STONE, Julia (Hoyt) 1832-1911

STONE, HOYT, CROUCH

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Date: 10/3/2012 at 23:50:10

"Grandma" Stone is Dead
Mrs. Julia Stone, a pioneer resident of Postville, and a lady known to many and respected by all, passed peacefully away about eleven o'clock yesterday forenoon while sitting in her rocking chair at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ed Stone, with whom she had lived for many years. Death was due to no specific cause but rather to the infirmities incident to age. She was in her 79th year. Funeral arrangements are not yet made. Obituary next week.

~Postville Review
February 3, 1911

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Obituary.
Julia Hoyt was born in Lennox, Mass., May 29, 1832. After the death of her father in 1844 she removed with her mother to her mother's early home in Manchester, Vermont. Here she was married to Hannibal Stone, Jan. 18, 1854. The same year she with her mother united with the Congregational church of Manchester. The family moved at this time to Aurora, Ill., where they lived for eleven years. In 1865 they moved to Postville, Iowa, where she has since lived. Mr. Stone died Jan. 18, 1885, and since that time she has made her home with her daughter Lucy, where on Feb. 2, 1911, she passed away at the age of 78 years, 9 months and 27 days.

Forty-six years of her long life were spent in this community. To those who have known her longest and best, the name of Mrs. Stone has always been the synonym of sympathy, of charity, of self-effacement and of patience. The school children of a generation ago remember her kindness. She was always a faithful and regular attendant at all the services of her church and while she did not take a prominent part, her life was a testimony in itself. A life like hers speaks loudly in spite of one's efforts to keep quiet. The end came peacefully and quietly - a fitting ending of a beautiful life.

The funeral was held from the home at 2:30 last Saturday afternoon, Rev. F.W. Pease officiating. Interment in the Postville cemetery.

Card of Thanks
To the friends who so kindly gave to us aid and sympathy in our great bereavement, also for the beautiful floral offerings, we diesire to extend heartfelt thanks.
Mrs. F. Crouch
Mrs. E. Stone & Family

~Postville Review
February 10, 1911