FYFFE, Harriet A. 1838 - 1907

FYFFE, MCINTOSH

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/29/2022 at 20:59:18

"The Fairfield Journal"
Monday, June 17, 1907
Page 3, Column 3

Died This Morning.

Harriet A. FYFFE passed away this morning at 11:40 o'clock at the home of her sister, Mrs. T. M. McINTOSH on West Broadway after a lingering illness.

Miss FYFFE had made her home with her sister for several years. She was about 75 years of age. The funeral service will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at the home. Rev. Pearse Pinch will conduct the services.

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"The Fairfield Journal"
Wednesday, June 19, 1907
Page 3, Column 1

LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS

... --The funeral of Miss Harriet FYFFE was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. McINTOSH on West Broadway. Rev. Pearse Pinch conducted the last services and the remains were quietly laid to rest in Evergreen cemetery.

(same publication and page, but Column 2 -- )

Life of Harriet FYFFE.
(Contributed)

Harriett A. FYFFE was born in Putnam county Ill., March 20, 1838. She died June 17, 1907, at the home of her sister, Mrs. T. M. McINTOSH at 401 West Broadway, Fairfield, Iowa, aged 69 years, 2 months and 27 days.

She was a woman of superior ability, culture and refinement and possessed a beautiful christian character; unselfish in the extreme, never so happy as when giving of her time strength and means to others, Her untiring devotion to those near and dear to her was a beautiful revelation of a noble womanly character. Such a person could not fail to make friends and wherever she has lived she has formed lasting friendship, and many will be saddened by her death as they were made better and happier by her life.

She graduated from the Illinois Normal University and taught in that state for a number of years. Then her father, who was a druggist in Magnolia, Ill., was stricken wito (sic) blindness, and she studied pharmacy, a thing almost unhear of (sic) in those days, passed the required examination, and was the first licensed woman pharmacist in Ill., and in fact, almost the first in the United States, a woman in Massachusetts being the only exception known to the examiners. After she and her sister had taken full charge of the drug store in Magnolia for several years, the family removed to Hastings, Nebraska, and a few years ago from there to Fairfield.

Although she has for years been a great sufferer from a complication of diseases, she kept up her interest in young people, in schools, education, and everything that would tend to elevate or uplift humanity.

Last week there was a reunion of the graduates of the Illinois university, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the institution. She had re eived (sic) many urgent invitations to attend and had hoped to do so until recently when her sickness became more serious, and it became evident that her preparations must be made for a reunion with those friends who had passed to that "bourn from whence no traveler returns" that "haven of rest" She bore her intense suffering with marvelous patience, her only anxiety being for those who were so tenderly caring for her, and often expressed a willingness to go, Death has no terrors for those who have lived a riteous life.

Of her immediate family she is survived only by the sister with whom she has lived so many years, and who has the deepest sympathy of a host of friends in this bereavement.

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"The Fairfield Journal"
Weekly, Wednesday, June 19, 1907
Page 5, Column 3

From Monday's Daily.

Died This Morning.

Harriet A. FYFFE passed away this morning at 11:40 o'clock at the home of her sister, Mrs. T. M. McINTOSH on West Broadway after a lingering illness.

Miss FYFFE had made her home with her sister for several years. She was about 75 years of age. The funeral service will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at the home. Rev. Pearse Pinch will conduct the services.

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"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, June 19, 1907
Page 6, Column 2

LOCAL MISCELLANY

... Miss Harriet A. FYFFE died Monday morning at the home of her sister, Mrs. T. M. McINTOSH, on West Broadway, aged seventy-five years. The funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock, at the home, conducted by Rev. Pearse Pinch. Miss FYFFE had been a very prominent woman, is highly spoken of by friends, and there are many who will mourn her death. ...

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"The Fairfield Tribune"
Wednesday, June 19, 1907
Page 7, Column 7

Death of Harriet A. FYFFE.

Harriett A. FYFFE was born in Putnam county, Ill., March 20, 1838, and died here at the home of her sister, Mrs. T. M. McINTOSH, June 17th, aged 69 years.

Miss FYFFE has been a woman of remarkable business ability and of superior culture and refinement. She was a graduate from the Illinois Normal University and was a teacher in that state for a number of years. Later her father, who was a druggist at Magnolia, Ill., lost his eyesight and she studied pharmacy and enjoyed the distinction of being the first registered lady pharmacist in the state of Illinois, and second in the United States. With the assistance of her sister she conducted the business for several years until the family moved to Hastings, Neb., and a few years ago when the home was broken up she came to Fairfield and has since made her home with her sister. For years she has been a great sufferer from a complication of diseases, but was ever bright and cheerful and interested in all that was going about her and the events of the day. She is survived by her only sister, Mrs. T. M. McINTOSH, who has the sympathy of many friends extended to her in her bereavement.

Funeral services will be conducted from the McINTOSH home on West Broadway this afternoon at 2 o'clock, in charge of Rev. Pearse Pinch.

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"Jefferson County Republican"
Friday, June 21, 1907
Page 4, Column 5

Miss Harriet FYFFE died about noon Monday at the home of her sister, Mrs. T. M. McINTOSH, on West Broadway, aged about 75 years. The funeral was held from the residence, Wednesday afternoon conducted by Rev. Pinch.

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"The Fairfield Journal"
Weekly, Wednesday, June 27, 1907
Page 4, Column 4

Life of Harriet FYFFE.
(Contributed)

Harriett A. FYFFE was born in Putnam county Ill., March 20, 1838. She died June 17, 1907, at the home of her sister, Mrs. T. M. McINTOSH at 401 West Broadway, Fairfield, Iowa, aged 69 years, 2 months and 27 days.

She was a woman of superior ability, culture and refinement and possessed a beautiful christian character; unselfish in the extreme, never so happy as when giving of her time strength and means to others, Her untiring devotion to those near and dear to her was a beautiful revelation of a noble womanly character. Such a person could not fail to make friends and wherever she has lived she has formed lasting friendship, and many will be saddened by her death as they were made better and happier by her life.

She graduated from the Illinois Normal University and taught in that state for a number of years. Then her father, who was a druggist in Magnolia, Ill., was stricken wito (sic) blindness, and she studied pharmacy, a thing almost unheard of in those days, passed the required examination, and was the first licensed woman pharmacist in Ill., and in fact, almost the first in the United States, a woman in Massachusetts being the only exception known to the examiners. After she and her sister had taken full charge of the drug store in Magnolia for several years, the family removed to Hastings, Nebraska, and a few years ago from there to Fairfield.

Although she has for years been a great sufferer from a complication of diseases, she kept up her interest in young people, in schools, education, and everything that would tend to elevate or uplift humanity.

Last week there was a reunion of the graduates of the Illinois university, celebrating the 0th5 na niversity (sic) of the institution. She had received many urgent invitations to attend and had hoped to do so until recently when her sickness became more serious, and it became evident that her preparations must be made for a reunion with those friends who had passed to that "bourn from whence no traveler returns" that "haven of rest" She bore her intense suffering with marvelous patience, her only anxiety being for those who were so tenderly caring for her, and often expressed a willingness to go, Death has no terrors for those who have lived a riteous life.

Of her immediate family she is survived only by the sister with whom she has lived so many years, and who has the deepest sympathy of a host of friends in this bereavement.

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Note: Buried in Lot SDiv.2-039, next to her sister Beatrice FYFFE McINTOSH who died in 1923.