Early Pioneer in Homer
Funeral Services Were Held Sunday at Methodist Church
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August 28, 1931
Funeral services for Mrs. S. H. Sylvester were held Sunday afternoon at four o’clock from the Methodist church with Rev. L. S. Ellison, pastor, officiating. Interment was at G. A. R. cemetery. Pall bearers were Jos. C. V. Taylor; Oscar Henderson; Chester Davis: Wm. Heppe; Reimus Bashun and Tony Kliess, the latter two from Tuscola.
Flower bearers were Mrs. Nellie McPherren; Misses Jean Harte; Mary and Hortense Hopkins; Anna Taylor and Alma Henderson. Mrs. Sylvester became poorly while at Coatsville, Mo., visiting her daughter, Mrs. S. W. Hurliman and family. She returned last week with another daughter, Mrs. R. R. Creed and husband, to Tuscola to spend a few days. It was there last Friday that she suddenly passed away, death being due to a heart attack. She was ill but a short while passing away at nine o’clock that morning. Rev. Ellison read the following obituary at the funeral service: Martha Bell Norton, the youngest daughter of the Rev. Stephen and Jan Norton, a pioneer Methodist preacher; was born near Perrysville, Indiana, April 20, 1855 and departed this life at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Helene Creed, near Villa Grove on Friday morning, August 28. She came with her parents to Danville when she was but five years of age, where she grew to womanhood and gave some ten years to school teaching in Vermilion county. She was united in marriage with Wm. H. Sylvester in 1880 and they located on the farm near Lost Grove where she spent most of her life and reared her family. To this union there were born four children, two sons and two daughters, one of the sons, Fred, died in infancy.
She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and was strong in her faith until she passed on to her reward. She is survived b y one son and two daughters, Mrs. Lelia Hurliman of Coatsville, Mo; E. B. Sylvester of Homer and Mrs. Helene Creed of Tuscola; 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild; three brothers and one sister, S. W. Norton of Washington D. C.; H. G. Norton of Springfield, Ill., A. E. Norton of Tusa, Oklahoma and Mrs. Mary Wade of Flora, Kansas, with other relatives and friends. Among those from out of town attending the funeral were John Mendenhall and wife, Fred Spicer and family and Ben Jones and family of Georgetown; Jas. Gorham, Quaker, Indiana; Mrs. John Cheney and daughters of Sidell; Horace Norton from Springfield and Charles Hurliman and family of Cissna Park. (transcribed by Homer Historical Society)
Funeral Services Were Held Sunday at Methodist Church
(newspaper unknown)
August 28, 1931
Funeral services for Mrs. S. H. Sylvester were held Sunday afternoon at four o’clock from the Methodist church with Rev. L. S. Ellison, pastor, officiating. Interment was at G. A. R. cemetery. Pall bearers were Jos. C. V. Taylor; Oscar Henderson; Chester Davis: Wm. Heppe; Reimus Bashun and Tony Kliess, the latter two from Tuscola.
Flower bearers were Mrs. Nellie McPherren; Misses Jean Harte; Mary and Hortense Hopkins; Anna Taylor and Alma Henderson. Mrs. Sylvester became poorly while at Coatsville, Mo., visiting her daughter, Mrs. S. W. Hurliman and family. She returned last week with another daughter, Mrs. R. R. Creed and husband, to Tuscola to spend a few days. It was there last Friday that she suddenly passed away, death being due to a heart attack. She was ill but a short while passing away at nine o’clock that morning. Rev. Ellison read the following obituary at the funeral service: Martha Bell Norton, the youngest daughter of the Rev. Stephen and Jan Norton, a pioneer Methodist preacher; was born near Perrysville, Indiana, April 20, 1855 and departed this life at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Helene Creed, near Villa Grove on Friday morning, August 28. She came with her parents to Danville when she was but five years of age, where she grew to womanhood and gave some ten years to school teaching in Vermilion county. She was united in marriage with Wm. H. Sylvester in 1880 and they located on the farm near Lost Grove where she spent most of her life and reared her family. To this union there were born four children, two sons and two daughters, one of the sons, Fred, died in infancy.
She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and was strong in her faith until she passed on to her reward. She is survived b y one son and two daughters, Mrs. Lelia Hurliman of Coatsville, Mo; E. B. Sylvester of Homer and Mrs. Helene Creed of Tuscola; 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild; three brothers and one sister, S. W. Norton of Washington D. C.; H. G. Norton of Springfield, Ill., A. E. Norton of Tusa, Oklahoma and Mrs. Mary Wade of Flora, Kansas, with other relatives and friends. Among those from out of town attending the funeral were John Mendenhall and wife, Fred Spicer and family and Ben Jones and family of Georgetown; Jas. Gorham, Quaker, Indiana; Mrs. John Cheney and daughters of Sidell; Horace Norton from Springfield and Charles Hurliman and family of Cissna Park. (transcribed by Homer Historical Society)
Early Pioneer in Homer
Funeral Services Were Held Sunday at Methodist Church
(newspaper unknown)
August 28, 1931
Funeral services for Mrs. S. H. Sylvester were held Sunday afternoon at four o’clock from the Methodist church with Rev. L. S. Ellison, pastor, officiating. Interment was at G. A. R. cemetery. Pall bearers were Jos. C. V. Taylor; Oscar Henderson; Chester Davis: Wm. Heppe; Reimus Bashun and Tony Kliess, the latter two from Tuscola.
