Mary Rose Woodsworth 1846-1928
Saturday, August 4, 1928, Mrs. Mary Haskin, better known as " Grandma Haskin" passed away at the country home of her son, Carl. She was confined to her bed but a few days, was in no pain and conscious until the last. She was one of those beautiful charcters who lived each hour in readiness for the las great call. Mary Rose Woodworth was born at Wanconsta, Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, October 17, 1846. She lived there until she was eighteen years of age when she married Charles Theodore Haskin on December 15, 1864. The next year they moved to northers Wisconsin where they cleared a home in the woods. At that place five children were born; thee boys and two girls. In 1907 they moved to Almira, Washington where they remained until the end. She is survived by her youngest son, Carl of Almira, fourteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren. She joined the Mehodist Episcopal church in 1884 and two years later became an ardent W.C.T.U. worker. She loved to give help and pleasure to others, to promote and assist in all ways those things which would be an uplift and a benefit to the community in which she lived. Her pleasant smile and kind words of greeting will be greatly missed among her many friends in Almira. The abundance of beautiful flowers which surrounded the casket sent by friends and the different order of which she was a member, showed the high esteem in which she was held. She was laid to rest beside her husband in the Almira Cemetery.
Big Bend Outlook
Friday, August 10, 1928
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Mary Rose Woodsworth 1846-1928
Saturday, August 4, 1928, Mrs. Mary Haskin, better known as " Grandma Haskin" passed away at the country home of her son, Carl. She was confined to her bed but a few days, was in no pain and conscious until the last. She was one of those beautiful charcters who lived each hour in readiness for the las great call. Mary Rose Woodworth was born at Wanconsta, Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, October 17, 1846. She lived there until she was eighteen years of age when she married Charles Theodore Haskin on December 15, 1864. The next year they moved to northers Wisconsin where they cleared a home in the woods. At that place five children were born; thee boys and two girls. In 1907 they moved to Almira, Washington where they remained until the end. She is survived by her youngest son, Carl of Almira, fourteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren. She joined the Mehodist Episcopal church in 1884 and two years later became an ardent W.C.T.U. worker. She loved to give help and pleasure to others, to promote and assist in all ways those things which would be an uplift and a benefit to the community in which she lived. Her pleasant smile and kind words of greeting will be greatly missed among her many friends in Almira. The abundance of beautiful flowers which surrounded the casket sent by friends and the different order of which she was a member, showed the high esteem in which she was held. She was laid to rest beside her husband in the Almira Cemetery.
Big Bend Outlook
Friday, August 10, 1928
page 51
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