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    3. Bangor (Iowa) - Special-- Funeral services for Miss Minnie Carey, who died Wednesday evening in a hospital in Manhattan, Kan. were held at 10:30 a. m. Friday in the Bangor Friends church in charge of Rev. B. H. Harris. With Mrs Marian Macy as accompanist, Mrs L. L. Long sang " Shadows" and "Abide With Me". The pall bearers were Will Macy, Levi Willits, James Mabee, Henry Kinzer, Errol Herron and Vern Parsons. Minnie Carey was born July 31, 1871, in Minneapolis, Minn. the daughter of Dr. and Mrs Zenas Carey. When she was an infant her parents moved to Iowa and settled in Marshall county, in Bangor township, where Minnie grew to womanhood. She was graduated from the LeGrand Friends academy with the class of 1888. She attended William Penn college, spent two years at Highland Park college in Des Moines, and taught school in nearby communities for several years. She and her parents were residents of Union for a few years. Following the death of her father, she, her mot! her, and two nieces whom she had cared for since the death of their mother, moved to Manhattan, Kan. For the past 25 years Miss Carey had made her home with her nieces, Mrs Helen Schneider of Manhattan and Mrs. Lucille Funk of Peoria, Ill. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and three sisters and is survived by eight nieces, four nephews and a sister-in-law. She was a birthright member of the Friends church. Relatives attending the services from away were Mrs. Helen Schneider, Manhattan, Kan; Mrs. Levena Laflin, Fort Dodge; Mrs H. Z Cammack, Miss Maxine Carey and Mrs. Donald Messick, Newton; Mr and Mrs Ray Laflin Jr. Red Oak; Mr and Mrs. Robert Jones and daughter Janet, Whitten; Mrs Roscoe Pierce and children, LaVonne and Mary Ellen, Cedar Falls and Mr. and Mrs Warren Hollingsworth, Greene.

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