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Ruth Estella Carl Conkey Brown

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Birth	:	22 Dec 1878 What Cheer, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	16 Apr 1942 Miller, Hand County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	G A R Cemetery, Miller, Hand County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.5078011, -98.9858017
Plot	:	Block 4 Lot 27 Grave 2
Description	:	South Dakota Marriages Mrs. Ruth Estella Conkey married Milo Brown, 20 March 1929 at Huron, Beadle, South Dakota. She was a widow and he was divorced. Both were residents of St. Lawrence. ~~~~~~~~~ South Dakota Death Index Ruth E. Brown, 16 April 1942, Hand County. ~~~~~~~~~ Death Removes Pioneer Lady Stroke Is Fatal To Mrs. Estella Brown. Burial Rites Sunday Mrs. Estella Brown, resident of Hand county since 1886, passed away last Thursday afternoon from the effects of a stroke. Her death occurred only a short time after she was brought to the... Read More	South Dakota Marriages Mrs. Ruth Estella Conkey married Milo Brown, 20 March 1929 at Huron, Beadle, South Dakota. She was a widow and he was divorced. Both were residents of St. Lawrence. ~~~~~~~~~ South Dakota Death Index Ruth E. Brown, 16 April 1942, Hand County. ~~~~~~~~~ Death Removes Pioneer Lady Stroke Is Fatal To Mrs. Estella Brown. Burial Rites Sunday Mrs. Estella Brown, resident of Hand county since 1886, passed away last Thursday afternoon from the effects of a stroke. Her death occurred only a short time after she was brought to the Miller hospital. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the Reck funeral home and burial was made in the G.A.R. cemetery. Services were in charge of Rev. Joseph Andrews, pastor of the Presbyterian church of Miller. The St. Lawrence choir sang. Ruth Estella Carl was born in What Cheer, Keokuk county, Ia., December 22, 1878 and passed away in the Miller hospital April 16, 1942, at the age of 63 years 3 months and 25 days. George and Sarah Carl, her parents moved to Story county, I., in 1880, and from there to Miller, S.D., in March, 1886. Ruth Estella had her first schooling at what was known as the Spring Valley school in Florence township, Hand county. Later when her parents moved to St. Lawrence, she finished her schooling. In 1902, she was united in marriage to Andy Conkey at her home near St. Lawrence. For a few years after her marriage to Mr. Conkey, they made their home in Kaukauna, Wis. Then they returned to St. Lawrence and took up their residence on a farm 6 miles northeast of town, where they conducted a very successful farming experience. During the last seven years her health failed gradually. Last fall she suffered from a stroke from which she never fully recovered. A second stroke on Thursday, from which she never regained consciousness, caused her death. She is survived by her sister, Mrs. Allen Jones of St. Lawrence, and four brothers, Reuben A. of Oakville, Wash.; Harlan A. of Miller; Isaac H. of Miller; Gilbert E. of Oakland, Ark. She was precede in death by her father and mother, her brothers, Marshall and Harry C. The Miller Press, Miller, Hand County, South Dakota, Thursday, April 23, 1942, Vol. 61#25, p1 c2 (I know, there are a lot of typing and capitalization errors, but that is the way it was published.) ~~~~~~ 1900 Census Miller, Hand, South Dakota, SD#2 ED#162,sht 5A, June 11, 1900 Ghrest, Samuel V., head, 50 May, wife, 33 Bessie, daughter, 13 Bryant, son, 12 Carl, Estella, servant, Dec. 1879, 21, s, b. Iowa, both parents b. Iowa.

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Ruth Estella Carl Conkey Brown death on 16 Apr 1942 in Miller, Hand County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 44.5078011
Longitude: -98.9858017

Family Members:

Parent

George Hancock Carl

(1836 - 1899)

Sarah Green Carl

(1850 - 1921)

Spouse

Andrew Conkey

(1873 - 1927)

Milo Brown

(1888 - 1946)

Siblings

Reuben Edward Carl

(1872 - 1944)

Harlan Amos Carl

(1875 - 1945)

Emma Melissa Carl Jones

(1877 - 1946)

Harry Compton Carl

(1880 - 1918)

Isaac Houth Carl

(1885 - 1946)

Gilbert E. Carl

(1886 - 1954)

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