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Obituary:
Mrs. Harriet Spencer Brown, wife of the late Chauncey Brown, passed away
Tuesday December 17, 1917, at the home of her son, Addsion Brown, near
Sturgis, after a painful illness of over a year of a cancer affection of
the face. Funeral services were held at the late home of the deceased on
Tuesday afternoon, at 1 o'clock, conducted by Rev. C. J. Warner and were
attended by a large gathering of old friends and relatives. The interment
was made on the family lot beside the husband and child in the Chapinville
cemetery. So after a long and useful life, she died as she had lived,
honored and respected by all who knew her. Harriet Spencer Brown was
born in Wayne township near Corry, March 31, 1840 and was 77 years, 8
months and 17 days at the time of her death. She was the daughter of the
late William O. and Lucretia Drake Spencer. When a young woman she was
united in marriage to Chauncey Brown, and had been a resident of Sturgis
since a girl of twelve years. To this union were born four children, two
sons, Addison and Dewitt Brown of Sturgis who survive the mother. She is
survived by four brothers, Frank and Charles Spencer of Erie, Will and
Edwin Spencer of Corry, and one sister, Mrs. Pastorette Spencer Sabin of
the Springs. The deceased was at one time a member of the M. E. church at
this place and was a devout follower of her Lord and Master, waiting
patiently to be called to her heavenly home, but her suffering is all over
and she is at rest in her Father's Home with those she has loved, who have
gone on before, where all is joy, happiness and sunshine.
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