Lydia Lavina (Andrus) DeClercq Travis (1936)

ANDRUS, BAILEY, DECLERCQ, ROSE, TRAVIS

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 7/13/2006 at 15:02:26

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, November 12, 1936

Mrs. Lydia L. Travis, a resident of Madison county since 1873, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. P. E. Rose of Winterset, last Thursday after a long period of declining health. She was 86 years old.

Mrs. Travis was the former Lydia Andrews, daughter of William H. and Mary Bailey Andrews, and was born January 4, 1850, in DeRuyter, New York. She was married to Edwin L. DeClercq on December 25, 1870. Three years later they came to Iowa and located on a farm three miles south of DeSoto. There they made their home until Mr. DeClercq's death in 1895.

She was later married to James A. Travis of DeSoto who died in February of 1922. She then moved to Earlham to be near her daughter, Mrs. Rose. For the last six years she had made her home with Mrs. Rose in Earlham and Winterset.

In addition to Mrs. Rose, the deceased is survived by a son, Charles L. DeClercq of Visalia, California, five step-children, besides a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held last Saturday from the Methodist church in DeSoto in charge of the Rev. Peter Bock of Earlham. Burial was made in the DeSoto cemetery.
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Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
Thursday, November 12, 1936

Lydia Lavina Andrus, daughter of Wm. H. and Mary Bailey Andrus was born in DeRuyter, New York on January 4, 1850. She was one of a family of nine children, all of whom preceded her in death.

She was married to Edwin L. de Clercq December 25, 1870; to this union three children were born, Mrs. Maude Rose of Winterset, Edwin who died in infancy, and Charles L. of Visalia, California.

Mr. and Mrs. de Clercq came to Iowa in 1873 and located on a farm in Madison county, three miles south of De Soto and remained on the same farm until the death of Mr. de Clercq on June 8, 1895. Soon after coming to Iowa she united with the Christian Church of which denomination she remained a consistent member throughout her life.

In 1898 she was united in marriage to James A. Travis; and they made their home in De Soto until his passing into the beyond in February 1922. Soon after his death she moved to Earlham. For the past six years she has made her home with her daughter Mrs. Rose, from whose home she departed this life November 5, 1936 after a prolonged illness, age 86 years and ten months.

She leaves to mourn her going on to the beyond, one daughter, and one son, three step-daughters and two step-sons; seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Of grandmother Travis it can truthfully be said, “She hath done what she could.”

Funeral services were held Saturday, November 7, at the Methodist church in De Soto. Burial was at De Soto.
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Transcriber's note: Transcribed as published, the correct maiden name is "Andrus".

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