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Mary Coe was born 24 January 1847 on Seneca Lake Drive, Yates Creek, Yates Co., New York to John D. Coe and Caroline Ackerson. Her family moved to Ohio then to Iowa where she spent her girlhood on a farm near Tipton, Iowa. Mary was married to Solomon W. Kettering on 10 December 1871 in Lisbon, Linn Co., Iowa. Mary died 1 March 1914 in Tucson, Pima Co., Arizona after prolonged poor health, she was buried 3 March 1914 at the Lisbon Cemetery in Lisbon, Linn Co., Iowa. [1]
Summary of Obituary: [1]
- The fore part of last week the people of Lisbon were thrown under a cloud of sorrow when intelligence was received that Mrs. Kettering had passed from this world Sunday night, March 1st, 1914, in Tucson, Arizona, where she had gone to spend the winter with her daughter Sarah. She was the wife of Solomon Kettering, who for many years was an active and influential citizen and business man of Lisbon, and whose decease occurred Feb. 12th, 1906. She was born in Gates (stet) Co., New York, Jan. 24th, 1847, and was the daughter of John D. and Caroline Ackerson Coe. Her family moved to Ohio and then to Iowa when Mrs. Kettering was but a child, and her girlhood life was spent on a farm near Tipton.
- Her father answered the call of his country and enlisted in the Union Army at the beginning of the Civil War, giving up his life as a sacrifice for his country in October, 1863. The widowed mother, shortly after, moved to Lisbon with her family, and here was spent the remaining years of the life of the deceased.
- On Dec. 10th, 1871, she was married to Solomon Kettering, who at that time was a prospering young business man. The marriage proved most happy...
- The joy of the home and the interests of life were increased by the advent of six children, two of whom, Louis and Mrs. Ella Kettering Johnson, preceeded (stet) their mother from this world.
- The four children remaining to mourn the loss of this devoted mother are Sarah Ernest and Willard, of Lisbon, and Ralph, of Seattle, Washington. Also, two brothers and one sister share with the children in this loss. They are Clarence Coe, of Cresent, Iowa; Frank Coe, of California, and Mrs. Adeline Akerly, of Early, Iowa. Five grandchildren also survive her.
- A large number of sympathetic friends and neighbors gathered in the home Friday afternoon, March 6th, to take part in the funeral services which were conducted by Rev. James Ballz, pastor of the M.E. church, assisted by Rev. B.C. Barnes, a former pastor of the family. Beautiful and appropriate music was sung by the choir, and J.D. Fouse, of Lisbon, and Miss Neva Smith of Iowa City sang with tender effect two special numbers. At the close of the services the body was conveyed to the Lisbon cemetery and there laid to rest...
- From a journal written by Sarah (Kettering) Schneider in 1952:[2]
- "My mother Mary Coe Kettering was the daughter of John and Caroline Coe. Her mother's maiden name was Akerson, and there is a letter written by her (mother) to her daughter Caroline. Mary Coe was born in Yates Cr., New York on Seneca Lake Drive."
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Categories: Yates County, New York | Linn County, Iowa | Lisbon, Iowa | Tucson, Arizona
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