Stevens Point Daily Journal (Stevens Point, Wisconsin) > 1919 > August > 5, page 2
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Mrs. Henry Cate, Who Came to Portage County 71 years Ago, Passes Away at Home in Stockton
Frances Brown Cate, widow of the late Henry Cate, pioneer lumberman and farmer, died very unexpectedly at 8 o'clock this morning at the family home near Stockton station, where she had resided continuously for the past sixty years.
Mrs. Cate was taken with bowel and stomach troubles last Sunday afternoon, a physician being called early that evening and remedies applied that would under ordinary conditions have effected a cure quickly. The lady seemed to get along fairly well all day Monday and rested quite well last night, but a sudden change for the worse took place at 6 o'clock this morning and she sank quite fast until the end. She retained consciousness until almost the last moment and conversed with those about her bedside.
Frances Brown was born in Iowa, near Dubuque, 81 years ago. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Brown and sister, Lavira moved to Stevens Point when Frances was ten years of age and few months later the father went south on a business trip, was taken with yellow fever at New Orleans and died there.
In 1855 the now deceased lady was married to Henry Cate, who at that time was associated with Jos. Dessert in the lumber business, operating near Mosinee. Four years later Mr. Cate bought a tract of land in Stockton, township, where he developed one of the best farms in the county and continued to operate it until his death on Aug 29th, 1893. Mrs. Cate had since resided on the old homestead, which is also the home of her oldest son, D. C. Cate and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Cate were the parents of four children, one of whom died in infancy. Those surviving are D. C. Cate, Geo. Cate of Phoenix, Arizona, and Walter S. Cate of Ashland. As sister of the deceased was the wife of Judge Geo. W. Cate, former prominent local attorney and jurist.
While of an apparently frail physical constitution, Mrs. Cate possessed a mentality, that was especially strong, an she had long been regarded as one of the county's brightest women. In her home circle she had the love and admiration of all who knew her.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Cate home on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. G. M. Calhoun of St. Paul's M. E. Church officiating. The remains will then be laid to rest in the private burial grounds on the Cate farm.
Walter S. Cate and family are here from Ashland but the other son, George, will be unable to come from Arizona.
OLDEST RESIDENT HERE
Mrs. Henry Cate, Who Came to Portage County 71 years Ago, Passes Away at Home in Stockton
Frances Brown Cate, widow of the late Henry Cate, pioneer lumberman and farmer, died very unexpectedly at 8 o'clock this morning at the family home near Stockton station, where she had resided continuously for the past sixty years.
Mrs. Cate was taken with bowel and stomach troubles last Sunday afternoon, a physician being called early that evening and remedies applied that would under ordinary conditions have effected a cure quickly. The lady seemed to get along fairly well all day Monday and rested quite well last night, but a sudden change for the worse took place at 6 o'clock this morning and she sank quite fast until the end. She retained consciousness until almost the last moment and conversed with those about her bedside.
Frances Brown was born in Iowa, near Dubuque, 81 years ago. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Brown and sister, Lavira moved to Stevens Point when Frances was ten years of age and few months later the father went south on a business trip, was taken with yellow fever at New Orleans and died there.
In 1855 the now deceased lady was married to Henry Cate, who at that time was associated with Jos. Dessert in the lumber business, operating near Mosinee. Four years later Mr. Cate bought a tract of land in Stockton, township, where he developed one of the best farms in the county and continued to operate it until his death on Aug 29th, 1893. Mrs. Cate had since resided on the old homestead, which is also the home of her oldest son, D. C. Cate and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Cate were the parents of four children, one of whom died in infancy. Those surviving are D. C. Cate, Geo. Cate of Phoenix, Arizona, and Walter S. Cate of Ashland. As sister of the deceased was the wife of Judge Geo. W. Cate, former prominent local attorney and jurist.
While of an apparently frail physical constitution, Mrs. Cate possessed a mentality, that was especially strong, an she had long been regarded as one of the county's brightest women. In her home circle she had the love and admiration of all who knew her.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Cate home on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. G. M. Calhoun of St. Paul's M. E. Church officiating. The remains will then be laid to rest in the private burial grounds on the Cate farm.
Walter S. Cate and family are here from Ashland but the other son, George, will be unable to come from Arizona.
