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Mary
J. Pease
1847
- 1924
Pease, Mary D., b.
1847, d. 1924 (Oak Hill Cem inscription)
09 25 1924
DEATH OF MRS. HARLOW PEASE
Mrs. Mary J. Pease, widow of the later
Harlow Pease, one of Watertown’s most prominent attorney’s for many years, died
last week Monday in a sanitarium near Butte, Montana.
Her remains were brought here last Friday
and taken to James Boyle’s undertaking parlors, from where the funeral was held
that morning to St. Bernard’s church.
The interment was in Oak Hill cemetery beside
those of her husband.
Mrs. Pease’s maiden name was Mary J. Davelin. She was
born in Milwaukee in July 1847, and on
Mrs. Pease went west with her daughter nine
years ago. One son Harlow Pease of
Butte, Montana, and one daughter, Mrs. Leroy M. Gilbert of Dillon, Montana, and seven grandchildren survive her;
also one stepson, Mr. Pease’s son by his first wife, Dr. Edward Pease of Proctersville, Vermont, and two sisters, Mrs. George
Hannaford of Boise, Idaho, and Mrs. Wm. McMahon of Cleveland, Ohio.
Mrs. Gilbert and daughter accompanied the
remains of Mrs. Pease here and are at present visiting at the home of Miss Ella
Wilder. For many years Mrs. Pease was
one of Watertown’s most prominent lady residents and a lady of culture and
refinement whose death is mourned here by all her old friends as that of a most
excellent woman.
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