Susanna C. Bates ⁴⁷⁹

The Western Spirit
Paola, Kansas
Aug. 8, 1924
p. 5
[This obituary is courtesy of Marc Doty on Find-a-Grave.com]

"Mrs. Susanna Darner, widow of the late Austin Darner, died at the home of her son, Robert Cree, 305 North Silver St., Sunday, August 3rd, 1924, in her 85th year, after being bedfast for four weeks. On July 7th, Mrs. Darner fell and broke her hip, from which she never recovered. Everything that loving hands could do was done, but to no avail. She was the daughter of the late Simon and Mary Ann Bates and was born near Muncie, Indiana, July 5th, 1840. She was married to Marquis D. Cree, in 1865, and the family came to Kansas in 1886. Later, on April 15, 1904, she was married to Austin Darner, who died January 10, 1909. When they came to Kansas, they settled on a farm just north of Paola where Mrs. Darner lived until 1913, when she moved to town and made her home with her son. She is survived by two sons, Robert Cree, of this city, and O. S. Cree, of Kansas City, Kansas; ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. N. E. Harrold, this city, nieces and nephew, and a host of friends. Two children, Melinda Jane and William, died when small. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church, Tuesday, the 5th inst., at 2:30 p.m., conducted by Rev. E. M. Daniels. Interment was in the Paola cemetery. Out-of-town relatives here for the funeral were: Mrs. S. L. Bates, Mrs. Lillie Howard and Mrs. Lola Shidler, all of Kansas City, Mo.; Bertha Fowler, Mrs. Albert Bates, Mr. and Mrs. William Cree, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Cree, all of Kansas City, Kansas."

Susanna married Austin V. Darner, son of Jacob Darner and Eliza Hull, 16 March 1904 in Wagstaff, Miami County, Kansas.⁴⁷⁹ (Austin V. Darner was born in August 1842 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio,^480,481,482 died 15 January 1909 ⁴⁸³ and was buried after 15 January 1909 in Paola, Miami County, Kansas at Paola Cemetery ⁴⁸³.)