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OEATH OF EDWIN 0, HOWE SPhan it Itcsidrm of KnycHe l,niiw«l Away Friday.Kdwlu Uuwi! wan Lorn In ('at-*;trnngui; county, N. Y. Pomtng 'Vlt;hi lie resided in LaSalle, 111k., Sturgis, Michigan, mid Klkliurt, Ind. lie learned lUc cruft of a tinner as i lio means of his llvlihnod, and was an exceptionally export and rapid work man; at one pi nee in .Michigan, imatii'il largely in the culture and maim fact ure of lien jut ini ill, lie held a CMitraei for making a largo nuin-i,ei of cans for storing that, product.AprII ti, 1S;2, he was married in tin* city of t'hioago to I1’rn lives Maynard, of Michigan City, lad. They oilun. to Fayette, lowu, Nov. 17, isfia. liens five children were horn to them. By the side of the first horn, Willard Do Wilt, who grew to manhood, the mot her was laid in *1 mndview cemetery In April, IP07, and 'it (lie same sacred soil the body of the father was lowered Monday afternoon. Thu funeral services •vere coud tided hy tlie l£ev. Daniel Al. Parker, as were also those of the wife nearly eight, years lief ore.When Mr. and Mrs. 11 owe an mo to Fayette the town was in its infancy, lie opened the first tin shop In a 'mild'ng where the Stale Dank now si amis, and was interesl is! also as a partner in a hardware business conduct oil therein.iiis home since the death of Airs. Howe has hcen cared for hy tho daughter, ,11'.ssle, and I lie works of diligence and taste no notable in the mother have not been lacking in the management of the daughter.Mr. Howe al lhe ago of eighty-thr.ee, while not a hie to pursue his vocation regularly could perforin 'iglil tasks and give himself to the work of the household. He waa a .'Ulterior gardener, proud of his capacity and success, and made the garden-plot a in tit ter of beauty ami profit. He loved tho great out-of-door ami the pursuits of hull ting aiul fishing. When there wrought upon him the lure of stream ami ■ orcst he would turn off tt most incredible amount of work in order that he might tramp with vigorous {■triile that mocked all ordinary obstacles, for tho sport of rod and gun .mil the tables—his and ids neighbor's—would often be furnished with this dainties from the field, trophies of his success.In company with some fellow townsmen, including W. B. Lais In, P. C. Parle or, W. it. Fish and Noah Alexander, he made a trip overland t.o Pike’s Peak, Colorado Mr. Howe's powers of humorous apprehension and narration would have a in le him a veritable Murk Twain with but a little culture and attention, and many an assemblage of friends in Fayette in tho days when i.ho social life ran high has been made merry by hla recital of the incidents of that western trip.I Jo was employed at his trade by Uttdlong, l. a sporry, and Ciruf Hr os., of Fayette, and Hod field Beatty of West Union.Stricken with paralysis some •veeks since bis decline has been gradual but pronounced. He has been moat tenderly cured for by hlahildron, Jessie und Nil die. The coming of this son to minister with ardent affection to tho wants of It is Hither, both of a temporal and spiritual nature, Uuk been one of the most Impressive incidents in tho entire history of tho community. Such as wore Mr, Howe's faults, they wore open and obvious to all bis aetiuulnlanoeB. The source of the elements which made him a man of integrity and neigh burliness were move reserved and hidden. From tho residence on Washington street, where lie lias lived so long neighbors boro him to IBb burial.
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Fayette County Leader
Fayette, Iowa, US
Thu, Mar 25, 1915
Page 6
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Thomas R.
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