From Muscatine, IA, Journal Sept. 1928
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Brewer
Mary Elizabeth Brewer, 79, widow of Stephen A. Brewer, died at her home at Fairport at 3:30 this morning after an illness of several months.
She was born in Drury township, Ill., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Asa. Practically her entire life was spent in the vicinity of her birth, in Rock Island and Muscatine counties.
She was married to Stephen A. Brewer in Drury township in 1871.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. O. A. Bird, Put-in-Bay, O., and Mrs. A. Creamer, Fairport; two
sons, F. M. Brewer Geneva Island, and Glenn Brewer Fairport; one sister, Mrs. Susan Hayes, Muscatine and 24 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted from the Fairport church at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon by the Rev. E. A. Lack, pastor of the Ziegler Memorial Lutheran church of New Era.
Burial will be at the Fairport cemetery.
Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Goff undertaking parlors.
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