Berrien County MI Archives Obituaries.....Howe, Mrs. Hezekiah J. (Lucretia Sylvia Fox) December 4, 1896
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The (Berrien Springs, Mich.) Era, Wednesday, December 9, 1896, page 3 col 3
Obituary of Mrs. Hezekiah J. Howe

	Lucretia Sylvia Fox was born February 16, 1831, in western New York.  In the
fall of 1836 her family moved to Jackson, Michigan, where she lived until 1848,
when she was married to Hezekiah J. Howe, and moved to Bertrand township.  She
continued to live in the vicinity of Buchanan, and in that village, until 1878,
when she moved with her family to the Shaker Farm, one half mile north of this
village, and resided there until her death.
	Mrs. Howe was the eldest of seven children born to her mother, Frances Fox, her
oldest sister, died in 1847. Mrs. W.O Hamilton of Buchanan, who died February
22d last, was her sister, and the late Alanson J. Fox, of Niles, who died
October 3d last, was her brother.  Two brothers and a sister survive her--Luther
B. Hildreth, of Waterloo, Iowa; William C. Hildreth, of Moline, Mich. and Mrs.
Carrie E. Sharp, of Spearfish, South Dakota.
	Of her immediate family, Mrs. Howe leaves a husband, H.J. Howe, well known in
this place, and four children--Mrs. B.U. Burnham, of Akron, Ohio; Mrs. Milo
Smith, of his place; Dr. A.O Howe and Eugene C. Howe, of Chicago.
	She, together with her husband, has been a member of the Advent Christian
church, of Buchanan, since 1860, and has ever been an exemplary christian.
	Mrs. Howe was taken very suddenly with her last illness, though she lingered
nearly sixty hours after being stricken, due, no doubt to her wonderful
vitality.  Miss Grace Smith was married Tuesday to Mr. Edwin French, and Mrs.
Howe was at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Milo Smith, to attend the wedding. 
She was in perfect health, apparently, and in unusually good spirits.  The
wedding party left at 3:30 p.m. for Niles.  Within five minutes after bidding
them adieu she complained of queer feelings and pains in her head, and within
ten minutes more she was unconscious.  Drs. Armstrong and Mason were summoned
who at once pronounced it a severe case of apoplexy.  She rallied slightly
Thursday forenoon, but did not once regain consciousness from the time she was
stricken.  The children were summoned.  Dr. A.O. and Eugene arriving from
Chicago at 3:00 a.m. Wednesday, and Mrs. Burnham arriving from Akron at 2:30
p.m. Wednesday.
	Her end was painless and peaceful, but distressing to her relatives and friends
because no mortal aid could be given her.  She expired at 3: 00 a.m. Friday.
	Mrs. Howe was an affectionate and devoted wife and one the very best of
mothers. She loved home, and by ceaseless self sacrificing effort, made it, to
her husband and children, the dearest spot on earth.  She was, in the truest
sense, a helpmeet to her husband in all his work.  Her judgment was quick, clear
and correct, to an unusual degree, which made her a most efficient coworker with
her husgand in the successful management of their large farm. She was true and
strong in all her womanly virtues. She was hospitable and generous. Strangers as
well as relatives and friends, felt, rather than heard her cordial greeting and
warm welcome.  She was sympathetic and kind; forgetting self, she busied herself
in ministering to others.  By her sweet, gentle spirit, kind and helpful ways
and entertaining powers she gave a charm to her home life so that the "Shaker
Farm House" became the "Mecca" of rest and repose to many a weary pilgrim in the
journey of life.  Her social qualities were rarely equaled[sic], so that she was
sought by both young and old.
	Her piety was deep and pure, and "Martha" like, found expression in loving
deeds rather than in words.  Death, though coming upon her suddenly, found her
with heart and hands busy in loving ministry to others, yet prepared and ready
for the coming of her Lord.  When her loving mother heart had ceased to beat,
and her hands, from whose gentle touch virtue had so many time gone out to bless
the life of him who for forty-eight years had walked by her side, and those
motherly arms that had so often cradled the forms of the children now grown to
manhood and womanhood and kneeling by her bedside, gently rested on her peaceful
breast, she sweetly fell asleep in Jesus.
	Funeral services were held at the Baptist church Sunday at 11 a.m. conducted by
the Rev. J.C. Honigh, of Niles, assisted by Rev. A.N. Eldred and Rev. J. Boone,
of this village.  Interment was had at Oak Ridge cemetery, Buchanan, where rest
the remains of two infant children.  Burial services were conducted by the Rev.
Mr. Shephard, pastor of the Advent Chritian church of Buchanan, in the presence
of a large group of relatives, old friends and neighbors.
	"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; Yea, saith the
spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them."
(Source: The (Berrien Springs, Mich.) Era, Wednesday, December 9, 1896, page 3
col 3, microfilm Niles District Library)


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