Frances (Pepperman) Harman (1840-1921)

PEPPERMAN, HARMAN, YETLEY, ZINK, BRAKEBILL, SECOR

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 11/13/2024 at 14:21:32

From Jewell Record June 2, 1921 (page 8)

MRS. FRANCES HARMAN

Frances Pepperman was born in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, September 10, 1840, and died at the home of her daughter, Emma, in Selma, Alabama, May 24th, 1921, at the age of 80 years, 8 months and 14 days.

On the third day of May, 1860, she was married to Fredrick T. Harman who preceded her seven years to the Great Beyond. To this union were born six children, one having died in infancy and Charles, 11 years ago. The remaining children are Clyde, William and Sylvester, all of Jewell, and Emma Jane, of Selma, Alabama, besides nineteen grand children and eleven great grand children.

Mr. and Mrs. Harman were married in Jersey Shone, Penn., and moved from there to Wisconsin and later to Marshall County, Iowa, and from there to a farm near Jewell in 1879. Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Harman has made her home among her children. She was sick but a few weeks, death being due to paralysis. She was a member of the Methodist Church for many years.

Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon of last week at 1:30 at the S. A. Harman home and at 2:00 o'clock at the Federated Church, conducted by Rev. McKinley. The pall bearers were: T. F. Baldus, L. C. Baldus, Hans Hage, Peter S. Nelson, P. W. House and George Shaw. Interment was made in Evergreen Cemetery. Music was furnished by Mrs. J. G. Kahl and a male quartet: Rev. McKinley, A. L. Fleenor, B. F. Knudson, and E. W. Knudson.

"A precious one from us is gone,
A voice we loved is still;
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled."
"God in His wisdom has recalled,
The boon His love had given
And tho' the body slumbers here
The soul is safe in Heaven."

The following relatives from out of town, nieces of the deceased, were present at the funeral: Mrs. John Wise, Mrs. John Yetley, Mrs. Jake Zink, and Mrs. Clara Brakebill, all of Tama County. Also Mr. Raymond Secor, of Selma, Alabama, a grandson of the deceased.