Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) April 16, 1952
JEWETT-Flossie E., age 48, of 8840 Pacal Ave., New Brighton. Survived by husband, Harry H., 4 daughters, Mrs. Thomas O. Kennelly of Savage, Mrs. Jean L. Matson, Mrs. Arthur Mills, Mrs. George Almsted; brother, Rufus Hinshaw of North Carolina; 8 grandchildren. Services 11 a.m. Thurs. at Hanson-Nugent, 2116 Nicollet. Graveside services about 2:30 p.m. at Woodlawn Cemetery, Annandale.
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Florence “Flossie” Mills was born September 10, 1902, the daughter of George W. Mills & Rosanna “Rose” Ella Forest. Her mother was previously married to Rufus Hinshaw and had a son, also Rufus, born in 1880. Her dad was from a long line of Quakers whose family were one of the first that formed a settlement of Quakers in Guilford County, N.C., prior to 1750. The settlement was located about six miles west of Greensboro and was called ‘New Garden.’ After his marriage to Rose on April 11, 1901, George began slowly weaning away from the Quaker ways. During Flossie’s childhood, she learned some of the Quaker traditions. She attended Quaker schools as a young girl and later attended the local public school in Greensboro.
In her teenage year’s she hung around with friends who spent some of their time playing around the train yards in Greensboro. Back in those days the train conductors marked the freight cars with chalk for directing their destinations. The conductors often times threw used sticks of chalk to children when they passed by them along the tracks. Flossie picked up chalk several times and at one time in her later teens, went into some empty boxcars in the railyard and wrote her name and address on the walls inside the cars, seeking a pen-pal.
At some time in 1918, Harry Jewett was working in Annandale, Minnesota unloading rail cars at the time. He happened to see Flossie’s message and copied down the information. He wrote to her and she wrote back. This began a friendship that eventually turned romantic and Harry proposed to Flossie in March of 1920. This was all done by mail, they had not yet met in person. She answered back yes to his proposal and he boarded a train in April of 1920 arriving in Greensboro on Wednesday, April 14, 1920. They wasted no time getting to the courthouse and acquiring a license and were married at her parents’ home on Friday, April 16, 1920. (Flossie had told a little fib when they applied for the license stating she was 19 years old; she was actually only 17.) They spent their wedding night at the Mills home and boarded a train the next morning for Minnesota. The Mills home did not seem the appropriate place to consummate their marriage, but the Pullman car they rode home in was in his words, “dandy, swell.’
The first four years of their marriage were spent in Annandale where Harry worked various jobs, including his own photography studio for a few years, working for the Annandale Advocate newspaper, operating the Dale Theater, and most anything else he could make a buck at. During this time their first daughter was born in the upstairs of the house they were living at in Annandale. They named her Doris Lorraine.
In 1924 they moved to Minneapolis and purchased a house at 3344 Emerson Ave. S. Over the next six years, three more daughters were born, Jean Louise (1925), Ethel Marie (1927) & Agnes Dolores (1930). Around 1935 Flossie was stricken with Parkinson’s Disease. Her girls ended up having to care for her as she was often very sick. After Dolores married and left home, Harry & Flossie sold the house on Emerson Ave. and got an apartment on Franklin Ave. near Loring Park. It was here on April 14, 1952, that Flossie had a bad attack from complications with Parkinson’s, and she passed away.
Flossie was the kind of person that when you met her, you instantly loved her. I have many memories of sitting on her lap being rocked in a rocking chair at our little house in Savage, Minnesota. All of her daughters truly loved her and never regretted the time they spent caring for her. She was, after all, a real angel.
