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Mrs.
Mary A. Wilson, 83, who with her husband David Wilson,
homesteaded their present home near Greenleaf in 1908, died
there Sunday afternoon about 1 o'clock. Influenza
contracted two weeks ago, followed by a heart attack, was
reported as the cause of her death. She was a birthright
member of the Friends' church.
Mary A.
Jay was born at West Branch, Iowa in 1857, where she spent the
first part of her life. After graduation there, she
taught school at Hubbard, Iowa. On March 6, 1877, near
Union, Iowa, she was united in marriage with David Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson made their home at Hartford, near West
Branch, until 1896, when they moved to La Grand, Iowa, living
there until they came to the Boise Valley in 1908 and
homesteaded their present county home.
March
6, 1937, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson celebrated their 60th wedding
anniversa4ry at their Greenleaf home, by holding open house
for their friends.
Survivors besides her
husband are three sons, Arthur L. Wilson of Nampa; Vera S.
Wilson of Portland; Glen W. Wilson of Winthrop, Wash.; 13
grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; one brother, Joseph P.
Jay of Nebraska City, Neb. Arthur L. and Vern S.
Wilson, were with their mother when she passed away.
Glen Wilson will be unable to come for the services.
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock in the Greenleaf Friends' church, with the Rev. Milo
C. Ross of Greenleaf assisted by the Rev. Fred Harris of
Caldwell in charge. Interment will be in the Greenleaf
cemetery. The body is at the Peckham Funeral Chapel in
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