Mrs. W. H. "Emma" Hansell 1856-2885

HANSELL

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 4/27/2017 at 19:41:52

The Clinton Age, Clinton, Iowa, January 30, 1885

DIED

HANSELL-At the residence on Eighth Avenue, in this city, on Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock, Mrs. Emma, wife of W. H. Hansell, of consumption.

Since 1883, Mrs. Hansell has been slowly declining and though every effort and climate were tried for her recovery, she did not improve and at last as above stated, gave way to the sure destroyer and passed away peacefully, surrounded by her friends.

Deceased was born in Boston, Mass., in 1856 and was in her 29th year at the time of her death. She leaves her husband Mr. W. H. Hansell, and a son, besides father and mother, two sisters and a brother, to mourn her loss. The funeral occurred Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock with services at the late residence, and the remains were interred at Springdale Cemetery.