Mary Emily Brown

1852 - 1944  (91 years)

• Name	Mary Emily Brown
  Born	3 Aug 1852	Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	19 Jul 1944	Taylor County, Iowa, USA
  Buried	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I157974	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Family	Jacob Franklin Fluke,   b. 1851, Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 31 Dec 1899, Taylor County, Iowa, USA  (Age 48 years)
  Married	11 Aug 1872
  Children	1. Nora E. Fluke,   b. 1873, Illinois, USA ,   d. 1886, Iowa, USA  (Age 13 years)   2. Minnie Fluke,   b. 1876, Illinois, USA ,   d. Tremont, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA   3. Mary Emma Fluke,   b. 0Apr 1877, Illinois, USA ,   d. 31 Dec 1919, Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, USA  (Age ~ 42 years)   4. Alice G. Fluke,   b. 0Jun 1879, Illinois, USA ,   d. Tom, Benton County, Missouri, USA   5. John Jesse Fluke,   b. 1 Feb 1883, Iowa, USA ,   d. USA   6. Etta Fluke,   b. 5 Oct 1884, Iowa, USA ,   d. 0Jan 1964, Iowa, USA  (Age 79 years)   7. Ella Fluke,   b. 5 Oct 1884, Iowa, USA ,   d. 0Nov 1963, Iowa, USA  (Age 79 years)   8. Grace Helen Fluke,   b. 8 Mar 1888, Taylor County, Iowa, USA ,   d. 21 Sep 1958, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F63948	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. [Fluke, Mary Emily Brown] Bedford Times-Press Thursday July 27, 1944 p. 4 Obituary - Mrs. Mary E. Fluke Mary Emily Brown, daughter of John Brown and Delilah Huffman Brown, was born August 3, 1852, near Lewistown, Illinois, and died at her home in Bedford Wednesday, July 19, 1944, just two weeks before her ninety-second birthday. On August 11, 1872, she was married to Jacob Franklin Fluke at the home of her birth near Lewistown. The first home was near the parental home. In the spring of 1880 they moved to Beatrice, Nebraska, and in June of the same year they moved to a farm near Hopkins. In the spring of 1881 they moved to a farm near Platteville, where Mr. Fluke died a few years later and Mrs. Fluke was left to rear the children alone. She continued to live on the farm until December of 1904, when she moved to Bedford where, with the exception of four years spent in Cedar Falls, Iowa, she spent her remaining years. To Mr. and Mrs. Fluke eight children were born. The eldest daughter, Nova, died in childhood. The third daughter, Mrs. Emma Flint, also preceded her mother in death. The surviving children are Mrs. Minnie Smith of St. Joseph, Mrs. Alice Midyett of Warsaw, Missouri, John J. Fluke of Bendena, Kansas, Mrs. Grace Sickels of Blockton, Etta and Ella Fluke of the home. At the age of 70, Mrs. Fluke took into her home three orphaned grandchildren, Ardeth, Roland and Lorena Flint, and gave to them the same care and training she had given her own family. Each day she read the Bible to her children and each day she instilled into them by precept and practice the principles taught therein. Fourteen grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren also survive. Mrs. Fluke came from pioneer Methodist ancestry. In early girlhood she became a member of the rural Methodist church near her home. As new homes were established her membership was transferred. Wherever she was she was devoted to her church and gave generously of her time and energy as long as age and health permitted. The funeral services were held at the Bedford Methodist church Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. G. L. Hufstader. Burial was in the Platteville cemetery.