Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-01-30
!. Mrs. Evans Of Crsseo was up Friday
"a affAnd thu fnnaral ~.
Friday

NO. ,0o0 great time NJ tnelT IN.
stallation Wednesday evening. When
the Neighbors undertake to do any
thing they do it in fine style. Mrs. Ed
Hess and Miss May Watts Of Creeco.
and Marshal acted as installing
officers, and these ladies' did the work
in pleasing manner. After installa.
ton an elaborate banquet was served
and general good time was enjoyed
by all. The following officers were in
stalled:
Oracle-Cora Umhoefer.
Past Oracls--Maoel Moar.
Vice Oracle-Mary Litdke.
Chancellor-Alics Holly.
Recorder-Laura M. Sanborn.
Receiver-Florence1 Moore.
Marshal-Anna Plummer.
Inner Sentinel-BerthaK nudson.
Outer Sentinel-Anna Hama
Managers-Sarah Doll and Evelyn
Chick.
Physicians-Dr. H. W. Plummer and
DR.. +. S. Carpenter.
OBITUARY.
Robert w. Hughes was born in
Wales, !Dec. q, 184l. He lost his father
when two years and a half old, and
next year his widowed mother with
four children came to this country
with relatives and friends, and in about
two years was married again to the
Rev. j. D. Williams, settling on a
farm in central Wis.,, where Robert
was f.roug t up experiencing all the
privations and disadvantages of a pio-
neer life.
In the winter he attended school for
many years in the old log school house.
One winter he attended the high
school at Oshkosh, Wis, and was for
two or three terms at the University
at Beaver Dam, Wis.,, and taught
school winter or two. In the spring
of 1866 he came to southern Minnesota
four miles northwest of Lime Springs,
and on Christmas day of that year he
married Miss Jane Davis, daughter of
W. p. Davis and lived for five years on
the farm.
Mr.. Hughes built the houses and the
fences and planted the trees and in six
years the barren land was turned into
a comfortable home. In 1871 he moved
to Foreston and Mr.. Hughes taught
the Foreston school, and as he had for
several years taken prominent part
in religious work, he was licensed to
preach and in 1873, went to Clay coun-
ty, Iowa, where he did mission work for
three years. In 1876 he was called to
q church in Dawn, Mo-, remaining
however for only 'one year. as he &C.
cepted an invitation to take charge of
the Foreston church, which he served
for about FIVE years. This according
to one of the old elders was one of the
most Furnishing periods in the history
of the Foreston church. In 1882 he
worked for little time for the Bible
society, and in 1883 he became pastor
of the Congregational church at Polk
City, fifteen miles north of Des Moines.
In 1887 he was chosen Supt. of Con-
gregational Missions for southern la.
During the summer of 1889 he was
elected delegate from Iowa to the
Worlds Sunday School convention at
London, England, and enjoyed the trip
very much. The same year he was ap-
pointed Supt. of the American Bible
society for Iowa; he was in the po-
sltion for nine years; it was work he
enjoyed and IN it was very successful.
Iowa became the banner state having
more societies than any other state.
Sunday he usually spent at county
seat preaching in the morning in one
of the churches, addressing the child
rem in the Sunday School at 4 p. M,
and addressing meeting Of all the
churches in the evening.
In 1898 he moved to Oskaloosa where
his daughter was teaching music in
Penn college; from this as a center he
supplied prominent churches for many
years. For three months the WEIGH
church in Denver, Col, three months
the WEIGH church in Minneapolis, and
the church in Cincinnati, Iowa, for two
years.
From 1908 to 1910 he preached at
New Cambria, Mo-. after this he re-
tired as his health had partially fail
ed. About 20 years ago he began to
have some physical ailment which for
a time puzzled the physicians, and
which finally proved to be creeping
paralysis; for 10 years or so he exper-
fenced no change using cane and
crutch but his mind was as strong,
active, clear and cheerful rs ever.
Dec. 81, 1911 was his 10th birthday,
and he received over 300 postals from
friends which he greatly enjoyed. but
the end was near. Jan. l4th he be-
came unconscious and after 10 days Of
rather painless illness he passed away,
Jan. oath. aged 70 years, one month
and three days. The days of our years
are three-score years and ten; teach
Us to number our days that we may APP
ply our hearts unto wisdom. He left
to mourn their loss his widow, three
children and five grandchildren.