Individual Details
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Croissant
(18 Nov 1858 - 7 Jul 1936)
Funeral services will be conducted at the Jones funeral chapel Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with the Rev. H. E. Hutchinson pastor of the Methodist church in charge. Mrs. C. D. Eckerman will preside at the piano and Mrs. Frank Parks will sing. Burial will be made in Riverside cemetery.
Elizabeth Croissant was born at Peru, Ill., Nov. 18, 1856, where she grew to womanhood. She was united in marriage to Robert Mahr of Streator, Ill., Dec. 10, 1879, and the following year they moved to Atlantic, Ia. from there they moved to Nebraska and in 1885 they homesteaded at Oberlin, Kan., which was their home for five years.
Lived at Everly
In 1890 they came to Clay county, residing at Everly 12 years, where Mr. Mahr was engaged in the blacksmith business. Later they took up farming and lived near Spencer before they retired in 1924.
Mr. and Mrs. Mahr celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary six and one-half years ago, and each year since the family have held a reunion. All children have been at home within the last week. Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Mahr, all of whom survive their mother, along with Mr. Mahr.
Children surviving are: Mrs. Anna M. Gerth and Mrs. Levi Mills, Spencer; J. A. Mahr, Minneapolis, Minn.; Jack Mahr, Yankton, S. D.; L. A. Mahr, Minneapolis, Minn.; Mrs. H. S. Cobb, Sheldon; Lee Mahr, Seward, Neb.; Mrs. Elmer Erickson, Spencer; H. E. Mahr, and Mrs. Charles Anderson, Minneapolis, Minn.
There are 18 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Mrs. Mahr attended the Methodist Episcopal church.
Iowa Death Index showed year of death as 1936as did her obituary. All other sources show 1935.
Events
Families
Spouse | Robert Mahr (1856 - 1937) |
Child | Julius Andrew Mahr (1883 - 1960) |
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
2. Find A Grave.
3. Obituary of Elizabeth "Lizzie" Croissant Mahr, Spencer News Herald, Spencer, Iowa, Friday, July 10, 1936, Page 5, Col. 2.
4. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
5. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
7. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
8. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
9. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
10. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
11. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
12. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
13. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
14. Iowa Deaths & Burials, 1850-1990.
15. Find A Grave.
16. Obituary of Elizabeth "Lizzie" Croissant Mahr, Spencer News Herald, Spencer, Iowa, Friday, July 10, 1936, Page 5, Col. 2.
17. Find A Grave.
18. Obituary of Elizabeth "Lizzie" Croissant Mahr, Spencer News Herald, Spencer, Iowa, Friday, July 10, 1936, Page 5, Col. 2.