Lincoln County NeArchives Obituaries.....Neville, Mary Virginia Neill October 24, 1980
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Lincoln Journal Star (Lincoln, NE) Mon Oct 27, 1980 pg 17
NEVILLE -- Mary Virginia (Neill), former First Lady, wife of
Gov. Keith Neville, 97, died Friday. North Platte.
Survivors: daughters, Mrs. Frederick W. (Mary) Sieman, Mrs.
Willard D. (Frances) Newberry, Mrs. Donald F. (Virginia)
Robertson, Mrs. Roy V. (Irene) Bystrom, all North Platte,
eight grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren. See story
Page 7.
             Page 7
Mary Neville, 97, former Nebraska First Lady, dies
    Former Nebraska First Lady Mary Neville, 97, died
Friday in North Platte.
    Her late husband, Keith Neville, became Nebraska's
youngest governor in 1917.
    The Nevilles entertained President Theodore Roosevelt,
who visited Nebraska on its 50th birthday in 1917.
    Born in Charles Town, W. Va., Aug. 5, 1883, "Marie," 
as she was known to her friends, attended Stevenson's
Female Seminary, Charles Town, and Gunston Hall in
Washington, D. C.
    She was a member of the Daughters of the American
Revolution and founded the North Platte chapter of the
Children of the American Revolution. She was active in 
Chapter EB of P.E.O., the Episcopal Church of Our Savior,
American Legion Auxillary, Madona Auxiliary of St. Mary's
Hospital and was a charter member of the New Great Plains
Medical Center Auxiliary. She belonged to the North Platte
Woman's Club, the Pass-a-Grille Women's Club, the Pass-a-Grille
Yacht Club, a life member of the Lincoln County Historical
Society, a founder and patron of the Community Playhouse and
the Democratic Century Club, the Democratic Women of Lincoln
County and was active in many other local, civi and church
affairs. 
    Mrs. Neville is survived by four daughters, eight 
grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
    Services were Monday at Episcopal Church of Our
Saviour, North Platte.

Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg,FL) Thu Oct 30, 1980 pg 43
NEVILLE, MARY VIRGINIA, 97, winter resident of St. Petersburg
since 1913, died Friday (Oct. 24, 1980 in North Platte, Neb.
In 1963 she was chosen as 25th "Mother of the Year" for  
North Platte and in 1976 was honored by the governor of 
Nebraska and the Nebraska Bicentennial Committee of the
American Mothers Association. She was also listed as "A
Notable Living Nebraskan" in the Bicentennial book, 
Outstanding Women of Nebraska 1776-1976. Survivors include
four daughters, Mary Sieman, Frances Newberry, Virginia
Robertson and Irene Bystrom, all of North Platte; eight
grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. Adams and
Swanson Funeral Home, North Platt.

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