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MELINDA NANCY LEWIS TUNNEY

MELINDA NANCY LEWIS WAS BORN FEBRUARY 11, 1859, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCTOBER 8, 1924, AGED 65 YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND TWENTY-SEVEN DAYS.  SHE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF A FAMILY OF NINE CHILDREN, AND WAS LEFT MOTHERLESS AT THE TENDER AGE OF TWO YEARS.  HER FATHER, MOTHER, THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.  SHE WAS MARRIED TO WILLIAM TUNNEY JULY 26, 1880.  TO THIS UNION WERE BORN SIX CHILDREN, MRS. ROLLA LAIRD, OF NEAR MOUNT AYR, MRS. ARTHUR DUFFIELD OF GRAND RIVER; MRS. WILL HARRIS, MRS. JOHN HARRIS, AND MRS. SAM DUFFIELD OF THIS PLACE; AND JOE TUNNEY OF GREELEY, COLORADO, WHO WITH THEIR FATHER ARE LEFT TO MOURN THE LOSS OF A DUTIFUL WIFE AND A KIND AND LOVING MOTHER.  SHE ALSO LEAVES ONE SISTER, MRS. ELSIE DICKEY OF KANSAS, AND ONE BROTHER, CLARK LEWIS OF SHENANDOAH, IOWA, AS WELL AS SIXTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, TO WHOM SHE HAS BEEN AS A MOTHER.  MRS. TUNNEY’S ILLNESS HAS BEEN OF SEVERAL MONTHS DURATION, HER SUFFERING BEING INTENSE, BUT SHE BORE IT ALL PATIENTLY, AND SIGNIFIED HER READINESS AND WILLINGNESS TO GO.  SHE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN 1880 AND HAS LIVED A CONSISTENT CHRISTIAN LIFE.  SHE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED IN HER IMMEDIATE FAMILY AS WELL AS BY A LARGE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS.  FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FRIDAY MORNING AT 10 O’CLOCK AND INTERMENT MADE IN MAPLE ROW CEMETERY.

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