'MOTHER MEESE' PASSES
It was with profound sorrow and regret the many friends of Mrs Tena Meese learned of her death which occurred early on Tuesday morning at her late home in Laurel. "Mother Meese" as she was familiarly known to a legion of staunch friends and neighbors, was in her 88th year, and had lived in the house where she died for the past 66 years.
She was the widow the late John Meese, who came to Laurel 62 years ago and purchased the place now known as "Sunnyside Farm". They came to this country from Bavaria when only a young, ambitious couple. Mr Meese served in the cavalry of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 and died 17 years ago.
"Mother Meese" was a most congenial and lovable woman, and to know her was to love her. Always ready and willing to lend a helping hand to others in time of need, she endeared herself into the hearts of eveyone, young and old. Her passing will be greatly missed both in the home and in the community in which she lived for over a century.
Surviving are four daughters: Miss Justena Meese and Mrs John H Hagen of Laurel, Mrs J Ebb Weir of Jamesport and Mrs Raiman Petty of Riverhead; also a grandson, James Weir, and a great granddaughter Dora Jean Benjamin.
Funeral services were to be held Thursday afternoon at her late home, with the Rev Walter Crook, pastor of the Jameport Congregational Church, officiating. Burial was to be in the Laurel cemetery, in which she took so much pride during her lifetime.
Obit published in The Watchman Thursday July 21, 1938 p8.
It was with profound sorrow and regret the many friends of Mrs Tena Meese learned of her death which occurred early on Tuesday morning at her late home in Laurel. "Mother Meese" as she was familiarly known to a legion of staunch friends and neighbors, was in her 88th year, and had lived in the house where she died for the past 66 years.
She was the widow the late John Meese, who came to Laurel 62 years ago and purchased the place now known as "Sunnyside Farm". They came to this country from Bavaria when only a young, ambitious couple. Mr Meese served in the cavalry of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 and died 17 years ago.
"Mother Meese" was a most congenial and lovable woman, and to know her was to love her. Always ready and willing to lend a helping hand to others in time of need, she endeared herself into the hearts of eveyone, young and old. Her passing will be greatly missed both in the home and in the community in which she lived for over a century.
Surviving are four daughters: Miss Justena Meese and Mrs John H Hagen of Laurel, Mrs J Ebb Weir of Jamesport and Mrs Raiman Petty of Riverhead; also a grandson, James Weir, and a great granddaughter Dora Jean Benjamin.
Funeral services were to be held Thursday afternoon at her late home, with the Rev Walter Crook, pastor of the Jameport Congregational Church, officiating. Burial was to be in the Laurel cemetery, in which she took so much pride during her lifetime.
Obit published in The Watchman Thursday July 21, 1938 p8.
'MOTHER MEESE' PASSES
It was with profound sorrow and regret the many friends of Mrs Tena Meese learned of her death which occurred early on Tuesday morning at her late home in Laurel. "Mother Meese" as she was familiarly known to a legion of staunch friends and neighbors, was in her 88th year, and had lived in the house where she died for the past 66 years.
She was the widow the late John Meese, who came to Laurel 62 years ago and purchased the place now known as "Sunnyside Farm". They came to this country from Bavaria when only a young, ambitious couple. Mr Meese served in the cavalry of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 and died 17 years ago.
"Mother Meese" was a most congenial and lovable woman, and to know her was to love her. Always ready and willing to lend a helping hand to others in time of need, she endeared herself into the hearts of eveyone, young and old. Her passing will be greatly missed both in the home and in the community in which she lived for over a century.
Surviving are four daughters: Miss Justena Meese and Mrs John H Hagen of Laurel, Mrs J Ebb Weir of Jamesport and Mrs Raiman Petty of Riverhead; also a grandson, James Weir, and a great granddaughter Dora Jean Benjamin.
Funeral services were to be held Thursday afternoon at her late home, with the Rev Walter Crook, pastor of the Jameport Congregational Church, officiating. Burial was to be in the Laurel cemetery, in which she took so much pride during her lifetime.
Obit published in The Watchman Thursday July 21, 1938 p8.
It was with profound sorrow and regret the many friends of Mrs Tena Meese learned of her death which occurred early on Tuesday morning at her late home in Laurel. "Mother Meese" as she was familiarly known to a legion of staunch friends and neighbors, was in her 88th year, and had lived in the house where she died for the past 66 years.
She was the widow the late John Meese, who came to Laurel 62 years ago and purchased the place now known as "Sunnyside Farm". They came to this country from Bavaria when only a young, ambitious couple. Mr Meese served in the cavalry of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 and died 17 years ago.
"Mother Meese" was a most congenial and lovable woman, and to know her was to love her. Always ready and willing to lend a helping hand to others in time of need, she endeared herself into the hearts of eveyone, young and old. Her passing will be greatly missed both in the home and in the community in which she lived for over a century.
Surviving are four daughters: Miss Justena Meese and Mrs John H Hagen of Laurel, Mrs J Ebb Weir of Jamesport and Mrs Raiman Petty of Riverhead; also a grandson, James Weir, and a great granddaughter Dora Jean Benjamin.
Funeral services were to be held Thursday afternoon at her late home, with the Rev Walter Crook, pastor of the Jameport Congregational Church, officiating. Burial was to be in the Laurel cemetery, in which she took so much pride during her lifetime.
Obit published in The Watchman Thursday July 21, 1938 p8.
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