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Blandinsville Star-Gazette, page 1
Thursday, December 5, 1929
MRS. ISAAC RAY FUNERAL HELD HERE
Residents of Blandinsville were shocked to hear of the sudden death of Mrs. Isaac Ray at her home in Keokuk last Saturday. Mrs. Ray was a lifelong citizen of this community and made her home for many years in the west part of town where she raised her fine family of children.
Since the death of her husband Mrs. Ray has made her home in Keokuk. Her death last Saturday came as the result of a fall, and the body was brought to Blandinsville for interment. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church here on Monday after noon, Rev. S. L. Myers officiating. Following is the obituary which was read at the services:
Jeanette May Sell, daughter of Caleb and Eliza Sell, was born at St. Mary's Prairie, Ill., on April 9, 1860 and departed this life at Keokuk, Iowa on November 30, 1929 at the age of 69 years, 7 months and 21 days.
Her mother died with she was 13 years of age. Shortly after her mother's death the family moved to Blandinsville where she and her older sister helped their father care for the younger children.
Early in life she united with the Presbyterian church. She was a great Bible student and when unable to attend church she would always read her Bible.
She has always lived a Christian life and was a faithful and loving wife and mother.
On February 9 [19], 1884 at Macomb, Ill., she was united in marriage to Isaac Ray, who preceded her in death on November 9, 1922. To this union ten children were born, six of whom died in infancy. A daughter, Alta Ray Merrit [sic], died on July 29, 1929 at Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
Since the death of her husband she has made her home with her son and daughter in Keokuk, with the exception of the last six months which she spent in Scottsbluff caring for the two small children of her daughter who passed away in July.
She had been home in Keokuk only one day when death claimed her.
She leaves to mourn her death one daughter and two sons: Mrs. Lenna Mills and Clarence T. Ray of Keokuk and Fred Lucien Ray of St. Louis; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Fife and Mrs. Viola Craig; and one brother, Cassius Sell, all of Blandinsville. Besides her immediate family she leaves several nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
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