HUDSON, Susan (Hillman) 1832-1926

HUDSON, HILLMAN, PERRIN, PARCHER, LINES

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Date: 4/19/2015 at 16:29:09

Susan (Hillman) Hudson – August 18, 1832 – April 4, 1926

AGED LADY GOES TO GREAT BEYOND
AUNT SUSAN HUDSON DUED AT AGE OF 93 YEARS
FUNERAL WAS HELD TUESDAY AFTERNOON
BURIAL AT ROCKFOR BY THE SIDE OF HER HUSBAND

Susan Hillman was born August 18, 1832 at Partridge Green, Sussex, England, and died at her home in Greene, Iowa, April 4, 1926, at the age of 93 years 7 months and 17 days.

When she was but 4 years old, her mother died and for the next eight years she was cared for by her grandmother. Her father remarried, and when she was twelve years old, on July 4, 1844, she, with her father and step-mother and two sisters, sailed for America and settled in Ohio.

On July 5, 1858 she was married to Charles Warner Hudson, of Rockford, Illinois. She and her husband then came to Iowa and settled on a farm near Rockford, where they lived until the year 1896.

In that year they retired from farm life and moved into the beautiful house which they had built at Rockford, with a vision of spending the evening of life in quietness and rest. But in the providence of God it was not to be. Four short years they lived to enjoy this home together. After a severe illness, on January 31, 1900, her husband was taken away.

In the year 1905 she came to Greene to make her home with her nephew, Oscar c. Perrin. For the last 18 years she was the constant companion of Mrs. Oscar C. Perrin, this time being broken only for a short time during the summer months when Mr. and Mrs. Perrin took their vacation. Even during those short intervals plans were always made so that Aunt Susan was properly cared for. Her sister, Mrs. Rose Parcher, would take her into her home and tenderly care for her.

Oscar C. Perrin was her youngest sister’s son, but Aunt Susan loved him as though he were her own son, and would so often say “how proud she was of her boy, who grew to be such a good man.” On the last night that she was rational, her last words about him were, as he stooped over to bid her good-night, “I like him.” Then turning to Mrs. Perrin she said, “Good Night. I know that you love me and feel sorry that I am so ill.” She knew this, not only because Mrs. Perrin had so often told her so, but she could read it in the faithful and constant care she received from Mr. and Mrs. Perrin.

Aunt Susan lived a useful life, a life which was always radiating an influence for good. She was a member of the Congregational Church, and those who knew her, know too that she was a member of the invisible church of God.

She leaves to mourn, one sister, Mrs. James Parcher, and one brother, Frank Hillman, both of Rockford, Iowa, and her nephew, Oscar C. Perrin of Greene, Iowa, also many other nephews and nieces.

Six nephews, Leon and Willard Hillman, Leland, Elmer, and Low H Lines and Guy Garber of Marble Rock, presided as pallbearers, escorting Aunt Susan to her last resting place. Mrs. Ed Dodge, of Charles City, sang “Face to Face” and “A Perfect Day”, both songs being symbolic of the life gone out.

Funeral services were held at the O.C. Perrin home in Greene, Tuesday, April 6, 1926, Rev. Wm. E. Butler, pastor of the Methodist church officiating. Interment was made at Rockford, Iowa.

Iowa Recorder, Greene, Butler, Iowa, Wednesday April 7, 1926