Obituary, Stromsburg Headlight
The funeral of Mrs. C. H. Morrill, who died in Los Angeles, California on April 9th, was held on Sunday May 6th at the homestead, just south of Stromsburg, the services being held at the home of her son, Arthur C. Morrill.
Harriet Currier was born in Nashua, New Hampshire (on) November 16, 1843, her death occurring at Los Angeles, California on April 9, 1917, and at her death she was aged 73 years, 4 months and 23 days. At the age of 17 years she united with the Methodist church and when 18 years of age was united in marriage with Charles Henry Morrill, who at that time was a private soldier in the 11th New Hampshire volunteers. A few day after the marriage ceremony had been performed Mr. Morrill left his young wife to join his regiment and served to the end of the war. After he had returned from his services to his country, they moved to Iowa where they spent a few years and in 1871 moved to Nebraska where they settled on the homestead just south of Stromsburg and which has been their real home ever since.
To this union seven children were born, the four surviving are Charles Albert, Arthur Currier, Edgar Lampre and Minnie Harriet. Six grandchildren have been added to the happy family circle in which the grandmother was the guiding star.
Mr. and Mrs. Morrill came to Polk county among the early settlers and Mr. Morrill took a government homestead. They, like all other settlers, were not blessed with worldly goods, but they prospered and Mrs. Morrill lived to enjoy for many years the accumulation of their united toil.
In 1894 the family moved to Lincoln where they resided most of the time until a year and a half ago when they went to Los Angeles. But Stromsburg was always their real home and a great many of their summers were spent in the handsome loghouse which was built some years ago for a summer home.
Mrs. Morrill was a woman of beautiful and noble character and was beloved by all who knew her. She was a kind and considerate wife and a loving mother, and it is in the home where she was so greatly beloved that she will be missed, and yet her many friends will miss her kindly smile and cheerful greeting and her many tokens of friendship and her unselfish kindness for others.
At the time of her death she was an active member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Eastern Star and was an honorary member of the Stromsburg Woman's Club. During her residence in Lincoln she was Patroness of the Pi Beta Phi and acted as chaperon at their social gatherings.
The funeral was held at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, Rev. J. H. Presson of Lincoln preached the sermon which was a tribute to the life of this departed good woman, and was assisted by Rev. J. L. Barton, pastor of the Eden Baptist Church. A double quartet furnished the music. The members of P.E.O. attended in a body and assisted with the services at the cemetery and had beautifully decorated the grave, lining it with flowers. The floral offerings were profuse and very beautiful attesting in a mute way the love for the departed and the sympathy to the family who had sustained so great a loss. Many friends from this city as well as Lincoln, Osceola and other points, had gathered to pay their last respects to a woman who was so universally loved and admired.
The funeral of Mrs. C. H. Morrill, who died in Los Angeles, California on April 9th, was held on Sunday May 6th at the homestead, just south of Stromsburg, the services being held at the home of her son, Arthur C. Morrill.
Harriet Currier was born in Nashua, New Hampshire (on) November 16, 1843, her death occurring at Los Angeles, California on April 9, 1917, and at her death she was aged 73 years, 4 months and 23 days. At the age of 17 years she united with the Methodist church and when 18 years of age was united in marriage with Charles Henry Morrill, who at that time was a private soldier in the 11th New Hampshire volunteers. A few day after the marriage ceremony had been performed Mr. Morrill left his young wife to join his regiment and served to the end of the war. After he had returned from his services to his country, they moved to Iowa where they spent a few years and in 1871 moved to Nebraska where they settled on the homestead just south of Stromsburg and which has been their real home ever since.
To this union seven children were born, the four surviving are Charles Albert, Arthur Currier, Edgar Lampre and Minnie Harriet. Six grandchildren have been added to the happy family circle in which the grandmother was the guiding star.
Mr. and Mrs. Morrill came to Polk county among the early settlers and Mr. Morrill took a government homestead. They, like all other settlers, were not blessed with worldly goods, but they prospered and Mrs. Morrill lived to enjoy for many years the accumulation of their united toil.
In 1894 the family moved to Lincoln where they resided most of the time until a year and a half ago when they went to Los Angeles. But Stromsburg was always their real home and a great many of their summers were spent in the handsome loghouse which was built some years ago for a summer home.
Mrs. Morrill was a woman of beautiful and noble character and was beloved by all who knew her. She was a kind and considerate wife and a loving mother, and it is in the home where she was so greatly beloved that she will be missed, and yet her many friends will miss her kindly smile and cheerful greeting and her many tokens of friendship and her unselfish kindness for others.
At the time of her death she was an active member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Eastern Star and was an honorary member of the Stromsburg Woman's Club. During her residence in Lincoln she was Patroness of the Pi Beta Phi and acted as chaperon at their social gatherings.
The funeral was held at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, Rev. J. H. Presson of Lincoln preached the sermon which was a tribute to the life of this departed good woman, and was assisted by Rev. J. L. Barton, pastor of the Eden Baptist Church. A double quartet furnished the music. The members of P.E.O. attended in a body and assisted with the services at the cemetery and had beautifully decorated the grave, lining it with flowers. The floral offerings were profuse and very beautiful attesting in a mute way the love for the departed and the sympathy to the family who had sustained so great a loss. Many friends from this city as well as Lincoln, Osceola and other points, had gathered to pay their last respects to a woman who was so universally loved and admired.
