Frances Henrietta Bosisto Smith
It is seldom that a community feels such a shock as that which swept over Adams County when it was learned Tuesday morning that, with the passing of the early morning hours, the sour of Mrs. Howes Smith, beloved pioneer woman of Adams County, had taken flight. Mrs. Smith had been down town and in the business houses Monday afternoon and it seemed incredible that death could have struck so suddenly. She had gotten up in the night because she was unable to sleep, but said she had no pain. Mr. Smith had sat with her, but at 3:30 o'clock he noticed that she had grown worse. The doctor and family were called, but she had passed away before anyone arrived. She was past 77 years old.
Frances Henrietta Bosisto, daughter of Reuben and Mary Ann Bosisto, was born April 5, 1858 at Elk Grove, Wisconsin, and was one of a family of eight children. In 1871 the family came to Adams County, Iowa and located on land east of Iveyville, where they experienced all the joys and hardships of pioneer life. April 5, 1881, she was united in marriage to Howes Smith of the same locality. Mr. and Mrs. Smith located on a farm one and one half miles east of Iveyville, where they lived for 15 years and where they helped in the establishment of high ideals so needed in those days of pioneer living conditions. After fifteen years, they moved to their new home on a twenty acre farm south of Corning where they lived for 18 years or until they came to Corning to make their home in the year of 1912. Mrs. Smith died quietly without pain or warning at the age of 77 years, 5 months, and 12 days, thus ending a long, useful, happy life.
Mrs. Smith is survived by her beloved husband and two children, Orrin H. of Greencastle, Indiana, and Lester Smith of Corning, three grandchildren, Wayne F. of Lincoln and Maurice and Marjorie Smith of Greencastle, Indiana; one brother Albert Bosisto of Tabor, Iowa; also many nieces and nephews and other relatives who will mourn with the immediate family and a host of friends.
Mrs. Smith united with the Baptist Church in early life and transferred her membership to the Methodist Church in 1885. In this relationship she has proven a timeless and devoted worker. For fifty years she has taught a Sunday School class and last Sunday she was in her accustomed place with Mrs. J. B. Farley, the two having charge of an adult class. For a number of years she was president of the W.C.T.U. and her enthusiasm in the work has never waned. Whether she held a humble position or an exalted one, her interest was always at white heat and it is impossible to think of Mrs. Smith without the little white ribbon, and the principles which it symbolizes. She is going to be missed in the church in which she has labored so consistently, in the social life of the community, in the cause of the W.C.T.U., and in the home which has proven such a haven for loved ones and such a center of hospitality in the interest of the causes she has loved, and for the friends she has gathered to her side throughout the years.
Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church at 2 p.m., Thursday, the Rev. Arthur M. Eastman in charge. Interment will be made in Walnut Grove Cemetery.
Adams County Free Press, September 19, 1935, page 20
It is seldom that a community feels such a shock as that which swept over Adams County when it was learned Tuesday morning that, with the passing of the early morning hours, the sour of Mrs. Howes Smith, beloved pioneer woman of Adams County, had taken flight. Mrs. Smith had been down town and in the business houses Monday afternoon and it seemed incredible that death could have struck so suddenly. She had gotten up in the night because she was unable to sleep, but said she had no pain. Mr. Smith had sat with her, but at 3:30 o'clock he noticed that she had grown worse. The doctor and family were called, but she had passed away before anyone arrived. She was past 77 years old.
Frances Henrietta Bosisto, daughter of Reuben and Mary Ann Bosisto, was born April 5, 1858 at Elk Grove, Wisconsin, and was one of a family of eight children. In 1871 the family came to Adams County, Iowa and located on land east of Iveyville, where they experienced all the joys and hardships of pioneer life. April 5, 1881, she was united in marriage to Howes Smith of the same locality. Mr. and Mrs. Smith located on a farm one and one half miles east of Iveyville, where they lived for 15 years and where they helped in the establishment of high ideals so needed in those days of pioneer living conditions. After fifteen years, they moved to their new home on a twenty acre farm south of Corning where they lived for 18 years or until they came to Corning to make their home in the year of 1912. Mrs. Smith died quietly without pain or warning at the age of 77 years, 5 months, and 12 days, thus ending a long, useful, happy life.
Mrs. Smith is survived by her beloved husband and two children, Orrin H. of Greencastle, Indiana, and Lester Smith of Corning, three grandchildren, Wayne F. of Lincoln and Maurice and Marjorie Smith of Greencastle, Indiana; one brother Albert Bosisto of Tabor, Iowa; also many nieces and nephews and other relatives who will mourn with the immediate family and a host of friends.
Mrs. Smith united with the Baptist Church in early life and transferred her membership to the Methodist Church in 1885. In this relationship she has proven a timeless and devoted worker. For fifty years she has taught a Sunday School class and last Sunday she was in her accustomed place with Mrs. J. B. Farley, the two having charge of an adult class. For a number of years she was president of the W.C.T.U. and her enthusiasm in the work has never waned. Whether she held a humble position or an exalted one, her interest was always at white heat and it is impossible to think of Mrs. Smith without the little white ribbon, and the principles which it symbolizes. She is going to be missed in the church in which she has labored so consistently, in the social life of the community, in the cause of the W.C.T.U., and in the home which has proven such a haven for loved ones and such a center of hospitality in the interest of the causes she has loved, and for the friends she has gathered to her side throughout the years.
Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church at 2 p.m., Thursday, the Rev. Arthur M. Eastman in charge. Interment will be made in Walnut Grove Cemetery.
