TODD, Jessie

TODD, SUMMERVILLE, VINE, STEVENS, HOLMES, MILLER

Posted By: Mary H. Osmundson (email)
Date: 9/5/2004 at 03:03:23

The Marcus News Thursday Nov. 22, 1923
ANOTHER PIONEER PASSES AWAY
Funeral Services For Mrs. Jessie Todd Held Sunday

Mrs. Jessie Summerville Todd was born March 26, 1841, in England, and died November 15, 1923, at her daughter's home in Cleghorn, Iowa aged 82 years, 7 months and 20 days.

When Mrs. Todd was quite young her parents emigrated to America and settled in the state of Wisconsin.

October 3, 1861, she was united in marriage to Thomas Todd, and for 24 years they made their home in Grant Co. Wis.

Thomas Todd died February 3, 1897, on his farm south of Cleghorn. Their marriage was blessed with eight children, four of whom died in infancy, the fifth a son died after the family had moved to Cherokee County at the age of about seventeen years, three children are living to mourn the loss of a precious mother.

Mrs. Todd had not been well for several months and though advanced in years no one thought the end was so near, she just simply fell asleep in Jesus like an infant in its mothers arms.

She was a faithful Christian all her life. Early in life she cast in her lot with God's children and united with the church. She was a member of Presbyterian church of Cleghorn the church will miss her for she was one of the faithful ones, always in her pew on the Lord's day as long as her strength and health held out so she could attend.

Funeral services were held at the house and at the Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. Conducted by her pastor Rev. Wm. D. Jones, assisted by Rev. C.W. Roll Pastor of the Christian church.

Mrs. Davis Gowan, Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Pierce and Walter Nafziger sang three beautiful selections at the church with Miss Esther Montgomery as pianist.

Pall-bears were: J.H. Smith, Henry Specht, J.S. Robinson, T. LeVitte, A. W. Shafer and Wm. French Sr.

Interment in Marcus Cemetery.

She leaves to mourn her loss, three children, Mrs. J.H. Vine, Cleghorn; Mrs. C.W. Stevens, San Francisco, Calif. and Richard Todd, Denver, Colo.; one sister Mrs. Rebecca Miller, Marcus and one brother Charles Holmes also of Marcus; sixteen grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren, with a host of other relatives and friends.

Mother is gone, but not forgotten. She will live on in the memory of those who knew and loved her. She has entered into life. She is forever with the Lord.

"I spoke to my God
As I knelt in prayer.
And I said, " Thy care
Is our guard and guide,
Is she 'neath the sod.
Who they said has died?"
And the answer came as a trumpet calls,
"She abides with me in the heavenly halls.”