Rosa Damon Paddock, 1860-1920

PADDOCK, DAMON, STANTON, ROGERS, LONG, TOOD, ERWIN

Posted By: Clay County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 1/15/2014 at 19:31:21

MRS. DOSA (sic) DAMON-PADDOCK

Mrs. Rosa Paddock, aged sixty years, a pioneer resident of Clay county, died at her home in this city on East Fourth street on Friday, July 9, 1920, and was buried on Sunday afternoon in Riverside cemetery following services conducted at four-thirty o'clock at Grace Methodist with Rev. F.C. Taylor, assisted by Rev. W.F. Hurst, officiating.

Mrs. Paddock was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on March 23, 1860, and when twelve years of age she came to Palo Alto county where she was educated and brought up. Her maiden name was Rose Damon and she was a daughter of Joseph and Mary Damon.

Her death was due to cancer of the liver from which she had been ailing for the past six years. During the past six months of her life she had suffered greatly, being confined to her bed.

On December 27, 1877, she was married in Spencer to A.J. Paddock. Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Paddock began housekeeping on a tract of land in Riverton township which Mr. Paddock homesteaded in 1869 and where the resided continuously for forty-three years. Five children were born to this union, Bert, with whom the deceased made her home on East Fourth street; Florence, wife of Sewell Rogers of East First street; Lewis, a resident farmer of this county, and Clara, wife of Myron Stanton, also of Spencer. They lost one son, Willie, who died at the age of four years. Besides her children Mrs. Paddock is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Mary Long of Cedar Creek, Missouri; Mrs. Flora Tood of Spencer, and Mrs. Lillie Erwin, who resides in Missouri. Mr. Paddock died January 4, 1919, and last December Mrs. Paddock and son, Bert, left the home farm and moved to Spencer, purchasing the W.R. Schirmer residence on East Fourth street.

Mrs. Paddock shared in the hardships and experiences incident to pioneer life. Among the many hardships, during her lifetime, such as grasshoppers, droughts, floods and inconvenience of no railroads for years, but she lived to see a remarkable transformation in the county and took a keen interest in the activities of the day.

The deceased was a good Christian woman, a devoted wife and mother and a fine neighbor and during her long residence here made many warm friends who will extend deep sympathy to the bereaved children in the death of their beloved mother.

Source: Spencer Reporter, Spencer, Clay County, Iowa; July 14, 1920.

Interment in Riverside cemetery
 

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