Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Purcell, Alberta Sophia 1906
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Payette Independent  5-4-1906
Payette Independent
Payette, Idaho
Friday, May 4, 1906

Death of Mrs. Benjamin Purcell

Mrs. Ben Purcell of this city died at 2:15 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in St. 
Elizabeth's hospital in Baker City, where she had been taken a number of days 
before for surgical treatment. Her husband and daughter, Miss Bessie Purcell, 
were with her when she died. The body was brought to Payette for burial on the 
early train Wednesday morning, having been accompanied by the husband and 
daughter and by Rev. T. S. Dulin, pastor of the Baptist church of Baker City, 
formerly pastor of the church at this place of which Mrs. Purcell was a member.

Funeral services were conducted from the Baptist church in Payette Thursday 
morning by the Rev. Mrs. Dulin, while the local circle of the Royal Neighbors 
of which the deceased was a member performed the rites of the order at 
Riverside cemetery where the body was laid to rest.

Mrs. Purcell was 37 years of age having been born in Illinois December 15, 
1868. Her maiden name was Alberta Sophia Roadenizer. She was married to 
Benjamin Purcell December 6, 1883, nine children having been born to them, 
three of whom are dead. The family came to Payette in 1895 from Harrison 
county, Ia. Mrs. Purcell joined the Baptist church of Payette in January, 
1901. For several years she had been an invalid but bore her suffering with 
Christian-like faith and fortitude.

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