Mrs. Nancy Oursler, daughter of James D. and Lucinda Barker Riggs, was born near Afton, Iowa, February 26, 1856, and departed this life May 15, 1941, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lester Crandall of Walworth, Wis.
When nine years old she with her parents moved to Marion County, Kan., where she attended the country school and finally married the teacher, Mr. William E. Oursler, November 16, 1871.
Early in her married life she accepted Christ and became a charter member of the Florence Seventh Day Baptist Church, Florence, Kan. In 1898, she moved her membership to the Nortonville, and later to the Battle Creek Seventh Day Baptist Church.
She is survived by six children: Alvin, Newton, Mrs. Etta Coon, Mrs. Mary Hall, Mrs. Mildred Holley, and Mrs. Lena Crandall; three brothers and two sisters; seventeen grandchildren, and sixteen great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. Verney A. Wilson, and interment was in the Nortonville Cemetery.
V. A. W.
