CONWELL, LUTICIA CAMPSODELL *DELLA*--Luticia Campsodell Brown, daughter of James Edward and Henrietta McClaffin Brown, was born in Gallia county, Ohio, December 14, 1858.
In 1871 she came with her parents to Nebraska, locating at union, in Cass county. There the mother died in 1873. The next spring she and the family came to Fillmore county, and here September 8, 1877, she was married to McKinsie Conwell, a Civil War veteran. To this union was born one son, Albert Brady, who died at the age of nine months.
For a few years after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Conwell lived in or Geneva. Then they moved north of Grafton, where they operated the Fillmore mill. Leaving there a year was spent in Creighton, Neb., and then they moved to Panoia, Col., where Mr. Conwell died April 8, 1906.
Mrs. Conwell then came back to Geneva. A year later she went to Lincoln, Neb., where for twelve years she was a housekeeper in the home of Mr. and Mrs. I. Nathan. The next four years were spent in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Miller. In 1923 Mrs. Conwell came to make her home with her sister, Mrs. M. M. Yates, near Geneva. Three years later the sisters made their only trip back to Ohio to visit their childhood home.
Having no family of her own, Mrs. Conwell gave her life in service to others. When her sister, Mrs. A. C. Tucker, and
Mr. Tucker became ill, she cared for them faithfully and unselfishly until the end. Later she performed the same service for their daughter. She also helped care for her brother-in-law, Steve Westhafer, during his final illness, and only recently had spent more than a year cheerfully assisting in the care of Mrs. Westhafer. To her nieces and nephews, she was a second mother.
In 1906 Mrs. Conwell gave her heart to Christ and united with the Christian church in Geneva, of which she had since been a faithful member.
At her home Friday morning, after a short illness, she quietly fell asleep, to waken on the shining shore, having reached the age of 82 years, 10 months, and 10 days. Poor hearing since childhood had been an affliction patiently born, but the voice of the Savior, saying "well done thou good and faithful servant" will be doubly beautiful to her ears.
She leaves to mourn her passing one sister, Mrs. M. M. Yates of Geneva, one brother, J. S. Brown of Ohiowa, two sister-in-law, Mrs. Jennie Brown of Payette, Idaho, and Mrs. Jennie Westhafer of Lincoln, six nieces and six nephews, numerous other relatives and a host of friends. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, two brothers, and two half-brothers. She will be sorely missed, but we know she is happy with her Savior and the loved ones gone before.
Mrs. Conwell knew the toils and privations of pioneer life. She was, as a tiny child, the beloved father going forth to fight in defense of his country. She saw this country go through the horrors of three wars, and the beginning of a fourth, grasshopper hordes, of drouths, blizzards, panics and depressions. Only those who have experienced these things can appreciate the lives of these builders of our state. But it was through the efforts of this dear one and others like her, making the most of what they had, that we can enjoy the comforts that we have today.
The funeral was held at the late home Sunday, October 26, at 2:30 conducted by Gardner Miller, pastor of the Christian church at York.
A mixed quartet, Mrs. A. H. Elder, Mrs. Clarence Newman, Howard Hamilton, and Edgar Miller sang "Jesus Lover of My Soul" and "Abide With Me."
Interment was in the Geneva cemetery.
Those from a distance who attended the services were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yates of North Pomona, Cal., Miss Helen Yates of Denver, Joseph Yates of Julesburg, Col, Junior Yates of Chappell, Neb., and Mr. and Mrs. Ira Miller of Lincoln.
The Nebraska Signal Oct. 30, 1941 page 1.
In 1871 she came with her parents to Nebraska, locating at union, in Cass county. There the mother died in 1873. The next spring she and the family came to Fillmore county, and here September 8, 1877, she was married to McKinsie Conwell, a Civil War veteran. To this union was born one son, Albert Brady, who died at the age of nine months.
For a few years after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Conwell lived in or Geneva. Then they moved north of Grafton, where they operated the Fillmore mill. Leaving there a year was spent in Creighton, Neb., and then they moved to Panoia, Col., where Mr. Conwell died April 8, 1906.
Mrs. Conwell then came back to Geneva. A year later she went to Lincoln, Neb., where for twelve years she was a housekeeper in the home of Mr. and Mrs. I. Nathan. The next four years were spent in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Miller. In 1923 Mrs. Conwell came to make her home with her sister, Mrs. M. M. Yates, near Geneva. Three years later the sisters made their only trip back to Ohio to visit their childhood home.
