I put down the date of the obituary on the last message. She died March 5, 1937. Obituary - Mount Pulaski Times-News, 11 March 1937 Services Held on Sunday for Mrs. O. Mayer Mrs. Edna Janie Mayer, wife of Oscar W. Mayer, chief of the Mount Pulaski fire department, who had been in failing health many months and bedfast for some time, died at the family home on North Belmont Street at 3:40 a.m. Friday, March 5, 1937, aged 60 years, 11 months, and 14 days. Edna Janie Buckles was born four miles west of Mount Pulaski, March 19, 1876, being a daughter of Elias and Elizabeth Dyer Buckles, prominent residents of this community. She was a descendant of one of the earliest families in Mount Pulaski township. Her grandfather, John Buckles, one of Logan County's best known pioneer citizens, was born in White County, Illinois, in October 1822, and was brought to this locality as an infant by his parents about fifteen years before Mount Pulaski was founded. She grew to womanhood in her home vicinity and, at the residence of her parents on September 25, 1885, was united in marriage to Oscar W. Mayer of Mount Pulaski, and had made this city her place of abode since that time. Two daughters were born to this union. Mrs. Mayer is survived by her husband; two daughters, Allene, wife of Harry Damarin, living three miles north of the city, and Elizabeth, at home; three grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Thomas L. Rothwell and Mrs. George Litterly Sr., of Mount Pulaski; and four brother, Harry, Frank, and Cecil Buckles, of Mount Pulaski, and Hubert, of Havana, Illinois. Decedent was a member of the Mount Pulaski Christian Church, the Ladies' Aid Society, and Loyal Daughters class of that church. The body was removed to the Schahl Funeral Home, and Friday was returned to the family residence. Funeral services were held at the Christian church at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 7, conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. Wayne Staley. Several appropriate organ selections were rendered by Mrs. Frank E. Turley, and a niece, Miss Winifred Mayer, of Bloomington, sang "He Knows It All", with Mrs. Turley as accompanist. The services were largely attended, and there were many beautiful floral tributes. The Ladies' Aid Society and Loyal Daughters attended the funeral in a body. The interment was made in the Mount Pulaski cemetery. The pallbearers were Dr. G. S. Connelly, George E. Schahl, Frank B. Snyder, Harry Downing, all of this city, Harry Rothwell, of Peru, Illinois, and Elias Buckles, of Waterloo, Iowa. The honorary pallbearers were Everett Rothwell, Paul Buckles, Clarence Rothwell, Claude Litterly, Ralph Buckles, and Robert Rothwell, all nephews of Mrs. Mayer. In charge of the flowers were Mrs. Richard Downing of St. Louis, Mo., Miss Betty Rothwell, of Peru, Illinois, Miss Grace Rothwell, Mrs. Otto Ey, Miss Lucy Jane Ellis, Miss Emagene Buckles, and Miss Georgiabelle Rothwell. Relatives and friends from a distance who came to attend the funeral were as follows: Waterloo, Iowa - Mr. and Mrs. Elias Buckles. Janesville, Iowa - Mrs. Harry Ulrich. Peru, Illinois - Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rothwell and family. Harristown - Mr. and Mrs. Ova Harbert and family. Stanford - Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hild and family. Decatur - Mr. and Mrs. Loren Goff, Rev. and Mrs. S. R. Reynolds, and John Bartels. St. Louis, Mo. - Mr. and Mrs. Richard Downing. Havana - Hubert Buckles. Springfield - Mrs. John Handlin and son, and Mrs. Emma Schackman. Newcastle, Ind. - George Litterly Jr. Riverton - Mrs. Lillie Hewitt. Bloomington - Miss Winifred Mayer. Lincoln - Mr. and Mrs. Herman J. Mayer, Mr. and Mrs. Seth Warrick, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Buckles, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rohrer, and William Ellis. Cornland - Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Buckles.