Died At Age Of Eighty-Three
Services for Mrs. Mary E. Collier Will Be Held Saturday
Mrs. Mary E. Collier, aged 83, widow of Abraham Collier, one of the pioneer mothers of the northwestern part of the county, died Thursday, at the home of her daughter Mrs. E. E. McMurtry in Boxleytown, following an illness of many months.
Services in charge of Rev. Huffman, will be held at the Methodist church in Sheridan at 2 p.m., Saturday and burial will take place in Crown View cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home of Pettijohn and Shanklin at any time until the hour for the services.
Mrs. Collier was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Durham, early settlers of the Boxleytown community and spent most of her life there.
Three sons and two daughters survive. They are George Collier, Sheridan; Anderson Collier, Kempton; Isaac Collier, Missouri; Mrs. Pearl McMurtry, Boxleytown, and Mrs. Agnes George, Noblesville.
Died At Age Of Eighty-Three
Services for Mrs. Mary E. Collier Will Be Held Saturday
Mrs. Mary E. Collier, aged 83, widow of Abraham Collier, one of the pioneer mothers of the northwestern part of the county, died Thursday, at the home of her daughter Mrs. E. E. McMurtry in Boxleytown, following an illness of many months.
Services in charge of Rev. Huffman, will be held at the Methodist church in Sheridan at 2 p.m., Saturday and burial will take place in Crown View cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home of Pettijohn and Shanklin at any time until the hour for the services.
Mrs. Collier was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Durham, early settlers of the Boxleytown community and spent most of her life there.
Three sons and two daughters survive. They are George Collier, Sheridan; Anderson Collier, Kempton; Isaac Collier, Missouri; Mrs. Pearl McMurtry, Boxleytown, and Mrs. Agnes George, Noblesville.
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