Susannah W. (Coate) Conway (1926)

COATE, CONWAY, ROWE, RIDDLE, CRAVEN, ROSE, STALLINGS, HART

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 3/1/2017 at 07:14:26

Afton Star-Enterprise
Afton, Iowa
Thursday, March 11, 1926
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MRS. SUSANNA W. CONWAY

Susanna W., daughter of Samuel and Harriet Coate, was born in Miami county, Ohio, July 18, 1841, and died in Bloomfield, Iowa, March 4, 1926, aged 84 years, seven months and fourteen days. At the age of twelve years, she came with her her parents to Iowa, residing for a time in Iowa county near Marengo, later in Quarry, Marshall county, where she was united in marriage to Lloyd N. Conway Sept. 20, 1861.

About 1870 they moved to Madison county and settled on what is now known as the old home place at West Branch, and where the children grew to manhood and womanhood. Her companion, a Civil war veteran preceded her in death Aug. 9, 1906. There were nine children born to them, two dying in infancy, and the youngest daughter, Susie Hill in Feb. 1915. The six living are as follows: Linn A. Conway of Macksburg; Mrs. Mamie Rowe of Bloomfield, Mrs. Hattie Riddle, Lacona; Mrs. Emma Craven, Macksburg; Carl L. Conway, Macksburg; and Glen W. Conway, Tulsa, Okla. There are also eighteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Of her immediate family she is survived by one brother, D.A. Coate of Parson, Kansas and three sisters, Mrs. Esther Rose, Orange, Calif., Mrs. Cynthia Stallings, Oswego, Kansas and Mrs. Ollie Hart, Macksburg, Iowa. Both of her parents were ministers of the Gospel, and she was converted in 1858 at the age of 17, and all of these many years has been a faithful member of the M.E church. She entered into the experience of Full Salvation in August 1893 and has been for many years a member of both the State and National Holiness Associations. Although she lived a busy life of mother in the farm home, her children’s earliest memory of mother was of her devotions to God and of her clear voice ringing out in prayer and class meetings in which she was leader for many years in the little old West Branch church which they helped to build near their home.

After being made a widow, she made her home with the daughter Susie in California until her death and the past ten years has divided her time among her children, spending winters with the daughter Mamie in Bloomfield. She has ever been of a cheerful disposition, always thinking and doing for others.

Some two years ago she suffered a severe illness of several weeks, from which she never fully recovered, and at that time she told her children all was well and she was just awaiting (unreadable text) today we know she is free from all suffering and care, and we sorrow not as those who have no hope, but confidently look forward to a glad reunion as we gather home one by one.

The funeral services were held at the home of L.A. Conway, the old home, conducted by Rev. Atha, pastor of M.E. church at Macksburg. All of the six children were present, one sister, Mrs. Hart, and and a host of other relatives and friends and interment made in West Branch cemetery by the side of her companion.
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Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, March 11, 1926
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Mrs. Susanna Conway, formerly an old time resident of the Macksburg neighborhood, died last Thursday, March 4, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mamie Rowe, of Bloomfield, Iowa. Mrs. Conway had a serious illness two years ago, from which she never fully recovered. However, she was in fairly good health, until about a week ago, when she took ill with a heavy cold, and heart trouble.

Mrs. Conway was born in Ohio, but came to Iowa, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Coate, when she was twelve years old. She was married to Lloyd Conway in 1861, and they came to Madison county in 1868, and located in Grand River township.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the L. A. Conway home, and burial was made in the West Branch cemetery. A more complete account of her life is given in the mortuary column.
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Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, March 11, 1926
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Susanna W. Conway, daughter of Samuel T. and Harriet Coate, was born in Miami county, Ohio, July 18, 1841, and died in Bloomfield, Iowa, March 4, 1926, aged 54 years, 7 months and 14 days.

At the age of twelve years, she moved with her parents to Iowa, residing for a time in Iowa county, near Marengo, later going to Quarry, Marshall county, where she was united in marriage to Lloyd N. Conway in September, 1861. Her companion, a civil war veteran, preceded her in death in 1906. There were nine children born to them, two dying in infancy, and the youngest daughter, Susie in February 1915. The six living are as follows: Linn A. Conway, of Macksburg, Mrs. Mamie Rowe, of Bloomfield, Mrs. Hattie Riddle, of Lacona, Mrs. Emma Craven of Macksburg, Carl Conway, of Macksburg, and Glen W. Conway of Tulsa, Okla. There are also eighteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Of her immediate family she is survived by one brother, D. A. Coate of Parsons, Kan. And three sisters, Mrs. Esther Rose of Orange, Calif., Mrs. Cynthia Stallings of Oswego, Kan., and Mrs. Ollie Hart of Macksburg, Iowa.

Mrs. Conway was converted in early life, sometime after entered into the experience of full salvation, and has always lived a consistent devoted Christian life. As a member of the West Branch M. E. church she was an official during her entire residence here and having been the class leader for many years there will ever remain in the hearts and minds of her own children as well as those of other relatives and friends, the memory of her earnest work. For the past ten years, she has made her home with her daughter, Mamie, in Bloomfield, to which place she had transferred her membership.

She has ever been of a cheerful disposition, always thinking of and doing for others. Some two years ago she suffered a severe illness from which she never fully recovered, and at that time she told her children that all was well with her. She was fully trusting Jesus and awaiting Hiss summons, and we know that she is now in a better world than this, and we sorrow not as those who have no hope but confidently look forward to a grand reunion as we gather home the by one.

Funeral services were held Sunday, March 7th, at 2 p.m. from the home of L. A. Conway. Interment in the West Branch cemetery.
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Coordinator's note: Transcribed as published, first name on gravestone is "Susannah".

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