Individual Details
Mary F "May" Long
(Jul 1865 - 18 Sep 1931)
Living in Howard Center Twp, not married, in 1914
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Waterloo Daily Courier - Waterloo, Iowa - Sep 21 1931
Mason City Globe-Gazette - Mason City, Iowa - Sep 21 1931
LONG FUNERAL RITES CONDUCTED AT CRESCO Cresco funeral of
Sept 21Miss Mary ... Frances Long 65 unmarried died Friday evening at her home in Howard Center township Funeral services were held this forenoon at the Assumption church Cresco the Rev E J Dougherty officiating
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Mary didn't marry. She homesteaded with brother Lawrence in the Dakotas. She raised his son, Ray. after Laurence's wife Hulda Van Sickle died. She brought Ray back to Howard Center to raise at her parent's farm.
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Waterloo Daily Courier - Waterloo, Iowa - Sep 21 1931
Mason City Globe-Gazette - Mason City, Iowa - Sep 21 1931
LONG FUNERAL RITES CONDUCTED AT CRESCO Cresco funeral of
Sept 21Miss Mary ... Frances Long 65 unmarried died Friday evening at her home in Howard Center township Funeral services were held this forenoon at the Assumption church Cresco the Rev E J Dougherty officiating
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Mary didn't marry. She homesteaded with brother Lawrence in the Dakotas. She raised his son, Ray. after Laurence's wife Hulda Van Sickle died. She brought Ray back to Howard Center to raise at her parent's farm.
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Events
Families
Father | Laurence "Larry" Long (1815 - 1898) |
Mother | Catherine Butler (1835 - 1914) |
Sibling | Thomas Francis "Frank" Long (1862 - 1954) |
Sibling | Laurence Long (1857 - 1920) |
Sibling | Anna "Annie" Long (1860 - 1913) |
Sibling | Catherine Delia A "Kate" Long (1866 - 1941) |
Sibling | John William Long (1868 - 1930) |
Sibling | Ella Long (1871 - 1943) |
Sibling | James Joseph Long (1872 - 1915) |
Sibling | infant Long ( - ) |
Sibling | infant Long ( - ) |
Sibling | infant Long ( - ) |
Sibling | infant Long ( - ) |
Sibling | Lulu Long (1875 - 1960) |
Notes
Birth
Her tombstone says born in 1864.Tombstone:
Mary F Long
1864-1931
Burial
Calvery Cemetery, Cresco, IowaGravestone: Mary F Long
1864-1931
Buried at Long Headstone
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Death
From funeral home notes in Cesco, IAEndnotes
1. Mary E. Long tombstone, Calvary Cemetery, Cresco, Howard County, Iowa (West outskirts of town); Transcribed by Mary Muller 8-9-2003.