Jackson-Jones-Johnson County IA Archives Obituaries.....Fields, Jennie Mullett August 16, 1918
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Maquoketa Excelsior, Aug. 16, 1918
Maquoketa Excelsior, August 20, 1918 

Jennie May Mullett was born July 6, 1868, near Oxford, Iowa, where she lived 
until she was 14 years of age. Her mother died when she was 11 years old. The 
responsibility of the home fell to her and for three years she remained with 
her father, caring for her younger brother and sister, then for four years she 
lived with Mr. Spelly in Monticello, Iowa, where she united with the 
Congregational church and where she received her school education. At the age 
of 18 she moved to Marion, Iowa and made her home with Mrs. Thomas McKean 
until the time of her marriage to Levi Ellis Fields, Sept. 5, 1889, at 
Monmouth, Rev. J. R. A. Haner of the M. E. church officiating. Following their 
marriage they moved to a farm near Lost Nation, but for the last 17 years they 
have lived on their farm near Monmouth, where Mrs. Fields, after a lingering 
illness, passed away, August 16, 1918, aged 50 years, 1 month and 10 days. She 
was a member of the R. N. A. and O. E. S. Mrs. Fields leaves to mourn her 
loss, her loving husband and son Raymond of Thompson, Illinois and her 
daughter, Myrtle, a trained nurse who cared for her during her illness. She is 
also survived by one sister, Mrs. Millsap of Wyoming and one brother, Charles 
Mullett of Oelwein, Iowa, and one grandson, Russell Raymond Fields. The 
funeral was held at the Smithtown church Sunday afternoon, Rev. John Dawson 
officiating. The music was furnished by the Monmouth choir. Interment was made 
in the Smithtown church cemetery. 



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