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Obituary of Edith Handy Coons


Mrs. Edith (Handy) Coons was born April 7, 1871 in Marshall, Illinois,
where she received her education.

She was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Christopher C. Coons in
Marshall on May 30, 1889.  To this union were born nine children, three
boys and six girls.  The three youngest children have preceded her in
death.  They were as follows, Harold, at the age of 16 months, an infant
son, two days old and Alta Marie Harris, at the age of 31.

She united with the Green Moss church during the first few years after her
marriage and was ever faithful in keeping her children in Sunday School
and church services.

She departed from this life at the age of 63 years, 2 months, and 6 days
in Grace Hospital, Detroit, Mich.

She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, Christopher C. Coons, a son, I.
R. Coons of Cloverdale, Ind., five daughters, Mrs. Grace Creason, of
Talihint, Okla., Mrs. Pearl Saazer, and Mrs. Helen Hargrave of Detroit,
Mich., Mrs. Ernest Isbell and Mrs. Mae Egnew of Terre Haute, Four sisters,
Mrs. Margaret McLarath and Mrs. Grace Preston of Fort Morgan, Colo., Mrs.
Hattie Boring and Mrs. Katharine Henderson of Robinson, Ill., sixteen
grandchildren and one great grandchild.

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