Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Iler) Boomer died at Watseka, Friday, May 11th, 1923, aged 83 years and 11 days. she was buried beside her husband in Lyman Cemetery at Roberts, Monday, May 14th.
Mr. and Mrs. Boomer and family lived here many years ago. Mr. Boomer died about twenty-five years ago and about five years later the family moved to the vicinity of Ashkum.
Mrs. Boomer had been blind for twenty-three years preceding her death. She was a woman of excellent qualities and had many friends among the older inhabitants here who join the bereaved family in sorrow. She was a sister of B.F. Iler who is one of the best known of Lyman township farmers.
--Roberts Herald. 16 May 1923.
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