Simonds, Ellen Augusta (Sherwin) 1847 - 1905

SIMONDS, SHERWIN, HALL

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/22/2024 at 16:07:28

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Sept. 26, 1905, FP, C7

Had Stroke of Paralysis.
Mrs. Simonds was the victim of a severe stroke of paralysis, last Thursday, being found unconscious upon the kitchen floor. Her left side was almost entirely paralyzed, and she was for some time unable to speak. Some improvement has been noted during the following days and her friends are all hoping that she will soon recover. Her daughter, Mrs. Hall, is here to help care for her.
This morning it is learned that she had another shock yesterday about 4 o’clock, and is now unconscious. It is feared that she will not recover, and her son, George, and daughter, Frances, have been wired for.—Fayette Postal Card.
LATER—Mrs. Simonds passed away on Saturday and the remains were brought to Cresco yesterday for interment in the family lot at Oak Lawn, the funeral took place at 2:30 at the L. E. Webster home.

Transcriber’s Note: Her gravestone shows date of death as Sept. 22, 1905

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Sept. 29, 1905, LP, C5

OBITUARY.
SIMONDS.
Ellen Augusta Sherwin was born at Rindge, Cheshire county, N. H., March 5, 1847. She was the third in a family of five, one son and four daughters; of these her three sisters survive her.
She grew up in her native town, fitted herself for teaching and spent several years successfully in that calling.
March 25, 1873 she was married to Mr. William O. Simonds and came at once to Cresco, Iowa, where her husband was engaged in business. They remained in town six years and then went onto a farm six miles west where they remained twelve years, until Mr. Simonds health gave way, and they returned to Cresco where on March 25, 1893, the twentieth anniversary of their marriage Bro. Simonds passed to his reward.
She taught a year in the public school in Cresco. In 1895 she moved to Fayette specially for the educational advantages it afforded her children.
In 1865, forty years ago, she was converted and united with the church, and to no one who was privileged with even a slight acquaintance need it be said that the work was deep, thorough and permanent.
Five children came to gladden her life, all of whom survive and were present at the last sad rites. Lieutenant George S., U. S. A., now an instructor in the National Military Academy at West Point; Mildred J., a teacher in the public schools at Fayette; Kate A., wife of Rev. Vernon E. Hall, pastor of the M. E. church at McGregor, Iowa; Mary Frances, principal of the high school at Rushford, Minn., and Charles A., a member of the senior class at Upper Iowa University.
Mrs. Simonds suffered a stroke of paralysis Sept. 14, followed on the 20th by a second stroke and on the 23d as the sun went down she entered upon the eternal day.
Sunday afternoon memorial services were held in the Fayette M. E. church, of which Mrs. Simonds was a member; speaking by her pastor, Rev. Claypool, and by Rev. Payne. The floral decorations were both profuse and beautiful.
Funeral services Monday at the L. E Webster home; conducted by Rev. J. L. Payne, who spoke from Mark 13:8. “She hath done what she could.”
Burial in Oak Lawn, by the side of her husband who preceded her to the other shore.

Oak Lawn Cemetery
 

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