~Jim Childers, grandson
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Pondering thoughts:
A few days ago I was day dreaming of grandma and the thoughts of how she talked came back to me. She had a slight southern accent, or as we called it, a 'drawl.' She would say things that we heard for the first time and were at times confused as to what she was talking about. She had a simple vocabulary, but always seemed to get her point across. I remember many of her 'lap sitting' conversations with me. Oh how I loved sitting on her lap in the rocking chair! One time when she was trying to calm me down from a fit, she asked why I got so 'awnry.' I never heard 'awnry' before so wasn't sure what she meant. She said I shouldn't get so 'bowed up,' what ever that meant? Once, after staying with us for a few days, she told my dad something like, "I 'reckon' I'll be 'fixin' to go back to my apartment tonight." We had a creek that ran behind our house and she was always worried about us kids playing by it. When we went outside to play she would say "Y'all stay away from that 'crik' 'down yonder." And one of her favorites, "Bless you're little pea pickin heart." Her lower lip quivered as she was suffering from Parkinson's, but I didn't understand that at the time. It just appeared to me that she was sad about something and getting ready to cry. In fact, she was rarely sad. Looking back, she was one of the most content and loving persons I've ever known. She has been on my mind a lot lately and I'm sure I know why? Just missing her so much I guess. (Jim - Jan 1, 2011)
JEWETT-Flossie E., age 48, of 8840 Pacal Ave., New Brighton. Survived by husband, Harry H., 4 daughters, Mrs. Thomas O. Kennelly of Savage, Mrs. Jean L. Matson, Mrs. Arthur Mills, Mrs. George Almsted; brother, Rufus Hinshaw of North Carolina; 8 grandchildren. Services 11 a.m. Thurs. at Hanson-Nugent, 2116 Nicollet. Graveside services about 2:30 p.m. at Woodlawn Cemetery, Annandale.
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Florence “Flossie” Mills was born September 10, 1902, the daughter of George W. Mills & Rosanna “Rose” Ella Forest. Her mother was previously married to Rufus Hinshaw and had a son, also Rufus, born in 1880. Her dad was from a long line of Quakers whose family were one of the first that formed a settlement of Quakers in Guilford County, N.C., prior to 1750. The settlement was located about six miles west of Greensboro and was called ‘New Garden.’ After his marriage to Rose on April 11, 1901, George began slowly weaning away from the Quaker ways. During Flossie’s childhood, she learned some of the Quaker traditions. She attended Quaker schools as a young girl and later attended the local public school in Greensboro.
In her teenage year’s she hung around with friends who spent some of their time playing around the train yards in Greensboro. Back in those days the train conductors marked the freight cars with chalk for directing their destinations. The conductors often times threw used sticks of chalk to children when they passed by them along the tracks. Flossie picked up chalk several times and at one time in her later teens, went into some empty boxcars in the railyard and wrote her name and address on the walls inside the cars, seeking a pen-pal.
At some time in 1918, Harry Jewett was working in Annandale, Minnesota unloading rail cars at the time. He happened to see Flossie’s message and copied down the information. He wrote to her and she wrote back. This began a friendship that eventually turned romantic and Harry proposed to Flossie in March of 1920. This was all done by mail, they had not yet met in person. She answered back yes to his proposal and he boarded a train in April of 1920 arriving in Greensboro on Wednesday, April 14, 1920. They wasted no time getting to the courthouse and acquiring a license and were married at her parents’ home on Friday, April 16, 1920. (Flossie had told a little fib when they applied for the license stating she was 19 years old; she was actually only 17.) They spent their wedding night at the Mills home and boarded a train the next morning for Minnesota. The Mills home did not seem the appropriate place to consummate their marriage, but the Pullman car they rode home in was in his words, “dandy, swell.’
The first four years of their marriage were spent in Annandale where Harry worked various jobs, including his own photography studio for a few years, working for the Annandale Advocate newspaper, operating the Dale Theater, and most anything else he could make a buck at. During this time their first daughter was born in the upstairs of the house they were living at in Annandale. They named her Doris Lorraine.
