Churchill, Ellen (Jobes) 1844-1899

CHURCHILL, JOBES, GALLOWAY, TAYLOR, WEAVER

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Date: 4/25/2005 at 17:26:09

The Newton Record, Newton, IA, Thursday, March 2, 1899
Death of Mrs. Ed. Churchill

Churchill, Ellen (Jobes)

Mrs. Ed Churchill died at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, last Saturday afternoon about three o’clock. The telegram that brought the sad news, although it had been hourly expected for many days, carried with it a shock of intense pain and sorrow, not only to her loved ones at home, but to a large circle of friends, to whom years of association had endeared the good woman.

Mrs. Churchill was an invalid for about six months form heart disease and other complications, which from the very first seemed to baffle the skill of physicians, and all that loved ones could do was to lovingly minister to her wants, and alleviate as much as possible the suffering which seemed more than she could endure. About five weeks ago, although she had the most implicit confidence in her home physician, she was taken to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, hoping that a change might come for the better there, her daughter, Miss Grace, continuing by her bedside until the last. Last Saturday afternoon Mrs. Stella Galloway went to Des Moines to remain over Sunday with her mother, but arrived only in time to witness the last few fluttering heart beats which close the life of the dear one.

The remains were brought to Newton on Sunday, and the funeral services were held in the parlors of the Churchill House at 1 o’clock Tuesday, attended by a large number of sorrowing and sympathizing friends, a number being here from Prairie City and Monroe. Rev. B. C. Baumgardener conducted the services, and in beautiful words paid tribute to the lovely life, which had just gone out forever in this world. Sweet music was furnished by a quartette composed of Mrs. Rodgers, Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan and Mr. Lee E. Brown, with Miss Stevens at the piano. After the services the remains, accompanied by a large number of relatives and friends, were taken to Monroe, via the Newton & Monroe Ry., for interment.

Mrs. Ellen Jobes Churchill was born in Gowanda, N. Y., June 10, 1844. Her parents moved to Albany, Wis., when she was a child, and there her early life was spent. On the 11th of February 1861, when she was but seventeen years of age, she was happily wedded to Mr. Ed Churchill. Four years later they moved to Iowa, taking up homestead a few miles east of Prairie City. Afterward they lived for several years in Des Moines; finally in 1893, they came to Newton, and their home, the Churchill Hotel, has become one of the most popular hotels in Central Iowa, Mrs. Churchill’s genial manners, lovable disposition, and never-failing kindness and courtesy toward all who came within her doors, adding materially to that popularity.

Mrs. Churchill was an exemplary Christian woman, a member of the Baptist Church for many years. She was the mother of four daughters ­ Mrs. May Taylor of Memphis, Tenn., Mrs. Clara Weaver of Stuart, Ia., Miss Grace Churchill and Mrs. Stella Galloway at home, all of whom were present at the funeral of their mother. To the bereaved husband and daughter, now bowed down under their weight of sorrow, the tenderest sympathy is felt by everybody.

Originally submitted on Fri Sep 13 16:25:02 2002
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Prairie City (IA) News, 1899

Ella Marie Jobes was born in Gowanda, Era County, New York on June 10, 1845, where she grew to womanhood. They later moved to Albany, Wisconsin, where she married Mr. Edward Churchill. Soon after their marriage, they moved to Iowa and settled on a farm near Prairie City. Since then they have made several changes of residence.

Mr. Churchill was in the transfer business in Des Moines about twelve years. They have been in the hotel busines in Prairie City and Stuart and since 1893 have been proprietors and managers of the Churchill Hotel at Newton.

They had four daughters: Mae, now Mrs. John R. Taylor, of Memphis, Tennessee; Clara, now Mrs. G. W. Weaver, of Stuart, Iowa; Miss Grace Churchill and Mrs. Stella Galloway, both living in the parental home.

Transcriber note: difference of year 84 or 85 of birth by a year and also her name is Ellen in some places and Ella in others.