The Daily Gazette Sterling- Rock Falls IL

March 30, 1953 - Monday, pg 2
 
INA  FERRIS

Mrs. Ina Ferris Passes Away Sunday Afternoon
 
Mrs. Ina Ferris passed away at 1 p.m. Sunday in her home, 609 E. 3rd St.  She had been in failing health since last July.  The body was taken to the Parent Funeral Chapel at Tampico, where funeral rites will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be made in Tampico Memorial Cemetery.
 
Born in Gallipolis, Ohio, Feb. 10, 1867, Mrs Ferris came to Illinois with her parents at the age of two years. She had since resided in Whiteside and Bureau counties. She was united in marriage to Ralph Ferris on Feb. 5, 1885.  To this union was born one daughter, Mrs. Mable Clapper, with whom Mrs. Ferris had made her home since 1911. Mrs. Ferris was active in home and social affairs until her death.
 
Surviving is her daughter, Mrs. Mable Clapper and a number of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, four brothers and one sister.
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