ADDIE M. CHURCH

(MAY 19, 1941)

   Mrs. Addie M. Church, aged 76, widow of Edward Church, passed away early Monday morning at the home of her son, Leon G. Church at Tyner, after a protracted illness with organic heart disease.

   Mrs. Church was born at Smithville, March 25, 1865, the daughter of Peter G. and Ruth Soule Sharpe.  Her entire life was passed in the town of Smithville with the exception of a few years in Oxford.  Her husband died many years ago.

   Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Seymour Funeral Home.  The Rev. I. J. Beckwith of Norwich officiated and burial was in Sylvan Lawn cemetery, Greene.

   Besides the son, she is survived by a sister, Jennie Thurber of Oxford; a brother, LeRoy Sharpe of Tyner and several grandchildren.

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