Halliwill, Rebecca (Sims) 1844 - 1934

SIMS, HALLIWILL

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Date: 10/24/2008 at 18:51:02

Mrs. Austin Halliwill Aged 90 Died Saturday
Had Been Resident of Jasper County For 83 Years

Mrs. Austin Halliwill, one of the oldest residents of Jasper county, passed away at her home in this city Saturday morning, following a short illness at the advanced age of 90 years.

Mrs. Halliwill had been a resident of Jasper county for eighty-three years and has seen many changes since coming to Iowa at the age of seven years.

Rebecca Ellen Sims was born near Greencastle, Indiana, April 13, 1844, and departed this life April 21, 1934, at the age of 90 years and 8 days.

She moved with her parents to Jasper county, Iowa, in 1851, when she was seven years old.

She was united in marriage with Austin Halliwill June 10, 1860 and commenced house keeping on their farm near Baxter, where they lived until 1865, when they moved to the home five miles east of Colfax, where they lived until retiring from the farm in 1907. First moving to Mitchellville, where Mr. Halliwill passed away Nov. 14, 1915. Mrs. Halliwill then moved to Colfax, where she has since resided.

She was the mother of six children, three of whom survive her, George H. of Colfax, James W. of Merna, Neb., and Henry A. of Boise, Idaho. One son, Nathaniel and two daughters, Rebecca J. and Mary Effie, preceded her in death.
During her reclining years she has been tenderly cared for by her son George, who together with his brother Henry, were at her bedside when she quietly slipped away Saturday morning to be with her Maker and her departed loved ones.

A precious one from us is gone,
A voice we loved is stilled,
A place is vacant in our home,
Which never can be filled.

Funeral services were conducted Monday forenoon from the Christian church with Dr. Theodore Morning, her neighbor and friend, officiating at the service. Burial was had in the Metz cemetery.

Music was furnished by Mrs. Earl Plummer and Mrs. George Robinson.

Pall bearers were John Mead, Dick Bond, Archie Engle, Charley Decker, Harry Baker and Robert Spering.

Cards of Thanks

We wish to thank those friends who so kindly assisted us in so many ways during the illness and after the death of our beloved mother.

George Halliwill, Henry Halliwill,James Halliwill. ~ The Colfax Tribune, Colfax, Iowa, April 26, 1934.

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