Lucy Guider (1848-abt 1940)

GUIDER, STIRN, HURM, HACKETT, TULLY, JOHNSON, DOWDAL, ANDERSON

Posted By: A. Bruce Owens (email)
Date: 11/21/2008 at 15:26:35

“Aunt Lucy” Guider Passes To Reward
BELOVED LANSING LADY WAS PAST NINTY-TWO YEARS AT TIME OF DEATH

·Rather suddenly Sunday evening about 6 o'clock, the grim reaper rode to Lansing and summoned Mrs. Lucy Guider to her eternal reward-a crown of glory she richly deserves after her long and useful Christian life. She had a severe sick spell last March and most of her children visited her at the time, and she since made an almost complete recovery. About ten days ago she was again stricken, and seemed on the road to improvement, but Sunday afternoon about 4 p. m. she suffered a heart attack and passed away a couple of hours later, She was conscious to the last, and died fortified, by all the last rites of Mother Church, which she loved and served so well, which were administered to her by Father Arthur Stirn. Although her family had realized since her illness this spring that she must shortly leave them, her daughter Mabel (who was with her at her, bedside) said they still felt her passing was "all too soon." No mother loved her family more than "Aunt Lucy," and none was in turn more beloved by her children; and their feeling was also extended to cover a host of relatives and friends.
On the occasion of this grand old lady's 89th birthday anniversary, this paper published the following short biography and tribute of appreciation, which now must be used as her obituary:
"Mrs. Guider's maiden name was Lucy Hurm and she was born in Taylorsville, Ohio, April 2, 1848. She came with her parents to Lafayette when a little girl of about five years, residing there until moving to Lansing in 1907. As a girl at Wexford she married Daniel Guider, a widower with five children, and they had 12 of their own, so she mothered and raised all seventeen. Her husband died when their youngest son Robert
was but a baby of two years and all the years since she managed the big family, the farm and household duties alone. Truly in every way, "Aunt Lucy has proved herself a remarkable woman-a true Christian wife and mother, a kind and charitable friend and neighbor. Not many mothers have a record to equal hers -- and we doubt if anywhere in Iowa one of her age can compare with her in mental, physical and social attainments.
After moving to Lansing, about 26 years ago, she suffered an illness which resulted in the loss of the use of one limb for about a year, during which time she used crutches and a cane. From this she made a truly wonderful recovery, and has been in 'fine health ever since, except for minor sick spells.
, "Of the seventeen children she raised so well, fourteen survive, as follows; James F., Harpers Ferry; Mrs. F. B. Hacket, Sioux City; Michael D., Lafayette; William and Mrs. Mary E. Hurm being deceased; these five being her step-'children. Her own children are Mrs. Kate Tully, Chicago; Matt, Robert and Mrs. Carl Johnson, Lansing; Dan. Sioux City; John and Mrs. Lillian Dowdal, St. Paul; Clara, San Francisco; Steve, Oakland, California; Frances, Portland, Oregon; and Mrs. A. R. Anderson, Waukon. One of her sons, Louis, died when thirteen years of age.

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