Jackson County IA Archives Obituaries.....Cole, Elizabeth September 19, 1899
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Maquoketa Record, Oct. 18, 1899
Elizabeth Cole Dies 
Maquoketa Record 
Wednesday, October 18, 1899 

The following obituary was taken from the Pawnee (Okla.) Times-Democrat: Miss 
Elizabeth Cole was born October 25, 1833, at Akron Ohio. In 1852 she married 
Lester Dean, who died in 1873. They came to Maquoketa, Iowa, in 1858. To them 
were born three daughters-Mettie, who died in infancy; Mrs. Hattie Dean-
Griffin, who died in 1881, Mrs. Benj. Van Steinberg of Preston, Iowa, survives 
to mourn the loss of a loving mother. Mr. Dean united with the Baptist Church 
of Maquoketa in the early days and was an active member and Christian worker. 
In 1881 she married A.N. Smith of Maquoketa who survives her and whose children 
feel their loss as keenly as the one to whom she was parent in fact. And they 
are now the only mourners. Every person who knew her will miss her. To know her 
was to love her. Mr. and Mrs. Smith came to Pawnee in 1895. She united with the 
Congregational Church and became an active member. Mrs. Smith died after a 
short illness of three days from paralysis of the brain and body. Mrs. Van 
Steinberg arrived only in time for the funeral. The services were held at the 
home Friday afternoon, Sept. 22, Rev. Stromire officiating, taking his text 
from Job 14:14: “If a man die shall he live again?” The music by the quartet 
was finely rendered. The remains were laid to rest in the Pawnee cemetery. 



  

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