MARY A. RICHNER, 13 July 1878 - 23 Feb 1901

	Mary A. Richner, daughter of R. S. (Reuben Scott) and 
Dora (Lacey) Richner, was born in Jackson Twp. (Steuben Co., 
Ind.) July 13, 1878; and died after a short illness at the 
home of her parents in Flint, Feb. 23, 1901, aged 22 years, 7 
months and 10 days. Her condition was considered dangerous 
only a few days before she died, and her death, coming so 
suddenly, has cast a gloom over the entire community. She was 
one of the successful teachers of the township and was 
teaching when she was taken sick but she continued to teach 
until she was unable to do so. Being a musician of more than 
ordinary merit, she has always taken an active part in the 
musical entertainments of the vicinity; and being a music 
teacher as well as a school teacher. 
	Her presence in the community will be sadly missed. 
Although the loss of her presence will be keenly felt by the 
community, it is in the home circle where it will be felt most. She 
improved every opportunity of doing acts of kindness for those she 
loved, and now that she is gone remembrance of these will linger 
long in the hearts of her loved ones. She leaves father, mother, 
brother Bennie, and sister Ina, the wife of Wm. Brugh, and a large 
circle of friends to mourn her departure. Funeral was conducted from 
the Methodist church in Flint.
	Elder Scott of Coldwater, (Mich.) preached the sermon from the 
text, "She hath done what she could." The extraordinarily large 
crowd attending bespeaks the esteem in which the deceased was held. 
She was laid to rest in the Flint cemetery, while the earth lay 
mantled in robes of the beautiful.???			*	*	*
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(The above) from clipping in Dr. Elliott's album.
The Ina Richner, wife of Wm. Brugh, became the wife of Frank 
Nisonger, but was the mother of Ralph Brugh and Gertrude Brugh (Mrs. 
Earl Wigent).

The above information was found in Book #16 in the black notebook 
collection, #1 through #22, compiled by Audree Siebel Lewis, located 
at the Angola Public Library, Angola, Indiana.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
	Mary A. Richner was the daughter of Reuben Scott Richner, 
08 Oct 1855 - 19 Oct 1913, and Dora (Lacey/Locey) Richner, 22 
Aug 1859 - 22 Aug 1922.
Sister: Ina (Richner) Brugh Nisonger, 1883 - 1954. Buried at 
Greenlawn Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.
>From "Cemeteries of Steuben Co., Ind.,1990" by Audree Siebel 
Lewis, Vol. II, pages 1356, 1519.