Lake County Indiana

The first organized service of the first baptist church of east chicago was
read in the parlor of her home
Most of these obits are people who had a hand in the towns in the old days.
Martha Jane Huish obit
Obituary of Martha Jane Huish--(6/27/1930)
Death of Mrs. Huish
Indiana Harbor lost one of its earliest settlers and a highly respected
citizen last night in the death of Mrs. M. J. Huish, widow of the
late William Hyde Huish, who passed away at the family home at 3511
Grand boulevard, after a long suffering with a heart ailment. Mrs.
Huish was born in Wales on January 27, 1865, and came to Indiana
Harbor with her husband who was one of the first foremen in the Inland
Steel Company plant and later at the Buffington cement plant.
Before her final illness Mrs. Huish had been very active in affairs in
Indiana Harbor and was one of the founding members of the First Baptist
Church of this city, and it's first organized service was read in the
parlor of her home. She had a host of friends among the young people
of the community and was very active in the Welsh societies of the
district in which she was much interested.
All of her nine children, excepting Ben who was unable to arrive in
time from Alton Illinois, were at her bedside at death. They are Earl
of Salt Lake City Utah, and Mrs. Alma Whiteman, Mrs. Blanche Ellis,
Miss Mary, Miss Margaretta, George, William and Eugene, all of
Indiana Harbor.
Funeral services will be held from the home on Saturday afternoon at
1:30 o'clock with burial at the family plot in Ridgelawn cemetery.


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Submitted by Kathleen Huish
Merrillville, Indiana
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(© 1998 Kathleen Huish)