Having no family of her own, Mrs. Conwell gave her life in service to others. When her sister, Mrs. A. C. Tucker, and
Mr. Tucker became ill, she cared for them faithfully and unselfishly until the end. Later she performed the same service for their daughter. She also helped care for her brother-in-law, Steve Westhafer, during his final illness, and only recently had spent more than a year cheerfully assisting in the care of Mrs. Westhafer. To her nieces and nephews, she was a second mother.
In 1906 Mrs. Conwell gave her heart to Christ and united with the Christian church in Geneva, of which she had since been a faithful member.
At her home Friday morning, after a short illness, she quietly fell asleep, to waken on the shining shore, having reached the age of 82 years, 10 months, and 10 days. Poor hearing since childhood had been an affliction patiently born, but the voice of the Savior, saying "well done thou good and faithful servant" will be doubly beautiful to her ears.
She leaves to mourn her passing one sister, Mrs. M. M. Yates of Geneva, one brother, J. S. Brown of Ohiowa, two sister-in-law, Mrs. Jennie Brown of Payette, Idaho, and Mrs. Jennie Westhafer of Lincoln, six nieces and six nephews, numerous other relatives and a host of friends. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, two brothers, and two half-brothers. She will be sorely missed, but we know she is happy with her Savior and the loved ones gone before.
Mrs. Conwell knew the toils and privations of pioneer life. She was, as a tiny child, the beloved father going forth to fight in defense of his country. She saw this country go through the horrors of three wars, and the beginning of a fourth, grasshopper hordes, of drouths, blizzards, panics and depressions. Only those who have experienced these things can appreciate the lives of these builders of our state. But it was through the efforts of this dear one and others like her, making the most of what they had, that we can enjoy the comforts that we have today.
The funeral was held at the late home Sunday, October 26, at 2:30 conducted by Gardner Miller, pastor of the Christian church at York.
A mixed quartet, Mrs. A. H. Elder, Mrs. Clarence Newman, Howard Hamilton, and Edgar Miller sang "Jesus Lover of My Soul" and "Abide With Me."
Interment was in the Geneva cemetery.
Those from a distance who attended the services were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yates of North Pomona, Cal., Miss Helen Yates of Denver, Joseph Yates of Julesburg, Col, Junior Yates of Chappell, Neb., and Mr. and Mrs. Ira Miller of Lincoln.
The Nebraska Signal Oct. 30, 1941 page 1.
CONWELL, LUTICIA CAMPSODELL *DELLA*--Luticia Campsodell Brown, daughter of James Edward and Henrietta McClaffin Brown, was born in Gallia county, Ohio, December 14, 1858.
In 1871 she came with her parents to Nebraska, locating at union, in Cass county. There the mother died in 1873. The next spring she and the family came to Fillmore county, and here September 8, 1877, she was married to McKinsie Conwell, a Civil War veteran. To this union was born one son, Albert Brady, who died at the age of nine months.
For a few years after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Conwell lived in or Geneva. Then they moved north of Grafton, where they operated the Fillmore mill. Leaving there a year was spent in Creighton, Neb., and then they moved to Panoia, Col., where Mr. Conwell died April 8, 1906.
Mrs. Conwell then came back to Geneva. A year later she went to Lincoln, Neb., where for twelve years she was a housekeeper in the home of Mr. and Mrs. I. Nathan. The next four years were spent in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Miller. In 1923 Mrs. Conwell came to make her home with her sister, Mrs. M. M. Yates, near Geneva. Three years later the sisters made their only trip back to Ohio to visit their childhood home.
Having no family of her own, Mrs. Conwell gave her life in service to others. When her sister, Mrs. A. C. Tucker, and
Mr. Tucker became ill, she cared for them faithfully and unselfishly until the end. Later she performed the same service for their daughter. She also helped care for her brother-in-law, Steve Westhafer, during his final illness, and only recently had spent more than a year cheerfully assisting in the care of Mrs. Westhafer. To her nieces and nephews, she was a second mother.
In 1906 Mrs. Conwell gave her heart to Christ and united with the Christian church in Geneva, of which she had since been a faithful member.
At her home Friday morning, after a short illness, she quietly fell asleep, to waken on the shining shore, having reached the age of 82 years, 10 months, and 10 days. Poor hearing since childhood had been an affliction patiently born, but the voice of the Savior, saying "well done thou good and faithful servant" will be doubly beautiful to her ears.
She leaves to mourn her passing one sister, Mrs. M. M. Yates of Geneva, one brother, J. S. Brown of Ohiowa, two sister-in-law, Mrs. Jennie Brown of Payette, Idaho, and Mrs. Jennie Westhafer of Lincoln, six nieces and six nephews, numerous other relatives and a host of friends. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, two brothers, and two half-brothers. She will be sorely missed, but we know she is happy with her Savior and the loved ones gone before.
