Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-22
DEATH. SUMMONS
BELOVED WOMAN
MRS. A. r.. LOOMS PASSES AWAY
At N. +. LE nov HOME
ON SATURDAY.
RESIDENT OF COUNTY SINCE ls54
Prominent In Early Day Dsvsiepmen,
Of Manchester. osssh Marks
Closing Of Notable Career.

Closing Of Notable carssr.
Mrs. A.. r. ,.Loomis, the, venerable
and beloved mother Of Mrs. NJ. r. lie
Roy. passed away at the home oi
: NJ and Mrs. Leroy Saturday. Janu
ary Is. 1913. At the advanced age OF
81 years aud eleven month";. Not
withdrawing her advanced years
Mrs. LOOMS retained her faculties
and physical strength in remarkable
degree up to within few days Of
her final Illness.
Funeral services were held from
the home o: her daughter on Monday
forenoon. Rev. J. F. Moore, pastor
Of the Congregational church. con.
Quoting the service. 1nterment was
made In Oakland cemetery.
;Phedora H.. ParmAiee WAS born
Eear Colchester, Vermont, February
Is. 1921. She was the daughter Of
Ar. and Mrs. Rufus Parmalee. de-
scendants Of New England ancestry.
coming on the Cushman side Of her
bouse from the Aayflower pilgrims.
Her marriage with A. r. LoomiS took
place on December q, 1846. at Col
chester. Vermont. After their mar:
rIase, Mr.. and Mrs. LOOMS spent q
number OF years in the east. In 1852
they decided give up their eastern
home, and immisrated TO the west.
settling IN DeKalb county. Illinois. !.
Here they purchased large farm
and for two and q half years devot-
ed themselves to farming. That be-
Ing . comparatively early date for
that locality. and having seen some
thing OF the west and knowing the ad-
vaniAges It offered to young people
OF energy and determination, they
made up their minds to push on 70
wards the frontier and cast their iot|
With the rising fortunes Of those
sturdy settlers who we're then peo-
plinx the fertile pradries of the SMts-
stssippt valley and the country lying
near It. They came to lows. locat-
ing in Delaware county, July 8. 1850.
bringing with thsm number sof
MSxican land warrants which they
laid in the county in different locahr
ties, and took up several hundred
acres Of land They made their first
home near the old Quaker
NtN. north OF this city, ON the banks
o. the Maquoketa river. Here Mr..
and Mrs. Loomis opened the hrst
store In the county and began traffic
with the few settlers who occupied
this locality. Following = years resi-
dence in the vicinity Of the old Quak- |
er Mill, Mr.. and Mrs. Loomis. In cem-
mon with the other settlers Of thh
locality, entertained = strong feel!nEI
that something Of town should and
would be built where Manchester u
now located. Acting upon this impulseI
Mr.. and Mrs. Loomis At once moved
onto the new. townsite and bmlt
the first dwelling erected IN
tha new town, and also built the
first store building. The dwelling was
erected on the site where the Mn.
Mary Prowss residence now stanos'
and the first store building erecSeo
BY these energetic pioneers Wa
frame structure. on the site now o.
cupted by the w. L. Drew store.
During these trying pioneer days.
Mrs. LOOMS found numerous oppor
for performing many heroic
deeds Of love and charity.< Those N
need or distress found In her .
friend. true and loyal. Hers was q
lie spent in unseltish devotion to ner
family and friends.
Coming to this part OF Iowa In IN !
early day, she 1t once affafa1ed neF
eek with the pioneer orsanizauons'
She was q charter member OF tneI
First Methodist Episcopal church ana
retained her membership in that 90
ciety until the organization Of the
First Congregational church OF Man
chester, when Ae Transferred her
to the latter orsaniza'
tion. During An the years that she
vas 4 member Of the Congregational
church she was its most generous sup
porter. The handsome pipe organ q
that church is an evidence OF ner
Not only was she liner
al With her means, but when not pre-
vented by illness, was faithful ."
teudant upon the services OF Inc
church. Il
Mrs Loomis was the mother OF
five children, two Of whom survive
her-Mrs. Stephen c. Huooell OF As
Angeles, California: and Mrs. M. +.
Leroy Of this city. :.
The sympathy Of this community
Koes out to the bereaved families IN
the death Of this Christian pioneer
woman.