NORA SLEETH RITE IS READ

Mrs. Nora Olive Sleeth, 69, wife of John Sleeth (sic) and resident of Mason City and Cifton the past 16 years, was laid to rest in a Roane County cemetery Sunday afternoon following services at Clifton and in Roane County.

A brief service was held in the late home at Clifton at 9:30 o'clock Sunday morning in which the Rev. Russell Clarke, of New Haven, United Brethren pastor, officiated.

A second service was held in the Mt. Zion Church about seven miles from Spencer near the Roane County line at 3 o'clock. The Rev. Mr. West of Spencer officiated. Burial was in the Mt. Zion Cemetery by Fogelson Funeral Home of Mason City.

Mrs. Sleeth, in poor health the past few years, succumbed at her Clifton home Saturday morning at 6 o'clock. She had sustained a stroke about two weeks prior to her death.

The deceased was born in Roane County and moved with her family to Mason City in 1922. Some time ago, the family moved to Clifton.

Mrs. Sleeth was a member of the Mehodist Church and was highly respected and widely liked by her many close friends and neighbors.

Survivors include the husband, John Sleeth (sic) and five sons and five daughters. Three of the daughters, Misses Lucy, Ivy and Lessie are at home. The names of the other children were not reported here today.

(Nora Olive was the wife of Henry Thomas Sleeth)
Pt. Pleasant REGISTER Monday, Feb 27, 1939 p.3
(Submitted by Jo Ann H. Stephens)