Andrews, Martha Winegar - 1836-1928

ANDREWS, HENRY, KINART, KLOSS, WINEGAR

Posted By: Donna Sloan Rempp (email)
Date: 3/2/2016 at 20:54:25

Jasper Co. Pioneer Dies
Mrs. Martha Andrews Passes Away After a Long and Useful Life Spent in Jasper County
Like the last faint glimmer of the lamp when the oil runs low was the fading of the spark of life from the frail body of Mrs. Martha Andrews, whose spirit took its flight Saturday morning, Sept. 29, 1928. Conscious almost to the last, she dropped into the endless sleep.
Her long life extended many years beyond the allotted span of mankind, was filled with deeds of neighborly kindness, filial affection and unanswering devotion to duty and her convictions of right and justice.
She died on the homestead to which she came as a pioneer bride seventy–one years ago.
Mrs. Andrew’s maiden name was Winegar and she was born at Ft. Ann, Washington county, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1836.
In 1856 she was united in marriage with Garnsey Andrews, at Ft. Ann following which the young husband came west to Iowa to make his fortune. He built his cabin in what is known as Lynn’s Grove, in Mound Prairie township and the following year returned and brought his bride to what was then almost trackless prairie. Later they settled on what is known as the Andrews home, where they endured all the privations and struggles of the early settlers. Many are the changes which this good mother witnessed in this community and in civilization – from the “tallow dip” to harnessed lightning, from the ox–cart to the airplane.
Mrs. Andrews was a charter member of the Bellevue M. E. Church when it was organized in the school house which stood east of the Andrews farm.
Although with the increasing burden of years she grew frail physically she retained to a remarkable degree her mental alertness and never relaxed her interest in current affairs; and her splendid memory made her mind a storehouse of interesting facts.
“Aunt Martha,” as she was affectionately called, near and far, was a landmark of a fast disappearing age. She will be missed sincerely and sorrowfully.
She is survived by three daughters Mrs. E. W. Henry, Miss Harriet Andrews and Mrs. Alf Kinart; also by an adopted daughter, Mrs. Fred Kloss. Three grandchildren and three great–grandchildren are also living.
The funeral was held from the Monroe M. E. Church Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, the pastor, Rev. R. C. Buchanan officiating. Burial was made in the Monroe cemetery, her last earthly resting place beside her husband who died fourteen years ago. The pallbearers were Mike Hummel, Art Wright, D. T. Lewis, Henry Livingston, A. A. Dillon and George Volk of Newton.
The music was furnished by Mesdames T. R. Spratt, O. M. Wilson, H. E. McComas and Louise Cash, who sang several beautiful hymns.
Among those who came from abroad to attend the funeral of Mrs. Andrews and pay their last respects were the following: Mr. and Mrs. Lyle McKee, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Eviens, Mr. and Mrs. Dale McKee, and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Campbell, of Macksburg; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kloss of Lorimer and Mr. H. M. Pomeroy of Maumee, Ohio.
Source: Newspaper Name Unknown (she died 29 Sept 1928)