Emily Calista (Thompson) Acheson (1923)
ACHESON, BURGNER, GELTY, GUILD, HALL, LITTON, MOORE, RICHARDS, THOMPSON
Posted By: Ida Morse
Date: 2/3/2006 at 12:24:11
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, November 29, 1923
Page 1, Column 1Death of Mrs. Emily Acheson
Mrs. Emily Acheson, a former resident of Madison County, died Friday, Nov. 23 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. W. Guild near Mason City, at the age of 82 years. Mrs. Acheson was born in Hancock county, Illinois in 1841, coming here as the wife of John A. Acheson in 1875. For a number of years they lived in the Ord neighborhood. Then moving to what was known as the Tom Hayes farm in Douglas Township. Mr. Acheson died in 1903 and since that time, his wife has been making her home with her children.
She is survived by five daughters; Mrs. Anna Guild of Mason City, Mrs. Ella Moore of Brandon, __, Addie Litton of Kansas City, Mo; Mrs. Elizabeth Hall of Grantsburg, Wis.; and Mrs. Myrtle Getty of Fairmont, Minn. The first three mentioned accompanied the body here, which came Monday morning. Short funeral services were held at the home of Mrs. Guild, near Mason City, and then regular services were conducted at the Baptist Church Monday afternoon by Rev. A. W. Tandy of Mason City. He was assisted by Rev. Stanley Gillet of the local church and interment was made in the Winterset cemetery.
________________________The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, November 29, 1923
Page 2, Column 1Mrs. John H. Acheson
Emily Calista, daugher of Charles and Henrietta Thompson, was born in Hancock County, Ill., June 27, 1841.
She was married to John H. Acheson on Oct. 28, 1875 and came at once to Madison county, where they made their home till the death of her husband, Sept. 25, 1903. To this union were born five daughters; Mrs. Anna Guild of Mason City; Mrs. Ella Moore of Brandon; Mrs. Addie Litton of Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Elizabeth Hall of Grantsburg, Wis. and Mrs. Myrtle Gelty of Fairmont, Minn.
She is survived by 14 grandchildren. Two sisters, Mrs. Ella Burgner of Carthage, Ill., and Mrs. Lena Richards of Ferris, Ill., and a brother, N. M. Thompson, also survive.
She united with the Baptist church in her youth and has been a faithful member since, and at the time of her death was a member of the Frst (First) Baptist church of Mason City.
Since the death of her husband she has divided her time among her children. A little over a year ago, while at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Guild, she suffered a partial stroke of paralysis from which she never fully recovered, although she was able to be up a greater part of the time. About three weeks ago, she became worse, gradually falling until she passed to the Great Beyond Nov. 23, 1923 at the age of 82 years, 4 months and 23 days. During her illness, although at times her suffering was intense, it was borne with patience and her thoughts were all for others. Her daughters were all with her the last two weeks of her life.
There was a short service at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Guild, near Mason City, and the body was brought to Winterset. Rev. A. W. Tandy of the Baptist church of Mason city accompanied the relatives to Winterset, where he conducted the funeral service in the Baptist church, assisted by Rev. Stanley A. Gillet. Interment was made in the Winterset cemetery.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank our old neighbors and friends for their kind help and sympathy in our sad bereavement in the death of our dear mother, Mrs. Emily Acheson; also for the beautiful flowers -
E.W Guild and family
Rush Moore and family
W.W Litton and family
August Hall and family
Dr. Wm. A. Getty and family
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