Obit: Anna Maria (Banfield) Willover; Allegany Co., NY (1923)

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(Anna Maria BANFIELD)
Mrs. Maria Willover.
     Mrs. Maria Willover, aged eighty-five, died at the home of her son.
George Cole, Dec. 28 (1923).  Her funeral took place at her son's residence on
Maple street Monday, conducted by the Rev. Adolph Schock.
     Maria Cole Willlover was born in Cuba, April 26, 1838, the daughter of
David and Hannah Keller Banfield.  On March 18, 1856, she was married to A. V.
Cole of this place, who died in 1876.  In 1889 she married Halsey Willover of
Ischua, who died in 1900.
     Mrs. Willover is survived by six children of her first marriage; Myrtal
Cole; Mrs. Alva Burt, Delos Cole, Mrs. Charles Rose, George Cole, of Cuba; and
Mrs. Ada Hatch of Laquin, Pa.; also by a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Richardson of
Olean; half sister, Mrs. Laura Burlingame of Maplehurst; also by twenty
grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren.
     Mrs. Willover was a very estimable woman.  She had been a member of the
Baptist church for forty-five years.  She had spent her whole life in this
vicinity except for extended visits at the home of her daughter in Laquin, the
remainder of the time since the death of Mr. Willover, being passed with her
children here. -- Clipping from unknown source, 1923.
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CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to express our deepest gratitude to the kind neighbors and friends who
helped us with their sympathy and thoughtful deeds in the time of our deep
sorrow.  We would especially thank the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs for the
beautiful flowers which they sent, and those who furnished cars also.  The
FAMILY of MARIA COLE WILLOVER.