Betts,Mary Ann (Bents) 1844-1934
BETTS, BENTS, MCINTYRE, MILLER, CURTIS, SMITH, GLASS, HEADINGTON, ELITHORP
Posted By: Jill McCarville (email)
Date: 1/31/2014 at 08:35:50
Mary A. Betts
Mary A. Betts died at her home on East Sixth Street at 7:30 o'clock Sunday morning, Feb. 11, 1934, after a lingering illness of several years. She was 89 years old.
Funeral services will be held this Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock in the Methodist church, the Rev. John Gammons officiating assisted by Rev. W.H. Mitchell. Burial will be in Oaklawn cemetery. The pallbearers are C.C. McIntyre, John Miller, Arthur Curtis, Everett Smith, Albert Glass and Fred Headington.
Mary Ann Bents was born at Kingston, Delaware county, Ohio, Sept. 19, 1844. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bents. She came with her parents to Howard county in 1855 settling on a farm about two miles northeast of where Cresco now stands. The family was among the earliest settlers in the county.
She was married to Martin A. Betts Feb. 8, 1866, at New Oregon by Elder J. W. Windsor who was pastor of the pioneer Congregational church at New Oregon. Mr. Betts was a Union soldier. He died Feb. 11, 1912, after 46 years of happily married life and just 22 years to the day preceding the death of his good wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Bett's married life was blessed with five children; Henry, Gertrude,Elmer, Nellie and Edwin, all of whom have preceded their mother in death excepting Edwin of Wayside, Neb.
Besides him she is also survived by one sister Mrs. Alice Elithorp, Ladi,Calif., two brothers, George Bents of Kaiser, West Va.; Newton Bents of Miami, Fla.; nine grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and several nephews and nieces. Two brothers, Alfred E. and Henry A. Bents preceded her in death.
Mrs. Betts was a member of the Methodist church and a devout christian woman. She took care of her aged mother who was confined to her wheel chair for nearly forty years and who died in the spring of 1912 at the age of nearly ninety years. She was known by her good works and her thoroughly consistent christian life.
She suffered many reverses but outdistanced them all knowing that "all things work together for good to them that love God." She was a great lover of children and always tried to make them happy when they came to see her. Those who know her best can say of her "She hath done what she could." She has lived a good life filled with good works and has not lived in vain. It is through the lives of all such people that God's great plans are carried out in all ages of the world.
The Howard County Times February 14, 1934 Page 5
Transcribed by Jill McCarville from the files of Janice Sowers
Oak Lawn Cemetery
Howard Obituaries maintained by Constance McDaniel Hall.
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