Elizabeth (Rowe) Alderson 1842-1926
LeMars, Iowa
Died 11 May 1926
Obituary-
Old Settler Answers Call
Mrs. Anthony Alderson Passes Away at Her Home in the City
Death claimed Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe Alderson, a resident of Plymouth
county
for thirty seven years, at her home 414 Second Ave SW Tuesday afternoon,
following an illness of two weeks at the age of 84 years. Mrs. Alderson
had
always enjoyed good health until her last illness. She was taken sick
about two
weeks ago suffering from a cold and complications and her symptoms
failed to
respond to treatment owing to failing powers of age, and she could not
recuperate.
Mrs. Alderson was a native of England. Her maiden name was Elizabeth
Rowe. She
was a daughter of James and Mary Rowe and was born at Halfway House,
Yorkshire,
England, May 7, 1842. When seven years of age she came with her parents
to
America. Shortly after their arrival they settled in Lafayette county,
Wis,
where she grew to womanhood in a pioneer settlement. She was united in
marriage
to Anthony Alderson, April 6, 1861. Nine children were born to their
union. Mr
Alderson died 21 years ago and two children preceded her in death. She
is
survived by two sons, five daughters, who are John Alderson, of Le Mars,
James
Alderson of Endicott, NY, Mrs. Jennie Lake and Mrs. Daisy Hamilton of
Merrill,
Mrs. Will Gosting of Kildare, Okla, Mrs. William Fry and Mrs. George
Easton of
Wessington Springs, SD. There are thirty-two grandchildren and nine
great
grandchildren. She also leaves one sister Mrs. M A Hodgson of Le Mars,
and one
brother, James Rowe, of Shullsburg, Wis. Mrs. Alderson was a member of
the
Methodist church, having been all her life a constant church attendant.
She was
a good Christian woman, esteemed by a large circle of relatives and
friends, a
devoted wife, mother and loyal neighbor. The funeral was held yesterday
afternoon at the Methodist church, Rev F H Nixon, the pastor officiating
and interment made beside her husband in the city cemetery. Six of her
grandsons
acted as pallbearers, Elden Lake, James and Wesley Hamilton, Albert Fry,
Elmer
Easton, Frank Daugherty. Among relatives and friends from a distance
coming to
the funeral were James Rowe, Shullsburg, Wis., Jas Rose and Fred
Hodgson,
Dawson, Minn, Charles and Robert Hodgson, Mrs. Geo. Hodgson and son,
George
Easton and Will Fry of Wessington Springs, SD, Mrs. Esther Breeland and
daughter
of Mt Vernon, SD Mr and Mrs. James Alderson, Elgin Neb.
Source: Le Mars Iowa Sentinel, Friday, May 14, 1926
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Submitter: Linda Ziemann--From the Family Scrapbooks of my Grandmother's first cousin, Fern Chapman Cooper, who was a “keeper.” She kept scrapbooks for years.