Maud Everett (1870-1918)

EVERETT

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 16:05:25

Maud Everett
(January 3, 1870 - November 16, 1918)

Mother and Son Pass Away

Two of the saddest deaths that has occurred in this community for many years occurred last Friday and Saturday when word was brought to Avoca that Harry Everett and his mother, Mrs. Maud Everett had both passed away after a short illness with the Spanish Flu.
Harry Everett, the first to pass away was born near Brayton, Iowa, December 1890, where he lived for some time, after which his parents moved to Avoca and have since made this their home.
For several years Harry and his mother have been living on a farm two miles south of Avoca, which Harry has been farming. The first of the week Harry was taken sick with a severe cold which developed into pneumonia and Friday evening he passed away. His mother was taken down with the same disease the middle of the week and passed away Saturday afternoon.
Harry was a young man well liked by all who knew him, a hard, earnest worker, a young man who always had a smile and a good word for all his friends. You would never know by his action that he ever had a care, he wore the smile that never came off, never too busy or too tired to help a friend. His mother was his first thought all through life and he loved her and respected her as a boy should his mother.
Mrs. Maud Robinson Everett was born near Avoca, January 3, 1870, being the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Robinson, pioneers of this section of Iowa. She was raised in and near Avoca, was married November 29, 1889 to Robert W. Everett, two children were born to them, Harry and Kathleen, the daughter dying at the age of two years.
Mrs. Everett was an unusually bright lady, a true friend to her associates, a kind and good mother. She had been a member of the Congregational Church the past twenty-five years and had striven to follow the teaching of the Lord, Jesus Christ. Her friends were many. Mrs. Everett’s one aim in life was to make a good home for her son Harry; they were true comrades such as is rarely seen between a boy and his mother; both being very thoughtful of each other. Their deaths are a very severe blow to their many friends.
A double funeral was held Sunday from their late home and the remains were laid to rest beside the daughter in the Avoca cemetery.
Mrs. Everett leaves three brothers: Eugene Robinson of Avoca, Fred of Stoneham, Colorado, and Frank K. of Omaha; and one sister, Mrs. Ed Randall and father, George Robinson who was making his home with Mrs. Everett at the time of her death, beside several other near relatives and a host of friends.
From the Scrapbooks of Bessie Gross Gustafsen
Source: Avoca Journal Herald