Stevens Point Daily Journal (Stevens Point, Wisconsin) > 1919 > August > 5, page 2
OLDEST RESIDENT HERE
Mrs. Henry Cate, Who Came to Portage County 71 years Ago, Passes Away at Home in Stockton
Frances Brown Cate, widow of the late Henry Cate, pioneer lumberman and farmer, died very unexpectedly at 8 o'clock this morning at the family home near Stockton station, where she had resided continuously for the past sixty years.
Mrs. Cate was taken with bowel and stomach troubles last Sunday afternoon, a physician being called early that evening and remedies applied that would under ordinary conditions have effected a cure quickly. The lady seemed to get along fairly well all day Monday and rested quite well last night, but a sudden change for the worse took place at 6 o'clock this morning and she sank quite fast until the end. She retained consciousness until almost the last moment and conversed with those about her bedside.
Frances Brown was born in Iowa, near Dubuque, 81 years ago. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Brown and sister, Lavira moved to Stevens Point when Frances was ten years of age and few months later the father went south on a business trip, was taken with yellow fever at New Orleans and died there.
In 1855 the now deceased lady was married to Henry Cate, who at that time was associated with Jos. Dessert in the lumber business, operating near Mosinee. Four years later Mr. Cate bought a tract of land in Stockton, township, where he developed one of the best farms in the county and continued to operate it until his death on Aug 29th, 1893. Mrs. Cate had since resided on the old homestead, which is also the home of her oldest son, D. C. Cate and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Cate were the parents of four children, one of whom died in infancy. Those surviving are D. C. Cate, Geo. Cate of Phoenix, Arizona, and Walter S. Cate of Ashland. As sister of the deceased was the wife of Judge Geo. W. Cate, former prominent local attorney and jurist.
While of an apparently frail physical constitution, Mrs. Cate possessed a mentality, that was especially strong, an she had long been regarded as one of the county's brightest women. In her home circle she had the love and admiration of all who knew her.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Cate home on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. G. M. Calhoun of St. Paul's M. E. Church officiating. The remains will then be laid to rest in the private burial grounds on the Cate farm.
Walter S. Cate and family are here from Ashland but the other son, George, will be unable to come from Arizona.
OLDEST RESIDENT HERE
Mrs. Henry Cate, Who Came to Portage County 71 years Ago, Passes Away at Home in Stockton
Frances Brown Cate, widow of the late Henry Cate, pioneer lumberman and farmer, died very unexpectedly at 8 o'clock this morning at the family home near Stockton station, where she had resided continuously for the past sixty years.
Mrs. Cate was taken with bowel and stomach troubles last Sunday afternoon, a physician being called early that evening and remedies applied that would under ordinary conditions have effected a cure quickly. The lady seemed to get along fairly well all day Monday and rested quite well last night, but a sudden change for the worse took place at 6 o'clock this morning and she sank quite fast until the end. She retained consciousness until almost the last moment and conversed with those about her bedside.
Frances Brown was born in Iowa, near Dubuque, 81 years ago. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Brown and sister, Lavira moved to Stevens Point when Frances was ten years of age and few months later the father went south on a business trip, was taken with yellow fever at New Orleans and died there.
In 1855 the now deceased lady was married to Henry Cate, who at that time was associated with Jos. Dessert in the lumber business, operating near Mosinee. Four years later Mr. Cate bought a tract of land in Stockton, township, where he developed one of the best farms in the county and continued to operate it until his death on Aug 29th, 1893. Mrs. Cate had since resided on the old homestead, which is also the home of her oldest son, D. C. Cate and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Cate were the parents of four children, one of whom died in infancy. Those surviving are D. C. Cate, Geo. Cate of Phoenix, Arizona, and Walter S. Cate of Ashland. As sister of the deceased was the wife of Judge Geo. W. Cate, former prominent local attorney and jurist.
While of an apparently frail physical constitution, Mrs. Cate possessed a mentality, that was especially strong, an she had long been regarded as one of the county's brightest women. In her home circle she had the love and admiration of all who knew her.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Cate home on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. G. M. Calhoun of St. Paul's M. E. Church officiating. The remains will then be laid to rest in the private burial grounds on the Cate farm.
Walter S. Cate and family are here from Ashland but the other son, George, will be unable to come from Arizona.
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