Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-10
FORMER RESIDENT DEAD.
Mrs. Margaret Beard-Cutler, Form
er Resident of Winneshiek
Passed Away Dec. 20.

We take the following from the
Usage Press concerning the recent
death of Margaret Beard-Cutler, IA
former well-known resident of Win
neshiek county.
Again the death angel has come
rapping at the door of our mortality.
In this instance, however, his ap-
proach has not been in sable and
horrifying garb, but in livery OF
light. His mission has Deen to pluck
from our midst one in every sense
ripe for the gardens of God. Under
his guidance the fight thither has
been peaceful and beautiful, deliy.
erance into a larger life and liberty
for a most gracious spirit.
Margaret Beard Cutler was born
on January the 22nd, 1892, III yell
low Springs, Ohio, and died Deem
Der 30, 1916, in South Bend, Ind.
Her parents were Benjamin and
Mary Beard and she was one Of a
family of nine children, composed
of six boys and three girls. All have
now passed on except one brother,
James Beard of Two Rivers, Cal.
When Margaret was three years old
the family moved west and settled on
a farm in Dore Village, near La
Porte, Ind. She was 10 years old
when the family again moved west
ward settling on a farm this time at
Frankville, Iowa. There, on the
goth anniversary of her birth, she
was married to James Blair Cutler.
The couple took their honeymoon
journey along Canoe Creek for sew
eral miles in a wagon, and settled
on farm just outside of DEBORAH
On this farm they lived for nine
years and it was here that their
three children, Leonard G.. Cutler, OF
Usage; Charles Cutler, of Park Rap
ids, Mimi; and Mary E. Cutler, now
Mrs. F. A. Stevenson, of South Bend
Ind, were born. These all survive
their mother, together with sever
grandchildren and five great grand
children.
From Frankville the Cutler family
moved to Orchard, Iowa, about 1861
and after a ten-years life upon 9
farm they came in 1871 to Usage
where they lived together until Jan
uary the 29th, 1909, when Mr.. Cut
Ter passed away. Seven years age
Mrs. Cutler had the misfortune tC
fall and fracture her hip, from
which, though recovery eventually
came, she continued to suffer NOR.
or less physical disability During
the past six years she has been with
her daughter in South Bend, where
she has had all the tender and soil
citous care which loving hands could
give and where she has passed a
happy old age, mellowing more and
more for the great transition.
Mrs. Cutler was woman of rare
personal charm. Her life was root
ed in God and she daily bore the
fruits of the Spirit When but Ii
years of age, she united with the
Presbyterian church of Dore Village
upon confession of her faith and up.
on removing, finally to Orchard
united with the Congregations
church here in Usage Aug. 81,
1867, there being no church in the
former Ilace. She was a charter
member of the Cent Society here
which afterward grew into the
present splendid Woman's Mission
ary organization of the church, tC
which she has been a regular con.
tributor up to the last
Her children and grandchildren
and great grandchildren rise up tC
call her blessed, as indeed do all who
have ever known her. Her Makei
endowed her with very unusual dis
position at her birth and she has
never allowed the cares and irrita
lions of her long sojourn in thS
world to sully her inheritance. Mild
gentle, beautiful, she ever illuminet
her home with projections seldom
realized in our flesh, and she car.
rled the sweet ministries of love
through the community.
The body was brought to Osag
on Sunday December 81, 1916. anG
the last rites of the church were
Performed on Monday, New Year.
day, at 10:30 in her old home by hel
pastor, Rev. Herbert o. Allen, as
sisted by male quartet. Her chill
dren were all present, as well a.
many of her grandchildren. The
profusion of floral offerings gave
witness TO the depth and sincerity q.
the love which prompted them. Hel
body rests in reace in our silent
city; her spirit lives i'm the city mo
made with hands -