CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - EVELETH Maggie Mae Puntney
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Maggie Mae Puntney Eveleth 
Passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Hight, White River, 
S.D. at the age of 74 years 5 months and 3 days

In about 1880 she moved with her parents to Marshalltown, Iowa and later 
to Marrietta, Iowa, where she attended school. They later moved to Marcus, 
Iowa and at the age of 15 Maggie Mae, joined the Christian Church at that 
place. 

On May 13, 1888, she was unitd in marriage to Charles Appleton Eveleth of 
Salix, Iowa and to this union were born twelve children, all whom survive 
her. 

In 1895 they moved to Windom. Miinnesota and five years later to Boyd 
County, Nebraska. In 1907 they moved to Brown County, Nebraska and thirteen 
years later to Witten, S.D. where they where in business. It was here that 
her husband passed away on March 4, 1926. Mrs Eveleth moved to Burwell, 
Nebraska in 1933 and eleven years later returned to S.D. and remained there 
until the time of her death, except for five months spent with he children 
in Washington.

She was an active member of the Burwell Christian Church, the Royal Neighbor 
Lodge and the American Legion Auxilliary.

Left to mourn her passing are her seven daughters, Edith Hight, White River, 
S.D.; O'Dessa Johnson, Pasadena, Calif.; Helen Teutsch, Vermillion, S.D.; 
Lucille Moriss, Tacoma, Washington; Vera Corliss, Summer, Washington; Laura 
Wildberger, Sturgis S.D.; Wilma Schnell, Seatle, Washington; Five sons, 
Harlan, Candaiagra, New York; Ray, Murdo, S.D.; Colburn, Oakland, Calif.; 
Orville, Graham, Washington, and Marion, Shelton, Washington, sisters Nellie 
Riibe, Hartington, Nebraska; Hattie Johnson, Farmville, Virginia, and Pearl 
Lanphear, Onawa, Iowa, besides a host of other relatives and friends.