In 1924 they moved to Minneapolis and purchased a house at 3344 Emerson Ave. S. Over the next six years, three more daughters were born, Jean Louise (1925), Ethel Marie (1927) & Agnes Dolores (1930). Around 1935 Flossie was stricken with Parkinson’s Disease. Her girls ended up having to care for her as she was often very sick. After Dolores married and left home, Harry & Flossie sold the house on Emerson Ave. and got an apartment on Franklin Ave. near Loring Park. It was here on April 14, 1952, that Flossie had a bad attack from complications with Parkinson’s, and she passed away.
Flossie was the kind of person that when you met her, you instantly loved her. I have many memories of sitting on her lap being rocked in a rocking chair at our little house in Savage, Minnesota. All of her daughters truly loved her and never regretted the time they spent caring for her. She was, after all, a real angel.
~Jim Childers, grandson
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Pondering thoughts:
A few days ago I was day dreaming of grandma and the thoughts of how she talked came back to me. She had a slight southern accent, or as we called it, a 'drawl.' She would say things that we heard for the first time and were at times confused as to what she was talking about. She had a simple vocabulary, but always seemed to get her point across. I remember many of her 'lap sitting' conversations with me. Oh how I loved sitting on her lap in the rocking chair! One time when she was trying to calm me down from a fit, she asked why I got so 'awnry.' I never heard 'awnry' before so wasn't sure what she meant. She said I shouldn't get so 'bowed up,' what ever that meant? Once, after staying with us for a few days, she told my dad something like, "I 'reckon' I'll be 'fixin' to go back to my apartment tonight." We had a creek that ran behind our house and she was always worried about us kids playing by it. When we went outside to play she would say "Y'all stay away from that 'crik' 'down yonder." And one of her favorites, "Bless you're little pea pickin heart." Her lower lip quivered as she was suffering from Parkinson's, but I didn't understand that at the time. It just appeared to me that she was sad about something and getting ready to cry. In fact, she was rarely sad. Looking back, she was one of the most content and loving persons I've ever known. She has been on my mind a lot lately and I'm sure I know why? Just missing her so much I guess. (Jim - Jan 1, 2011)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) April 16, 1952
JEWETT-Flossie E., age 48, of 8840 Pacal Ave., New Brighton. Survived by husband, Harry H., 4 daughters, Mrs. Thomas O. Kennelly of Savage, Mrs. Jean L. Matson, Mrs. Arthur Mills, Mrs. George Almsted; brother, Rufus Hinshaw of North Carolina; 8 grandchildren. Services 11 a.m. Thurs. at Hanson-Nugent, 2116 Nicollet. Graveside services about 2:30 p.m. at Woodlawn Cemetery, Annandale.
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Florence “Flossie” Mills was born September 10, 1902, the daughter of George W. Mills & Rosanna “Rose” Ella Forest. Her mother was previously married to Rufus Hinshaw and had a son, also Rufus, born in 1880. Her dad was from a long line of Quakers whose family were one of the first that formed a settlement of Quakers in Guilford County, N.C., prior to 1750. The settlement was located about six miles west of Greensboro and was called ‘New Garden.’ After his marriage to Rose on April 11, 1901, George began slowly weaning away from the Quaker ways. During Flossie’s childhood, she learned some of the Quaker traditions. She attended Quaker schools as a young girl and later attended the local public school in Greensboro.
In her teenage year’s she hung around with friends who spent some of their time playing around the train yards in Greensboro. Back in those days the train conductors marked the freight cars with chalk for directing their destinations. The conductors often times threw used sticks of chalk to children when they passed by them along the tracks. Flossie picked up chalk several times and at one time in her later teens, went into some empty boxcars in the railyard and wrote her name and address on the walls inside the cars, seeking a pen-pal.
