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HAMMON, Eunice Ann (Bates) 1855-1933

BATES, HAMMON, STOCKWELL

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 6/10/2012 at 16:25:54

MRS. EUNICE ANN HAMMON

Jan. 21, 1855 -- Dec. 16, 1933

"Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me."

One more good friend has answered that call,—another home is saddened,—another blessed soul has gone to her eternal rest. We mourn her passing, but despite our grief, we remember the fullness and beauty and breadth of the life she so quietly lived among us. We think of her fortitude in meeting life's difficulties, her sympathetic understanding, and her deft comfort for the woes of the many who sought her counsel, and we are happy to have called her "friend."

Eunice Ann Bates was born January 21, 1855, at Metamora, Illinois. When but 2 years old her mother died and the family returned to their former home in Maine. There she was reared in the traditions of her Puritan ancestry. In 1869 the family again came west, this time to Iowa and were the first family to locate in the village of Ionia after that town site was platted. Here they witnessed the development of Iowa, the building of its towns, its roads, its railways. From their doorstep they witnessed the arrival of the first train at their village.

After attending the district schools she attended Bradford Academy. This was during the pastorate of Rev. Graves at the Bradford church, and during the time Dr. Pitts who wrote the song "Little Brown Church in the Vale." was conducting singing schools. Mrs. Hammon and friends often gathered in the church yard and sang that noble song under the trees in that vale.

On December 24, 1876, after several years spent in teaching school, Eunice Ann Bates was married to Oren Hammon. To this happy union three daughters were born: Mrs. Emma Stockwell, Coronation, Alberta; Miss Grace Hammon, Charles City; and Mrs. Florence Courtright of Wilke, Saskatchewan. Mrs. Hammon is also survived by three grandchildren: Roy Stockwell and Donald and Virginia Courtright; two nieces, Miss Juanita Bates, Charles City, and Mrs. Eva Miethe, of California.

Both her sister Mrs. Lucy Sweet and half brother, Chas. N. Bates preceded her in death.

The Hammons have lived in Charles City since 1898, although following the death of her husband on August 22, 1921, she spent the major portion of her time with her daughter Grace in various cities as made necessary by the daughter's school and college affiliations.

Always the devotion of this mother and daughter has been most beautiful, and through these last years of invalidism Mrs. Hammon had unremitting care by this faithful daughter. During her residence in Charles City, Mrs. Hammon has been a member of the First Methodist Church, of the Women's Relief Corps, and of the Royal Neighbors of Ionia, in all of which she quietly, faithfully did her part.

Saturday, December 10, gently she slept away to the Life Beyond - this woman we have been proud to call "friend."

"Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call."

Funeral services were held at the Grossman Funeral Home on December 18, at 3 o'clock, with Rev. Ralph Hall Collis of the First M. E. Church and Rev. George Hess of the Christian Church officiating. Mrs. George Buckman sang "Open the Gates of the Temple." "The King of My Soul My Shepherd Is," playing her own accompaniment. Interment was in Riverside with the Charles City Woman's Relief Corps conducting the service.

[Nashua Reporter, Wednesday, January 3, 1934, Nashua, Iowa]


 

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