Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-09
OBITUARY.
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Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson Mick, died
March 20, 1894, after a short illness.
Mrs Mick was born in Pennsylvania
in the year 1928 and was married in
1S43. She came with her family to
Iowa in 1853 and settled on the pres
ent farm two miles southwest of High
land Center. The deceased was one of
Wapello county's best citizens. She
was sick only a few days and the last
days she spent on this earth everything
was done that loving hands could do.
The funeral was preached Tuesday,
March %, at her old home by the Rev.
Monkman, pastor Of the M. e. church
at Highland Center after which the
remains were laid to rest in the Nc
husband, Jonathan Mick. She was a
most excellent neighbor and the SYM
pathy extended the family showed
plainly the respect the neighbors had
for her at her death. She was so years
and 10 months old, was the mother of
ten children. five living and five sleep
by the side of their father. She also
was a kind stepmother to five of her
husbands children, which she raised
seven grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren also survive. Is
Thomas M. Phelps was born June 6,
1871; died March 20, 1904, aged Sc
years, 9 months and % days. Mr..
Phelps was born on the farm, on part
of which he lived when death relieved
his sufferings. He finished the course
in the home school, then went to Cen
trail university, taking the regular coll
lege course, graduating with the degree
of B. A. in June, 1887, always taking an
active part in the different lines of
work in the school and always ready
to defend what he believed to be right,
although it incurred the apparent en-
nifty of the opponent.
Mr. Phelps was president of the col
lege Y. M. G. A. three years, represent
Geneva two years, and the foreign mis-
sion enterprise Of the Student Volun-
teer Movement at Detroit in 1894. He
was one of the two or three who con-
ceived the idea of a college Y. M.
and Y. w. c. A. building, and with
them started a movement and sub
scription for the same. Leaving school
the work was left to other hands, and
good and commodious building now
is completed. He was married to Miss
Nellie Tade, March %, 1897, and lived
for five years on the home place, NOV
ing in the fall of 1902 to his present
home.
To this union three sons We're born,
Dewey Blake, Thomas M. and Kirk
Tade, who with the father and mother,
two brothers and three sisters are left
to mourn the loss. The deceased unit
ed with the Competine Baptist church
in the spring Of 1885, Of which he was
always a consistent member. Family,
friends, church. Sunday school and
community each share in the loss.
About seven weeks ago while on a
business trip to South Dakota, he had
two days attack of what seemed to
be sick headache to which he was sub
ject, but owing to the short time until
his intended removal he pushed on un-
til on Friday, March II, when he was
confined to the house and to his bed on
Saturday, when the doctor was called.
The sickness seemed severe from the
start, typhoid fever finally developing.
The disease seemed to respond
to each treatment until Monday night
when turn for the worse came. He
gradually grew weaker and weaker and
peacefully passed away at 1925 o'clock
Tuesday morning, March 30.