January 1912
Grandma Main Dead
Two weeks ago on the 9th of January, Grandma Main celebrated the 80th anniversary of her birth. The occasion was a delightful one, attended by about fifty lady friends. At that time Grandma was at her best and moved among her guests lively and cheerfully, a characteristic of hers during her long life. Little did the guests think at that time, nor did the many friends of the dear old lady realize, that death was so soon to claim this one of our revered citizens.
On January 12th, the coldest day of the season, Mrs. Main went about her morning work as usual, but at noon when the young men boarding with her came home to dinner, they found her lying upon the floor where she had fallen, she having suffered a stroke of paralysis. The fires were out and the room cold. From that time until death she was unconscious part of the time and at no time was she able to articulate, making her wants known by motion. All that could be done availed nothing, and death claimed the life that had made the world better for four score years.
A year ago Mrs Main suffered several weeks’ sickness which made serious inroad on her iron constitution. Since then she had expressed herself ready to pass to the life beyond and it was her desire that when the end came it would not be preceded by a long siege of illness. Hers was a busy life. Her household affairs were always in readiness and when the end came on Saturday morning, January 20, she too was ready to answer the Master’s call and hear the welcome words, “Well done good and faithful servant.”
While we mourn her death, her many acts of kindness will ever live in the memory of the many friends left behind.
Mary Veline Brooks Main was born in Moravia, New York, January 9th, 1831 and married October 5, 1848 to William Main. To this union three children were born, one dying in infancy. The family moved to Dickey County in 1884, locating at Yorktown, and came to Ellendale in 1896. Mr. Main died in 1902. Mrs. Main leaves to mourn her death one sone, Edward H. Main, of Topeka, Kansas, and one daughter, Mrs. Frank Van Middlesworth of Fullerton, several grandchildren and her granddaughter Francis McGinnis, who will hereafter make her home with her grandfather, E.H. Main at Topeka.
The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the home, Mrs. Bobcock of the Christian church preaching a very beautiful sermon, one characteristic and in harmony with the life of the beloved and venerable old lady.
The sincere sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved family in their loss of mother and grandmother. Interment in Ellendale Cemetery.
Grandma Main Dead
Two weeks ago on the 9th of January, Grandma Main celebrated the 80th anniversary of her birth. The occasion was a delightful one, attended by about fifty lady friends. At that time Grandma was at her best and moved among her guests lively and cheerfully, a characteristic of hers during her long life. Little did the guests think at that time, nor did the many friends of the dear old lady realize, that death was so soon to claim this one of our revered citizens.
On January 12th, the coldest day of the season, Mrs. Main went about her morning work as usual, but at noon when the young men boarding with her came home to dinner, they found her lying upon the floor where she had fallen, she having suffered a stroke of paralysis. The fires were out and the room cold. From that time until death she was unconscious part of the time and at no time was she able to articulate, making her wants known by motion. All that could be done availed nothing, and death claimed the life that had made the world better for four score years.
A year ago Mrs Main suffered several weeks’ sickness which made serious inroad on her iron constitution. Since then she had expressed herself ready to pass to the life beyond and it was her desire that when the end came it would not be preceded by a long siege of illness. Hers was a busy life. Her household affairs were always in readiness and when the end came on Saturday morning, January 20, she too was ready to answer the Master’s call and hear the welcome words, “Well done good and faithful servant.”
While we mourn her death, her many acts of kindness will ever live in the memory of the many friends left behind.
Mary Veline Brooks Main was born in Moravia, New York, January 9th, 1831 and married October 5, 1848 to William Main. To this union three children were born, one dying in infancy. The family moved to Dickey County in 1884, locating at Yorktown, and came to Ellendale in 1896. Mr. Main died in 1902. Mrs. Main leaves to mourn her death one sone, Edward H. Main, of Topeka, Kansas, and one daughter, Mrs. Frank Van Middlesworth of Fullerton, several grandchildren and her granddaughter Francis McGinnis, who will hereafter make her home with her grandfather, E.H. Main at Topeka.
The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the home, Mrs. Bobcock of the Christian church preaching a very beautiful sermon, one characteristic and in harmony with the life of the beloved and venerable old lady.
The sincere sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved family in their loss of mother and grandmother. Interment in Ellendale Cemetery.
