Payette Enterprise
Thursday, November 14, 1918
Iona Mae Cartwright died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cartwright Monday morning and was buried Tuesday afternoon. She was born May 13, 1897 in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado. Thus at the time of her death she was just past 21 by 5 months and 29 days. She had been in poor health most of the time since a year ago at which time she had a severe case of tonsillitis, following which was a period of ailment which kept her vitality down. In this state appendicitis developed and while she seemed to stand the operation well it turned out that she could not regain strength. Beside the Father and Mother there are three sisters, Mrs. Frank Littler of Nampa, Mrs. Lou Feldscher and Ruth a young girl. These were all present at the funeral. The only brother, Claude, is with the colors in France.
She was at the age when hope should be highest. As a consequence her death was a great sorrow, especially to the Mother who is completely prostrated with grief.
Iona had made many friends in the seven years of her life in Payette and the floral expressions of love and sympathy were beautiful and bountiful. But the intimate friends who sent such testimonials are a small fraction of the list of friends who would assuage the grief of them that mourn if human sympathy were able.
