• General Notes

  REFN: 3194
  Obituary from OTTUMWA COURIER, May 24, 1941:
  "Word has been received here of the death of Mary Elizabeth
  Shedenhelm, 83, former Ottumwan.  She succumbed Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at
  her home, six miles west of Marengo.  Born in 1857 in Sandusky county,
  seven miles southwest of Freemont, Ohio, she was married December 26,
  1880, to Joshua Shedenhelm.  They came to Iowa in 1892 and settled on a
  farm near Marengo. 
  Mrs. Shedenhelm lived in Ottumwa many years, returning to the home
  place only a few years ago.  She was proceeded in death by her daughter,
  Jennie, her husband, and five brothers and four sisters.  She is survived
  by two sons, Clarence, of Brooklyn, Iowa, and Melvin of Ottumwa. 
  Following services at Marengo, the body will be brought to Ottumwa
  for burial.  There will be short services at the grave in Shaul cemetery."

Details of Mary Elizabeth's family with Joshua McClellan Shedenhelm