Martha J. Stevens.
Died, at her homo on East Lulu street on Saturday, July 7, 1900, of heart disease and dropsy, Mrs. Martha J. Stevens, wife of P. W. Stevens aged 68 years, 11 months, and 27 days.
The funeral services were held at the family residence July 8, conducted by Rev. Buckner, and the remains were laid at rest in the Olathe cemetery.
Mrs. Stevens was born in the state of New York, July 10, 1831, and married P. W. Stevens, October 12, 1848. She lived In New York until 1872, when she moved to Michigan, residing there until 1885, when she came to Olathe, which was her home until her death
 Mrs. Stevens leaves a husband and six childeren, three sons and three daughters, of whom all reside in Olathe except two daughters, Mrs. Henry Cochran of Grandin, Mo. and Mrs. Phil Conboy at Fort Scott. All were with her at the end.  She was a kind  Christian mother, having joined the M. E. church in her childhood. She often expressed a desire to go and meet her Savior, for she knew it was well with her souL
She is gone but we see the light in the valley.

Olathe Mirror
July 19, 1900
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