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Death
of Frances E. Brown Swope
Argus,
Astoria, Fulton County,
Illinois, Thursday December
24, 1891 Sad Death of a
Former Citizen
The
following letter from Edward
Swope, of Stella, Nebraska,
to his mother in this city,
gives an account
of the death of his wife,
who was a sister of Abram
Brown, of this township.
Mr. and Mrs.Swope,
at one time lived here,
but went to Nebraska about
fourteen years ago. Mr.
Swope and children
have the sympathy of a large
circle of relatives and
friends in South Fulton
in their sad bereavement.
Stella,
Nebraska, December 18, 1891
Dear
Mother;
With
a sad heart I send you sad
news. My dear Frances
is dead. Yea, last
Sunday at 11:30 a. m., she
was taken away from me.
On
Tuesday following, at 3
o'clock she was laid to
rest in Prairie Union Cemetery.
She
was not feeling well for
a few weeks, before she
was taken down, had the
grippe or a cold.
On
Friday
morning she got up, and
went about her work, had
breakfast nearly ready,
when her right foot became
partially paralyzed. I
then got her to lie down
on the couch, and in less
than one hour her right
hand
bacame paralyzed. She
lay still and talked till
about 12:30 when she fell
into a deep sleep or stupor,
from
which she could not be aroused.
She remained so for
47 hours when she breathed
her last.
Note:
Frances (Francis) E. Brown
was born Lodi, Seneca County,
New York, died December
13, 1891
Stella,
Nebraska, buried Prairie
Union Cemetery.
She
married Edward Franklin
Swope August 16, 1857 in
Fulton County, Illinois.
They had 8 children:
Clinton,
Annie, Charles, William,
Ina, Edgar, Frank and Walter.
Submitted
by Sara Hemp, descendant
of Edward Swope's sister
<cryssara@merr.com>
Roberta J. "Bobby" Gentry-Cettel
(1922-2007)
Born: November 16, 1922 in
Richardson County, Nebraska
Died: September 11, 2007 in Portland or Gresham,
Oregon
Marriage: Richard W. Cettel
Survivors: husband, 2 sons, 2
daughters, 14 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren
The Oregonian
- September 23, 2007
Obituary edited for length. Full reprint available from The
Oregonian Newspaper, Portland, OR." Submitted by:
lisamail@verizon.net
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