Gillette, Helen Mary (Barbor) 1837 - 1920

GILLETTE, GILLETT, BARBOR, BURBANK, CAWARD, BURGESS

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 11/2/2025 at 13:07:25

Source: Cresco Plain Dealer Nov. 12, 1920, P1 C3-4

DEATH OF PIONEER.
Mrs. Ed Gillett Dies Suddenly on Tuesday Morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gillett were at work about their home last Tuesday morning, arranging to put on the storm windows, when Mrs. Gillett complained of a severe pain in her head, and expired almost immediately and before her children could reach home. Mr. and Mrs. Gillett are among our oldest residents and had the destinction{sic} of being the first Howard county couple to be united in marriage, going to Auburn, in Fayette county for that purpose.
OBITUARY.
Helen Mary Barbor, daughter of Elizabeth Burbank and Horace Barbor, was born in LaPorte, Ind., on November 14, 1837, and died in Cresco, Iowa, on November 9, 1920. Aged 82 years, 11 months and 25 days.
She was the sixth of a family of eight children Her mother died when she was but fourteen years of age and to her fell the care of a father and two younger brothers. In 1855 they came to Howard county, traveling by ox team, and pre-empted their farm on what is now the town of Cresco.
On February 21, 1856, she was untied in marriage with Edmund Gillett and they settled on the farm, a part of which is still their home.
To this union six children were born—Hattie, wife of J. B. Caward, who died on February 7, 1890p; Fred, of Spicer, Minn.; Arthur, of Dell Rapids, S. D.; E. D. of Lowell, Ariz.; Nellie, wife of A. J. Caward, and Gertrude, wife of R. Burgess. Besides the children, nine grand children and three great grand children survive.
Those who knew her best will feel keenest loss at her going. She was a modest, quiet faithful character doing her work with fidelity and loyalty, a guardian of the home, and the true life of its life.
The funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon at the home Rev. Bockoven officiating, with interment at Oak Lawn.
Among those from out of town who were in attendance at the funeral of Mrs. Gillett were her sons, Fred of Minneapolis, and Arthur of Dell Rapids, S. D.; Mrs. Bennett of Waterloo, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wodrich of Mt. Vernon, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Caward of Mason City, Mrs. Doane and Mrs. Leanus Wells of Hopkinton, Iowa.

Transcriber's Note: Find a Grave shows the name spelled Gillette.

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