Louisa Celestia (Hallowell) Wightman

HALLOWELL, WIGHTMAN

Posted By: Lisa Walden (email)
Date: 6/22/2020 at 17:33:38

WIGHTMAN. At Clarinda, Iowa, December 15, 1893, of debility of body and impairment of mind, Sister Louisa C. Wightman, aged 49 years, 9 months, and 20 days.

She married in 1866 and became the mother of three sons, two of whom survive her.

By nature she was a woman of excellent qualities of heart and mind, and, after her acceptance of the gospel in 1877, (being baptized by Bro. Emsley Curtis,) she became and continued to be an earnest and faithful lover of the work of God.

She was a member of the Lamoni branch, and her body was brought here for burial. According to the wish that had been expressed by her, Bro. H. A. Stebbins preached her funeral sermon, this and the sermon for Bro. [George H.] Bailey being combined in the one service. Bro. A. S. Cochran assisted in the ceremonies.

Source: The Saints' Herald - volume 41 (1894) pg. 15 [The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]