Obituary of Sarah Frances Dumenil, Lee County, Iowa

Contributed to the Lee County Iowa GenWeb Archives by Stephen Brian HODSON. 
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Obituary of Sarah Frances Makinney [McKinney] Dumenil
Daily Gate City (*Constitution*), Keokuk, Iowa
December 20, 1941

AGED COUNTY RESIDENT DIES
MRS. DUMENIL OF NEAR MONTROSE WAS 95 YEARS OLD

Mrs. Sarah Frances Dumenil, one of the oldest residents of southern Lee
County, died at 7:40 o’clock this morning at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. John Spahr, south of Montrose, with whom she had made her home for
several years. Had she lived until next January 13, she would have been
96 years of age. A daughter of John and Bashaba Wilkins Makinney [sic],
she was born on January 13, 1847 at Eaton, O. She came to Lee County 88
years ago and spent the rest of her life in the Argyle and Montrose
communities. She was married at Sandusky on February 22, 1880 to Lewis
[sic] Volney Dumenil, who preceded her in death on January 3, 1930. She
had been a member of the Baptist church formerly located at Argyle.
Surviving are one son, John Dumenil of Keokuk; a daughter, Mrs. John
Spahr of near Montrose; and three grandchildren. One son, Lewis [sic],
died on November 17, 1924. The body was removed to the Pearson Funeral
Home where it will remain until time for the funeral services which will
be conducted by Brunat’s from the Methodist Church at Montrose on Monday
afternoon at 2 o’clock. Burial will be made in the Montrose cemetery. 
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Contributed to the Lee County Iowa GenWeb Archives by Stephen Brian HODSON. 
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