"My grandmother lived in Lewistown, and when I was visiting her I would sometimes go and spend an afternoon at Tillie's house. There was a berry bush across the alley from her house, and my sister and I used to pick berries there, eating more than we brought back!
What always strikes me about Tillie is her strength and fortitude. In 1910, she lost both her husband and her mother. Two years later, her son Herbert fell of the roof of the barn and broke his arm. The bone penetrated the skin, and wound became infected. He died in the hospital a few days later at the age of 12. Her second marriage, to Charles Henry Smith, lasted only a couple of years. I don't have a marriage date, but she was single in the 1920 census, and he died in 1922, so they could only have been together for a year or two. By the last time I saw her, about three years before she died, she had buried another son, my grandfather Ray H. Aurand. Yet she was always upbeat and positive in her outlook. I remember once when my grandmother and I were shopping and Tillie came down the street in her widow's weeds just as spry as you could imagine".
- Thank you to "rasherer" of Ancestry for sharing the above memories of Tillie.
Matilda Scott Brindel Smith, 83 of McClure RD1 a former resident of 75 N. Pine St died unexpectedly of heart seizure Saturday at 2:30pm while visiting Mrs. Rhoda Warner at Belleville.
Mrs. Smith had suffered a heart ailment for several years.
She was born at Petersburg Sept 19, 1874 a daughter of the last Henry & Amanda Scott Brindel.
She was twice married first to Harry G. Aurand then to Charles Smith. Both are dead.
Surviving are 2 children: Mrs. C. W. (Linnette) Stephen of Parkersburg, W. Va. and Harry G. Aurand of McClure, RD 1; 2 step brothers Arthur Aurand, 130 N Walnut St. & Ralph Aurand of Ferguson Valley; 4 grandchildren & 8 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Smith was a member of the Calvary Bible Church & the Loyal Women Sunday school class.
Funeral service will be held in the Barchus & Hoenstine Funeral Home Tuesday at 2pm in charge of Rev Harold Snider.
Interment William Lind Mem. Cemetery.
From the Lewistown Sentinel - 1958.
*** FOOTNOTE - the surname Brindel if more commonly found spelled in this line, "Brindle".
What always strikes me about Tillie is her strength and fortitude. In 1910, she lost both her husband and her mother. Two years later, her son Herbert fell of the roof of the barn and broke his arm. The bone penetrated the skin, and wound became infected. He died in the hospital a few days later at the age of 12. Her second marriage, to Charles Henry Smith, lasted only a couple of years. I don't have a marriage date, but she was single in the 1920 census, and he died in 1922, so they could only have been together for a year or two. By the last time I saw her, about three years before she died, she had buried another son, my grandfather Ray H. Aurand. Yet she was always upbeat and positive in her outlook. I remember once when my grandmother and I were shopping and Tillie came down the street in her widow's weeds just as spry as you could imagine".
- Thank you to "rasherer" of Ancestry for sharing the above memories of Tillie.
Matilda Scott Brindel Smith, 83 of McClure RD1 a former resident of 75 N. Pine St died unexpectedly of heart seizure Saturday at 2:30pm while visiting Mrs. Rhoda Warner at Belleville.
Mrs. Smith had suffered a heart ailment for several years.
She was born at Petersburg Sept 19, 1874 a daughter of the last Henry & Amanda Scott Brindel.
She was twice married first to Harry G. Aurand then to Charles Smith. Both are dead.
Surviving are 2 children: Mrs. C. W. (Linnette) Stephen of Parkersburg, W. Va. and Harry G. Aurand of McClure, RD 1; 2 step brothers Arthur Aurand, 130 N Walnut St. & Ralph Aurand of Ferguson Valley; 4 grandchildren & 8 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Smith was a member of the Calvary Bible Church & the Loyal Women Sunday school class.
Funeral service will be held in the Barchus & Hoenstine Funeral Home Tuesday at 2pm in charge of Rev Harold Snider.
Interment William Lind Mem. Cemetery.
From the Lewistown Sentinel - 1958.
