100 - Helen Mima Via - Exeter, MO - Headstones of Centenarians on Waymarking.com

There is a bit more information inscribed on Helen's grave marker than there is in the minimalist FindAGrave entry for Helen Mima Farley Via. She was born on 19 March 1874.

In 1945 (71 years old!) she married George W. Lowery. He is not buried in Maplewood Cemetery, and his fate is not known at this time. (There are many George W. Lowery graves, and we do not know where Helen was born and lived at that time.) Then in 1953 (79 years old!) she married Benjamin E. Pembroke. Again, we don't know his fate (the few Benjamin Pembroke graves don't seem to match).

She died on 14 May 1974, just a couple months older than 100 years. Her grave marker states that she was the wife of Charles G. Via. This is no doubt Charles Green Via (1866-1942), who is apparently buried with a son, William, at this cemetery. If that is the case, then he was her first husband, and she actually died Helen Mima Farley Via Lowery Pembroke.

Location of Headstone: Cemetery

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