Bessie Mary (Tillitt) MITCHELL

MITCHELL, TILLITT

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 3/1/2016 at 15:42:39

February 5, 1886 --- December 9, 1933

Mrs. Mitchell Dies Suddenly
Sutherland Lady Found Saturday Morning Dead in Bed

The death of Mrs. Roy Mitchell last Saturday morning was a shock to our community. Death was due to apoplexy and she was found dead in bed. Mrs. Mitchell had resided in Sutherland most of her life, coming here when she was nine years old.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. F. L. Van Voorhis at the Church of Christ Tuesday afternoon, at 2:30 and the body was laid to rest in Waterman cemetery. Funeral arrangements carried out were made by Mrs. Mitchell before her death. A mixed quartet composed of Herman Behmer, George Waggoner, Miss Beulah Wilson and Miss Doris Fredenburg sang "Looking This Way", "Asleep in Jesus" and "Shall We Meet Beyond the River." Accompaniment was played by Mrs. P. A. Millard. The sermon was taken from the 63rd Psalm

Bessie Mary Tillitt, daughter of Daniel and Marian Tillitt, was born at Colfax, Washington, Feb. 5, 1886 and departed this life at Sutherland, Iowa Dec. 9, 1933 at the age of 47 years, 10 months and 4 days. She came with her parents from Washington to Boone, Iowa, and at the age of nine years, to Sutherland where she attended public school and grew to womanhood.

She was married to Sample Leroy Mitchell of Eagle Grove, Iowa July 13, 1904 at Cherokee, Iowa. Four little sons God sent to bless them, Harold Leroy, Dale Percy, who died in infancy, Clark Burdette and Gail Wilbur. In the year 1906 she went with her husband to live at Spencer, moving to Sutherland again in 1909 where she spent the remainder of her life with the exception of 1923-24 which was spent in California.

She united with the Christian Church at Sutherland, Iowa and was a willing worker for the church, striving to live to the best of her ability in the service of the Lord. The deceased was a member of the Rebekah lodge.

Now far away in the straight path lay flowers by the wayside leading to the land beyond the sunset where all is joy and peace.

There is left to mourn, her husband, Sample Leroy Mitchell, three sons Harold, of Spencer, Ia., Clark of Paullina, and Gail of Long Beach, California.

Sutherland Courier -- Sutherland, Iowa
December 14, 1933