Mrs William (Amanda) Durant 1832-1922

DURANT, ANDREWS, SPROUT, COMPTON, PROUTY, HOVIS

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Date: 3/20/2011 at 23:15:28

The Palo Alto Tribune, Wednesday, May 10, 1922

MRS. DURANT LAID TO REST

AGED PALO ALTO COUNTY LADY DIES AT SHELDON. BURIED HERE LAST THURSDAY

Mrs. William Durant, One of the old time residents of this county died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Andrews of Sheldon at one o'clock Tuesday morning, May 2, after a lengthy illness. She was confined to bed for three months before her death. She had been quite feeble from age for several years.

Funeral services were held at the Andrews home in Sheldon on Wedndeday and the remains brought here for burial, arriving in the evening. It was taken to the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. N. Sprout. A service was held at the house at 2 P.M. thursday and later at the M.E. church. Rev. Ortmeyer officiated. The interment was made in Evergreen cemetery. the pall bearers were T. H. Taylor, W. H. Taylor, George Wright, Sam Salvin, J. Letson and F. C. Underwood.

Miss Amanda Barkley was born near Ontario on Oct. 17, 1831 and hence was over 90 years of age at the time of her death. She came to America when a young lady and located in New York. There she united in marriage with William Durant in 1849. They moved to Iowa in 1877 and located in Fern Valley township in this county. They Retired from farming in 1901 and moved to Cylinder and established their home. Mr. Durant died on May 11, 1916. For the past two years Mrs. Durant made her home in Sheldon. For fifteen months previous to that she lived in Emmetsburg with her daughter, Mrs. L. N. Sprout.

There were twelve children, six sons and six daughters born to Mr. and Mrs. Durant. The daughters are Mrs. A. I. Sprout of Rodman; Mrs L. N. Sprout of this city; Mrs J. L. Prouty of Underwood, N. Dak.; Mrs Ed Hovis of Albion, Minn.; Mrs Andrews of Sheldon and Mrs W. E. Compton of Minneapolis. the sons are John Durant of Carthage, S. Dak.; Justice of New Rockford, N. Dak.; S. R. of Algona, Thomas of St. Cloud, Minn.; William of Sonoma, Cal.; and Sylvester of Kamiah, Idaho.

Mrs Durant was very well known in this county. She was a resident here for about forty-five years. In her younger days she was active, earnest and energetic and a force for good in her community. She was one of the pioneers and adapted herself readily to the trials that go with pioneer life. She was devoted to her home and family. She never grew tired of accomplishing the tasks that fall to the lot of a wife and mother and found her greatest joy ministering unto them. When seventeen years of age she joined the Methodist church and remained a faithful member during the remainder of her life. She was a good woman, neighborly, charitable and kind. She was prone to see the good in others and to overlook their short comings. She was intelligent and exceptionally companionable. She did well the things that came in her way to do. She lived a good, long, useful life and through years of service she builded her own best monument. Her death is timely and though her departure brings grief and sorrow to the children who survive her, yet the call to a better world beyond is but natural. The Tribune extends sincere sympathy to the bereaved family, for the loss of a mother is a bereavement always.