Margaret (Lowery) Jackman 1839-1914

JACKMAN, LOWERY, LOWRY, CONLON, NOLAN

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Palo Alto Reporter
Emmetsburg, Iowa
8 Oct 1914
Page 1

Mrs. M. Jackman Dead

Mrs. M. J. Jackman died at her home in this city Tuesday night, shortly before midnight. Her children had been summoned during her illness and were at her bedside. Mrs. Jackman was one of the early pioneers of this county and is well known among all of the early settlers. The funeral will be held from Assumption church Friday morning at ten o'clock.

The Palo Alto Tribune
Emmetsburg, Iowa
14 Oct 1914

Mrs. Margaret Jackman

At 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 7, Mrs. Margaret Jackman died at her home in this city. She had been an invalid for thirty years or more and during this long period of time her life was one of peace and contentment. She had a pleasant smile and word of cheer for every one who came to her home. Such christian fortitude and humble submission to the Divine will as she evidenced during her long years of suffering and confinement is rare indeed and to us seems one of the most commendable acts of true christianity that we have ever known. For several days before her demise she was in a very weak condition and death seemed inevitable. The family was called home so that they might see her again before life was extinct. She passed away peacefully. That same unfaltering trust that sustained her through long years of illness was evident to her dying breath. Funeral services were conducted at Assumption church by Very Rev. P. F. Farrelly at 10 o'clock Friday morning and the remains laid to rest in the family lot in St. John cemetery.

The pall bearers were Joseph, Patrick, John and Francis Jackman, Dan Murphy and Paul Schaney all nephews of the deceased.

Mrs. Margaret Lowry was born in the Province of Leinster, Westmeath county, Ireland, on March 17, 1839. In 1851 she came to America. In 1857 she came to Palo Alto county and has resided here constantly since. In 1858 she was united in marriage to Michael Jackman. They located on a farm in Freedom township, a short distance north of this city on the east bank of Medium Lake where they resided for many years. About seventeen years ago they retired and came to Emmetsburg to live. On March 19, 1901, Mr. Jackman died, but his wife still maintained the old home. We are quite unable to find words to express our sympathy for the bereaved ones in this case. True, this mother had lived to a good old age and had been helpless for many, many years, and demanded constant care. Yet this helplessness in itself endeared her and mingled with that kind, gentle, loving sympathy, that indulgent disposition that kept a warmth of genuine hospitality ever in her home made her presence absolutely necessary to happiness there. The unselfish solicitude for her family and friends that made her forget herself and bound her close to the hearts of her children that death seems a cruel blow. During the earlier years of her life when she was well and strong she labored earnestly and zealously for the comfort of her husband and children. She was kind and neighborly and always willing to assist where she felt that she could be of service. Her life has been the kind of one that we all feel is deserving of eternal reward, for she was a woman of strong christian character, patient, loving, self-sacrificing. May peace and everlasting happiness be hers. She was the mother of eleven children. Of these, Charles, Margaret, Lizzie and a baby were called before her. The surviving children are Patrick of Grand Island, Neb., Michael of Waterloo, Mrs. Richard Nolan of Mankato, Minn., Mrs. Cathrine Conlon, William, Mary and Agnes Jackman of this city. Besides she has twenty-one grandchildren and three great grandchildren. To them we extend our sincere sympathy.