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Submitted: 10/2/19 • Approved: 10/3/19 • Last Updated: 10/6/19 • R822333-G822333-S3
Dec 8, 1857
May 9, 1900
Parents: Jirah Mumford Kellogg and Eliza Headon Moore
Spouse: Dr. Ira Wayman Collins
[COLLINS, DENCY KELLOGG]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, May 17, 1900
A Sad and Sudden Death at Blockton
Blockton mourns the death of one of its best and most warm-hearted citizens. Friday, May 4, Mrs. I. W. Collins went to St. Joseph to have a difficult and exceedingly dangerous surgical operation performed. She had suffered for a number of years from a complicated disease of the womb and everything was resorted to that skill and money could afford for her relief but to no avail, until an operation was finally decided upon as a last resort. She went to St. Joseph, outwardly appearing in ordinary health and submitted to the surgeon's knife. Alas! The worst fears of all were realized. The operation was performed by Dr. Jacob Geiger Tuesday afternoon from the effects of which she never fully rallied and was the direct, immediate cause of her death, she passing away Wednesday night.
Deceased was the beloved wife of I. W. Collins of Blockton She was a woman possessed with many amiable qualities and noble impulses, a generous disposition and a Christian spirit and had a large number of warm friends who feel almost prostrated over her untimely demise. Her husband is left alone, no children having been born to them. He is a brother to Rev. A. H. Collins, pastor of the M. E. church at Bedford. The bereaved ones have the sympathy of a large number of friends. The funeral occurred at Kirksville, Mo.
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