LUCY MELINDA (REYNOLDS) ATLEE

REYNOLDS, ATLEE, SCOVEL, WALTERS, BOWDLE

Posted By: Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert (email)
Date: 2/26/2002 at 22:25:04

Decatur County Journal
Thursday, September 30, l9l5

LUCY MELINDA ATLEE was born near Fairport,
Muscatine County, Iowa,
November l2, l852, and died at her home, ll0l
Third Street, Fort
Madison, Iowa, Tuesday at l o'clock a.m.,
September 7, l9l5, aged
sixty-two years, nine months and twenty-six
days.

Her parents were REV. C.P. and MARTHA
REYNOLDS, her father being one of
the pioneer M.E. Ministers of Iowa. When the
other conferences were set
off his ministry remained in the present Iowa
conference to the close of
his life, serving a number of its charges.

This daughter, with her twin sister, an elder
sister and brother, grew
to womanhood and manhood in their various
parsonage homes. She was
married to ISAAC R. ATLEE at Fort Madison,
Iowa, September 23, l875, her
father being Pastor here of the First M.E.
Church and also serving his
turn with the other local ministers as acting
Chaplain at the Iowa State
Prison.

She and her husband made their new home in
this city for five years,
then resided in Leon, Iowa, for ten years; in
Mitchell, South Dakota,
five years, when they returned to Fort
Madison and made their permanent
home for twenty years.

There were born to them seven children. Two
sons and one daughter
passed from this life to their Heavenly home
in early childhood.
Four daughters survive her: MRS. DR. ROBERT
M. SCOVEL, l008 Third
Street, Fort Madison; GENEVIEVE ATLEE and
MARY ATLEE, ll0l Third Street,
Fort Madison, and MARGUERITE ATLEE, Los
Angeles, California.

She also leaves to mourn their loss her
husband, two sisters and one
brother, MRS. W.C. WALTERS, Toledo, Iowa;
MRS. A.M. BOWDLE, her twin
sister, Los Angeles, California; HARRY R.
REYNOLDS, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, and one granddaughter, VIRGINIA
SCOVEL, l008 Third Street,
Fort Madison.

Her parents preceded her in death, her mother
residing with her in the
last years of her widowhood and passing from
this life at her home seven
years ago.

As a woman, MRS. ATLEE was a true daughter, a
faithful and affectionate
wife and mother; had a hopeful disposition
that looked on the bright
side, sought the happiness of her family, and
had an integrity of heart
that took life's results sincerely to the
throne of God. She deeply
appreciated true and noble friendships and
opened her inner life to such
consecrated fellowships.

She became a church member early in childhood
under her father's
pastorate, and in this city her membership
has remained in the First
M.E. Church. While in Mitchell, South
Dakota, she first felt the
failure of health. On her return to this
city it seemed to improve for
several years. But about five years ago its
failure became quite marked
and somewhat gradually its complete breaking
down came and she passed
from this life and suffering with loved ones
rendering her every tender
assistance.

The funeral services over the remains were
held Wednesday afternoon at
the home at two o'clock, the Rev. J.E. Newsom
officiating. The pall
bearers were: John Pritchett, August
Soechtig, Henry Lerche, C.J.
Williams, Chas. Butz and L.L. Scoval. Mr.
and Mrs. Walters and son,
Earnest, of Toledo, Iowa, attended from out
of the city.
Interment was at Elmwood Cemetery.

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