Jessie M. Mensch ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Springdale Township, Cedar County, IA on 20 June 1900. ²

Page 15A, District 35, Dwelling 326, Family 328
Springdale Township, Cedar County, Iowa
house rented
married 6 years, 1 child
Jessie M. Darner...Wife..Apr 1874..26..IA..1/1
(Living with husband and daughter.)
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• Her obituary was published in the Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette on 31 July 1909 in Cedar Rapids, IA.

³ Funeral Will Be Held Sunday Afternoon at 4 o'clock, from House.

The funeral of the late Mrs. C. H. Darner, whose death occurred yesterday morning will be held from the family residence, 1548 Sixth avenue, at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, Rev. Dr. Ely officiating; interment at Linwood.

Jessie Mensch was born near Springdale, Cedar county, Iowa, April 18, 1875. She graduated from Springdale seminary in 1893, and subsequently taught school in that vicinity for some months, being united in marriage with Mr. C. H. Darner on December 25, 1895. Mr. and Mrs. Darner removed to Cedar Rapids four years ago, he being one of the traveling salesmen for the Warfield-Pratt-Howell Co.

Mrs. Darner is survived by the husband and three children, Mary, Philip and Helen, who have the deepest sympathy of a wide circle of friends. She also leaves her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. M. Mensch, now of Hobart, Okla., one brother, Charles L. Mensch of Keswick, Iowa, and five sisters, Mrs. J. M. Berry and Mrs. H. E. Worrell of Springdale, Mrs. L. W. Brown of Newton, Mrs. Elsie Hogue of Sedalia, Mo., and Miss Nellie Mensch of Hobart, Okla.

Mrs. Darner was a member of Westminister church, a noble Christian woman and a loving wife and mother. The victim of ill health for several years she had devoted every moment of her time to her home, interested in little outside save the church and the Women's Auxiliary of the U. C. T., of which she was a member. Her last illness was of short duration, the immediate cause of her death being inflammation of the brain. Among her friends and neighbors Mrs. Darner was highly esteemed for many splendid attributes of character.

(Source: The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, 31 Jul 1909)
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• She was buried on 1 August 1909 in the Murdoch-Linwood Cemetery in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Plot: Block 13 of the 3rd addition
Find A Grave Memorial #37702917
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Jessie married Cassius Henry Darner, son of Dr. Henry Clay Darner and Mary Janet Blakesly, on 25 December 1894 in Pee Dee, IA.^{1 2} (Cassius Henry Darner was born on 21 August 1869 in Rochester, IA,^{2 4 5 6 7 8} died on 6 September 1946 in Cedar Rapids, IA ⁹ and was buried after 6 September 1946 in Cedar Rapids, IA ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Springdale Township, Cedar County, IA on 20 June 1900. ²

Page 15A, District 35, Dwelling 326, Family 328
Springdale Township, Cedar County, Iowa
house rented
married 6 years, 1 child
Cassius H. Darner...Head..Aug 1869..30..IA..General Merchant
Jessie M. Darner...Wife..Apr 1874..26..IA..1/1
Mary G. Darner...Dau..Sep 1895..4..IA.

NOTE - Lived next door to his father.
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