Published in The Rochester (IN) News-Sentinel Tuesday, April 8, 1930
Mrs. Ella MAXWELL STEPHENSON, wife of Rome C. STEPHENSON, former prominent resident of Rochester, died in Epworth Hospital at South Bend at 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon following a week's illness. Mrs. Stephenson had suffered only a few days from a cerebral disorder and passed away following an operation performed to save her life. Up until her illness which was unexpected she had been enjoying good health and had recently returned to her home in South Bend after spending the winter in Florida with her close friend, Mrs. Catherine BRACKETT, of Rochester.
Mrs. Stephenson was born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, July 19, 1865, the daughter of J. A. and Martha EDWARDS MAXWELL. She was married on October 16, 1880 to Rome C. Stephenson, of Rochester, and the couple made their home in this city where he was an attorney and banker. The Stephensons both were leaders in the social and business activities of the city and had a beautiful residence here. Two sons were born and spent their boyhood here, they being Joseph Maxwell STEPHENSON, now publisher of the South Bend News-Times and Hugh R. STEPHENSON, connected with the St. Joseph Loan and Trust Co., of South Bend.
In 1907 the Stephenson family moved to South Bend where Mr. Stephenson became an official in and later president of the St. Joseph Loan and Trust Company.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Progress Club and the Wednesday Club at South Bend.
She is survived by her husband, her two sons, a granddaughter, a brother, J. E. MAXWELL of Upper Sandusky, and two sisters, Mrs. Frederick KENAN of Upper Sandusky and Mrs. N. G. DAVENPORT of Dayton, Ohio.
Funeral services will be held at the home Thursday afternoon at three o'clock. The family will then take the remains to Upper Sandusky where burial will be made in the family burial plot. A number of Mrs. Stephenson's friends from Rochester will attend the funeral.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1930
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Mrs. Ella MAXWELL STEPHENSON, wife of Rome C. STEPHENSON, former prominent resident of Rochester, died in Epworth Hospital at South Bend at 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon following a week's illness. Mrs. Stephenson had suffered only a few days from a cerebral disorder and passed away following an operation performed to save her life. Up until her illness which was unexpected she had been enjoying good health and had recently returned to her home in South Bend after spending the winter in Florida with her close friend, Mrs. Catherine BRACKETT, of Rochester.
Mrs. Stephenson was born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, July 19, 1865, the daughter of J. A. and Martha EDWARDS MAXWELL. She was married on October 16, 1880 to Rome C. Stephenson, of Rochester, and the couple made their home in this city where he was an attorney and banker. The Stephensons both were leaders in the social and business activities of the city and had a beautiful residence here. Two sons were born and spent their boyhood here, they being Joseph Maxwell STEPHENSON, now publisher of the South Bend News-Times and Hugh R. STEPHENSON, connected with the St. Joseph Loan and Trust Co., of South Bend.
In 1907 the Stephenson family moved to South Bend where Mr. Stephenson became an official in and later president of the St. Joseph Loan and Trust Company.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Progress Club and the Wednesday Club at South Bend.
She is survived by her husband, her two sons, a granddaughter, a brother, J. E. MAXWELL of Upper Sandusky, and two sisters, Mrs. Frederick KENAN of Upper Sandusky and Mrs. N. G. DAVENPORT of Dayton, Ohio.
Funeral services will be held at the home Thursday afternoon at three o'clock. The family will then take the remains to Upper Sandusky where burial will be made in the family burial plot. A number of Mrs. Stephenson's friends from Rochester will attend the funeral.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1930
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Published in The Rochester (IN) News-Sentinel Tuesday, April 8, 1930
Mrs. Ella MAXWELL STEPHENSON, wife of Rome C. STEPHENSON, former prominent resident of Rochester, died in Epworth Hospital at South Bend at 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon following a week's illness. Mrs. Stephenson had suffered only a few days from a cerebral disorder and passed away following an operation performed to save her life. Up until her illness which was unexpected she had been enjoying good health and had recently returned to her home in South Bend after spending the winter in Florida with her close friend, Mrs. Catherine BRACKETT, of Rochester.
Mrs. Stephenson was born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, July 19, 1865, the daughter of J. A. and Martha EDWARDS MAXWELL. She was married on October 16, 1880 to Rome C. Stephenson, of Rochester, and the couple made their home in this city where he was an attorney and banker. The Stephensons both were leaders in the social and business activities of the city and had a beautiful residence here. Two sons were born and spent their boyhood here, they being Joseph Maxwell STEPHENSON, now publisher of the South Bend News-Times and Hugh R. STEPHENSON, connected with the St. Joseph Loan and Trust Co., of South Bend.
In 1907 the Stephenson family moved to South Bend where Mr. Stephenson became an official in and later president of the St. Joseph Loan and Trust Company.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Progress Club and the Wednesday Club at South Bend.
She is survived by her husband, her two sons, a granddaughter, a brother, J. E. MAXWELL of Upper Sandusky, and two sisters, Mrs. Frederick KENAN of Upper Sandusky and Mrs. N. G. DAVENPORT of Dayton, Ohio.
Funeral services will be held at the home Thursday afternoon at three o'clock. The family will then take the remains to Upper Sandusky where burial will be made in the family burial plot. A number of Mrs. Stephenson's friends from Rochester will attend the funeral.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1930
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Mrs. Ella MAXWELL STEPHENSON, wife of Rome C. STEPHENSON, former prominent resident of Rochester, died in Epworth Hospital at South Bend at 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon following a week's illness. Mrs. Stephenson had suffered only a few days from a cerebral disorder and passed away following an operation performed to save her life. Up until her illness which was unexpected she had been enjoying good health and had recently returned to her home in South Bend after spending the winter in Florida with her close friend, Mrs. Catherine BRACKETT, of Rochester.
Mrs. Stephenson was born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, July 19, 1865, the daughter of J. A. and Martha EDWARDS MAXWELL. She was married on October 16, 1880 to Rome C. Stephenson, of Rochester, and the couple made their home in this city where he was an attorney and banker. The Stephensons both were leaders in the social and business activities of the city and had a beautiful residence here. Two sons were born and spent their boyhood here, they being Joseph Maxwell STEPHENSON, now publisher of the South Bend News-Times and Hugh R. STEPHENSON, connected with the St. Joseph Loan and Trust Co., of South Bend.
In 1907 the Stephenson family moved to South Bend where Mr. Stephenson became an official in and later president of the St. Joseph Loan and Trust Company.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Progress Club and the Wednesday Club at South Bend.
She is survived by her husband, her two sons, a granddaughter, a brother, J. E. MAXWELL of Upper Sandusky, and two sisters, Mrs. Frederick KENAN of Upper Sandusky and Mrs. N. G. DAVENPORT of Dayton, Ohio.
Funeral services will be held at the home Thursday afternoon at three o'clock. The family will then take the remains to Upper Sandusky where burial will be made in the family burial plot. A number of Mrs. Stephenson's friends from Rochester will attend the funeral.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1930
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
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