Mary A. Mattison was born Aug. 5 1867, near West Hallock, Ill., and died at Milton Junction, Wis., June 21, 1955.
She was united in marriage in 1894 with Ralph E. Loofboro at North Loup, Neb. They moved to the town of Sampson in the New Auburn, Wis., community in 1902. After the death of her husband in 1936 she remained in New Auburn until 1950 when she moved with her daughter, Clara, to Milton Junction, Wis.
Mrs. Loofboro was baptized in North Loup at the age of 16 and joined the Seventh Day Baptist Church there. She brought her membership to the New Auburn Church when they moved to that community. She is survived by her daughters: Alice (Mrs. Philip Ling); Susan (Mrs. Ivar Pederson); Esther (Mrs. William Claussen), all of the town of Sampson; and Clara (Mrs. Wesley Loofboro) of Milton Junction; by her son: Ralph, Eli, and a stepson, Leo, all of Sampson; and by 30 grandchildren and 50 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held June 23, 1955, at the New Auburn Church with the pastor, Rev. David Clarke, officiating, assisted by a former pastor, Rev. C. Burchard Loofbourrow.
