Anna M. (Butler) Flower (1910)

FLOWER, BUTLER, GRISMER, HICKOX, HOSKINS

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Date: 6/18/2010 at 08:29:26

Winterset Reporter
Thursday, August 4, 1910
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Death of Mrs. Flowers

Mrs. Anna M. Flowers, after an illness of several months, died Thursday morning at 6:30 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. E. Grismer. Mrs. Flowers was 76 years of age. The remains were taken to her old home in Mitchellville this morning for burial.
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Winterset Reporter
Thursday, August 18, 1910
Page 4
(From the Mitchellville Index)

The hearts of friends here were made sad some days ago when the word came from Winterset that Mrs. Anna Flower had passed “from out this bourne of Time and Place.” She had resided here many years, and a sense of personal loss came to those who had known her in former days.

The funeral was held from the residence of Mrs. Hickox on the afternoon of Aug. 5, and interment was at Mitchellville cemetery beside her husband, the late Mr. E. Y. Flower. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. N. E. Spicer of Webster City. As a preface to his address he read a beautiful and fitting poem entitled, “Last Words,” from which the following is an extract:

“And toll no bell and chant no dirge
O’er my unburied dust,
But utter words of earnest prayer
And sing sweet hymns of trust.
Then lay me gently down to rest,
Where sleep my loved and lost,
And think of me as one whose barque
Is no more tempest tossed.”

In a peculiarly tender and sympathetic voice, Mrs. Myrtle Gadd Davis sang three beautiful solos, “One Sweetly Solemn Thought,” Angels Ever Bright and Fair,” and Tennyson’s Immortal Crossing the Bar.”

In brief, the events of Mrs. Flower’s life are as follows: Anna M. Butler was born in Ogdensburg, New York, May 2, 1834. She was married to E. Y. Flower at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, May 1st, 1853. They came to Iowa in 1876, locating first at Corning, and later came to Mitchellville. Mr. Flower died in 1901, after which Mrs. Flower resided at Winterset with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Grismer, at whose home she passed away August 2, 1910.

She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Gertrude F. Grismer, living at Winterset, and two sisters, Mrs. Carrie E. Hickox of Mitchellville, and Mrs. Emma A. Hoskins of Grand Island, Neb. Mrs. Flower was a member of the Universalist church at Mitchellville.

During her residence here, her personality counted for much in the moral and intellectual side of life of this place. As a member of the W.C.T.U. from its inception, her influence was always felt on the side of temperance. The intellectual side of life always appealed to Mrs. Flower, and she interested herself in educational matters, including the public schools and the study of good literature in private clubs and societies. We will cherish the memory of her life, her kindly sympathy, her good deeds and her high ideals.
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Winterset Madisonian
Thursday, August 4, 1910
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Death of Mrs. Flower.

Mrs. Anna Flower, mother of Mrs. W. E. Grismer, died at the Grismer home in the northwest part of the city at 6:30 Tuesday evening. She had been ailing for some time, but few outside of the intimate friends of the family knew that her condition was serious. Mr. and Mrs. Grismer accompanied the remains to Mitchelville, their former home where burial will be made.