Moffitt, Sarah Elizabeth (Green) d. 1924

MOFFITT, GREEN, GIST, HICKMAN, KATING

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 7/18/2004 at 10:17:02

Pioneer Settler Passes Away

Funeral Services to Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon at 2 O’clock at Morgan Funeral Home.

Mrs. H. L. [Sarah Elizabeth Green] Moffitt, one of the early pioneers of Jasper county, died Sunday evening after an illness of several weeks suffering from infirmities due to her advanced age.

She and Mr. Moffitt came to Jasper county 57 years ago in a prairie schooner from Missouri on their honeymoon trip and settled on the farm now occupied by the Lewis Moffit family. This was known as the Moffitt homestead and it was there that they resided until 12 years ago when Mr. and Mrs. Moffitt moved to a farm in the Metz neighborhood. All their married life was spent in Jasper county with the exception of three years they lived in Nebraska.

Mrs. Moffitt was the true type of pioneer womanhood. She endured the hardships forced upon the early generation which settled the middle-west and like all made many sacrifices in aiding in the building up of Jasper county. The Moffitt family has been one of the oldest and among the most influential residents of the county. Mrs. Moffitt enjoyed the love and respect of a large circle of friends and relatives who will feel a distinct loss in her death.

She is survived by her sons, S.E. Moffitt, H.E. Moffitt, Lewis Moffitt, her daughters, Mrs. C. Gist and Mrs. T. J. Kating, all of Newton and vicinity. She also leaves her brother Calvin Green, of Moberly, Missouri and one sister, Mrs. J. H. Hickman, of Newton.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at Morgan’s Funeral Home.

Dr. G. C. Williams, pastor of the Congregational church, will have charge of the services.

The remains will be interred in the mausoleum. ~ The Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, April 14, 1924, page 1.