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Obit For Martha Permelia (Thornhill) Ennes
Headline Another Mother Passes Away
Text Mrs. Martha Permelia Ennes, wife of Rev. J. W. Ennes, who resides in the Forest Grove locality, died at two o'clock Sunday morning, March 21, 1915, of pneumonia.

Mrs. Ennes had suffered about ten days with the illness which ended her life. Pneumonia followed a severe attack of lagrippe and her ailments became quite serious from the beginning.

She was born March 17, 1854. On October 19, 1871 she was married to J. W. Ennes. To them were born nine children, two having died in infancy, seven survive. They are: Mrs. J. W. Sharp of Forest Grove, John Ennes of Butterfield, Mrs. J. H. Chapman of Minden Mines, Mo., Mrs. Albert Reynolds of Montana, Kan., Mrs. E. H. Smith of Springfield and Miss Alice at home. All the children were here to attend the funeral.

Mrs. Ennes was a member of the Methodist Protestant Church and was a woman who in every sense of the word lived up to the tenets of the Golden Rule. She was a most excellent woman, wife and mother and in her death, the vicitny has lost one of its most honored citizens. Her friends were always number by her acquaintance.

Funeral services were conducted at the home Monday afternoon by Rev. Stribling of Monett. Her body was laid to rest in the Ennes Cemetery.
Newspaper or Funeral Home Cassville Republican
Date March 25, 1915, Thursday
Death Cert Link -
Resource State Historical Society of MO Microfilm
Submitted by Donna Cooper