John Samuels Obituary

Short funeral  services were  held from the  Anderson Funeral  Home in
Plankinton  Saturday   afternoon  and  services  at   the  Mt.  Vernon
M. E. Church followed, with Rev. Walker officiating.  Pallbearers were
Albert  Griffin,  harry  Knox,  Ray  Jacobson,  Henry  Brammer,  Verne
Prangley  and Walter  Christiansen.   Burial was  made  in Mt.  Vernon
cemetery.

Mr. Samuels  was an old time  pioneer of this community,  a large land
owner and  the past several  years has been  ill more or less  and was
numbered among the successful men of the community.

John   Samuels,  son   of  John   and   Sara  Samuels   was  born   at
NewBridge-on-Wye, Wales, July  19, 1866 and died at his  home N. E. of
Plankinton, So.  Dak. May 28, 1942 at  the age of 75  years, 10 months
and 9 days.

He came to  America with his parents and sisters Sara  and Mary in the
year of 1869, settling in Illinois.  In 1883 he moved to Mount Vernon,
where he engaged in blacksmithing and farming until 1900.

On January 8, 1917 he was married  to Miss Anna M. Lawlor. In the year
of 1925 ye  retired to the farm where he spent  the remaining years of
his life.  Mr. Samuels believed in  God. He was a skillful mechanic, a
good farmer, thrifty and progressive.

He is  survived by his wife,  Mrs. Anne Samuels and  six sisters, Mary
Gary, Mitchell,  S.D., Elizabeth Samuels Sioux City,  Ia., Ellen Egan,
Chicago,  Ill.,   Minnie  Taubman,  Mitchell,   S.D.,  Jessie  Haynes,
Mt. Vernon,  S.D. and  Adelaide Vilas, Pierre,  S.D.  One  sister Sara
Betts preceeded him in death.  Besides these he leaves other relatives
and many friends.

The Mail joins in extending sympathy to the bereaved relatives.


The South Dakota Mail (Plankinton Herald)
Plankinton, Aurora Co., SD
Thursday, June 4, 1942