Obituary, Stromsburg Headlight
The funeral of Mrs. C. H. Morrill, who died in Los Angeles, California on April 9th, was held on Sunday May 6th at the homestead, just south of Stromsburg, the services being held at the home of her son, Arthur C. Morrill.
Harriet Currier was born in Nashua, New Hampshire (on) November 16, 1843, her death occurring at Los Angeles, California on April 9, 1917, and at her death she was aged 73 years, 4 months and 23 days. At the age of 17 years she united with the Methodist church and when 18 years of age was united in marriage with Charles Henry Morrill, who at that time was a private soldier in the 11th New Hampshire volunteers. A few day after the marriage ceremony had been performed Mr. Morrill left his young wife to join his regiment and served to the end of the war. After he had returned from his services to his country, they moved to Iowa where they spent a few years and in 1871 moved to Nebraska where they settled on the homestead just south of Stromsburg and which has been their real home ever since.
To this union seven children were born, the four surviving are Charles Albert, Arthur Currier, Edgar Lampre and Minnie Harriet. Six grandchildren have been added to the happy family circle in which the grandmother was the guiding star.
Mr. and Mrs. Morrill came to Polk county among the early settlers and Mr. Morrill took a government homestead. They, like all other settlers, were not blessed with worldly goods, but they prospered and Mrs. Morrill lived to enjoy for many years the accumulation of their united toil.
In 1894 the family moved to Lincoln where they resided most of the time until a year and a half ago when they went to Los Angeles. But Stromsburg was always their real home and a great many of their summers were spent in the handsome loghouse which was built some years ago for a summer home.
Mrs. Morrill was a woman of beautiful and noble character and was beloved by all who knew her. She was a kind and considerate wife and a loving mother, and it is in the home where she was so greatly beloved that she will be missed, and yet her many friends will miss her kindly smile and cheerful greeting and her many tokens of friendship and her unselfish kindness for others.
At the time of her death she was an active member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Eastern Star and was an honorary member of the Stromsburg Woman's Club. During her residence in Lincoln she was Patroness of the Pi Beta Phi and acted as chaperon at their social gatherings.
The funeral was held at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, Rev. J. H. Presson of Lincoln preached the sermon which was a tribute to the life of this departed good woman, and was assisted by Rev. J. L. Barton, pastor of the Eden Baptist Church. A double quartet furnished the music. The members of P.E.O. attended in a body and assisted with the services at the cemetery and had beautifully decorated the grave, lining it with flowers. The floral offerings were profuse and very beautiful attesting in a mute way the love for the departed and the sympathy to the family who had sustained so great a loss. Many friends from this city as well as Lincoln, Osceola and other points, had gathered to pay their last respects to a woman who was so universally loved and admired.
The funeral of Mrs. C. H. Morrill, who died in Los Angeles, California on April 9th, was held on Sunday May 6th at the homestead, just south of Stromsburg, the services being held at the home of her son, Arthur C. Morrill.
Harriet Currier was born in Nashua, New Hampshire (on) November 16, 1843, her death occurring at Los Angeles, California on April 9, 1917, and at her death she was aged 73 years, 4 months and 23 days. At the age of 17 years she united with the Methodist church and when 18 years of age was united in marriage with Charles Henry Morrill, who at that time was a private soldier in the 11th New Hampshire volunteers. A few day after the marriage ceremony had been performed Mr. Morrill left his young wife to join his regiment and served to the end of the war. After he had returned from his services to his country, they moved to Iowa where they spent a few years and in 1871 moved to Nebraska where they settled on the homestead just south of Stromsburg and which has been their real home ever since.
To this union seven children were born, the four surviving are Charles Albert, Arthur Currier, Edgar Lampre and Minnie Harriet. Six grandchildren have been added to the happy family circle in which the grandmother was the guiding star.
Mr. and Mrs. Morrill came to Polk county among the early settlers and Mr. Morrill took a government homestead. They, like all other settlers, were not blessed with worldly goods, but they prospered and Mrs. Morrill lived to enjoy for many years the accumulation of their united toil.
In 1894 the family moved to Lincoln where they resided most of the time until a year and a half ago when they went to Los Angeles. But Stromsburg was always their real home and a great many of their summers were spent in the handsome loghouse which was built some years ago for a summer home.
Mrs. Morrill was a woman of beautiful and noble character and was beloved by all who knew her. She was a kind and considerate wife and a loving mother, and it is in the home where she was so greatly beloved that she will be missed, and yet her many friends will miss her kindly smile and cheerful greeting and her many tokens of friendship and her unselfish kindness for others.
At the time of her death she was an active member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Eastern Star and was an honorary member of the Stromsburg Woman's Club. During her residence in Lincoln she was Patroness of the Pi Beta Phi and acted as chaperon at their social gatherings.
The funeral was held at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, Rev. J. H. Presson of Lincoln preached the sermon which was a tribute to the life of this departed good woman, and was assisted by Rev. J. L. Barton, pastor of the Eden Baptist Church. A double quartet furnished the music. The members of P.E.O. attended in a body and assisted with the services at the cemetery and had beautifully decorated the grave, lining it with flowers. The floral offerings were profuse and very beautiful attesting in a mute way the love for the departed and the sympathy to the family who had sustained so great a loss. Many friends from this city as well as Lincoln, Osceola and other points, had gathered to pay their last respects to a woman who was so universally loved and admired.
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