COLLVER. -- At
Dunlap, Iowa, on Sept. 21st, Mrs. Collver, relict of the late Ira Collver,
aged 73 years.
The deceased lady was
known to many of our readers. Her maiden name was Desire Brown. She was
born in the State of New Jersey, October 11th, 1811, and was married to
Mr. Ira Collver, in 1828.
She joined the Baptist Church in 1831, and was a
faithful member of that Church, until 1882, when she joined the M. E.
Church at Clarence, Iowa. This change was made because there was no
Baptist Church preacher. She was a faithful Christian mother in
Isreal.
On the 2nd July she
left her home in Clarence, to visit her son, Gabrial Collver, who resides
at Dunlap. Her visit was made and she was nearly ready to start for home
when she was taken sick, and after an illness of three weeks [she]
expired.
Her funeral took
place at Clarence, the services being conducted by her pastor, and her
remains rest by the side of her husband, who died March 1st, 1877. She was
the mother of twelve children, eleven of whom are now living to mourn her
loss.
