Obituary: Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Mary AMMON

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Winneconne Local June 3, 1915 p.1

Mary E. Madole was born in Winnebago county, Wis., May 29th, 1860.  She
lived about four years on the farm and then moved into Winneconne, where
she resided until she was seventeen years of age, when, both her parents
being dead, she moved to Emmetisburg, Iowa, with her cousin.  Here she
became acquainted with Mr. Charles G. Ammon, and they were later married in
Yankton, S. Dak., Nov. 30, 1886.  Their wedding tour was taken across
country to Mr. Ammon's homestead, near Ponylake, in Rock Co., Nebr.  Here
they resided until 1904, during which time five children were born to them,
one boy dying in infancy.  In 1904 they moved from the homestead to
Woodlake, Mr. Ammon, taking up various positions in school work from that ,
and they lived at Peru, Bassett, Royal and Clearwater.  It was at the
latter place while sharing with zest her husband's plans for school
commencement exercises, and after entertaining company from Royal all day,
Monday, that Mrs. Ammon was seized with what proved to be a fatal attack of
paralysis.  Soon after seven in the evening she complained of numbness in
one of her limbs, and after a few minutes Dr. Bennie was called.  While he
was in attendance the attack developed seriously and Mrs. Ammon became
unconscious, in which condition she passed peacefully away at 12:20
o'clock, Tuesday morning, May 18th.  Besides her sorrowing husband there
also survive here, two sons and two daughters; Geo. Ammon, of Ponylake,
Nebr.; Ralph Ammon of Jireh, Wyo., and Misses Alice and Barbara at home.
There is also one brother of Mrs. Ammon's surviving. Mr. George Madole, of
Winneconne, Wis.  

Mrs. Ammon was a devoted wife and mother, lavishing an abundant energy of
love upon her home and served generously with any Christian people amongst
whom her lot fell.  As she unreservedly gave herself to her husband and
family, so she gave herself and her substance without stint to the joy of
all around her and it is typical of all her life that her last day on this
earth should have been spent in giving great and unalloyed pleasure to
visitors in the shape of her old pastor and family, and other friends from
Royal.  She gave herself for others good to the last, and then laid down
her work and fell asleep, to awake in the glorious joy of eternal day,
where work is never drudgery, and where such loving services as she
rendered receives its only fit reward.

The funeral services was held in the auditorium at Bassett, Rev. Frank
Williams, pastor of the M.E. church at Royal, preaching the sermon; and the
remains were interred in the Bassett cemetery, the order of the Eastern
Star having charge.