Lawton, Alice Mrs. died 1942

LAWTON, LEAN

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg (email)
Date: 3/3/2011 at 18:45:08

From the Hawarden Independent of Aug 20,1942
Death Claims Mrs. Alice Lawton
Friends and neighbors were greatly shocked Monday when word came of the death of Mrs. Alice Lawton who passed away in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Lean, in Bellflower, Calif. It was just two weeks since she left Ireton, accompanied by her daughters on the trip West, where she was to make her home.
Mrs. Lawton had not been in good health for some time and of late failed rapidly. Heart trouble and complications caused her death. Mrs. Lawton
led an active life in her home, in her garden; in church and community.
She lived alone for many years. Her husband passed away many years ago. She came to Ireton after her husband's death and lived here more than 20 years.
So ends the life of another, who saw pioneer hardships, labor and sorrow,yet in it all had that Christian hope and fortitude until the last. Her life will be only a memory but the good
deeds will live on.