*** FOOTNOTE - the surname Brindel if more commonly found spelled in this line, "Brindle".
"My grandmother lived in Lewistown, and when I was visiting her I would sometimes go and spend an afternoon at Tillie's house. There was a berry bush across the alley from her house, and my sister and I used to pick berries there, eating more than we brought back!
What always strikes me about Tillie is her strength and fortitude. In 1910, she lost both her husband and her mother. Two years later, her son Herbert fell of the roof of the barn and broke his arm. The bone penetrated the skin, and wound became infected. He died in the hospital a few days later at the age of 12. Her second marriage, to Charles Henry Smith, lasted only a couple of years. I don't have a marriage date, but she was single in the 1920 census, and he died in 1922, so they could only have been together for a year or two. By the last time I saw her, about three years before she died, she had buried another son, my grandfather Ray H. Aurand. Yet she was always upbeat and positive in her outlook. I remember once when my grandmother and I were shopping and Tillie came down the street in her widow's weeds just as spry as you could imagine".
- Thank you to "rasherer" of Ancestry for sharing the above memories of Tillie.
Matilda Scott Brindel Smith, 83 of McClure RD1 a former resident of 75 N. Pine St died unexpectedly of heart seizure Saturday at 2:30pm while visiting Mrs. Rhoda Warner at Belleville.
Mrs. Smith had suffered a heart ailment for several years.
She was born at Petersburg Sept 19, 1874 a daughter of the last Henry & Amanda Scott Brindel.
She was twice married first to Harry G. Aurand then to Charles Smith. Both are dead.
Surviving are 2 children: Mrs. C. W. (Linnette) Stephen of Parkersburg, W. Va. and Harry G. Aurand of McClure, RD 1; 2 step brothers Arthur Aurand, 130 N Walnut St. & Ralph Aurand of Ferguson Valley; 4 grandchildren & 8 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Smith was a member of the Calvary Bible Church & the Loyal Women Sunday school class.
Funeral service will be held in the Barchus & Hoenstine Funeral Home Tuesday at 2pm in charge of Rev Harold Snider.
Interment William Lind Mem. Cemetery.
From the Lewistown Sentinel - 1958.
*** FOOTNOTE - the surname Brindel if more commonly found spelled in this line, "Brindle".
What always strikes me about Tillie is her strength and fortitude. In 1910, she lost both her husband and her mother. Two years later, her son Herbert fell of the roof of the barn and broke his arm. The bone penetrated the skin, and wound became infected. He died in the hospital a few days later at the age of 12. Her second marriage, to Charles Henry Smith, lasted only a couple of years. I don't have a marriage date, but she was single in the 1920 census, and he died in 1922, so they could only have been together for a year or two. By the last time I saw her, about three years before she died, she had buried another son, my grandfather Ray H. Aurand. Yet she was always upbeat and positive in her outlook. I remember once when my grandmother and I were shopping and Tillie came down the street in her widow's weeds just as spry as you could imagine".
- Thank you to "rasherer" of Ancestry for sharing the above memories of Tillie.
Matilda Scott Brindel Smith, 83 of McClure RD1 a former resident of 75 N. Pine St died unexpectedly of heart seizure Saturday at 2:30pm while visiting Mrs. Rhoda Warner at Belleville.
Mrs. Smith had suffered a heart ailment for several years.
She was born at Petersburg Sept 19, 1874 a daughter of the last Henry & Amanda Scott Brindel.
She was twice married first to Harry G. Aurand then to Charles Smith. Both are dead.
Surviving are 2 children: Mrs. C. W. (Linnette) Stephen of Parkersburg, W. Va. and Harry G. Aurand of McClure, RD 1; 2 step brothers Arthur Aurand, 130 N Walnut St. & Ralph Aurand of Ferguson Valley; 4 grandchildren & 8 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Smith was a member of the Calvary Bible Church & the Loyal Women Sunday school class.
Funeral service will be held in the Barchus & Hoenstine Funeral Home Tuesday at 2pm in charge of Rev Harold Snider.
Interment William Lind Mem. Cemetery.
From the Lewistown Sentinel - 1958.
*** FOOTNOTE - the surname Brindel if more commonly found spelled in this line, "Brindle".
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