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Sarah Eliza (Bunnell) Gager Obituary

THAYER WOMAN 98 YEARS OLD DIES          Tuesday, June 30, 1942

Mrs. Sarah Eliza Gager, 98 years old, early day resident of Labette and Neosho counties died at 2:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the home of her son Jesse Gager, Route 2, Thayer, Kansas. She had been bedfast for some time.

She was born February 12, 1844 in Crawford County Pennsylvania to Harriett and Jesse Bunnell.  She was married in 1861 to Elford Gager, who died in 1915.  Eight children were born to them, but only one son and two daughters survive.  The daughters are Mrs. Ida Parker, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Eunice Hufford, Riverside, California.

The Gagers came to Kansas in 1867 and settled on a farm ten miles southeast of Parsons.  They moved to Neosho County in 1896 and Mrs. Gager moved to her son's home following the death of her husband.

She was a member of the Methodist Church.  Funeral services will be held at the Galesburg Methodist Church at 4 p.m. Thursday with the Reverend Charles Wogan officiating and burial will be in the Galesburg Cemetery.  The Wilson Funeral Home has chare of arrangements.

SOURCE:  Noretta (Magner) Caldwell