Jackson County IA Archives Obituaries.....Merritt, Josephine Jenkins January 8, 1943
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Jackson Sentinel, Jan. 15, 1943
Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, January 15, 1943

OLDEST ANDREW RESIDENT DIES

Rites Held For Josephine Merritt

ANDREW- Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church in Andrew Saturday 
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock for Mrs. Josephine Merritt, 92, Andrew’s oldest 
resident, Rev. D. C. Perry, pastor, officiating. Burial was in the Andrew 
Cemetery. Pallbearers were F. W. Gibson, H. W. Miller, O. H. Kelly, T. L. 
Irwin, C. E. Irwin and Carl Schenk.

Josephine Jenkins Merritt was born near Andrew May 2, 1850. She spent most of 
her life in this community, where she was a teacher in the rural schools, and 
a member of the Methodist Church, always active in church and Sunday school 
work. She was a charter member of the Andrew Ladies Literary Association, an 
organization which is still alive in Andrew.

In the year 1871 she was united in marriage to Absalom Dennis Merritt at 
Bellevue. To this union, one son, Luman, was born. Both preceded her in death, 
also four sisters and three brothers are deceased. For the past ten years Mrs. 
Merritt was in failing health and had been making her home at the Becker Home, 
Maquoketa for five years, where she was tenderly cared for until death called 
her to her eternal reward. 


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