At some time in 1918, Harry Jewett was working in Annandale, Minnesota unloading rail cars at the time. He happened to see Flossie’s message and copied down the information. He wrote to her and she wrote back. This began a friendship that eventually turned romantic and Harry proposed to Flossie in March of 1920. This was all done by mail, they had not yet met in person. She answered back yes to his proposal and he boarded a train in April of 1920 arriving in Greensboro on Wednesday, April 14, 1920. They wasted no time getting to the courthouse and acquiring a license and were married at her parents’ home on Friday, April 16, 1920. (Flossie had told a little fib when they applied for the license stating she was 19 years old; she was actually only 17.) They spent their wedding night at the Mills home and boarded a train the next morning for Minnesota. The Mills home did not seem the appropriate place to consummate their marriage, but the Pullman car they rode home in was in his words, “dandy, swell.’
The first four years of their marriage were spent in Annandale where Harry worked various jobs, including his own photography studio for a few years, working for the Annandale Advocate newspaper, operating the Dale Theater, and most anything else he could make a buck at. During this time their first daughter was born in the upstairs of the house they were living at in Annandale. They named her Doris Lorraine.
In 1924 they moved to Minneapolis and purchased a house at 3344 Emerson Ave. S. Over the next six years, three more daughters were born, Jean Louise (1925), Ethel Marie (1927) & Agnes Dolores (1930). Around 1935 Flossie was stricken with Parkinson’s Disease. Her girls ended up having to care for her as she was often very sick. After Dolores married and left home, Harry & Flossie sold the house on Emerson Ave. and got an apartment on Franklin Ave. near Loring Park. It was here on April 14, 1952, that Flossie had a bad attack from complications with Parkinson’s, and she passed away.
Flossie was the kind of person that when you met her, you instantly loved her. I have many memories of sitting on her lap being rocked in a rocking chair at our little house in Savage, Minnesota. All of her daughters truly loved her and never regretted the time they spent caring for her. She was, after all, a real angel.
~Jim Childers, grandson
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Pondering thoughts:
A few days ago I was day dreaming of grandma and the thoughts of how she talked came back to me. She had a slight southern accent, or as we called it, a 'drawl.' She would say things that we heard for the first time and were at times confused as to what she was talking about. She had a simple vocabulary, but always seemed to get her point across. I remember many of her 'lap sitting' conversations with me. Oh how I loved sitting on her lap in the rocking chair! One time when she was trying to calm me down from a fit, she asked why I got so 'awnry.' I never heard 'awnry' before so wasn't sure what she meant. She said I shouldn't get so 'bowed up,' what ever that meant? Once, after staying with us for a few days, she told my dad something like, "I 'reckon' I'll be 'fixin' to go back to my apartment tonight." We had a creek that ran behind our house and she was always worried about us kids playing by it. When we went outside to play she would say "Y'all stay away from that 'crik' 'down yonder." And one of her favorites, "Bless you're little pea pickin heart." Her lower lip quivered as she was suffering from Parkinson's, but I didn't understand that at the time. It just appeared to me that she was sad about something and getting ready to cry. In fact, she was rarely sad. Looking back, she was one of the most content and loving persons I've ever known. She has been on my mind a lot lately and I'm sure I know why? Just missing her so much I guess. (Jim - Jan 1, 2011)
JEWETT-Flossie E., age 48, of 8840 Pacal Ave., New Brighton. Survived by husband, Harry H., 4 daughters, Mrs. Thomas O. Kennelly of Savage, Mrs. Jean L. Matson, Mrs. Arthur Mills, Mrs. George Almsted; brother, Rufus Hinshaw of North Carolina; 8 grandchildren. Services 11 a.m. Thurs. at Hanson-Nugent, 2116 Nicollet. Graveside services about 2:30 p.m. at Woodlawn Cemetery, Annandale.
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Florence “Flossie” Mills was born September 10, 1902, the daughter of George W. Mills & Rosanna “Rose” Ella Forest. Her mother was previously married to Rufus Hinshaw and had a son, also Rufus, born in 1880. Her dad was from a long line of Quakers whose family were one of the first that formed a settlement of Quakers in Guilford County, N.C., prior to 1750. The settlement was located about six miles west of Greensboro and was called ‘New Garden.’ After his marriage to Rose on April 11, 1901, George began slowly weaning away from the Quaker ways. During Flossie’s childhood, she learned some of the Quaker traditions. She attended Quaker schools as a young girl and later attended the local public school in Greensboro.
