Obit of Mrs. Robert (Marietta Young) Francis 1942
From the Chatsworth Plaindealer
Chatsworth,Livingston,Illinois
MRS. ROBERT (MARIETTA YOUNG) FRANCIS
OCTOBER 15, 1942
Mrs. Marietta Francis, 69, died at 9:30 p.m. Friday (Oct. 9) at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hallie Baker, of Forrest.
She had been ill for about three years. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the daughter's home near Forrest and at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church at Chatsworth. The Rev. Marion Sullins officiated. Burial was in Chatsworth cemetery.
Marietta Young was born Sept. 19, 1873 at Lutesville, Mo., the daughter of James and Catherine Eaker Young. She married June 19, 1869 to Robert J. Francis who preceded her in death in 1929. She moved to Chatsworth about 10 years ago whee she lived until 1941 when she moved to Forrest.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Hallie Baker and Mrs. Marion Barrett, Forrest, and Mrs. Willard Austin, Benton; two sons, Lester, of Joliet and Theodore, Poplar Bluff, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. David Maynard of Sauk, Mo., and Mrs. John Crites, of Chatsworth; and one brother, Marion Young, Advance, Mo. There are 24 grandchildren and one great grandchild