Mrs. B. A. Stanton, Wife of County Judge, Is Dead
Mrs. Maggie Luretta Stanton, wife of B. A. Stanton, a member of the Buchanan County court, died at 11 o'clock yesterday morning at her farm home, four miles south of Agency, after a long illness. She was sixty years old.
Mrs. Stanton was a member of the Agency Presbyterian Church and had lived in Buchanan County all her life. Besides her husband, she leaves a son, Charles Stanton and a daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Grable, both of Agency; a sister, Mrs. Ben Riley, who lives in California; two brothers, William Powell of Helena and Charles Powell of Wathena, Kan. She was a daughter of the late Fletcher Powell, a prominent Buchanan County pioneer.
Funeral services will be Wednesday afternoon at the Agency Christian Church with the Rev. Floyd Taylor, pastor, officiating.
All county officers would be asked to close their offices for Mrs. Stanton's funeral, Presiding Judge George K. Gilpin said last night. The three circuit judges said their courts would adjourn for the funeral.
Mrs. B. A. Stanton, Wife of County Judge, Is Dead
Mrs. Maggie Luretta Stanton, wife of B. A. Stanton, a member of the Buchanan County court, died at 11 o'clock yesterday morning at her farm home, four miles south of Agency, after a long illness. She was sixty years old.
Mrs. Stanton was a member of the Agency Presbyterian Church and had lived in Buchanan County all her life. Besides her husband, she leaves a son, Charles Stanton and a daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Grable, both of Agency; a sister, Mrs. Ben Riley, who lives in California; two brothers, William Powell of Helena and Charles Powell of Wathena, Kan. She was a daughter of the late Fletcher Powell, a prominent Buchanan County pioneer.
Funeral services will be Wednesday afternoon at the Agency Christian Church with the Rev. Floyd Taylor, pastor, officiating.
All county officers would be asked to close their offices for Mrs. Stanton's funeral, Presiding Judge George K. Gilpin said last night. The three circuit judges said their courts would adjourn for the funeral.
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