Mrs. Conwell knew the toils and privations of pioneer life. She was, as a tiny child, the beloved father going forth to fight in defense of his country. She saw this country go through the horrors of three wars, and the beginning of a fourth, grasshopper hordes, of drouths, blizzards, panics and depressions. Only those who have experienced these things can appreciate the lives of these builders of our state. But it was through the efforts of this dear one and others like her, making the most of what they had, that we can enjoy the comforts that we have today.
The funeral was held at the late home Sunday, October 26, at 2:30 conducted by Gardner Miller, pastor of the Christian church at York.
A mixed quartet, Mrs. A. H. Elder, Mrs. Clarence Newman, Howard Hamilton, and Edgar Miller sang "Jesus Lover of My Soul" and "Abide With Me."
Interment was in the Geneva cemetery.
Those from a distance who attended the services were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yates of North Pomona, Cal., Miss Helen Yates of Denver, Joseph Yates of Julesburg, Col, Junior Yates of Chappell, Neb., and Mr. and Mrs. Ira Miller of Lincoln.
The Nebraska Signal Oct. 30, 1941 page 1.
In 1871 she came with her parents to Nebraska, locating at union, in Cass county. There the mother died in 1873. The next spring she and the family came to Fillmore county, and here September 8, 1877, she was married to McKinsie Conwell, a Civil War veteran. To this union was born one son, Albert Brady, who died at the age of nine months.
For a few years after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Conwell lived in or Geneva. Then they moved north of Grafton, where they operated the Fillmore mill. Leaving there a year was spent in Creighton, Neb., and then they moved to Panoia, Col., where Mr. Conwell died April 8, 1906.
Mrs. Conwell then came back to Geneva. A year later she went to Lincoln, Neb., where for twelve years she was a housekeeper in the home of Mr. and Mrs. I. Nathan. The next four years were spent in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Miller. In 1923 Mrs. Conwell came to make her home with her sister, Mrs. M. M. Yates, near Geneva. Three years later the sisters made their only trip back to Ohio to visit their childhood home.
Having no family of her own, Mrs. Conwell gave her life in service to others. When her sister, Mrs. A. C. Tucker, and
Mr. Tucker became ill, she cared for them faithfully and unselfishly until the end. Later she performed the same service for their daughter. She also helped care for her brother-in-law, Steve Westhafer, during his final illness, and only recently had spent more than a year cheerfully assisting in the care of Mrs. Westhafer. To her nieces and nephews, she was a second mother.
In 1906 Mrs. Conwell gave her heart to Christ and united with the Christian church in Geneva, of which she had since been a faithful member.
At her home Friday morning, after a short illness, she quietly fell asleep, to waken on the shining shore, having reached the age of 82 years, 10 months, and 10 days. Poor hearing since childhood had been an affliction patiently born, but the voice of the Savior, saying "well done thou good and faithful servant" will be doubly beautiful to her ears.
She leaves to mourn her passing one sister, Mrs. M. M. Yates of Geneva, one brother, J. S. Brown of Ohiowa, two sister-in-law, Mrs. Jennie Brown of Payette, Idaho, and Mrs. Jennie Westhafer of Lincoln, six nieces and six nephews, numerous other relatives and a host of friends. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, two brothers, and two half-brothers. She will be sorely missed, but we know she is happy with her Savior and the loved ones gone before.
Mrs. Conwell knew the toils and privations of pioneer life. She was, as a tiny child, the beloved father going forth to fight in defense of his country. She saw this country go through the horrors of three wars, and the beginning of a fourth, grasshopper hordes, of drouths, blizzards, panics and depressions. Only those who have experienced these things can appreciate the lives of these builders of our state. But it was through the efforts of this dear one and others like her, making the most of what they had, that we can enjoy the comforts that we have today.
The funeral was held at the late home Sunday, October 26, at 2:30 conducted by Gardner Miller, pastor of the Christian church at York.
A mixed quartet, Mrs. A. H. Elder, Mrs. Clarence Newman, Howard Hamilton, and Edgar Miller sang "Jesus Lover of My Soul" and "Abide With Me."
Interment was in the Geneva cemetery.
Those from a distance who attended the services were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yates of North Pomona, Cal., Miss Helen Yates of Denver, Joseph Yates of Julesburg, Col, Junior Yates of Chappell, Neb., and Mr. and Mrs. Ira Miller of Lincoln.
The Nebraska Signal Oct. 30, 1941 page 1.
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