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- Mrs. Helen M. (BUTEN) CLARK,
second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra G.
- BUTEN
was born at Rock River, Wis., July 5, 1857, and died at Milton
Junction, Wis., October 9, 1918.
- At the age of fifteen she was converted
and joined the Rock River Church and lived a
- consistent Christian life. In 1881,
she was married to A. B. CLARK, by whom she had one son,
who died at the age of four years. Mr. CLARK died in
1898, since which time, Mrs. CLARK has cared for herself.
In 1912, she fell on an icy sidewalk and received injuries
which, after six years of suffering, resulted in her death.
The last five months of her life were spent with a brother,
DeForest BUTEN, at Milton Junction, where she was tenderly
cared for. She was of a quiet and retiring nature, kind and
thoughtful of others, doing many good deeds of which the world
knew not.
- She was laid to rest in the Milton
Junction Cemetery, by the side of her only sister,
- Mrs. B. B. KEITH, Rev. E. D.
Van Horn conducting the burial service. E. D. V. H. [Vol.
85, No. 18, p. 573]
- Marshall R. COON was born in
Alfred, Allegany Co., N.Y. , May 22, 1838, and
- died at the home of his daughter at
Welton, Ia., October 14, 1918, at the age of 80 years, 4 months,
and 23 days.
- He was the oldest of three children
born to George N. and Eusebia BURDICK
- COON.
At the age of two and one-half years he moved from New York
State with his parents and located on a claim near Lake Koshkonong,
in Milton Township, near Milton. At the age of thirteen he
was baptized by Elder Stillman COON and joined the Milton
Church. When the Rock River Church was organized he joined
that church as one of the constituent members. Here he held
his membership for a number of years. Soon after the Milton
Junction Church was organized he joined that church by letter
and remained a member until the time of his death. In early
youth he learned the blacksmith trade with his father and for
five years followed that occupation. Abandoning the blacksmith
trade he turned his attention to farming and followed this until
1884, when he moved to Milton Junction, Wis., where he worked
at carpenter work until he was 70 years of age.
- On October 27, 1859, he was married
to Matilda J. HUFFMAN, a native of Clark
- County, Ohio, and had he lived until
the 27th day of this month, they would have been married fifty-nine
years.
- To this union two children were born,
the oldest dying in infancy and the younger,
- M. Eusebia, the wife of Wade LOOFBORO,
of Welton, Ia., at whose home Mr. COON lived the past
year. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, two grandchildren,
Wesley and Howard LOOFBORO, and one brother, Dr. George
E. COON, of Milton Junction.
- The remains were brought from Welton,
Ia., and laid to rest in the Milton Junction
- Cemetery. Services were conducted
at the grave by Pastor Van Horn of the Milton Junction Church,
assisted by Rev. George W. BURDICK, an intimate friend
of the deceased. The large company of people who gathered at
the cemetery around the grave gave witness to the fact that Mr.
COON was not only widely known but was held in love and
esteem by an unusually large circle of friends. Glowing tributes
were paid to his memory both by Pastor Van Horn and Elder BURDICK,
who was once his pastor for seven years. E. D. V. H.
[Vol. 85, No. 18, p. 574]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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