1925 obit Nancy Aiken Stockwell ,Brattleboro,             Win
Date:	98-04-22 07:19:13 EDT
From:	tess@sover.net (Terry Perham)


from the Brattleboro Reformer
                Brattleboro, Windham County, VT
                           1925
                MRS. STOCKWELL DIES AT AGE 84
Widow of Henry A. Stockwell of West Brattleboro was Postmistress There
                        13 Years.

        Mrs. Nancy Aiken Stockwell, 84, widow of Henry A. Stockwell, died at
11:40 o'clock last night in her home in West Brattleboro.  She was
confined to her ben less than two weeks, but had been in failing health
for some time.  Death resulted from a general breaking down due to her
advanced age

        Mrs Stockwell was born in Grafton May 9, 1841, a daughter of Edward and
Philinda (Styles) Aiken, and was the last of a family of three
children.  Her marriage to Henry A. Stockwell of West Brattleboro took
place in 1860.  Three children were born to them.  Minnie E., who
survives; a son, Charles, who died in 1911, ans a daughter who died in
infancy.  Mr. Stockwell died in 1920.  Mrs. Stockwell was postmistress
at West Brattleboro 13 years, when the ofice was located where the
Melrose hospital now stands.  The family moved about 28 years ago to
their present home.

        Mrs. Stockwell possessed unusual keenness and wit, enjoyed good reading
and was interested in topics of the day.  She was a devoted mother, a
kind neighbor and a good friend.

        Funeral services will be held Sunday evening at 7 o'clock in her late
home, Rev. E.Q.S. Osgood officiating.  Friends and neighbors are
invited.  The burial will take place Monday morning in the family lot in
the West Dummerston cemetery.
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Terry Perham
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