("The Journal-Herald" newspaper published in Avoca, Iowa, dated July 18, 1918 on page 1)
Mrs. E. A. Consigny
Clarissa Benham was born at North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio, on the 12th day of January, 1850. She was the daughter of Dr. Lucius Benham who, with his family came to Cascade, Dubuque County, Iowa, in 1854, where he became one of the leading physicians of the state. In her girlhood she became acquainted with and afterwards married Major Eugene A. Consigny, of Desota, Missouri. In 1872 Mr. and Mrs. Consigny came to Avoca where he engaged in the milling business and soon became one of the leading businessmen and she, a leader in the social and literary circles of the town.
Notwithstanding Mrs. Consigny's opportunities for securing a school education were very limited, she was a woman of rare literary taste and attainment. This was manifested not only in her work as a member of the various literary societies of which she was a member, but in her choice of books. She was one of the organizers of the Chautauqua Circle which for many years was the leading literary and social society of the town. Afterwards she and four other prominent ladies of the town were instrumental in organizing the Saturday Club which had for its purpose and object the study of literature and current events. And these four ladies have always taken a just pride in the success and accomplishments of that society along literary and educational lines.
Mrs. Consigny also took a deep interest in and was one of the most influential members of the Avoca Library Association. And for many years she was an active member of the Eastern Star.
At the time of her death she was the possessor of one of the best libraries in this part of the state and she took much pleasure in sharing its treasures with friends to whom her latch string was always out.
Mrs. Consigny was a lover of home and notwithstanding the loss of her husband many years ago, she maintained her home at the place where she and her husband first settled in Avoca and her greatest joy of late years was in welcoming back to the fireside her two boys. Lute and Gene, who have been most devoted to their mother. Her grand-children were always welcome guests in her home and they found great pleasure in going to Grandma's. Her intimate friends and associates feel most keenly and deeply the loss which has come to them in her demise. She was most democratic in her ideas of life, she was a great lover of nature and despised sham. Her religion was in work, in doing for others what she could to make them happy.
Her death followed a short illness and she passed away Friday morning at the Methodist Hospital in Des Moines whither she had been taken by her son Eugene in the hope that her life might be prolonged. She leaves her two sons, L. G. Consigny of Carter, South Dakota and Eugene A. Consigny of Des Moines who will greatly miss her kindly greetings and a mother's devotion. Her brother L. A. Benham of Shelby, Iowa and her sister Mrs. May Davis, of Minneapolis also feel most keenly their loss. Probably no one will miss her more than Eugenia and Margaret Consigny, the two grand daughters who have made their home with her during the past several years.
Her last message to relatives and friends was in the words of the immortal Tennyson read in the service by Rev. Davenport.
Sunset and evening star
And one clear call for me
And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea.
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound or foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep,
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening star,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark.
For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my pilot face to face,
When I have crost the bar.
The remains were brought to Avoca at noon Sunday and taken directly to the cemetery where Rev. Davenport conducted a short service. A quartette composed of Messers Maxwell, Meitsen, Vierck, and Krienke, singing two selections.
Attending the service from out of town were, L. G. Consigny of Carter, South Dakota, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Consigny of Des Moines; Mrs. M. B. Davis of Minneapolis; M. L. Benham of Shelby, Iowa; Clarence Bruce of Des Moines; and Frank Benham of DesMoines.
Those bearing her to her last resting place were: Frank Turner, John Jenks, Frank True, Charles Schmidt, L. M. Pomeroy and Frank Beymer.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank all the friends for their kindness and help during the sickness and burial of our mother and sister.
L. G. Consigny
E. F. Consigny
Mrs. May B. Davis
L. A. Benham
Mrs. E. A. Consigny
Clarissa Benham was born at North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio, on the 12th day of January, 1850. She was the daughter of Dr. Lucius Benham who, with his family came to Cascade, Dubuque County, Iowa, in 1854, where he became one of the leading physicians of the state. In her girlhood she became acquainted with and afterwards married Major Eugene A. Consigny, of Desota, Missouri. In 1872 Mr. and Mrs. Consigny came to Avoca where he engaged in the milling business and soon became one of the leading businessmen and she, a leader in the social and literary circles of the town.
Notwithstanding Mrs. Consigny's opportunities for securing a school education were very limited, she was a woman of rare literary taste and attainment. This was manifested not only in her work as a member of the various literary societies of which she was a member, but in her choice of books. She was one of the organizers of the Chautauqua Circle which for many years was the leading literary and social society of the town. Afterwards she and four other prominent ladies of the town were instrumental in organizing the Saturday Club which had for its purpose and object the study of literature and current events. And these four ladies have always taken a just pride in the success and accomplishments of that society along literary and educational lines.
Mrs. Consigny also took a deep interest in and was one of the most influential members of the Avoca Library Association. And for many years she was an active member of the Eastern Star.
