Hannah Goodge Hassing Embury Collins 1854-1924

COLLINS, GOODGE, HASSING, EMBURY

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 1/28/2009 at 07:36:47

MRS. W. O. COLLINS

Mrs. W. O. Collins, of 320 South Third Street, Estherville, died very suddenly about 7:30 p.m., last Friday evening, Dec. 5, 1924. Mrs. Collins had been ill for several years with rheumatic trouble, which had confined her to her own home and made it impossible for her to move about except with the aid of crutches. After having eaten a light supper she was helped to her room as usual and placed on her couch. A few minutes later, Mrs. Fielder, her attendant, went in to see her and found she had passed away, calmly, peacefully and painlessly.

The funeral was held from the home at 1:00 o'clock Monday afternoon, with interment in the family lot in Oak Hill cemetery, the obsequies being held under the rites of the first Church of Christ, Scientist, of which she had been a faithful member for a great many years.

Hannah Elizabeth Goodge was born in England on May 8, 1854, thus being aged about 70 years. She came to America with her parents when about two years old. They settled in southern Minnesota near Winnebago City. There she was married to Bernard Hassing about the year 1871. One son was born to them, being W. H. Hassing, now editor and publisher of the Carlton County Vidette at Carlton, Minn. They became estranged after a time and were divorced. then she later married Samuel B. Embury at Mankato, Minn., about 1876. The entire Goodge family then moved to Kansas, where they remained only about three years. To Mr. and Mrs. Embury one daughter was born, she being now Mrs. John Hughes of Islington, near Toronto, Ontario.

They returned from Kansas in about 1879, and settled at Sioux Rapids, Iowa. They lived there until about 1896. Then Mr. and Mrs. Embury moved to Estherville where her home has been ever since. Mr. Embury passed on about six years ago, and was interred in the family lot at Oak Hill. She was married to W. O. Collins about three years ago.

Beside the husband she is survived by the son and daughter, three brothers and one sister. The brothers are John S. Goodge, grocer of Des Moines, Iowa, Thomas Goodge, Armstrong, and Fred Goodge of Maple Hill. The sister is Mrs. George Coulson of Armstrong.

Editor Hassing was summoned and came down Saturday and took charge of the funeral arrangements. Mrs. Hughes was unable to come the long distance, owing to illness. Her other relatives were here for the funeral with the exception of John who was unable to come.

Mrs. Collins was a woman of strong character, a woman of honesty and integrity, with unswerving faith in a life to follow this, a woman of indomitable courage to face all adverse emergencies, with charity toward all people, a loyal and unfailing friend, a deep thinker, a splendid neighbor, and a diligent reader and while her physical infirmities prevented any extended social activities during the later years, those friends who knew her years ago are all her friends at the last. The sympathies of these many friends in Estherville are sincerely extended to the bereaved relatives.

Contributed by: Ruth M. Hackett. Source: Vindicator and Republican, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, December 10, 1924.

CC Note: Hannah Collins is buried next to her second husband, Samuel Embury, in Oak Hill cemetery.