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Mrs. L.A. Mathews
April 12, 1882 - Just before the death of Mrs. L.A. Mathews, of Lake Wood, N.J., her sight,
of which she had been deprived several years, was restored. She was 103 years of age, and she left fifty living
grandchildren and ninety great grandchildren. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]
RAE POWELL
Prophetstown: - Mrs. F. G. Weldman has received word that her brother, Rae Powell,
66, Waretown, N.J., died Tuesday evening. Powell lived for one year in Prophetstown following World War I while
he was convalescening from injuries received in the war. He married Ruby Garnes Powell on June 22, 1911. Surviving
are his wife, three children, Mrs. Hai Duello, Philadelphia; Robert, Bettendorf, Iowa, and Richard, Chicago; four
sisters, Mrs. James Madden, Utica; Mrs. Verna Seitzinger, DeKalf; Mrs. Earl Topper, Erie, and Mrs. Weldman, Prophetstown;
one brother, Claude, Lake Ozarks, Mo. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and one sister. Funeral
services will be held Friday in Barnegat, N.J., in the Bugbee Funeral Home. [The
Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois January 16, 1964 - Thursday, pg 2 - Submitted by Melva L. Taylor]
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