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Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Wadsworth, Mary Mae Wilcox Waddell
OBITUARY OF
MARY MAE WADSWORTH
Mrs. Mae Wadsworth died at her home in this city last Friday morning after a long illness. Mrs. Wadsworth had been ill for several months and had spent considerable time during the summer at the Security Benefit hospital in Topeka. Upon her return to this city, however, her condition had continued to grow worse.
The funeral services were held from the Presbyterian Church at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon with Rev. E. M. Scott, the pastor, preaching the sermon. Interment was in the Prairie Grove Cemetery west of this city. The attendance at the funeral was among the largest ever held in this city.
Mary Mae Wilcox was born February 16, 1886, at Corning, Kansas, and passed away September 12, 1930 at the age of 44 years, 6 months, 26 days.
In 1900 she came to this county with her parents, living on a farm two miles south-west of Cottonwood Falls until November 1907 when the family moved to this city.
On February 26, 1908 she was married to Everett Waddell. To this union three children were born: Winnifred Estella, Woodrow Wilcox, and Edward Augustus. On December 21, 1817 Everett was taken away.
On September 21, 1921 she was married to Cyrus H. Wadsworth, and has lived in this city since.
She was the oldest in a family of eight children, and leaves to mourn her untimely death, her husband and children, her parents, three sisters and four brothers. Also an aged grandmother, in Ohio, and numerous other close relatives.
Mae has always been an ernest, and faithful worker in the community; pleasant and kind to everybody with whom she came in contact, and will be missed by her many friends and associates. She was a charter member of the American Legion Auxiliary, and as such was instrumental in establishing our city library. Also a member of the Eastern Star, The City Federation of Women's Clubs, the Ladies Guild of the Presbyterian Church, and other study and social clubs.
And now she is gone. Her kindly smile, her words of wisdom, her tenderness, will linger as sweet memories, to be cherished by dearest friends left behind.
And we can unite in�
FAITH'S PRAYER
Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom,
Lead thou me on!
The night is dark, and I am far from home;
Lead thou me on!
Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for me.
I was not ever thus, nor prayed that
thou shouldst lead me on;
I loved to choose and see my path;
But now, lead thou me on!
I loved the garish day, and, spite of
fears,
Pride ruled my will: remember not past years!
Chase County Leader News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Sep 12 1930.
END COMES FRIDAY TO MRS WADSWORTH
Mrs. C. H. Wadsworth of Cottonwood Falls died at about 3:30 o'clock Friday morning at her home following a long sickness. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Presbyterian church at Cottonwood Falls and interment was in the Prairie Grove cemetery.
Rev. E. M. Scott was in charge of the services at the church and at the cemetery the Eastern Star service was hold, Pall-bearers were J. I. McClellan, Irving Myers, J. R. Sheridan, Tom Norton, W. A. Browne, and H. U. Slack. A quartet composed of Spencer Long, S. R. Blackburn, J. M. Hodgkin and Collins Mendel sang three songs.
Members of the Legion Auxiliary and the Eastern Star, of which Mrs. Wadsworth was a member, sat in groups at the church.
Surviving Mrs. Wadsworth are her husband, C. H. Wadsworth; three children, Winnifred, Woodrow and Edward; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Wilcox of Topeka; four brothers, Fred, Roy, and Harry of Cottonwood Falls, and Chauncey of Topeka; three sisters, Mrs. Don Arnold of Cottonwood Falls and Mrs. Hazel Springer and Mrs Ollie Bozell of Topeka.
Mary Mae Wilcox was born February 16 1886 at Corning, Kansas and passed away September 12 1930 at the age of 44 years, 6 months, 26 days.
In 1900 she came to this county with her parents living on a farm two miles southwest of Cottonwood Falls, until November, 1907, when the family moved to Cottonwood Falls.
On February 26, 1908, she was married to Everett Waddell. To this union three children were born: Winnifred Estella, Woodrow Wilcox, and Edward Augustus, On December 21, 1917, Everett was taken away.BR>
On September 21, 1021, she was married to Cyrus IL Wadsworth, and has lived in this city since.
She was the oldest in a family of eight children, and leaves to mourn her untimely death, her husband and children, her parents, three sisters, and four brothers; also an aged grandmother in Ohio, and numerous other close relatives.
Mae has always been an earnest and faithful worker in the community, pleasant and kind to everybody with whom she came in contact, and will be missed by her many friends and associates. She was a charter member of the American Legion Auxiliary and as such was instrumental in establishing our city library. Also a member of the Eastern Star, the city Federation of Women's Clubs, the Ladies' Guild of the Presbyterian church, and other study and social clubs.
And now she is gone. Her kindly smile, her words of wisdom, her tenderness, will linger as sweet memories, to be cherished by dearest friends left behind.
And we can unite in�
FAITH'S PRAYER
Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom,
Lead thou me on!
The night is dark, and I am far from home;
Lead thou me on!
Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for me.
I was not ever thus, nor prayed that
thou shouldst lead me on;
I loved to choose and see my path;
But now, lead thou me on!
I loved the garish day, and, spite of
fears,
Pride ruled my will: remember not past years!
So long thy power hath blest me,
sure it still will lead me on.
O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent
till the night is gone.
And with the morn those angel faces smile
Which I have loved long since, and lost a while.
�Dr. Newman.
Chase County Leader News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Sep 17 1930.
by Lorna Marvin
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