Paoli (Orange County, Indiana) Republican, March 21, 1972, from the collection of Wilma Davis, Paoli, Indiana. PAOLIAN'S MOTHER BURIED SATURDAY Mrs. Idella Alexander, 94, mother of Paolian Carson Alexander, died Thursday at Mt. Vernon. Final rites were held Saturday at Norwell Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon. Mrs. Alexander had been honored in 1966 as Mt. Vernon's honorary president and sesquicentennial mother as a direct descendant of the town's firs settler, Andrew McFadden. She was a 50-year member of the Order of Eastern Star in New Harmony. The Alexanders were called to Mt. Vernon Thursday morning by her fatal illness and were accompanied by Mrs. Russell Caplinger and Mrs. Paul Dixon. Mr. and Mrs. Dixon returned with them for the final rites on Saturday. Surviving with the son is a daughter, Mrs. Lena Addison, of Mt. Vernon and one granddaughter, Dr. Charlotte Alexander Taylor of New York.