Adams County Free Press, September 19, 1935, page 20
Frances Henrietta Bosisto Smith
It is seldom that a community feels such a shock as that which swept over Adams County when it was learned Tuesday morning that, with the passing of the early morning hours, the sour of Mrs. Howes Smith, beloved pioneer woman of Adams County, had taken flight. Mrs. Smith had been down town and in the business houses Monday afternoon and it seemed incredible that death could have struck so suddenly. She had gotten up in the night because she was unable to sleep, but said she had no pain. Mr. Smith had sat with her, but at 3:30 o'clock he noticed that she had grown worse. The doctor and family were called, but she had passed away before anyone arrived. She was past 77 years old.
Frances Henrietta Bosisto, daughter of Reuben and Mary Ann Bosisto, was born April 5, 1858 at Elk Grove, Wisconsin, and was one of a family of eight children. In 1871 the family came to Adams County, Iowa and located on land east of Iveyville, where they experienced all the joys and hardships of pioneer life. April 5, 1881, she was united in marriage to Howes Smith of the same locality. Mr. and Mrs. Smith located on a farm one and one half miles east of Iveyville, where they lived for 15 years and where they helped in the establishment of high ideals so needed in those days of pioneer living conditions. After fifteen years, they moved to their new home on a twenty acre farm south of Corning where they lived for 18 years or until they came to Corning to make their home in the year of 1912. Mrs. Smith died quietly without pain or warning at the age of 77 years, 5 months, and 12 days, thus ending a long, useful, happy life.
Mrs. Smith is survived by her beloved husband and two children, Orrin H. of Greencastle, Indiana, and Lester Smith of Corning, three grandchildren, Wayne F. of Lincoln and Maurice and Marjorie Smith of Greencastle, Indiana; one brother Albert Bosisto of Tabor, Iowa; also many nieces and nephews and other relatives who will mourn with the immediate family and a host of friends.
Mrs. Smith united with the Baptist Church in early life and transferred her membership to the Methodist Church in 1885. In this relationship she has proven a timeless and devoted worker. For fifty years she has taught a Sunday School class and last Sunday she was in her accustomed place with Mrs. J. B. Farley, the two having charge of an adult class. For a number of years she was president of the W.C.T.U. and her enthusiasm in the work has never waned. Whether she held a humble position or an exalted one, her interest was always at white heat and it is impossible to think of Mrs. Smith without the little white ribbon, and the principles which it symbolizes. She is going to be missed in the church in which she has labored so consistently, in the social life of the community, in the cause of the W.C.T.U., and in the home which has proven such a haven for loved ones and such a center of hospitality in the interest of the causes she has loved, and for the friends she has gathered to her side throughout the years.
Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church at 2 p.m., Thursday, the Rev. Arthur M. Eastman in charge. Interment will be made in Walnut Grove Cemetery.
Adams County Free Press, September 19, 1935, page 20
It is seldom that a community feels such a shock as that which swept over Adams County when it was learned Tuesday morning that, with the passing of the early morning hours, the sour of Mrs. Howes Smith, beloved pioneer woman of Adams County, had taken flight. Mrs. Smith had been down town and in the business houses Monday afternoon and it seemed incredible that death could have struck so suddenly. She had gotten up in the night because she was unable to sleep, but said she had no pain. Mr. Smith had sat with her, but at 3:30 o'clock he noticed that she had grown worse. The doctor and family were called, but she had passed away before anyone arrived. She was past 77 years old.
Frances Henrietta Bosisto, daughter of Reuben and Mary Ann Bosisto, was born April 5, 1858 at Elk Grove, Wisconsin, and was one of a family of eight children. In 1871 the family came to Adams County, Iowa and located on land east of Iveyville, where they experienced all the joys and hardships of pioneer life. April 5, 1881, she was united in marriage to Howes Smith of the same locality. Mr. and Mrs. Smith located on a farm one and one half miles east of Iveyville, where they lived for 15 years and where they helped in the establishment of high ideals so needed in those days of pioneer living conditions. After fifteen years, they moved to their new home on a twenty acre farm south of Corning where they lived for 18 years or until they came to Corning to make their home in the year of 1912. Mrs. Smith died quietly without pain or warning at the age of 77 years, 5 months, and 12 days, thus ending a long, useful, happy life.
Mrs. Smith is survived by her beloved husband and two children, Orrin H. of Greencastle, Indiana, and Lester Smith of Corning, three grandchildren, Wayne F. of Lincoln and Maurice and Marjorie Smith of Greencastle, Indiana; one brother Albert Bosisto of Tabor, Iowa; also many nieces and nephews and other relatives who will mourn with the immediate family and a host of friends.
Mrs. Smith united with the Baptist Church in early life and transferred her membership to the Methodist Church in 1885. In this relationship she has proven a timeless and devoted worker. For fifty years she has taught a Sunday School class and last Sunday she was in her accustomed place with Mrs. J. B. Farley, the two having charge of an adult class. For a number of years she was president of the W.C.T.U. and her enthusiasm in the work has never waned. Whether she held a humble position or an exalted one, her interest was always at white heat and it is impossible to think of Mrs. Smith without the little white ribbon, and the principles which it symbolizes. She is going to be missed in the church in which she has labored so consistently, in the social life of the community, in the cause of the W.C.T.U., and in the home which has proven such a haven for loved ones and such a center of hospitality in the interest of the causes she has loved, and for the friends she has gathered to her side throughout the years.
Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church at 2 p.m., Thursday, the Rev. Arthur M. Eastman in charge. Interment will be made in Walnut Grove Cemetery.
Adams County Free Press, September 19, 1935, page 20
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