Mrs. Mazie Dalby died at 3:45 pm yesterday at her home on RFD 6, Mt. Vernon. She was 68 years, ten months , and six day old.

Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Sunday at the Hopewell Methodist Church, of which she was a member, with the Rev. Roy Beal officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery.

The body will lie in state at the Osborn Funeral Home in Dix, where friends my call after 7 pm today.

Mrs. Dalby was born May 2, 1890, in Dareville, Ill., the daughter of John A. and Malinda (Henderson) Leonard.

On Nov. 22, 1909, in Denver, Colo., she was married to Alvin Dalby, who survives.

Other survivors include two sons, Leonard Dalby of Macon, Ill., and Donald Dalby of this city; three daughters, Mrs. Thelma Beal of Mt. Vernon, and Mrs. Rosemarie Green and Mrs. Madge Hawkins, both of Texico; one sister, Mrs. Mattie Ellison of Hammond, Ind; 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Dalby was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, and one sister.

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Date: March 26, 1959
Submitted by: Ken Richardson