Emily Edith Peate-Hiatt 1876-1914

BURHANS, FISCHER, FRAZEE, HIATT, HOWES, MILLS, PEATE

Posted By: Gary McGlothlen (email)
Date: 7/10/2005 at 19:48:26

PAY FINAL TRIBUTE
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Mrs A. R. Hiatt Was Honored by Large Concourse of People At Funeral Services Monday Morning.
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Peaceful be thy silent slumber,
Peaceful in thy grave so low;
Thou no more will join our number,
Thou no more our sorrow know.
Yet again we hope to meet thee,
When the day of life is fled.
And in Heaven with joy to greet thee
Where no farewell tears are shed.

Marked by the most impressive services, the funeral of Mrs. Emily Edith Peate-Hiatt were[sic] held on Monday morning at the Christian church in this city. Hundreds of people were present to pay the last tribute to this young matron and mother.

Beginning early in the morning floral tributes were sent to the church and the home, until the casket was a solid bank of flowers, among which was a set piece from the I. O. O. F. and another with the word "Mother."

The parents of Mr. and Mrs. Hiatt and relatives and friends and the L. L. G. Club, of which Mrs. Hiatt was a [founding] member, filed into the church until the capacity was taxed to the utmost.

Before the sermon by Rev. C. S. Carroll, of the Hillsboro Baptist Church, there were several favorite selections of the deceased rendered by the large choir. Then, Dr. Carroll preached from a few verses of the Bible chosen by Mrs. Hiatt before her death, commencing with the first verse of the fourteenth chapter of Job -- his lamentation: "Man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble, etc."

He closed the sermon with a few verses, also of Mrs. Hiatt's choosing, from the seventh chapter of Revelations and the thirteenth verse.

Mrs. Hiatt had been an invalid for more than two years, yet not of a serious nature until this past summer when she became so bad that she was compelled to take to her bed early in September, and from which she never again rose. Her malady was Carca-[unreadable] cancer. Although her suffering at times was severe yet she never uttered a word of complaint, but bore it with patience until the end came, which was quiet and peaceful, having gently expired at about five-thirty Saturday morning.

Emily Edith Peate-Hiatt was born in Knaresborough, England, October 15, 1876, and died February 7, 1914. She came to the United States in 1883, settling at Brooklyn, Iowa. She was married to Wm. Howes, in Chicago, February 17, 1897, to which union one son was born, Calixto Garcia Howes, on January 15, 1898. Mr. Howes died at Havana, Cuba, of yellow fever, on October 18, 1898, while in the service of the United States as a captain of a steamer.

In the year 1899 she entered the School of Telegraphy at Highland Park College, at Des Moines, and it was while a student here that she met and wedded Arthur R. Hiatt, who was a pharmaceutical student. They were married at Adel, Iowa, on the 4th of September, 1901, moving to this city in February, 1902, where they have remained ever since. She was the mother of two beautiful little daughters, Constance Louise, born February 16, 1907, and Winifred, born October 24, 1909.

Mrs. Hiatt united with the Methodist church at Brooklyn in 1886, of which church she remained a member until about two years ago, when she united with the Christian church of this city.

Everything that was known to medical science was resorted to in order to stay the dred[sic] disease. She was taken to Mayo Bros., at Rochester, Minn., to Still at Kirksville, and several other prominent specialists, but all to no avail.

Mrs. Hiatt leaves besides a husband, son and daughters, her father, [step-]mother, three sisters and two brothers as follows: Mrs. A. D. Burhans, of Waterloo, Iowa; Mrs. G. T. Mills, of Thayer, Kas.; and a half sister, Miss Etta Thompson, of Brooklyn, Iowa, who was her constant and careful nurse to the last. The brothers are Herbert C. Peate, of Lincoln, Neb., and William Peate, Jr., now visiting at Williamsburg, Kansas. Her father and [step-]mother, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Peate, Sr., make their home at Siolum[sic][Siloam] Springs, [Ar]Kansas.

Those who were here to attend the funeral from a distance were: Mr. and Mrs. Otto Fischer, of Centerville, Iowa; H. F. Peate, Lincoln, Neb., D. A. Frazee, Gorin Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Hiatt, Clyde Hiatt and Elza Hiatt, of Centerville.

Interment was had in the Spencer cemetery.

Source: The Stockport News, Friday, February 13, 1914