How can i find a dead persons obituary dating back to 1890?

Question

Her Name is Fannie Cass wife of James Affleck died Oct. 2 1890 aged 20 years 9 months. Watertown SD where she is burried. I need help! Can somwonw find her obituary or somthing? thancs or how how can i find it free?

Answer 1

Burial records were often kept by the churches a long time ago.  Call the Chamber of Commerce in Watertown [phone] & request info on who keeps burial records dating back to 1890.  And if it's the Church, see if they can tell you who the current caretaker of the cemetery > there's a name for this, but it escaped me at the moment, the person in charge of records.   Or how you would find the obituary for Fannie.

Edit > just came to me Sexton is the record keeper.  

Good luck