Martha Belle "Mattie" (Hemstock) McIntosh (1868-1915)

HEMSTOCK, MCINTOSH, ABBOTT

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 4/18/2022 at 19:01:03

From Nevada Representative September 10, 1915 (page 1)

OBITUARY

MRS. R. H. McINTOSH

Mrs. R. H. McIntosh die at the family home east of Nevada early Wednesday morning, and her funeral will be conducted this afternoon from the Lutheran church by Rev. Shirck. Mrs. McIntosh's death came at the end of a long sickness, in the latter stages of which there had been substantially no hope of her recovery; but excepting to the member of her immediate family and perhaps a few other her final dropping away was a surprise, inasmuch as up to a very few days before she had been able ton continue semi-weekly trips to the Sanitarium for treatment. In all her sickness she was very patient; she realized fully her condition, and her words to those about her were words of gratefulness and cheer.

Martha Belle Hemstock (always know as "Mattie") was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Hemstock of this city, and she was born July 21, 1868, at what was the family home in Union township. A little over the line into Grant township, where she grew up, attended the country schools and was married to R. H. McIntosh July 20, 1887. Always she ha lived near Nevada and after her marriage she lived for a number of years in Nevada; then they moved onto the Hemstock farm in Grant township and in recent years they had lived upon the Shugart farm east of Nevada. Her death, as stated, was September 8, 1915, and her age 47 years, 1 month and 18 days. She was the mother of eight children, six of whom survive, their ages ranging from three to seventeen. She is survived also by her husband, her parents, her two brothers J. A. and George B. Hemstock, both in California, and her one sister Mrs. Will Abbott. For many years she was an active member of the Lutheran Church.

Mrs. McIntosh was a woman who without seeking a field for her activities outside the circle of home and household duties had somehow managed to make a good deal of an impression as a woman of especial worth and capability. Her friends were many and by them she was sincerely admired.

Her death comes not in the fulness of years but at a time of life when her burdens should have begun to lighten and when greater ease and opportunity for leisurely enjoyment were before her. Regret and mourning and the sense of loss are therefore particularly great.