[Lead
Belt News, Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri/April 23, 1943] --
MRS. ARTHUR
CALDWELL --
Mrs. Arthur
CALDWELL, well known Flat River woman, passed away Saturday evening, April 17, 1943, at
Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, ending a prolonged illness. She was 46 years 1 month 13 days of age.
Mabel Evelyn
Motley was born in Potosi,
Missouri on March 4, 1879, and moved with her parents to
Desloge when she was a small girl. The family later moved to Flat River, where she attended the public schools and grew to womanhood.
On September 25, 1917, she was united in marriage to Arthur
CALDWELL and they were the parents of three children: Corporal Harvey
CALDWELL of the U. S. Army, stationed at
Macon,
Ga., Janet and Bill at home. Besides her husband and children she leaves to mourn her passing four sisters: Mrs. Della
Puckett,
Amador, Calif.; Mrs. Fannie
Koontz, Saginaw, Mich.; Mrs. Ida
Weber,
Bonne Terre and Mrs. Lulu
Politte, Desloge; two brothers, Robert
Motley, St. Francois and John
Motley, Rivermines.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Mary Etta. Mrs. Caldwell was a member of the Methodist Church, Eastern Star, Rebekah and Pythian Sister Lodges, and was an active and interested member of each gorup as long as her health permitted.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the
Taylor Avenue Methodist Church, conducted by her pastor, Rev. Robert N. Armbaugh and Rev. A. C. Johnson. Burial was in St. Francois Memorial
Park. Richardson
Service.