COLE, Mary Otis

COLE, OTIS, BAINTER

Posted By: Marlene Skalberg (email)
Date: 2/5/2016 at 15:43:34

Mrs. E. Cole, mention of whose serious illness was made in last week’s Leader, passed away Friday, March 21, 1930. She was stricken on Thursday, March 13, with, paralysis from which she was unable to rally, although everything possible was done to relieve her, and the end came as stated above.

The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church at 2:30 o’clock. Services were conducted by Rev. Paul K. Holland, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. The sermon was given by W. C. McClellan of Corning, a friend of the family for over forty years.

A quartet composed of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Honeyman, Mrs. Clara Thorson, and Dr. E. L. Johnson sang with Mrs. Roscoe Parker at the piano. The pall bearers were R. M. Shipman, J. E. Gibson, R. M. Fryer, John Taylor, John Carson, and W. W. Abel. Burial was made in the Emerson Cemetery.

Minnie Oits was born in Marietta, Ohio, December 24, 1844, and died March 21, 1930, being 86 years of age. She was the youngest of four girls and one boy and while in infancy she was left motherless.

Just as she reached young womanhood, her father moved by boat from Marietta, Ohio to Mills County, Iowa and located at Glenwood, having traveled on the Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri rivers in order to arrive at their destination.
While at Glenwood she taught school near there and ran a military shop on the northwest corner of the square.

On October 1, 1868, she was married at Glenwood to Eleazor Cole and spent the rest of her life in Mills County, having spent the best years of her life on the farm a few miles south of Emerson. It was here she gladly bore her part in the early pioneer days of Mills County and was always ready to make any sacrifices for those near and dear.
Her habits of life were simple, she very much disliked show and display and was a woman of high ideals and sociable disposition.

The loss of hearing for most of her life deprived her of much enjoyment and pleasure but she never complained. She enjoyed reading good books and during her married life she derived much pleasure from the cultivation and care of flowers.
Although partially deprived of hearing much of the services, she enjoyed going to church and many years ago united with the church at Champion Hill.

Her faith was simple and child-like and at times she liked to quietly read her bible.
She was a mother of six children and always enjoyed having the children and grandchildren visit her.

Two of the boys, Frank and W. A. preceded their mother in death. She is survived by her husband, three sons, O. C., E. E., and A. G. Cole and one daughter, Mrs. R. E. Whipple, all of Emerson, thirteen grandchildren and several great-grandchildren besides a host of friends also survive her.

Malvern Leader, March 27, 1930, page 9