Articles from unknown sources with handwritten dates of April 28, 1959. Extracted from the newspaper article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison, Missouri. Mrs. H.D. Lafferty Dies Here After Sudden Illness “Madison – Mrs. Herman D. Lafferty, 46, near Holliday, died unexpectedly at about 9:15 o’clock this morning in Woodland Hospital, Moberly, where she was taken yesterday after becoming ill. Mrs. Lafferty, the former Miss Katherine Quinley, was born on a farm near Holliday, the daughter of Mrs. Margaret Quinley and the late Joe Quinley. Mrs. Lafferty was a bookkeeper for Robertson in north Moberly, where she had been employed 3 ½ years. She is survived by her husband, her mother, a son, Joe, of the home, and a daughter, Mrs. Walter (Ruth Ann) Miller, Kirksville. A brother, Anderson Quinley, Paris, also survives. The body is at the Thompson-Mackler Funeral Home here. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.” Young Mother Died Unexpectedly “Mrs. Herman Lafferty, 46, of north of Madison, died unexpectedly Tuesday morning at Woodland Hospital in Moberly, where she had been taken Monday after becoming ill. An internal hemorrhage, the exact nature or cause of which was not known at the time, was given as the cause of her death. Mrs. Lafferty had not been ill, and preparations were being made for possible surgery when her death occurred. Mrs. Lafferty was the former Miss Katherine Quinly, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Joe Quinly. Surviving her are husband, her mother, one son, Joey, at home, a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Ann Miller, of Kirksville, and one brother, Anderson Quinly, manager of the M.W. Speed Furniture Co., at Paris. She was a niece of Mrs. Daniel Krembs and Mrs. Elmer Key of Paris. Mr. and Mrs. Lafferty moved from Kansas City to the farm near Madison in (1948). Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the Madison Christian Church by Rev. john Buck, with burial in the Madison cemetery.” Funeral Thursday for Mrs. Lafferty “Madison – Funeral services for Mrs. Herman D. Lafferty, who died unexpectedly yesterday morning in Woodland hospital in Moberly, will be held at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon in the Madison Christian Church by the minister, Rev. john D. Buck. Burial will be in Sunset Hill cemetery. Mrs. Lafferty’s body will be in the Thompson-Mackler Funeral Home until services.” Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathleen Wilham. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathleen Wilham 2 Sharon Drive Shelbina, MO. 63468-1562