Green or Iowa Co., Wisconsin Obit:  Mrs. Nathan Kelly Van Matre

SUBJECT: OBIT
SUBMITTER: Pat Helyer
EMAIL: pathelyer@home.com
DATE: Aug 03, 1999


SURNAMES: VAN MATRE

Mrs. Nathan Kelly Van Matre
Marilda Wiley was born near Cleveland, Ohio 20 March 1835, the daughter
of Joseph and Marilda Wiley, She died in Mineral Point, 8 May 1918, aged
84 years. When Marilda was 15 years of age she came with her parents to
the section and settled. On 1 October 1857 she was united in marriage with
Nathan Kelly Van Matre. Mr. Van Matre died in 1917. Since then Mrs. Van
Matre has lived with her daughter Mrs. Charles Allen at whose home she
passed away. In the year of her marriage she and her husband were Baptised
and entered into the membership of the Christian Church, ever remaining
a faithful disciple of the Master.
She leaves two sons, Willis of Redmond, Oregon and Morris N. of this city
and one daughter, Mrs. Charles Allen, two brothers, William and Charles
Wiley of Oregon, Elvin, another son died about two years ago. "Aunt
Rilda," as her close friends called her, has gone home. She was a
good woman, and a true mother.
Funeral services were held from the Charles Allen home on Monday afternoon,
Rev A. H. Schoenfield officiated.




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