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Perinea Elizabeth Willis Myers

Birth
Hancock County, Illinois, USA
Death
31 May 1942 (aged 66)
Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, USA
Burial
La Harpe, Allen County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Perinea Elizabeth Willis, daughter of Martha Ellen and John William Willis, was born in Haycock County, Illinois, April 4, 1876, and passed away at Mercy hospital, Fort Scott, Kansas, May 31, 1942, age 66 years, 1 month and 27 days.

She came to Kansas with her parents at the age of ten years, and settled near Mildred, where she grew to womanhood.

In 1889, she was united in marriage to William Jackson Myers and to this union were born thirteen children, all of whom survive except two sons who died in infancy.

Mrs. Myers was a member of the Christian church in Moran. She was a devoted mother and grandmother. No sacrifice was too great for her to make for those she loved.

There remain to mourn her loss: Claude, Alameda, Calif.; Frank, Odin, Ill.; Leo, Independence, Mo; Roy, Elsmore, Kas; Ana Schooley, Gasconade, Mo.; Elf Justus, Chickasha, Okla.; Lola Crum, Cape Girardeau, Mo., Ruth Morrison, Moran, Kas.; Pvt. Everett L., Ft. Bliss, Tex; Beulah and Arthur, of the home. There are twenty-four grandchildren, one sister, Deva McCoy of Bayard, and many other relatives and friends.
Obituary

Perinea Elizabeth Willis, daughter of Martha Ellen and John William Willis, was born in Haycock County, Illinois, April 4, 1876, and passed away at Mercy hospital, Fort Scott, Kansas, May 31, 1942, age 66 years, 1 month and 27 days.

She came to Kansas with her parents at the age of ten years, and settled near Mildred, where she grew to womanhood.

In 1889, she was united in marriage to William Jackson Myers and to this union were born thirteen children, all of whom survive except two sons who died in infancy.

Mrs. Myers was a member of the Christian church in Moran. She was a devoted mother and grandmother. No sacrifice was too great for her to make for those she loved.

There remain to mourn her loss: Claude, Alameda, Calif.; Frank, Odin, Ill.; Leo, Independence, Mo; Roy, Elsmore, Kas; Ana Schooley, Gasconade, Mo.; Elf Justus, Chickasha, Okla.; Lola Crum, Cape Girardeau, Mo., Ruth Morrison, Moran, Kas.; Pvt. Everett L., Ft. Bliss, Tex; Beulah and Arthur, of the home. There are twenty-four grandchildren, one sister, Deva McCoy of Bayard, and many other relatives and friends.


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