Stuart Addison Silliman (1913)

BAKER, KIMER, SILLIMAN, SMITH

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 11/6/2010 at 08:43:42

The Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, October 15, 1913
Page 1

Addison Silliman, formerly of this county, since living in Indianola, died suddenly from heart failure at his home in that city last Saturday. Mr. Silliman was a man highly respected in this county where he grew up. A few years ago he moved to Indianola to educate his children and he has been engaged in the real estate business during that time. The bereaved family have the sympathy of this entire community.
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The Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, October 15, 1913
Page 5

Stuart Addison Silliman was born near Galiliee, Pa., May 23, 1853, and passed away at his home in Indianola, Iowa, Oct. 9, 1913 at the age of 60 years, 4 months and 14 days.

When about ten years of age, he came with his parents to Iowa and settled in Madison county about eight miles south of Winterset. In 1879, on the 13th of Feb., he was united in marriage to Miss Allie Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Silliman settled on a farm near Peru, Iowa, where they remained until going to Indianola in 1902 for the purpose of education their children. With the exception of two years spent in Texas, they have since made Indianola their home.

Three children were born to them: Gertie May, Effie and Mayme Alice. Gertie May died in infancy, leaving two daughters, Mrs. Grant Kimer, of Indianola, and Mrs. Leonard Smith, of Ida Grove, to mourn the departure of their father. In addition to the wife and daughters, Mr. Silliman leaves a sister, Miss Appauline Silliman, Clifton, Colo., and two brothers, Charles and Lincoln, both of Winterset; he leaves a host of warm friends wherever he has lived.

Mr. Silliman was baptized in the United Presbyterian church when but a boy. Althought in recent years he has not associated himself with any church, he still retained the faith of his boyhood days and made it the rule of his practice. He had a steadfast faith in Christ and was the sympathetic friend of the church in all its undertakings. Physical disabilities have recently rendered it impossible for him to attend the public services of the church. He was a loving and devoted husband, a father whose influence was wholesome and whose life will remain as a fragrant memory with those who are left behind. His reticent, retiring disposition caused him to shrink from any form of publicity, but as a man of clean life and high ideals, his influence always added strength to the moral force of the community.

The funeral services, which were conducted by the Rev. Chas. R. Bair, of the Methodist church, with the assistance of Rev. E. E. Douglas, of the United Presbyterian church, were held at the residence on West Ashland avenue Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The I.O.O.F. lodge attended in a body, acting as an escort to the cemetery where, according to their beautiful custom, they deposited the sprig of evergreen on the casket of their departed brother.

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