Gillett, Jennnie

GILLETT, ROWE

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer (email)
Date: 3/27/2007 at 16:33:42

Mason City Daily Globe

August 27, 1900

OBITUARY:

Mrs. H. A. Gillett, residing on north Michigan Ave., died Saturday evening
about 6 o'clock. About nine years ago she was afflicted with paralysis.
Since which time she has hardly seen a well day. For the past 11 months,
she has been confined to her bed. For weeks her death has been expected.
The doctors did all in their power to arrest the disease but nothing could
be done for her and she patiently bore her sufferings abiding the time when
she would be called to the world where suffering, sickness and death are not
known. She was a Christian woman exemplifying it in her own home and with
whom she came in contact.

Mrs. Jennie Rowe Gillett was born in Swaledale, Yorkshire, England, Nov. 18,
1848. When she was but six weeks old, she accompanied her parents to the
United States. They settled in New Diggings, Wisconsin. From there they
moved to Shullsburg and then to Darlington. At Benton township she was
married to Henry A. Gillett on March 25, 1868.

In the spring of 1870, they moved to Cerro Gordo county, Iowa, settling on
the farm three miles south of this city where they resided until the spring
of 1899 when they moved to their Michigan avenue home.

When the deceased was eleven years of age, she united with the Primitive
Methodist church and in 1877 joined the Congregational church of this city.
The funeral of the deceased was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
Congregational church, and in the absence of her pastor, Rev. Rogers, Rev.
Clinton conducted the service.

[Transcriber note: Jennie died August 25, 1900, in Mason City, Iowa, at
fifty-one years of age.]