January 1912
Grandma Main Dead
Two weeks ago on the 9th of January, Grandma Main celebrated the 80th anniversary of her birth. The occasion was a delightful one, attended by about fifty lady friends. At that time Grandma was at her best and moved among her guests lively and cheerfully, a characteristic of hers during her long life. Little did the guests think at that time, nor did the many friends of the dear old lady realize, that death was so soon to claim this one of our revered citizens.
On January 12th, the coldest day of the season, Mrs. Main went about her morning work as usual, but at noon when the young men boarding with her came home to dinner, they found her lying upon the floor where she had fallen, she having suffered a stroke of paralysis. The fires were out and the room cold. From that time until death she was unconscious part of the time and at no time was she able to articulate, making her wants known by motion. All that could be done availed nothing, and death claimed the life that had made the world better for four score years.
A year ago Mrs Main suffered several weeks’ sickness which made serious inroad on her iron constitution. Since then she had expressed herself ready to pass to the life beyond and it was her desire that when the end came it would not be preceded by a long siege of illness. Hers was a busy life. Her household affairs were always in readiness and when the end came on Saturday morning, January 20, she too was ready to answer the Master’s call and hear the welcome words, “Well done good and faithful servant.”
While we mourn her death, her many acts of kindness will ever live in the memory of the many friends left behind.
Mary Veline Brooks Main was born in Moravia, New York, January 9th, 1831 and married October 5, 1848 to William Main. To this union three children were born, one dying in infancy. The family moved to Dickey County in 1884, locating at Yorktown, and came to Ellendale in 1896. Mr. Main died in 1902. Mrs. Main leaves to mourn her death one sone, Edward H. Main, of Topeka, Kansas, and one daughter, Mrs. Frank Van Middlesworth of Fullerton, several grandchildren and her granddaughter Francis McGinnis, who will hereafter make her home with her grandfather, E.H. Main at Topeka.
The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the home, Mrs. Bobcock of the Christian church preaching a very beautiful sermon, one characteristic and in harmony with the life of the beloved and venerable old lady.
The sincere sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved family in their loss of mother and grandmother. Interment in Ellendale Cemetery.
Grandma Main Dead
Two weeks ago on the 9th of January, Grandma Main celebrated the 80th anniversary of her birth. The occasion was a delightful one, attended by about fifty lady friends. At that time Grandma was at her best and moved among her guests lively and cheerfully, a characteristic of hers during her long life. Little did the guests think at that time, nor did the many friends of the dear old lady realize, that death was so soon to claim this one of our revered citizens.
On January 12th, the coldest day of the season, Mrs. Main went about her morning work as usual, but at noon when the young men boarding with her came home to dinner, they found her lying upon the floor where she had fallen, she having suffered a stroke of paralysis. The fires were out and the room cold. From that time until death she was unconscious part of the time and at no time was she able to articulate, making her wants known by motion. All that could be done availed nothing, and death claimed the life that had made the world better for four score years.
A year ago Mrs Main suffered several weeks’ sickness which made serious inroad on her iron constitution. Since then she had expressed herself ready to pass to the life beyond and it was her desire that when the end came it would not be preceded by a long siege of illness. Hers was a busy life. Her household affairs were always in readiness and when the end came on Saturday morning, January 20, she too was ready to answer the Master’s call and hear the welcome words, “Well done good and faithful servant.”
While we mourn her death, her many acts of kindness will ever live in the memory of the many friends left behind.
Mary Veline Brooks Main was born in Moravia, New York, January 9th, 1831 and married October 5, 1848 to William Main. To this union three children were born, one dying in infancy. The family moved to Dickey County in 1884, locating at Yorktown, and came to Ellendale in 1896. Mr. Main died in 1902. Mrs. Main leaves to mourn her death one sone, Edward H. Main, of Topeka, Kansas, and one daughter, Mrs. Frank Van Middlesworth of Fullerton, several grandchildren and her granddaughter Francis McGinnis, who will hereafter make her home with her grandfather, E.H. Main at Topeka.
The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the home, Mrs. Bobcock of the Christian church preaching a very beautiful sermon, one characteristic and in harmony with the life of the beloved and venerable old lady.
The sincere sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved family in their loss of mother and grandmother. Interment in Ellendale Cemetery.
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