Sarah Ann Wilburn Neal

Payette Valley Sentinel (New Plymouth, Payette County, Idaho)
Thursday, March 08, 1928

Mrs. Sarah Neal

Sarah Ann Wilburn was born at Red Bluff, California on May 6, 1867, and passed away March 1, 1928. She moved with her family to the Payette Valley in 1881 and settled about three miles east of New Plymouth. She was married to Isaac H. Neal in 1883, to which union twelve children were born, one dying in infancy. Those left to mourn her departure are the following: Mrs. Emma Whelchel, of Emmett; Mrs. Desda Zierlien, of Bend, Oregon; Mrs. Abbie Kerr, Oaksdale, Washington; John Neal, Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Ed Neal, Frenchglenn, Oregon; Isaac Neal, Salt Lake City, Utah; Mrs. Bernice Schaffer, Garden Valley, Idaho; Thomas Neal, Marguerite Nichols, Mrs. Neonah Zierlien, and Miss Mary Neal, all of Emmett. Also her father, Will Wilburn, 14 grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Mrs. Neal was a member of the Baptist church, with which she united by baptism in 1883. Those who knew her best testify to her beautiful and helpful life. Her husband passed away three years ago last month.

Funeral services were held in New Plymouth Baptist church on Tuesday, March 6th, Rev. Henry Jacobs officiating. Interment was in the Kennedy cemetery.

The Payette Independent (Thursday, March 08, 1928)

Funeral services for Mrs. Isaac Neal who passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Zerlin in Bend, Oregon, last Thursday, were held from the Baptist church in New Plymouth Tuesday afternoon and interment made in the New Plymouth cemetery. Mrs. Neal went to Bend about a month ago, and died quite suddenly from a stroke of apoplexy. She lived in Fruitland a number of years.