Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Scott, Nancy Ann 1879
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Portland Observer, 23 Apr 1879

It is with vivid memories of departed worth and true womanly excellence that we 
are called upon to record the death of Nancy Ann Scott, wife of Justin Scott, 
who quietly passed to the better life Sunday morning, April 13th, in the 61st 
year of her age.

The deceased was born in the town of Wolcott, Wayne county, New York, July 28, 
1818, and came to Michigan with her husband 24 years ago.  Her only children 
(Helen, wife of Geo. Dinsmore, and Rose, wife of E. B. Powell) are living to 
mourn the loss of an affectionate mother.

The last illness of the deceased, inflammation of the lungs, was only of about 
a week’s duration, yet it was severe, and her sufferings were very great; still 
in the midst of it all she exhibited that sweet resignation which comes from a 
firm faith in the Eternal Goodness.  The thought of that Goodness was her 
greatest joy in life and the strength and consolation of her last hours.

Mrs. Scott was a woman of deep and genuine Christian character, a true and 
affectionate wife, a devoted mother, a warm and trustful friend.  Her temper 
was mild and even; she always “possessed her soul in patience.”  A friend 
remarked that “it was wonderful how she bore all that Providence or duty 
imposed upon her.”  She was a firm believer in the doctrine of the great 
Salvation, and aimed to embody its principles in her every-day life.  Though a 
member of no church, she intended to unite with the communion of her choice 
(the Universalist) the very Sabbath upon which her spirit winged its way home 
to join the church of the New Jerusalem, and to worship in the “Temple not made 
with hands.”  Farewell, mother, until we greet thee in the sweet by-and-by.


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