Sarah Ann (Huffman) Smith (1920)

GREER, HUFFMAN, SMITH

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 4/30/2014 at 08:30:40

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, October 27, 1920
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Death of Mrs. Sarah Smith

To have lived ninety and one-half years was the portion of Mrs. Sarah Huffman Smith, who died on Oct. 20 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James L. Greer.

Mrs. Smith had lived in Winterset since 1876, gaining a circle of devoted friends who found in her a Christian spirit of rare worth. Her illness had been a long, tedious one, dating back several years, but in the past few weeks only was she bedfast.

She was the widow of Christopher Smith, who died in 1886, and since that date Mrs. Smith made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Greer, whose kindness and devotion to her mother during the long and trying months of illness was unnerving.

Funeral services were held on Friday afternoon at the Greer home conducted by Rev. ----.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, October 27, 1920
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Sarah A. Huffman was born near Zanesville, O., April 11, 1830, and passed from this life to the one beyond in Winterset, Oct. 20, aged 90 years, 6 months and 9 days. She was one of a family of ten children, all her brothers and sisters having preceded her to that better land.

On June 7, 1853, she was married to Christopher Smith and they removed to Cambridge, O., where their home was established and where their five children were born. Two of these children died in infancy and the remaining three grew to manhood and womanhood. The only son, Harry, died nearly two years ago, and Mary, a daughter, died last June. The husband and father died thirty-four years ago, and since that time she has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. J. L. Greer. The family left Ohio in 1870, removing to Topeka, Kan., living there six years, then coming to Winterset, where she has since resided.

She united with the Presbyterian church in Cambridge, Ohio, but soon after coming to Winterset she united with the Methodist church and was a faithful attendant at their services until failing health compelled her to stay at home. Her faith in God never wavered and during her last sickness she frequently said, “Bless the good Lord for His kindness and mercy to me,” and her favorite verse was “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” She often expressed a desire to leave this world of suffering and pain and be with the Lord she loved in that heavenly home.

When a child, her parents were pioneers in the country where they lived, and her recollection of those days was perfectly clear and she loved to talk of the days spent in weaving cloth, spinning, knitting, etc., such as the thrifty housewives did in early days.

There were few idle moments in her life; she was always busy and even when failing health compelled her to resign the activities of life her thimble, needle and thread were her constant companions.

She was a loving, self-sacrificing wife and mother and her children and their comfort were always foremost in her mind. Her friends were numbered by the score. Her life’s work is done and she has entered into that “rest that remaineth for the people of God.”

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