Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Mathewson, Emma S. (Dow) 1914
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Portland Observer, 26 Feb 1914

Grief Over Husband’s Death

It No Doubt Hastened the Demise of Mrs. Emma S. Mathewson, of Portland.

Grief over the death of her husband, which occurred a little more than a year 
ago, is believed to have been partially responsible for the subsequent death of 
Mrs. Emma S. Mathewson at her home on Kent street last Thursday evening.  
Although Mrs. Mathewson had been ill for about two weeks the fact was not 
generally known, she having called on a number of her neighbors only a few days 
preceding her death.  Congestion of the liver was the nature of her illness, 
but her condition was apparently improving when she was suddenly seized with 
heart failure at 7:30 Thursday evening.  Dr. Alton, the attending physician, 
with Dr. Martin, Mrs. George A. Dow, Mrs. Chas. Kelly and Mrs. B. W. Jackson, a 
neighbor, were with her when she breathed her last.

Emma S. Dow was born near Bellevue, Mich., June 9, 1855, being in her 59th 
years at the time of her death.  At the age of two years she moved with her 
mother to Sunfield, and in 1865 the family came to Portland, settling on the 
farm north of the village now owned by T. J. Lockwood.  Mrs. Mathewson’s 
mother, the late Caroline Dow, built the house which now stands on the Lockwood 
farm.

On September 20, 1878, deceased was married to E. J. Mathewson, who passed 
before her December 29, 1912.  The couple were greatly devoted to one another 
and when Mr. Mathewson’s health failed, a number of years ago, the wife became 
a constant companion.  It was a familiar sight to see her pushing him about in 
his wheel chair, and the union was demonstrative of the merits of that oft-
repeated biblical expression, “Those whom God hath joined together let no man 
put asunder.”  Grief over her husband’s death was no doubt partially 
responsible for the subsequent demise of Mrs. Mathewson.

There are no children and the Mathewson estate, which is generally believed to 
be large, will undoubtedly be apportioned among the brothers of Mrs. Mathewson 
and other near relatives of the husband.  The four brothers who survive Mrs. 
Mathewson ore George A. Dow, Danby; H. A. Dow, Denver, Colo.; Dr. S.M. Dow, 
Cleveland, O.; W. H. Dow, an inmate of the Pontiac state hospital.

The funeral services were held at the late home Saturday afternoon at 1:30 
conducted by Rev. W. W. Slee, of the Methodist church, and were largely 
attended.  The many floral tributes evidenced the high regard in which Mrs. 
Mathewson was held by her many friends.


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