--From Unknown Newspaper, probably from Phillips, Wisconsin--

On Saturday, May 9, Mrs. Margaret Stearns, many years a resident of this village, died at the home of her son at Phillips, after several years of ill health. Her death was due to cancer.

Mrs. Stearns was born September 14, 1838, at Wurtemberg, Germany, coming to this country in 1881. She was a sister of the late William Schumacher and of Mrs. Peter Wagner. A brother, Fred Schumacher, lives at Worthingtan, Indiana, and a brother John at Kansas City, Kansas, and one sister still lives in Germany.

The remains were brought nere Sunday and laid to rest in Oakwood cemetery. They were accompanied by Ernest Stearns and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stearns of Phillips, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Braatz of Mellen, the sons and daughter of the deceased.

There were also in attendance Miss Matie Smith of Mellen; and Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Rice and Mrs. E. J. Harkness, all of McMinnville, Tennessee.

Mrs. Stearns was a woman who was well loved by her family and friends, and the grieve upon her loss even though she had reached life's allotted span of years.