Death of Rebecca L. (Mauk) Nolan ~ mother of Mrs. T. I. Whisenand ~ Iowa

The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, September 21, 1905

With sadness the Leader chronicles the death of MRS. REBECCA L. NOLAN of this city, which occurred at her home on Wednesday night, Sept. 20, 1905 at 10:00 o'clock, after an illness of eight months' duration with malignant tumor.During her long illness she was tenderly cared for by her children and all that medical skill and loving hands could do was done to prolong her life and alleviate her sufferings.Funeral services conducted by Rev. B.F. Miller and Dr. Franklin were held at noon at 2:30 and were attended by a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends.Interment took place in the Chariton Cemetery.

REBECCA L. MAUK, daughter of MR. and MRS. ANTHONY MAUK, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, on January 5, 1831, and was the youngest of a family of eleven children.She was married to FRANCIS NOLAN on May 1, 1851, and they went from Ohio to Indiana, where they resided for three years and then came to Lucas County which has since been the family home.MRS. NOLAN was the mother of eight children, only three of whom are living.They are ROBERT of Brookfield, Mo.; EVERETT and MRS. T.I. WHISENAND of this city.MR. NOLAN passed away 39 years ago.

The life of MRS. NOLAN was in complete harmony with her religious profession, she having been an active and zealous member of the M.E. Church for over 48 years.Her generous nature was ever giving itself out for the good of others, and she leaves in the city an influence for good which will be felt in the years to come.She had a host of loyal, devoted friends, who unite in mourning her death as a loss to the whole community and in extending heartfelt sympathy to the grief stricken relatives.

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