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Martha <I>Moore</I> Sheppard

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Martha Moore Sheppard

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
21 Feb 1933 (aged 81)
Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.3367528, Longitude: -88.8663472
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Mrs. Martha Moore Sheppard, widow of the late Frank Sheppard and a resident of Schuyler County for more than a half century, died at the home of her son, Willis Robinson, in Ottawa in her 82nd year.

Funeral services conducted by Rev. Arthur Nutt were held from the Church of the Nazarene in Ottawa on Friday. Interment in Ottawa Cemetery.

Martha Moore Sheppard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Moore, was born December 9, 1851 in Indiana and departed this life February 21, 1933 in Ottawa aged 81 years 2 months and 13 days.

She was united with the Church of the Nazarene at Rock Island and remained a member until the end. Besides 4 children: Geo. Gould of Davenport, Iowa; Mrs. Olive Webb, of Rock Island; Mrs. Anna Smith of Lincoln, Nebraska; Willis Robinson of Ottawa; she is also survived by 3 sisters: Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Luticia Abbott, Mrs. Ellen Thurman of Rushville; 2 brothers: Samuel Moore of Rushville, and Solomon Moore of Littleton. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1926 and 1 daughter, Mrs. Fred Jenson, who passed away 16 years ago.
Mrs. Martha Moore Sheppard, widow of the late Frank Sheppard and a resident of Schuyler County for more than a half century, died at the home of her son, Willis Robinson, in Ottawa in her 82nd year.

Funeral services conducted by Rev. Arthur Nutt were held from the Church of the Nazarene in Ottawa on Friday. Interment in Ottawa Cemetery.

Martha Moore Sheppard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Moore, was born December 9, 1851 in Indiana and departed this life February 21, 1933 in Ottawa aged 81 years 2 months and 13 days.

She was united with the Church of the Nazarene at Rock Island and remained a member until the end. Besides 4 children: Geo. Gould of Davenport, Iowa; Mrs. Olive Webb, of Rock Island; Mrs. Anna Smith of Lincoln, Nebraska; Willis Robinson of Ottawa; she is also survived by 3 sisters: Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Luticia Abbott, Mrs. Ellen Thurman of Rushville; 2 brothers: Samuel Moore of Rushville, and Solomon Moore of Littleton. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1926 and 1 daughter, Mrs. Fred Jenson, who passed away 16 years ago.


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