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- from "The Chippewa Herald-Telegram", 3 Apr 1946 (newspapers.com)
Funeral services for the late Mrs. Mary Perkins, 92, a pioneer resident of Stanley, were held at two o'clock this afternoon from the Presbyterian church there with Rev. J.N. Midlien, officiating. Mrs. Perkins passed away Sunday night at the home of her son, Harry, in Duluth, Minn. She was born Mary Hall on May 27, 1853, in Ellington, N.Y., and was married in Sparta, Wis., January 4, 1875, to James Roderick Perkins. They lived at Sparta for five years and in 1880 moved to Sterling, Wis., near Thorp, where they resided until 1891 when they moved to Stanley. Her husband preceded her in death on May 26, 1941, as did the following children: Abbie and Norman in childhood; Willard on May 27, 1941; Mrs. Maude Norman of Dexter, Mo., in December, 1940; Roderick in 1919, and John. Willard was killed in an accident in Ohio on May 27, 1941, being en route to Stanley to his father's funeral. Mrs. Perkins is survived by one son, Harry, of Duluth; six grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
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