Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-03-26
ASSES AWAY At BILOXI MIS-.
slsslPPl, FOLLOWING BRIEF
ILLNESS.
RESIDENT OF COUNTY FOR IS YEARS
Prominent In Social Circles. Worthy
Matron Of 0. e. s. Other
Deaths Of Week.

IS i March 21. 1918, following brief Ill
ness Of heart trouble. caused from
sSS severe attack Of the. grippe, which sh'
NJ suffered earlier IN the winter. Will
her at the time Of her death we're he
q daughter, Mrs. William Barr jr., ant
4 her daught hter-in-law, Mrs. &C. Hoag
Of Charlotte, Michigan. $5a
Mrs. Barr and Mrs. c. &C. Hoag
who We're with their mother at the
y time Of her Geath, accompanied the
q remains to Manchester, arriving herr
Monday noon, after encounterine
many difficulties, because OF floodf
and Windstorms, which have been
n playing havoc in both the southern
and northern states. ss At Chicago
they We're met by c. G. Hoag, who
accompanied the funeral party the
rest OF the way.
For a number Of years past Mrs.
Hoag has been spending the winter
months In the south, spending the
y past winter at Biloxi, Mississippi,
where number Of her friends also
4 passed the winter. A few weeks
ago word reached Manchester that
she was in a critical condition, in
response to which her daughter at
once started for her mothers bed
I side. Later reports were to the ef-
feet that she was gaining rapidly and
every Indication pointed to a complete
4 recovery, and the news Of her death
S$on Friday came as great surprise
& 70 the friends Of the family. 5..5
Funeral. services were held from
\ the family home on East Union street
Il this afternoon at q o'clock Rey.J.
r. Moore, pastor OF the Congregation
Z; Al church, conducting the service. In
terment was made in Oakland ceme-
+ terry. 5#3
Ss Mary Whitlock was born at Hud-
son. Indiana, December 2, 1885 Much
of her girlhood was spent in the Vi
cinity Of Hudson, where on April 13.
1855, Skhe MAS uni ted in VI marriage
win fEsDsft sHoag, whose death oc-
4 Cured in this city in March, 1900:s
\ Following their marriage in 1855. she
i and her husband came west and ,lo-
Gated In the vicinity Of Oneida,
I where they settled on a farm, which
has remained In the possession OF the
family since, and where Mr.. and Mrs.
Hoag resided until 1865, when they
came to Manchester. n,
T Taking up their residence in Man
chester, Mr.. and Mrs. Hoag built the
Hoag mill, on the site now occupied
by the Hoag Electric Light and Pow
er plant and mill. s5..
character, and was beloved and ad-
mired for her sterling qualities and
!. the exemplary life she lived before
her friends and associates. Devoted
to her home and her family, she has
left heritage which win live in. the
memory Of her children and inti-
i mate friends, to whom her passing
brings deep sorrow.
She was a member OF the First
Congregational church Of this city,
ans when not prevented by i'll health,
was faithful attendant upon the
services. For many years she was q
I. faithful member Of the Order of the
Eastern Star, and was three times
chosen as Worthy Matron. For
many years she took an active part
In the work of the Woman's Relief
corps Of Manchester
She leaves to mourn her death
her daughter, Mrs. William Barr
jr., Of Manchester. and two sons. G.
e. Hoag OF Charlotte, Michigan. and
3. w. Hoag Of this city. Besides be-
ing survived by her three children,
she is also survived by two sisters.
Mrs. w. p. Miller Of Aurelia. Iowa,
Z who has been spending the winter at
Orlando, Florida, and Mrs. Rebecca
Miller. Of Webster City, Iowa.
To her children and grandc children
the sympathy Of this community is
extended In the great loss that has
4 come to them. 81 7.