Flower bearers were Mrs. Nellie McPherren; Misses Jean Harte; Mary and Hortense Hopkins; Anna Taylor and Alma Henderson. Mrs. Sylvester became poorly while at Coatsville, Mo., visiting her daughter, Mrs. S. W. Hurliman and family. She returned last week with another daughter, Mrs. R. R. Creed and husband, to Tuscola to spend a few days. It was there last Friday that she suddenly passed away, death being due to a heart attack. She was ill but a short while passing away at nine o’clock that morning. Rev. Ellison read the following obituary at the funeral service: Martha Bell Norton, the youngest daughter of the Rev. Stephen and Jan Norton, a pioneer Methodist preacher; was born near Perrysville, Indiana, April 20, 1855 and departed this life at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Helene Creed, near Villa Grove on Friday morning, August 28. She came with her parents to Danville when she was but five years of age, where she grew to womanhood and gave some ten years to school teaching in Vermilion county. She was united in marriage with Wm. H. Sylvester in 1880 and they located on the farm near Lost Grove where she spent most of her life and reared her family. To this union there were born four children, two sons and two daughters, one of the sons, Fred, died in infancy.
She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and was strong in her faith until she passed on to her reward. She is survived b y one son and two daughters, Mrs. Lelia Hurliman of Coatsville, Mo; E. B. Sylvester of Homer and Mrs. Helene Creed of Tuscola; 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild; three brothers and one sister, S. W. Norton of Washington D. C.; H. G. Norton of Springfield, Ill., A. E. Norton of Tusa, Oklahoma and Mrs. Mary Wade of Flora, Kansas, with other relatives and friends. Among those from out of town attending the funeral were John Mendenhall and wife, Fred Spicer and family and Ben Jones and family of Georgetown; Jas. Gorham, Quaker, Indiana; Mrs. John Cheney and daughters of Sidell; Horace Norton from Springfield and Charles Hurliman and family of Cissna Park. (transcribed by Homer Historical Society)
Funeral Services Were Held Sunday at Methodist Church
(newspaper unknown)
August 28, 1931
Funeral services for Mrs. S. H. Sylvester were held Sunday afternoon at four o’clock from the Methodist church with Rev. L. S. Ellison, pastor, officiating. Interment was at G. A. R. cemetery. Pall bearers were Jos. C. V. Taylor; Oscar Henderson; Chester Davis: Wm. Heppe; Reimus Bashun and Tony Kliess, the latter two from Tuscola.
Flower bearers were Mrs. Nellie McPherren; Misses Jean Harte; Mary and Hortense Hopkins; Anna Taylor and Alma Henderson. Mrs. Sylvester became poorly while at Coatsville, Mo., visiting her daughter, Mrs. S. W. Hurliman and family. She returned last week with another daughter, Mrs. R. R. Creed and husband, to Tuscola to spend a few days. It was there last Friday that she suddenly passed away, death being due to a heart attack. She was ill but a short while passing away at nine o’clock that morning. Rev. Ellison read the following obituary at the funeral service: Martha Bell Norton, the youngest daughter of the Rev. Stephen and Jan Norton, a pioneer Methodist preacher; was born near Perrysville, Indiana, April 20, 1855 and departed this life at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Helene Creed, near Villa Grove on Friday morning, August 28. She came with her parents to Danville when she was but five years of age, where she grew to womanhood and gave some ten years to school teaching in Vermilion county. She was united in marriage with Wm. H. Sylvester in 1880 and they located on the farm near Lost Grove where she spent most of her life and reared her family. To this union there were born four children, two sons and two daughters, one of the sons, Fred, died in infancy.
She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and was strong in her faith until she passed on to her reward. She is survived b y one son and two daughters, Mrs. Lelia Hurliman of Coatsville, Mo; E. B. Sylvester of Homer and Mrs. Helene Creed of Tuscola; 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild; three brothers and one sister, S. W. Norton of Washington D. C.; H. G. Norton of Springfield, Ill., A. E. Norton of Tusa, Oklahoma and Mrs. Mary Wade of Flora, Kansas, with other relatives and friends. Among those from out of town attending the funeral were John Mendenhall and wife, Fred Spicer and family and Ben Jones and family of Georgetown; Jas. Gorham, Quaker, Indiana; Mrs. John Cheney and daughters of Sidell; Horace Norton from Springfield and Charles Hurliman and family of Cissna Park. (transcribed by Homer Historical Society)
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