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San Anselmo Herald
Saturday, December 28, 1912
Death of Mrs. Harlan
Mrs. Marie Harlan, wife of Charles Harlan and mother of Hon. George H. Harlan, passed away at her home in Sausalito at 12:35 o’clock on Saturday morning, December 21st, after an illness of several months.
Mrs. Harlan was of French descent and was born on a sailing vessel en route from France to California.
After graduating in San Francisco, she returned with her mother to France, where she completed her education in a convent in Paris.
Mrs. Harlan was a stepdaughter of James H. Gardner, one of the pioneers of Marin county.
The deceased was a woman who exemplified the doctrines of the Christian religion in her daily life, extending a helping hand to all who came within the compass of her ministration.
Mrs. Harlan is survived by her husband, and by her son, Assemblyman George H. Harlan of San Rafael, and by her mother, who lives in Sausalito.
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Sausalito News
Saturday, December 28, 1912
Page 1
Death of Mrs. Charles Harlan
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Harlan took place in the St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Chapel on Monday at ten o’clock with all the impressive rites of the church. A large number of friends and relatives gathered to do the last honor to her memory. Father John Valentini officiated. The interment took place privately in Fernwood cemetery. The pall bearers were Donald Tillingman, C. H. Becker, W. A. Eiffany, Ernest W. Jackson, William L. Ritchie and Samuel Barclay.
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