Clipping from Stevens Point Daily Journal 03February 1939 Submitted by Rick Campen Mrs. Mary RedfIeld Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Redfield, 80, a lifelong resident of Stevens Point, who died suddenly Thursday noon at the Portage County Home, will he held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Boston funeral home. Rev. Bertram L. Davies will officiate and the body will be placed in a receiving vault to await burial in the spring in Forest cemetery. The body is at the funeral home. Mrs. Redfield, who had been up and about until her death, complained of not feeling well shortly before noon Thursday to a nurse at the Home, who was talking with her in Mrs. Redfield's room. The nurse offered to bring tier lunch to her room, but Mrs. Redfield preferred going to the dining room. The nurse left her room and when Mrs. Redfield did not appear for her meal the nurse went to her room and found she had passed away. A daughter of the late Frank R. and Mary Houston, Mrs. Redfield was born on April 3, 1858, and had spent her entire life in Stevens Point. She attended the Old White school. Her marriage to Frank A. Redfield took place on September 15, 1880. Mr. Redfield superintendent of the Wisconsin Central railroad shops, died in 1892. Surviving are two sons, Arthur R. Redfield, 715 Wyatt avenue, and Frank O. Redfield, of Burley, Idaho: nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Stevens Point Daily Journal 03February 1939 (c) 2004 All Rights Reserved - Rick Campen ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Rick Campen ==========================================================================