Mrs. Samantha Alice "Alice" Dodge, Well Known Elyria Woman, Passes; Funeral Wednesday
It is our painful duty to record the passing of another pioneer of Valley county, Mrs. Samantha Alice Dodge, a resident of this county for forty one years.
She was taken very ill with heart trouble at the home of her daughter Mrs. Bernard Hoyt of Elyria Sept. 19 and suffered greatly for five weeks until relieved by death.
Alice Johnson was born in Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa., on Aug. 24, 1859 and departed this life on Oct. 24, 1926 at the age of sixty-seven years and two months. She spent her girlhood in Iowa with her parents.
In the year of 1881 she was married to John Adamson who died about eighteen months after their marriage leaving her with an infant son who passed away at the age of Sevn years. In 1885 she came to Valley county to make her home with her older sister and a few months later was untied in marriage to Erwin Dodge who preceded her to the great Beyond six years ago.
To this union five children were born, three sons, Perry, Jackson and William and two daughters, Lottie and Angie. Perry and Angie having passed away in their youth. The surviving children all live at Elyria.
Besides her children she leaves to mourn her loss six grandchildren, one sister Mrs. C.E. Pring of Tacoma, Wash., two brothers, Smith and Scott Johnson of Bondurant, Ia., and a number of other relatives and a host of friends.
In 1911 she was converted and accepted Jesus as her Savior and has always lived a good Christian life. She was a kind and loving wife and mother, always taking a great interest in the welfare of her friends and neighbors. She was always a home loving woman and to know her was to be her friend.
It is our painful duty to record the passing of another pioneer of Valley county, Mrs. Samantha Alice Dodge, a resident of this county for forty one years.
She was taken very ill with heart trouble at the home of her daughter Mrs. Bernard Hoyt of Elyria Sept. 19 and suffered greatly for five weeks until relieved by death.
Alice Johnson was born in Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa., on Aug. 24, 1859 and departed this life on Oct. 24, 1926 at the age of sixty-seven years and two months. She spent her girlhood in Iowa with her parents.
In the year of 1881 she was married to John Adamson who died about eighteen months after their marriage leaving her with an infant son who passed away at the age of Sevn years. In 1885 she came to Valley county to make her home with her older sister and a few months later was untied in marriage to Erwin Dodge who preceded her to the great Beyond six years ago.
To this union five children were born, three sons, Perry, Jackson and William and two daughters, Lottie and Angie. Perry and Angie having passed away in their youth. The surviving children all live at Elyria.
Besides her children she leaves to mourn her loss six grandchildren, one sister Mrs. C.E. Pring of Tacoma, Wash., two brothers, Smith and Scott Johnson of Bondurant, Ia., and a number of other relatives and a host of friends.
In 1911 she was converted and accepted Jesus as her Savior and has always lived a good Christian life. She was a kind and loving wife and mother, always taking a great interest in the welfare of her friends and neighbors. She was always a home loving woman and to know her was to be her friend.
Mrs. Samantha Alice "Alice" Dodge, Well Known Elyria Woman, Passes; Funeral Wednesday
It is our painful duty to record the passing of another pioneer of Valley county, Mrs. Samantha Alice Dodge, a resident of this county for forty one years.
She was taken very ill with heart trouble at the home of her daughter Mrs. Bernard Hoyt of Elyria Sept. 19 and suffered greatly for five weeks until relieved by death.
Alice Johnson was born in Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa., on Aug. 24, 1859 and departed this life on Oct. 24, 1926 at the age of sixty-seven years and two months. She spent her girlhood in Iowa with her parents.
In the year of 1881 she was married to John Adamson who died about eighteen months after their marriage leaving her with an infant son who passed away at the age of Sevn years. In 1885 she came to Valley county to make her home with her older sister and a few months later was untied in marriage to Erwin Dodge who preceded her to the great Beyond six years ago.
To this union five children were born, three sons, Perry, Jackson and William and two daughters, Lottie and Angie. Perry and Angie having passed away in their youth. The surviving children all live at Elyria.
Besides her children she leaves to mourn her loss six grandchildren, one sister Mrs. C.E. Pring of Tacoma, Wash., two brothers, Smith and Scott Johnson of Bondurant, Ia., and a number of other relatives and a host of friends.
In 1911 she was converted and accepted Jesus as her Savior and has always lived a good Christian life. She was a kind and loving wife and mother, always taking a great interest in the welfare of her friends and neighbors. She was always a home loving woman and to know her was to be her friend.
It is our painful duty to record the passing of another pioneer of Valley county, Mrs. Samantha Alice Dodge, a resident of this county for forty one years.
She was taken very ill with heart trouble at the home of her daughter Mrs. Bernard Hoyt of Elyria Sept. 19 and suffered greatly for five weeks until relieved by death.
Alice Johnson was born in Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa., on Aug. 24, 1859 and departed this life on Oct. 24, 1926 at the age of sixty-seven years and two months. She spent her girlhood in Iowa with her parents.
In the year of 1881 she was married to John Adamson who died about eighteen months after their marriage leaving her with an infant son who passed away at the age of Sevn years. In 1885 she came to Valley county to make her home with her older sister and a few months later was untied in marriage to Erwin Dodge who preceded her to the great Beyond six years ago.
To this union five children were born, three sons, Perry, Jackson and William and two daughters, Lottie and Angie. Perry and Angie having passed away in their youth. The surviving children all live at Elyria.
Besides her children she leaves to mourn her loss six grandchildren, one sister Mrs. C.E. Pring of Tacoma, Wash., two brothers, Smith and Scott Johnson of Bondurant, Ia., and a number of other relatives and a host of friends.
In 1911 she was converted and accepted Jesus as her Savior and has always lived a good Christian life. She was a kind and loving wife and mother, always taking a great interest in the welfare of her friends and neighbors. She was always a home loving woman and to know her was to be her friend.
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