Phillips, Anna Hickman d. 1906

HICKMAN, PHILLIPS

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 8/29/2004 at 17:47:42

Sad Death of Mrs. Phillips

Sad Death at Council Bluffs Was a Shock from Which She Could Not Recover

Mrs. E. H. Phillips died at four o’clock yesterday afternoon, having suffered a three weeks’ illness of typhoid fever and complications. She was not very well and strong and the terrible shock she received by the death of her youngest son, Ira, who was run over and killed by a train in the yards at Council Bluffs five weeks ago, was more than her loving mother heart and weak body could bear. The first week after the terrible accident, through her sorrow was very great, she seemed to bear the trouble remarkably well, but from the time she was taken seriously ill with the fever, she seemed to think she would not recover, and did not care to get well.

Mrs. Anna Hickman was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hickman, whose home was west of Newton. She was married to Mr. E. H. Phillips twenty-two years ago. They resided for a number of years west and north of town, but for fourteen years have lived in Newton.

For some time their home has been on North Morrow street in west Newton, where her death occurred.

She has long been a member of the First Baptist church and was of a modest retiring disposition, being a great home woman.

Besides the husband, she leaves one son and a daughter, Roy and Agnes, and four brothers, Harvey Hickman, who resides west of town, Ramse Hickman, of Pender, Neb., who arrived last evening after his sister had passed away, Milton Hickman, living in Illinois, and Eli Hickman of Canada.

The funeral over the remains will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Baptist church. Rev. Charles A. Tenny will officiate. ~ The Newton Daily News, Newton, Iowa, October 25, 1906, page 2.

Note: She is buried in Newton Union Cemetery