Clark County NV Archives Obituaries.....ANDERSON, Mary Annice McWhorter July 5, 1923
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Las Vegas Age - 7/7/1923


DIED



ANDERSON - In this city, Thursday, July 5, 1923, Mary Annice McWhorter 

ANDERSON, beloved mother of Mrs. C. P. SQUIRES of this city and Wert F. 

ANDERSON of Toppenish, Washington, aged 78 years, 5 months and 21 days.

    Mrs. ANDERSON was taken ill Saturday morning, June 30.  All that loving 

care and skilled medical attention could suggest was done for her, but the 

weight of years and an enfeebled condition brought on by an illness of a few 

months ago were handicaps which she could not overcome.  Death came to her 

quietly and peacefully a few minutes before four o'clock Thursday morning, 

July 5.

    A life that was ideal in its service to others and in its happy outlook 

on life has ended.  Her companionable qualities and cheerful disposition 

made her always and every where beloved.  To the last her fine qualities of 

mind were unimpaired.  She was a devout and faithful follower of the 

teachings of Christ throughout her life and it is now surely her privilege 

to hear the "Well done," of her Savior and the echo of the same words in the 

hearts of all those who were so furtunate as to know her.

    Funeral services were held at the undertaking chapel Thursday evening, 

the service of the Order of the Eastern Star being beautifully carried out 

by members of Southgate Chapter, O.E.S., of which she was a member, Past 

Worth Matron Julia B. MUNDY, acting as Matron.  A wealth of beautiful 

flowers sent by loving friends covered the bier upon which the body reposed. 

The hymns, "Held by My Father's Hand," and "Abide With Me," were beautifully 

sung by Mrs. A. A. HINMAN and S. R. WHITEHEAD, accompanied by Mrs. R. W. 

MARTIN, a fitting farewell to one whose life so perfectly embodied the 

sublime sentiments so expressed.

    The remains will be interred beside those of her husband in the Naval 

Cemetery at Bremerton, Washington, being accompanied by Mrs. C. P. SQUIRES, 

leaving on No. 8, Friday evening.

    Mary Annice McWhorter was born in Belvidere, Illinois, January 14, 1845, 

and her girlhood was spent in Illinois and Wisconsin.  She was married to 

Capt. J. S. ANDERSON at New Lisbon, Wisconsin, in September, 1861, and for 

the honeymoon accompanied her husband to Milwaukee where he joined his 

regiment and left for the war.  Four trying years followed before Capt. 

ANDERSON returned after having been through some of the greatest battles of 

the war and having been a prisoner for three months in Libby prison and 19 

months in Andersonville prison where thousands of his fellows died of 

starvation and disease.

    After the war they lived in New Lisbon, Wisconsin, where were born the 

daughter, Delphine ANDERSON and the son, Wert F. ANDERSON.  The family moved 

to Austin, Minnesota in 1874 and there Capt. ANDERSON was for some years 

master mechanic for the C. M. & St. P. Railroad.  In 1887 they moved to 

Washington state where Capt. ANDERSON was engaged in construction work on 

the Northern Pacific tunnels.  From 1888 to 1898 they lived in Seattle, 

Washington, and after that in Bremerton, Washington, where Capt. ANDERSON 

was in the navy yard until the time of his death.

    Mrs. ANDERSON came to Las Vegas in January, 1920, and made her home with 

her daughter, Mrs. C. P. SQUIRES until her death.

    Besides the daughter and son, there survive five grandchildren, Mrs. 

Florence S. DOHERTY and Charles Russell SQUIRES of Las Vegas; James W. 

SQUIRES of Los Gatos, California, and Herbert A. SQUIRES of Unionville, 

Nevada, and James ANDERSON of Toppenish, Washington; and five 

great-grandchildren, Alice, Annice, John and Charles DOHERTY of Las Vegas, 

and James SQUIRES, Jr., and Robert SQUIRES of Los Gatos, California.







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