Louisa (Finlayson) Cherry (1911)

CHERRY, HYDE, KIRKLAND

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 12/10/2005 at 23:54:35

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
January 1911

Mrs. Louisa Finlayson Cherry was born in Edinburg, Scotland, in 1832, and died at her home in this city, on Saturday, January 14, 1911. At the age of two years she, with her parents, came to America. After a short time in the east they removed to Zanesville, Ohio, where her youth and young womanhood was spent.

In 1859 she was married to Dr. S. B. Cherry, to whom she was a loving and faithful wife until separated by the call of death in 1882. They removed to Winterset, Iowa, in 1862. To them was given the daughter, Stella (Mrs. Hyde), who with self-sacrificing devotion has cared for her mother during the years of invalidism following the death of her husband.

Mrs. Cherry was the daughter of godly parents, who early taught her to walk in the paths of righteousness. During the latter days of her long invalidism she frequently expressed her faith in her Saviour and was heard repeating over and over again:

Jesus lover of my soul, Let me to Thy bosom fly,
While the nearer waters roll, While the tempest still is high,
Hide me, Oh my Saviour, hide, Till the storm of life is past,
Safe into Thy haven guide, Oh, receive my soul at last
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, January 19, 1911
Page 4, Column 6

Mrs. Louisa Cherry passed away on last Saturday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Homer Hyde after a short illness and a general breakdown, due to old age.

Mrs. Cherry was born in Edinburg, Scotland, in 1832. She was one of the older residents of Winterset, and since the death of her husband, Dr. Samuel Cherry, had made her home with her daughter and grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on Monday, conducted by Rev. J. S. Caskey of the Presbyterian church.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, January 19, 1911
Page 4, Column 5

John Cherry and Mrs. J. N. -- were here to attend the funeral of their sister-in-law, Mrs. Cherry, and Mrs. J. O. Kirkland, a niece, returned to their home in Des Moines on Monday.

Lenore Hyde, who came home to attend the funeral of her grandmother, Mrs. Cherry, spent Sunday with her mother and returned to work in Des Moines on Monday where she is a stenographer in Bowen and Albertson's law office.
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Coordinator's note: Buried in the Winterset Cemetery per the cemetery ledger.

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