Martha Peck (1809-1887)

PECK, PYSER, WEBB, LOUCKS, MAYO

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 8/2/2009 at 09:28:59

Maquoketa Excelsior, Maquoketa, Iowa, July 23, 1887

OBITUARY-

Martha Peck

DIED-Of heart disease at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. H. W. Webb, three miles east of Maquoketa, on Sunday, July 17th, 1887, Mrs. Martha Peck died, aged 78 years, 1 month, 11 days. Deceased was born in Lincolnshire, England, June 6, 1809, and was married to Wm. Pyser in 1829. Removing to this country with her husband in 1835 she settled in Moriah, Essex County, New York, where she buried her husband. She came to Iowa early in the 1850’s. She was remarried in succession to Richard Mayo, Peter Loucks, and George Peck, all of whom she survived. She had four children by her first husband, of whom two are living, Mrs. Alfred Pyser and Mrs. Mary Webb. She was a member of the Church of England and her life was full of kindness toward her fellow men. Open hearted and generous, she would sacrifice and deprive herself in order to give to those she loved. An indefatigable worker, she was always busy, even to within a few hours of her death. Her last illness was brief and her departure sudden and scarce expected, and like a clock run down she quietly fell into that sleep which knows no waking.