LYNN. Jersey County Democrat, 1950
Mrs. Lynn died in Kansas city
Mrs. Rebecca D. Lynn, a long time resident of Otterville, died Tuesday evening on 7 Mar. at the home of her son, Arthur D. Lynn, in Kansas city, Missouri.
Mrs. Lynn was past ninety-three years of age, having been born near Kane, Illinois on 30 Nov. 1856.
Rebecca Dare Lynn was the widow of Francis Marion Lynn who taught school in Jersey and Calhoun counties for forty-one years. He died in 1925.
Mrs. Lynn was a gold star mother, having lost a son, Marion, in World War I.
In her early life Mrs. Lynn was president of the Calhoun county WCTU. During World War I she was Otterville district chairman of the Red Cross. For thirty-five years, Mrs. Lynn was a member of the official board of the Otterville Methodist church.
Besides her son, Arthur D. Lynn, and daughter-in-law, she is survived by a daughter, Nellie L. Noble of Alton, and a son, Frank W. Lynn of Englewood, Colorado. The aged woman is also survived by many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
The body was brought to Jerseyville Thursday and funeral services will be held at the Jerseyville Methodist church Friday afternoon, 10 Mar. at two o'clock. Rev. Dale Harmon of Jerseyville and Rev. Paul Durham of Kansas City officiating. Interment will be in the Otterville cemetery.
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