OBITUARY: Hannah TeWinkle Danforth, 1856-c1931, Mitchell Co., Iowa



                      Hannah TeWinkle Danforth
                    

           PIONEER MOTHER OF LITTLE CEDAR DIED THURSDAY EVENING

Mrs. W.B. Danforth, one of the most prominent women of the Little
Cedar vicinity, passed away at her home, just north of that town,
last Thursday evening, after but a brief illness.

Coming to Little Cedar before the railroad was built there, she has
had a part in the development of community life there during the
more important part of the community's history, and few women have
left the impress of their good works on the life of a neighborhood
to the extent that she did.

Of all that was good in the community life, she had an important
part; especially was this true of her younger, more active years.

Hannah TeWinkle was born October 22, 1856, at Lima, Sheboygan
County, Wisconsin.  She came to Little Cedar, Iowa, fifty-one
years ago.  Her parents, natives of Holland, came to this country
about 1850.  Both parents died before she reached the age of 12 years.
She received a liberal education, preparing herself for teaching.
She started teaching school at 18 and taught six years.  She was
then united in marriage to William Danforth; and with her husband
came to her present home near Little Cedar.

To this union were born six children: Harry G. Danforth, Little Cedar;
Mrs. Avis C. Hanson, of Tacoma, Washington; Frank Danforth (deceased);
Avery Danforth, of Steele, North Dakota; Dana Danforth (deceased); and
Florence Danforth, now teaching at Albion.

Mrs. Danforth was one of the little band of twelve that in 1887, forty-four
years ago, organized the Baptist Church at Little Cedar and for a great
many years took an active part in the Sunday School as teacher, being
assistant teacher of the senior class at the time of her death.  She
will be long remembered for the active part she took in the spiritual
and social uplift of the community.  She was ever ready to give help
in cases of sickness, and comfort in time of sorrow.  Her death coming
last Thursday evening was a great shock, although her health had been
failing for the past few weeks, following an attack of the influenza
with complications.  She leaves to mourn their loss besides her
immediate family, two brothers, Garret TeWinkle, of Rockford,
Washington, and Joseph TeWinkle, of Spokane, Washington; also one
sister, Mrs. Cenah Danforth, of Raymond, South Dakota.

Funeral services were conducted at the Little Cedar Baptist Church
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. John D. Kern, assisted by
Rev. Martin R. Davis, of Little Cedar, with interment in the Little
Cedar Cemetery.




     Copyright 2004, Merri Cross

     Note: I have received some scrapbooks with several obituaries
     pasted in and I thought I would post them here.

     This obituary is not dated, but due to information in the
     article, I would guess it is from 1931.

     I am not related to this person.