Crumbaugh, Miss Maggie of Rock Island, Illinois died at Mercy
Hospital in Davenport, Iowa on May 17, 1877.
The funeral will be the 19th in Rock Island.
(Rock Island Daily Argus, Saturday 19 May 1877) sub. by K. Torp
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Name of Deceased: Mrs. Fannie Copley
Submitters Name: Barb Z.
Obit: Obituary 2/4/1908
Mrs. Fannie Copley: A kind and loving mother and a good neighbor passed into the
eternal rest Tuesday evening, when the death of Mrs. Fannie Copley, one of the
respected residents of Scott county, occurred at the home of her son Richard
Copley, on the Middle road about five miles out of Davenport. Mrs. Copley was
taken sick about a week ago at the home of her son, and her condition grew worse
gradually until death overtook her Tuesday evening at seven o'clock. Mrs. Copley
was a native of Ireland and would have been 78 years old next March. She came to
Davenport forty years ago from Canada and has since resided here. Her husband
preceded her in death 21 years ago. Mrs. Copley was a devout member of the
Episcopal Church, and was sincere and true to all who knew her, so that she
endeared herself to
all who ever made her acquaintance. To a family no mother could have been more
kinder. In cases of sickness she would walk miles from one home to another to
assist in the caring for the sick.
A family of nine children survive to mourn her death. They are John Copley of
Grundy County, Iowa; William J. of Gillman, Iowa; Mrs. Rebecca Shea of Brookings
S.D.; Henry M. of Davenport; Mrs. George C. Murray of Grinnell; Mrs. F.A.
Pickens of Newton; Richard of Davenport; Thomas W. of Grundy County, and Mrs.
Fannie V. Pitcher of Orient, Iowa. All of these present at the funeral with the
exception of one son in law in Dakota.
The deceased is known to a large number in this vicinity, having spent the
summer for the past fifteen years with her daughter. Mrs. G.C. Murray three
miles and a half southeast of town.
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