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- Funeral services for Mrs. Hugh C. STEWART,
91, a resident of Milton for many
- years, who died Friday in Edgerton
Memorial hospital, were held Monday afternoon in the Albrecht
funeral home, Carroll L. Hill officiating. Burial was in Evergreen
cemetery, Albion. Kenneth A. BABCOCK was soloist.
- Pallbearers were six grandsons: Hugh
STEWART, Ray LAWTON, Gene
- STEWART,
Albert WILLE, William H. WILLE and Sidney WILLE.
- The former Alice LEACH was born
Jan. 12, 1860, in Philadelphia. Following the
- death of her father she was taken into
the home of Howard DAVIS, Shiloh, N.J., where her future
husband, Hugh C. STEWART, whose father had been killed
in the Civil War, also was living. The couple were married Feb.
6, 1876.
- Mr. and Mrs. STEWART moved to
West Hallock, Ill., in 1880 and lived on a farm
- there for more than 20 years. Later
they moved to Albion where they operated a general merchandise
store. Mr. STEWART also operated a similar business in
Milton Junction and then became operator of a drug store in Milton,
keeping that business for 18 years. The couple observed their
65th wedding anniversary before his death Oct. 19, 1941.
- Until shortly before her most recent
illness, Mrs. STEWART had been in good health
- and active in her home and garden.
- Mrs. STEWART is survived by
two sons, Howard of Milton, and Wilbur of
- Columbus, Ohio; a daughter, Mrs. Clarence
LAWTON, Albion; 11 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sons, Rollo in 1947, and Frank,
in infancy, and a daughter, Mrs. Hattie WILLE, in 1946.
Her husband died in 1941. [Thursday edition, p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- Seymour Norton LOWTHER, 66,
620 Davis St., Milton, was killed instantly and his
- wife, Grace, was injured in an auto
accident on U.S. highway 51 Tuesday afternoon just north of Ramsey,
Ill. They had left Milton to spend a few weeks at Bonita Springs,
Fla., where they were building a house. Mr. LOWTHER was
a mason foreman for J. P. Cullen, Janesville.
- The accident occurred at 2:30 p.m.,
a mile north of Ramsey as a semi-trailer truck
- attempted to pass the LOWTHER
car on a hill. When the truck drew parallel with the LOWTHER
car, a car approached from the opposite direction. The driver
of the other car attempted to climb one of the high banks, but
the car was hit broadside by the LOWTHER vehicle. Both
cars were completely demolished. The other car, a Buick Roadmaster,
was occupied by two police officers.
- Mr. LOWTHER died instantly of
chest injuries. Mrs. LOWTHER was taken to a
- Pana, Ill, hospital suffering from
cuts and shock. Forty stitches were taken, mostly in her face.
Her daughter, Mrs. Chester SMITLEY, Milton, left for Pana
immediately accompanied by the Rev. Elmo FITZ RANDOLPH
and Walter SAYRE. The Rev. Mr. FITZ RANDOLPH and
Mr. SAYRE returned to Milton Wednesday evening. Mrs. SMITLEY
remained at Pana with her mother who is expected to be a hospital
patient there for at least a week. Mrs. SMITLEY, accompanied
by her sisters, Mrs. Robert DURKEE, Biloxi, Miss., and
Mrs. Edwin CLOCKER, St. Paul, Minn., is expected to return
to Milton Friday evening.
- Funeral services for Mr. LOWTHER
have been set for Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the
- Milton Seventh Day Baptist church with
Rev. Mr. FITZ RANDOLPH officiating. Burial will be in
the Milton Cemetery.
- The family has requested that flowers
be omitted.
- Friends may call at the Phelps funeral
home Saturday evening.
- Surviving Mr. LOWTHER are his
wife; three daughters, Mrs. SMITLEY, Milton,
- Mrs. Edwin CLOCKER, St. Paul,
Minn., Mrs. DURKEE, Biloxi, Miss.; four sisters, Mrs.
J. Dwight CLARKE, Milton, Mrs. L. F. SUTTON, Winchester,
Va., Mrs. O. A. BOND, Kent, O., and Miss Mildred LOWTHER,
Salem, W. Va.; six granddaughters and six nephews.
- Mr. LOWTHER had just completed
his part of the work in supervising bricklaying
- on the new state laboratory being built
in Madison by the Cullen firm. [Thursday edition, p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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