Mrs. William Winslow, 95, died in Minneapolis at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nona Hair, last Saturday morning, December 31, 1938. Her son V. L. Winslow of Sarona was called to her bedside Friday evening as her condition was critical. The end came peaceably at 2:30 o'clock.
Mary Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of Samuel and Sara Lewis, was born at Union, Wisconsin, on October 9, 1843. During her early womanhood she lived at various places. She was united in marriage to William Byron Winslow on October 20, 1867. To this union were born seven children, four of whom preceded her in death, namely, Samuel DuMont, Neva Elizabeth, John Byron and Don Ray.
In 1868 Mrs. Winslow and her husband emigrated in a prairie schooner to Iowa where they resided but a short time when they came to Wisconsin. In 1882 they again moved to Iowa where they resided for about thirty years after which they then removed again to Wisconsin, settling at Sarona and remained there until 1915. From here they went to Manassas, Virginia, and made that their abode for about twelve years. They then moved to Minneapolis where they made their home until her death.
She is survived by her husband, William Byron Winslow, who is 95 years and two months old; one son, Verdine L. Winslow of Sarona, Wis.; two daughters, Mary (Mrs. J. L. Nelson) of Dickinson, N. D.; Nona, (Mrs. D. C. Hair) of Minneapolis; 15 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild.
Mrs. Winslow united early in life with the Methodist Episcopal church, and has always been a devout Christian and was a great Bible student, having read the Bible through several times and was very proficient in quoting it. During her declining years a great deal of her time was spent in reading her Bible.
Funeral services were conducted from the Sarona Methodist church on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 3, at three o'clock, and were in charge of the Rev. F. J. Smith of Shell Lake. Interment in the Sarona cemetery. Music was rendered by Miss Foss of Long Lake with John Beardsley, Jr., as piano accompanist.
Those from out of town who attended the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Nelson, Dickinson, N. D., Mrs. Nona Hair and son, Minneapolis, Minn., and Miss Margaret Simson of Minneapolis.
Mrs. William Winslow, 95, died in Minneapolis at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nona Hair, last Saturday morning, December 31, 1938. Her son V. L. Winslow of Sarona was called to her bedside Friday evening as her condition was critical. The end came peaceably at 2:30 o'clock.
Mary Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of Samuel and Sara Lewis, was born at Union, Wisconsin, on October 9, 1843. During her early womanhood she lived at various places. She was united in marriage to William Byron Winslow on October 20, 1867. To this union were born seven children, four of whom preceded her in death, namely, Samuel DuMont, Neva Elizabeth, John Byron and Don Ray.
In 1868 Mrs. Winslow and her husband emigrated in a prairie schooner to Iowa where they resided but a short time when they came to Wisconsin. In 1882 they again moved to Iowa where they resided for about thirty years after which they then removed again to Wisconsin, settling at Sarona and remained there until 1915. From here they went to Manassas, Virginia, and made that their abode for about twelve years. They then moved to Minneapolis where they made their home until her death.
She is survived by her husband, William Byron Winslow, who is 95 years and two months old; one son, Verdine L. Winslow of Sarona, Wis.; two daughters, Mary (Mrs. J. L. Nelson) of Dickinson, N. D.; Nona, (Mrs. D. C. Hair) of Minneapolis; 15 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild.
Mrs. Winslow united early in life with the Methodist Episcopal church, and has always been a devout Christian and was a great Bible student, having read the Bible through several times and was very proficient in quoting it. During her declining years a great deal of her time was spent in reading her Bible.
Funeral services were conducted from the Sarona Methodist church on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 3, at three o'clock, and were in charge of the Rev. F. J. Smith of Shell Lake. Interment in the Sarona cemetery. Music was rendered by Miss Foss of Long Lake with John Beardsley, Jr., as piano accompanist.
Those from out of town who attended the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Nelson, Dickinson, N. D., Mrs. Nona Hair and son, Minneapolis, Minn., and Miss Margaret Simson of Minneapolis.
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