This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jewell, Bunton, Steen, Harty, Henderson, Bowen Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/3225 Message Board Post: The Missouri Valley Times Jan. 13, 1918 Armilda E. Jewell Armilda E. Jewell died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ida Henderson, Sunday, Jan. 20th, after a lingering illness of several years. The deceased was the daughter of James and Hulda Bunton and was born in Indiana, Feb. 26, 1841. In 1856 she with her parents, moved to Missouri and was married to John Jewell on March16, 1862. To this union four children were born, Mrs. Lenora Steen of Oklahoma, Mrs. Almeda Harty and Mrs. Ida Henderson of this city, and Edgar, who died in infancy. Besides her three daughters she leaves ten grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, two sisters and a brother to mourn her death. In 1868 they came to Harrison county and settled on a farm near Harris Grove. For the past thirty years she has been a resident of Missouri Valley. Her life was a self sacrificing one, her aims and thoughts always being for the good of others. She was devoted to her home and family and will be greatly missed by her loved ones. The funeral was held Sunday, Janu! ary 27th, from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henderson, and burial was in Rose Hill cemetery. Respectfully submitted for other researchers