At the time of her death she was the possessor of one of the best libraries in this part of the state and she took much pleasure in sharing its treasures with friends to whom her latch string was always out.
Mrs. Consigny was a lover of home and notwithstanding the loss of her husband many years ago, she maintained her home at the place where she and her husband first settled in Avoca and her greatest joy of late years was in welcoming back to the fireside her two boys. Lute and Gene, who have been most devoted to their mother. Her grand-children were always welcome guests in her home and they found great pleasure in going to Grandma's. Her intimate friends and associates feel most keenly and deeply the loss which has come to them in her demise. She was most democratic in her ideas of life, she was a great lover of nature and despised sham. Her religion was in work, in doing for others what she could to make them happy.
Her death followed a short illness and she passed away Friday morning at the Methodist Hospital in Des Moines whither she had been taken by her son Eugene in the hope that her life might be prolonged. She leaves her two sons, L. G. Consigny of Carter, South Dakota and Eugene A. Consigny of Des Moines who will greatly miss her kindly greetings and a mother's devotion. Her brother L. A. Benham of Shelby, Iowa and her sister Mrs. May Davis, of Minneapolis also feel most keenly their loss. Probably no one will miss her more than Eugenia and Margaret Consigny, the two grand daughters who have made their home with her during the past several years.
Her last message to relatives and friends was in the words of the immortal Tennyson read in the service by Rev. Davenport.
Sunset and evening star
And one clear call for me
And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea.
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound or foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep,
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening star,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark.
For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my pilot face to face,
When I have crost the bar.
The remains were brought to Avoca at noon Sunday and taken directly to the cemetery where Rev. Davenport conducted a short service. A quartette composed of Messers Maxwell, Meitsen, Vierck, and Krienke, singing two selections.
Attending the service from out of town were, L. G. Consigny of Carter, South Dakota, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Consigny of Des Moines; Mrs. M. B. Davis of Minneapolis; M. L. Benham of Shelby, Iowa; Clarence Bruce of Des Moines; and Frank Benham of DesMoines.
Those bearing her to her last resting place were: Frank Turner, John Jenks, Frank True, Charles Schmidt, L. M. Pomeroy and Frank Beymer.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank all the friends for their kindness and help during the sickness and burial of our mother and sister.
L. G. Consigny
E. F. Consigny
Mrs. May B. Davis
L. A. Benham
("The Journal-Herald" newspaper published in Avoca, Iowa, dated July 18, 1918 on page 1)
Mrs. E. A. Consigny
Clarissa Benham was born at North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio, on the 12th day of January, 1850. She was the daughter of Dr. Lucius Benham who, with his family came to Cascade, Dubuque County, Iowa, in 1854, where he became one of the leading physicians of the state. In her girlhood she became acquainted with and afterwards married Major Eugene A. Consigny, of Desota, Missouri. In 1872 Mr. and Mrs. Consigny came to Avoca where he engaged in the milling business and soon became one of the leading businessmen and she, a leader in the social and literary circles of the town.
Notwithstanding Mrs. Consigny's opportunities for securing a school education were very limited, she was a woman of rare literary taste and attainment. This was manifested not only in her work as a member of the various literary societies of which she was a member, but in her choice of books. She was one of the organizers of the Chautauqua Circle which for many years was the leading literary and social society of the town. Afterwards she and four other prominent ladies of the town were instrumental in organizing the Saturday Club which had for its purpose and object the study of literature and current events. And these four ladies have always taken a just pride in the success and accomplishments of that society along literary and educational lines.
Mrs. Consigny also took a deep interest in and was one of the most influential members of the Avoca Library Association. And for many years she was an active member of the Eastern Star.
At the time of her death she was the possessor of one of the best libraries in this part of the state and she took much pleasure in sharing its treasures with friends to whom her latch string was always out.
Mrs. Consigny was a lover of home and notwithstanding the loss of her husband many years ago, she maintained her home at the place where she and her husband first settled in Avoca and her greatest joy of late years was in welcoming back to the fireside her two boys. Lute and Gene, who have been most devoted to their mother. Her grand-children were always welcome guests in her home and they found great pleasure in going to Grandma's. Her intimate friends and associates feel most keenly and deeply the loss which has come to them in her demise. She was most democratic in her ideas of life, she was a great lover of nature and despised sham. Her religion was in work, in doing for others what she could to make them happy.
Her death followed a short illness and she passed away Friday morning at the Methodist Hospital in Des Moines whither she had been taken by her son Eugene in the hope that her life might be prolonged. She leaves her two sons, L. G. Consigny of Carter, South Dakota and Eugene A. Consigny of Des Moines who will greatly miss her kindly greetings and a mother's devotion. Her brother L. A. Benham of Shelby, Iowa and her sister Mrs. May Davis, of Minneapolis also feel most keenly their loss. Probably no one will miss her more than Eugenia and Margaret Consigny, the two grand daughters who have made their home with her during the past several years.
