Mrs. Mary Bale Dead; Was Long Ill. Widow of J. H. Bale Died at Home in This City; Lived Here Many Years.
Mrs. Mary Bale, widow of the late J. H. (Hubbel) Bale and a resident of this city for many years, died at her home in the south end of town Tuesday evening after along illness, at the age of almost eighty-two years.
Mrs. Bale, whose name before her marriage was Burnett, was born March 22, 1851 in Patrick county, Virginia. She came to this state early in life and spent all the remainder of her years here. She was married on August 14, 1872 to J. H. Bale of this city, their marriage taking place at Macon City, Mo. She often told of the wedding; of their elopement from here, and of them walking from this city to Havana where they boarded a steam-boat for the Missouri town where they were married. Later they returned here and took up their residence, and Mr. Bale died on March 15, 1932.
Mrs. Bale is survived by two children, John W. Bale of St. Louis and Mrs. Anna Kelly of Chicago; also surviving are fourteen grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and a number of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services are to be held at the Satorius Funeral Chapel at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. L. R. Cronkite, pastor of the Christian church, and burial will be in Rose Hill.
Mrs. Mary Bale Dead; Was Long Ill. Widow of J. H. Bale Died at Home in This City; Lived Here Many Years.
Mrs. Mary Bale, widow of the late J. H. (Hubbel) Bale and a resident of this city for many years, died at her home in the south end of town Tuesday evening after along illness, at the age of almost eighty-two years.
Mrs. Bale, whose name before her marriage was Burnett, was born March 22, 1851 in Patrick county, Virginia. She came to this state early in life and spent all the remainder of her years here. She was married on August 14, 1872 to J. H. Bale of this city, their marriage taking place at Macon City, Mo. She often told of the wedding; of their elopement from here, and of them walking from this city to Havana where they boarded a steam-boat for the Missouri town where they were married. Later they returned here and took up their residence, and Mr. Bale died on March 15, 1932.
Mrs. Bale is survived by two children, John W. Bale of St. Louis and Mrs. Anna Kelly of Chicago; also surviving are fourteen grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and a number of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services are to be held at the Satorius Funeral Chapel at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. L. R. Cronkite, pastor of the Christian church, and burial will be in Rose Hill.
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