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Macomb Daily Journal, March 7, 1946 - Mrs. Mary Steele, 77, of Macomb Passes Away
    Mrs. Mary Christine Steele, 77, died yesterday afternoon at 4:00 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Frank, 626 North Monroe street, where she had been making her home for the past three years. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Dodsworth-Piper chapel, the Rev. Jerry Roach officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Mrs. Steele, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Pruett Stoneking, deceased, was born in 1868 in Bethel township and moved to Macomb in 1890 following her marriage to John O. Steele, deceased. She was a member of the Nazarene church. Five sons and daughters who survives are Mrs. Nellie Rebman and Mrs. Caroline Fleming of Macomb, Clifton and William Steele of Moline and George Steele of Fulton, Ky. A brother, George W. Stoneking of Bethel township, also survives. A daughter, Mrs. Blanche Owens, two brothers, Charles and Willis, and three sisters, Mrs. Hattie Gundy, Mrs. Ida Fugate and Mrs. Beulah Fowler, are deceased. Friends may call at the Dodsworth-Piper funeral home.

Contributed by Shirley J. Steele Thielbar