In her teenage year’s she hung around with friends who spent some of their time playing around the train yards in Greensboro. Back in those days the train conductors marked the freight cars with chalk for directing their destinations. The conductors often times threw used sticks of chalk to children when they passed by them along the tracks. Flossie picked up chalk several times and at one time in her later teens, went into some empty boxcars in the railyard and wrote her name and address on the walls inside the cars, seeking a pen-pal.
At some time in 1918, Harry Jewett was working in Annandale, Minnesota unloading rail cars at the time. He happened to see Flossie’s message and copied down the information. He wrote to her and she wrote back. This began a friendship that eventually turned romantic and Harry proposed to Flossie in March of 1920. This was all done by mail, they had not yet met in person. She answered back yes to his proposal and he boarded a train in April of 1920 arriving in Greensboro on Wednesday, April 14, 1920. They wasted no time getting to the courthouse and acquiring a license and were married at her parents’ home on Friday, April 16, 1920. (Flossie had told a little fib when they applied for the license stating she was 19 years old; she was actually only 17.) They spent their wedding night at the Mills home and boarded a train the next morning for Minnesota. The Mills home did not seem the appropriate place to consummate their marriage, but the Pullman car they rode home in was in his words, “dandy, swell.’
The first four years of their marriage were spent in Annandale where Harry worked various jobs, including his own photography studio for a few years, working for the Annandale Advocate newspaper, operating the Dale Theater, and most anything else he could make a buck at. During this time their first daughter was born in the upstairs of the house they were living at in Annandale. They named her Doris Lorraine.
In 1924 they moved to Minneapolis and purchased a house at 3344 Emerson Ave. S. Over the next six years, three more daughters were born, Jean Louise (1925), Ethel Marie (1927) & Agnes Dolores (1930). Around 1935 Flossie was stricken with Parkinson’s Disease. Her girls ended up having to care for her as she was often very sick. After Dolores married and left home, Harry & Flossie sold the house on Emerson Ave. and got an apartment on Franklin Ave. near Loring Park. It was here on April 14, 1952, that Flossie had a bad attack from complications with Parkinson’s, and she passed away.
Flossie was the kind of person that when you met her, you instantly loved her. I have many memories of sitting on her lap being rocked in a rocking chair at our little house in Savage, Minnesota. All of her daughters truly loved her and never regretted the time they spent caring for her. She was, after all, a real angel.
~Jim Childers, grandson
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Pondering thoughts:
A few days ago I was day dreaming of grandma and the thoughts of how she talked came back to me. She had a slight southern accent, or as we called it, a 'drawl.' She would say things that we heard for the first time and were at times confused as to what she was talking about. She had a simple vocabulary, but always seemed to get her point across. I remember many of her 'lap sitting' conversations with me. Oh how I loved sitting on her lap in the rocking chair! One time when she was trying to calm me down from a fit, she asked why I got so 'awnry.' I never heard 'awnry' before so wasn't sure what she meant. She said I shouldn't get so 'bowed up,' what ever that meant? Once, after staying with us for a few days, she told my dad something like, "I 'reckon' I'll be 'fixin' to go back to my apartment tonight." We had a creek that ran behind our house and she was always worried about us kids playing by it. When we went outside to play she would say "Y'all stay away from that 'crik' 'down yonder." And one of her favorites, "Bless you're little pea pickin heart." Her lower lip quivered as she was suffering from Parkinson's, but I didn't understand that at the time. It just appeared to me that she was sad about something and getting ready to cry. In fact, she was rarely sad. Looking back, she was one of the most content and loving persons I've ever known. She has been on my mind a lot lately and I'm sure I know why? Just missing her so much I guess. (Jim - Jan 1, 2011)
