Miriam Florence Puckett
1876 - 1969 (92 years)
Generation: 1
1. Miriam Florence Puckett was born on 29 Mar 1876 in Tuscola, Champaign County, Illinois; died on 23 Mar 1969 in Oakton, Fairfax County, Virginia; was buried in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. Notes:
Mrs. Frank Cassity
Mrs. Frank Cassity, 92, mother of Mrs. Fred Schwengel, died Sunday at Oakton Nursing Home, Oakton, Va.
Services will be Wednesday at Wade Funeral Home, Browning, Mo., with burial in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Mo.
Memorial services are tonight at 8 at the Pearson Funeral Home, Falls Church, Va.
The former Miriam Florence Puckett was born in Champaign, Ill. on March 29, 1876.
She was married to Frank Cassity on Sept. 23, 1903 in Purdin, Mo. They lived on a farm east of Purdin for 52 year.
Mrs. Cassity received her education and taught school in Clark County. In 1962 she lived with her daughter, Mrs. Fred Schwengel in Davenport and in Arlington, Va. She was a member of First Christian Church, Brookfield, Mo. Her husband, four sisters, and two brothers preceded her in death.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Schwengel, Davenport and Mrs. Florence Miller, Washington, D.C.; two grandchildren and three great-grandsons.
The Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Illinois. Monday, 24 March 1969.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23797385/miriam-florence-cassityMiriam married Franklin Elliott Cassity on 23 Sep 1903 in Leon, Iowa. Franklin (son of William Harrison Cassity and Sarah Grace Van Horn) was born on 10 Aug 1878 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died on 4 Jun 1955 in Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri; was buried on 5 Jun 1955 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Clara Ethel Cassity was born on 6 Aug 1909 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 30 Aug 2011 in Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia; was buried in Davenport Memorial Park, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa.
- Florence Cassity was born in 1912 in Missouri.