This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2FC.2ACI/1792 Message Board Post: Sheboygan Press- August 2, 1909 MRS. GEORGIANA SPRAGUE MEAD PASSES AWAY Mother of Mrs. A. Whiffen To Be Buried Beside Her Husband in the Town of Lyndon Cemetery At Eight O’clock Saturday evening the spirit of Mrs. Georgina Sprague Mead passed beyond the river. Mrs. Mead’s demise came after a lingering illness which dated form the last January. Since June9th she had been confined to her bed. The decedent was born in Putman County, New York on November 14th, 1843, attained the age of 65 years. Some fifty years ago she came to this county with her parents, settling in the town of Lyndon. There she had resided up to 15 Years ago when she moved to the home of her daughter at the Sheboygan County Asylum. She was united in marriage to Smith Mead, who died several years ago. Besides her daughter Mrs. Andrews Whiffen, another daughter, Mrs. W. S. Sweet, a missionary at Hangebow, China survives her. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 12:30 o’clock from the house of Mrs. Whiffen, at the Sheboygan County Insane Asylum of which Mr. Whiffen is superintendent. Interment will be in the Town of Lyndon cemetery beside the grave of her husband. Rev. Elmer E. Dresser of the First Baptist church will officiate in the funeral ceremony. I have no conection to this family...just posting it because I thought someone MIGHT be able to use it.