Lundy, Emily Almira 1820-1912

LUNDY, NORRIS, TUTTLE, TRIMMER, LAMPMAN, SAGE, LOVESEE, BUCKERIDGE, CUMMINGS

Posted By: Marilyn Norris Holmes
Date: 10/16/2014 at 20:47:59

Contributed by Gary Norris to Marilyn Norris Holmes
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The Rockford Register-Gazette
Tuesday, January 23, 1912

MRS. E. LUNDY DIES IN ROSCOE

WIDOW OF AN EARLY DAY PHYSICIAN
--NINETY-TWO IYEARS OLD

Roscoe, Ill., Jan. 11--Early Sunday morning Mrs. Emily Lundy passed into the more abundant life. For many months Mrs. Lundy had suffered pain and helplessness, caused by a fall she had last March, which at her advanced age was the more unendurable. The release therefore is to her and all a cause for rejoicing and not regret.

Emily Almira Norris was the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Norris and was born in North East, Pa., Feb. 6, 1820. She was of a family of eight children, there being but one *brother. Early in life she was converted and joined the Presbyterian church in the east. She learned the milliner's trade. Here she became acquainted with Wm. N. Lundy, a young Canadian, and they were married and lived for a time in Belvidere. Her parents later came west and settled at Roscoe, after a little time.

Several years following her marriage it became necessary for her husband to go and care for his parents and the family removed to Canada for another period of years until both his parents were gone. They then returned to Belvidere, remained about a year, and then in 1866 came to Roscoe, where the husband practiced medicine for about 26 years most successfully. Jan. 18, 1892, Dr. Lundy died, after months of suffering, deeply loved and regretted by a very large circle of friends.

Mrs. Lundy joined the M.E. church of Belvidere by letter with her husband soon after their marriage. On finally coming to Roscoe to live she took her church letter to the Congregational church, so that she might accompany her father, Deacon Norris of that church whose failing sight demanded an attendant. After her father's death she took her letter to the M.E. church with her husband and children.

Mrs. Lundy was the mother of eight children, Mrs. Roselba Trimmer of Rockton; Mrs. Helen Lampman, deceased; Mrs. Mary Sage, Williamstown, N.Y.; Mrs. Dorcas Lovesee, deceased; Mrs. Anna Buckeridge, Beloit; Mrs. Antoinette Cummings, Roscoe; Frank of Harvey, Ill.

In 1881, when through the offices of Miss Adeline E. Goodrich, the W.C.T.U. was organized in Roscoe, Mrs. Lundy became an enthusiastic member, and probably no other interest exceeded that of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in her heart in all her life and up to the day of her death she probably and as a matter of conscience wore the white ribbon badge of the union. She was for many years its president here and later while staying with her daughter in Rockton she stirred up an interest among the women here and personally organized the W.C.T.U. of Rockton. Mrs. Lundy was also deeply interested in missions, both foreign and home and made regular contributions to its societies. She took upon herself to furnish money to support and educated one of the boy victims of the India famine at Bombay and until he was made thus self-supporting she made sacrifice for him. He was given the name of Lundy in honor of his kind benefactress.

All these activities go to show that Mrs. Lundy was a woman of unusual personality, deeply religious, conscientious, friendly, humane, and had made a daily impression on the life of the community in these nearly fifty years residence here. She had a most retentive memory and after her fall, her sight failing, she was able to repeat great numbers of scriptures, text and hymns and other poems. She held her memory and hold on affairs of passing interest to the very last although longing and sighing to be taken home to God.

"Blessed are the dead who died in the
Lord.
Yea saith the spirit. They rest from
their labors and their words do follow
them."

The funeral will be held at her home Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The pastors of both churches will have part in the service.

Transcriber Note: *brother is Samuel Tuttle Norris (1810-1899), who is buried at Brooklyn, Poweshiek County, Iowa. Samuel T. Norris is this transcriber's 3x Great-Grandfather. MH