Martha Anne Morgan Hauser 1853-1935

HAUSER, MORGAN, WHITE, RURING, GROVER, CHISHOLM, WATKINS, RALLS

Posted By: C Tucker (email)
Date: 2/12/2010 at 18:56:02

The News
Gowrie, IA [Thursday 6-13-1935] p.1

MRS. GEORGE HAUSER, PIONEER WOMAN, DIED ON MONDAY MORNING
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Had Lived In Webster County Since 1881
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Mrs. George W. Hauser, one of the pioneers of the community, died Monday after a lingering illness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. L. Ruring. Funeral services were held from the Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon. The Rev. George Biersborne was in charge and was assisted by the Rev. W. L. Patterson. Burial took place in the Gowrie cemetery and was in charge of E. F. King. Martha Anne Morgan, daughter of Elizabeth White Morgan and James Hardin Morgan, was born in Yadkin County, North Carolina on August 11, 1853. The first sixteen years of her life were spent in North Carolina, where her father, a Civil War veteran, was owner of a tobacco plantation. In 1869 Mrs. Hauser, with her parents, came to Iowa, making the journey by boat to Richmond, Virginia and on through Chicago which at that time was Fort Dearborn. The Morgan family settled in Hardin County at New Providence and later lived at Liscomb, Iowa. On November 7, 1874, Martha Anne Morgan was united in marriage to George W. Hauser and to this union were born eight children, all of whom are living; four daughters, Mrs. E. L. Ruring of Gowrie, Mrs. R. J. Grover, Gay and Beulah of Des Moines; four sons, Russell L. of Gowrie, Edward K., Saskatoon, Canada, Glenn W. and Owen K. of Des Moines. In addition to the husband and children she is also survived by thirteen grandchildren: Helen, Margaret, Graydon, Dale, Maxine and Maurice Hauser of Gowrie; Ruth, Lois, Jerrod and Jack Hauser of Des Moines; Jahu Grover of Montana; Mrs. Max Chisholm of Vancouver, British Columbia; Ray Watkins, Saskatoon, Canada and one great grand daughter, Shirley Maxine Chisholm of Vancouver, B.C. Of the eleven brothers and sisters there remains Mrs. Nate Ralls of Union, Ia.; three brothers, M. F. Morgan of Des Moines, A. J. Morgan of Atascadero, California and J. H. Morgan of Seattle, Washington. Mrs. Hauser came to Webster county in 1881 where with the exception of four years in Des Moines she has made her residence until the time of her death and it was here that she gave the courage and service of a pioneer woman. Her ideals for this community and for her family were high and when she reached the heights, she went on higher with consistent and untiring faith through the long years. ORGANIZED CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL Mr. and Mrs. Hauser were among the pioneers who organized and maintained Church and Sunday School services at school district number eight in Roland Township. Others who were loyal to this organization and who have passed on were Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Johnson and older residents in that community. Mrs. Hauser was later a charter member of the Christian Church at Gowrie and when this church disbanded she united with the University Church of Christ at Des Moines. Her church letter was later transferred to the Christian Church at Rinard where Mrs. Hauser was an active member and served in the church auxiliaries as long as her health permitted. The rural schools always received her most loyal support and she worked with other pioneer families to make it a center of culture and recreation. She was ever ready to share and aid in all community activities and when the Roland Township Farm Bureau organization was started she was the first chairman of the Women's Division and helped promote many worthwhile activities in the schools and community. No call for help from a friend or neighbor was ever denied and today she has joined the old friends and neighbors who knew the kindness and loyalty of a generous heart and willing hands. To those who are left and to her children and grandchildren who have known her loving care, her life will go on like a beautiful song --- resounding here and there at unexpected times and places as a sweet reminder of some kind deed and thoughtful service which she loved to perform. Only a few pioneers remain to mourn for an old comrade who has reached the end of the trail. To her family she leaves behind a legacy of sacred memories that will live and dominate their lives through the years.
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A TRIBUTE TO MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER
By Beulah Hauser

You fashioned beauty from prosaic things
And heartened by your cheer some heart still sings.
Your well remembered maxims, one by one,
Will help to clear the mist that hides the sun.

Your flaming spirit, strong as bands of steel
Yet gentle as the down rough pods conceal
Is woven in our common fragile clay
That struggles to achieve through life's short day.

This spirit that was yours still lives today
To make life sweeter as we go our way,
And though we miss you there should be no sting
We'll always find you in remembering.