Her last message to relatives and friends was in the words of the immortal Tennyson read in the service by Rev. Davenport.
Sunset and evening star
And one clear call for me
And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea.
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound or foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep,
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening star,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark.
For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my pilot face to face,
When I have crost the bar.
The remains were brought to Avoca at noon Sunday and taken directly to the cemetery where Rev. Davenport conducted a short service. A quartette composed of Messers Maxwell, Meitsen, Vierck, and Krienke, singing two selections.
Attending the service from out of town were, L. G. Consigny of Carter, South Dakota, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Consigny of Des Moines; Mrs. M. B. Davis of Minneapolis; M. L. Benham of Shelby, Iowa; Clarence Bruce of Des Moines; and Frank Benham of DesMoines.
Those bearing her to her last resting place were: Frank Turner, John Jenks, Frank True, Charles Schmidt, L. M. Pomeroy and Frank Beymer.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank all the friends for their kindness and help during the sickness and burial of our mother and sister.
L. G. Consigny
E. F. Consigny
Mrs. May B. Davis
L. A. Benham
Mrs. E. A. Consigny
Clarissa Benham was born at North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio, on the 12th day of January, 1850. She was the daughter of Dr. Lucius Benham who, with his family came to Cascade, Dubuque County, Iowa, in 1854, where he became one of the leading physicians of the state. In her girlhood she became acquainted with and afterwards married Major Eugene A. Consigny, of Desota, Missouri. In 1872 Mr. and Mrs. Consigny came to Avoca where he engaged in the milling business and soon became one of the leading businessmen and she, a leader in the social and literary circles of the town.
Notwithstanding Mrs. Consigny's opportunities for securing a school education were very limited, she was a woman of rare literary taste and attainment. This was manifested not only in her work as a member of the various literary societies of which she was a member, but in her choice of books. She was one of the organizers of the Chautauqua Circle which for many years was the leading literary and social society of the town. Afterwards she and four other prominent ladies of the town were instrumental in organizing the Saturday Club which had for its purpose and object the study of literature and current events. And these four ladies have always taken a just pride in the success and accomplishments of that society along literary and educational lines.
Mrs. Consigny also took a deep interest in and was one of the most influential members of the Avoca Library Association. And for many years she was an active member of the Eastern Star.
At the time of her death she was the possessor of one of the best libraries in this part of the state and she took much pleasure in sharing its treasures with friends to whom her latch string was always out.
Mrs. Consigny was a lover of home and notwithstanding the loss of her husband many years ago, she maintained her home at the place where she and her husband first settled in Avoca and her greatest joy of late years was in welcoming back to the fireside her two boys. Lute and Gene, who have been most devoted to their mother. Her grand-children were always welcome guests in her home and they found great pleasure in going to Grandma's. Her intimate friends and associates feel most keenly and deeply the loss which has come to them in her demise. She was most democratic in her ideas of life, she was a great lover of nature and despised sham. Her religion was in work, in doing for others what she could to make them happy.
Her death followed a short illness and she passed away Friday morning at the Methodist Hospital in Des Moines whither she had been taken by her son Eugene in the hope that her life might be prolonged. She leaves her two sons, L. G. Consigny of Carter, South Dakota and Eugene A. Consigny of Des Moines who will greatly miss her kindly greetings and a mother's devotion. Her brother L. A. Benham of Shelby, Iowa and her sister Mrs. May Davis, of Minneapolis also feel most keenly their loss. Probably no one will miss her more than Eugenia and Margaret Consigny, the two grand daughters who have made their home with her during the past several years.
Her last message to relatives and friends was in the words of the immortal Tennyson read in the service by Rev. Davenport.
Sunset and evening star
And one clear call for me
And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea.
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound or foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep,
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening star,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark.
For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my pilot face to face,
When I have crost the bar.
The remains were brought to Avoca at noon Sunday and taken directly to the cemetery where Rev. Davenport conducted a short service. A quartette composed of Messers Maxwell, Meitsen, Vierck, and Krienke, singing two selections.
Attending the service from out of town were, L. G. Consigny of Carter, South Dakota, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Consigny of Des Moines; Mrs. M. B. Davis of Minneapolis; M. L. Benham of Shelby, Iowa; Clarence Bruce of Des Moines; and Frank Benham of DesMoines.
Those bearing her to her last resting place were: Frank Turner, John Jenks, Frank True, Charles Schmidt, L. M. Pomeroy and Frank Beymer.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank all the friends for their kindness and help during the sickness and burial of our mother and sister.
L. G. Consigny
E. F. Consigny
Mrs. May B. Davis
L. A. Benham
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