Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bennett, Mary Addia (Scott) 1913
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Carson City Gazette, 15 Aug 1913

Mary Addia, daughter of L. S. and H. F. Scott, was born in the town of Wilna, 
N. Y., March 9, 1856.  When only a year old her parents sought a home in the 
West, going to Wisconsin, making however only a short stay, coming then to 
Michigan and settling on a farm in Lebanon township, Clinton county.  It was 
while living on the farm she met and married John W. Bennett, April 28, 1875.  
After a time Mr. Bennett decided to locate in Hubbardston and in 1899 she 
joined him and since then has made Hubbardston her home where her life went out 
in the quiet hours of Sunday morning, August 3, 1913.

While yet a girl at home she was converted in the Congregational church at 
Hubbardston and united with that body to remain faithful to it until her 
death.  Four children came to gladden her life, two boys living on farms near 
the village, two daughters, one dying in infancy, the other, Helen, living to 
be her comfort and constant companion during her last illness.  The serious 
illness and death of Mrs. Bennett’s mother about a year ago and the constant 
care she was privileged to give her, seriously undermined her strength, until 
in the winter it became apparent to all her friends that her life was but a 
question of a few months at most and on the date mentioned she fell asleep 
while reading in the early morning, a custom she had acquired to while away the 
tedium of the night that she might let others rest, thinking of their comfort 
even in the hour of death.

She leaves to mourn her loss the three children mentioned, the husband of her 
youth and a host of friends, whom she had endeared to herself by her sweet 
womanly ways.  Mrs. Bennett was a woman of distinct home loving instincts and 
her home was her throne and yet she found time to mingle in the various 
activities of the village.  She was a charter member of the Lady Maccabees, a 
member of the Eastern Star and of the Women’s Relief Corps, in all of which she 
gave efficient service, holding positions of trust in them all, visiting the 
meeting of the Relief Corps the Saturday before her death.

Her funeral was held at her late home in Hubbardston, in charge of Rev. W. W. 
Chatfield and her body was laid to rest in the Eastside cemetery.  The floral 
offerings were plentiful; each society to which she belonged, laying a tribute 
of their esteem on her casket.


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