Obituary of Mrs Florence Hurst Olwin, Crawford County, Illinois

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THE END OF A BEAUTIFUL AND USEFUL LIFE

Mrs. Florence Hurst Olwin, who departed this life Tuesday, June the
fourteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty seven, was born May the
twenty-third, eighteen hundred and forty-six, one mile west of
Hutsonville, on a farm, than a wilderness, entered by her father in
eighteen hundred and thirty eight. She was one of thirteen children
born to John R. and Nancy O. Hurst, and all of them , except one
brother, W. B. Hurst, of Hutsonville, have preceded her in death.
Mrs. Olwin was reared and lived in Hutsonville until about the year
eighteen hundred and eighty-one, when she, with her family, moved to
Paris, Illinois. Here she lived for about a year before removing to
Robinson where she has lived since. She was married October fourth,
eighteen sixty-six, to John Olwin. He preceded Mrs.Olwin, in death
February the first, nineteen hundred and nineteen. Mrs. Olwin is
survived by four sons and four daughters: Charlie, Fred, Bird, and
Mrs. Nan Palmer of Robinson; Mrs. Georgia Swartz, of Danville,
Illinois; Oce, of Dekalb, Illinois; Mrs. Clara Hodge, of Findlay,
Ohio; and Mrs. Lois Spencer, of St. Paul, Minnesota; and by eleven
granchildren. One daughter, Lola, died in eigteen eighty-nine, at
the age of twenty. Mrs. Olwin was an aunt of Judge A. L. Lowe, of
Robinson, although seemingly a sister. Mr. Lowe's mother, a sister
of Mrs. Olwin, died when was but two years old. At this time he
became a member of the Hurst family and, reared by the parents of
Mrs. Olwin, where he came to think of her as a real sister. The only
other immediate member of the family surviving is Mrs. Minnie E.
Hurst, now of Evansville, Ind. About the year eighteen hundred and
sixty-two, Mrs. Olwin united with the Christian church of
Hutsonville. She was immersed by the Reverend James Morgan, who, in
eighteen fifty-eight, re-organized the Hutsonville church and for
many years continued as its pastor. The present Christian church of
Hutsonville, today, is the outgrowth of that organization. This step
of Mrs. Olwin's marked the beginning of a long and devoted Christian
life; for throughout her life, wherever she was, she was loyal and
devoted to her church. But it was in her love for home, husband, and
children, that one discovered the outstanding qualities of Mrs.
Olwin's life. She did not seek pleasures abroad, in the social life
about her; rather, with zeal to serve those she loved and create for
them a home, harmonious and happy, she gathered her friends and her
children's friends about her own hospitable fire side, and here
poured fourth upon them all the love and devotion of the true mother
that she was. Her suffering, if suffering she knew, she bore with
patience and without complaint; and to the last, as long as she was
able to give expression to her thoughts, she was found inquiring for
the wellfare of her  Hutsonville folk and friends. The funeral
service was held at the home yesterday afternoon at three. Reverend
James Welch, of Greensburg, Indiana, former pastor of the First
Christian Church of Robinson, preached the sermon. Interment was in
the New Cemetery of Robinson.

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