church. About ten years ago Mrs. Wirt went to Omaha to be with her daughter, Mrs. D.K. Ellingwood. Mr. Wirt had died previous to this time. For the last year Mrs. Wirt had been a patient at St. Bernard's hospital, where she suffered the fall which resulted in breaking her hip.
Funeral services were held Tueday morning at the Crosby Mortuary in Omaha, with Father Crawford reading the Episcopal service. Burial was in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, beside the body of her husband. (Sec. 6, Row 10, 1848-1929)
[Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Published September 1, 1929, submitted by Ann]
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