Obit for Mrs. Lee(Sarah Elizabeth ZOOK)CARPENTER (b.1866 d.1934) Backus,
Cass Co., MN   (Abstract of Article)

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Cass County Independent
Mascot "A" Ranch, Near Hackensack, MN, 
Friday February 23, 1934
Volume 8, No. 42, Page 7, Column 4

Death Claims Mrs. Lee Carpenter of Backus

Cause of death: suddenly taken ill, lived but a few minutes
Attended funeral: all children
                  one sister-in-law
                  two nieces 
                  one nephew-all from Austin, MN
Born: Nov 30, 1866-Sarah Elizabeth ZOOK, Oregon, (Dane Co.) Wisconsin
Died: Feb 16, 1934
Age: 67 years, 2 months and 16 days
When a child she moved with her parents to Hampton, Iowa
Married: 1889
Spouse: Richard Henry Lee Carpenter of Dows, Iowa
Seven children: Lloyd Carpenter, Backus, MN
                Spencer Carpenter, Backus, MN 
                Mrs. Wava Havirland, Backus, MN
                Mrs. Hazel Schmidt, Webster, SD
                Walter Carpenter, Webster, SD
                Ray Carpenter, Austin, MN
                Dale Carpenter--preceded in death 3 years ago
Survived by: one brother, Clear Lake, Iowa
             one sister, Mason City, Iowa
             17 grandchildren.
Member: M. E. church, Hansell, Iowa
--A poem and saying are included in the obituary--
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Cards of Thanks
We wish to extend our sincere thanks to all who were so kind 
at the time of the bereavement for beloved wife and mother 
and especially for the singing and the flowers.
--Mr. Lee Carpenter and family
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Source: Newspaper clipping from family files. 
Name of newspaper unknown

( ) = comments added, not in the original obit
SARA ELIZABETH ZOOK