Obituary 1:

Printed in the March 26, 1913 Tribune, Blair, Nebraska

Estimable Lady Dies

On Friday the community was shocked to learn of the death of Mrs. J.G. Smith, wife of Dr. Smith of this city, who passed away at an Omaha hospital that morning.

Mrs. Smith was taken to Omaha and submitted to a surgical operation, but the surgeons failed to discover the cause of her trouble and she lived but a few hours.

Hester Caroline Hubbard was born at Glenwood, Iowa, March 21, 1879, and died on her thirty-fourth birthday, March 21, 1913. She was married to Dr. J.G. Smith, May 30, 1899. Four children were born to this union, Edna, Wayne, Golda and Mabel, who with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Hubbard, one brother, Willis Hubbard, and two sisters, Mrs. Emma McCauley and Mrs. Bessie Davis, survive her.

Mrs. Smith was a most lovable woman, of a quiet, sweet disposition, conscientious to the last degree; a woman who was loved by a large circle of friends for her kindly deeds, her noble influence and many womanly qualities.

Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Easter Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Rev. C.P. Lang spoke feelingly of the pure life of the deceased, comparing it to the Easter lily, the emblem of the day on which she was buried. His discourse was a most beautiful, touching one, and there was scarcely a dry eye in the congregation of friends who filled the church.

A quartette, consisting of Dr. C.R. Mead, Miss Ethel Mead and Mr. and Mrs. M.A. Sams, sang several selections appropriate for the sad obsequies. All that was mortal of this dear woman was taken to the Blair cemetery for its final rest.

The deep sympathy and love of the host of friends of the deceased are extended the parents, husband and children in this, the greatest sorrow of their lives, and all that kind hearts and willing hands can do is being done to alleviate the grief.

‘But she has left a legacy to her children far more precious than jewels—rare—that of the most priceless value’—a pure motherhood.

Obituary 2:

Printed in the March 27, 1913 Blair Democrat, Blair, Nebraska

Dies From Peritonitis

Mrs. J.G. Smith, wife of Blair’s osteopathy doctor, died at the Clarkson hospital in Omaha last Friday morning and the remains were brought to Blair that evening. The funeral was held from the Methodist church Sunday afternoon with the Rev. C.P. Lang in charge. The remains were laid to rest in the cemetery east of town.

Mrs. Smith complained of feeling ill Monday, but rallied in the evening. Tuesday morning she was taken sick again and on the advice of other physicians she was taken to the Omaha hospital and operated on Wednesday evening. She rallied again the following morning, but about noon commenced sinking and quietly passed away the Friday morning. She was conscious up to within about an hour of her death and talked with her husband who had been with her constantly.

Besides the husband she leaves four children, three girls and one boy, the oldest being 13 and the youngest 6 years of age.

Hester Hubbard was born at Glenwood, Iowa, March 21, 1879, and was married to J.G. Smith May 30, 1899, coming to Blair in the spring of 1908, where Mr. Smith has followed the practice of osteopathy. She was a member of the Methodist church, having joined this denomination at Glenwood, Iowa, when 16 years of age. Her death occurred on her 34th birthday.

Among the relatives and friends who were here from abroad to attend the funeral were: Messrs. And Mesdames Sheldon Hubbard, L.M. Baugh, Frank McCamley and W.I. Hubbard of Springfield, Neb., Mrs. W.J.C. Smith and son Guy, Mrs. W.E. Kline, Mr. and Mrs. A. Ring, Mrs. Louis Bass and father and Wesley Kline of Malvern, Ia., Henry Hubbard and George and John Merritt of Glenwood, Ia., and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bell of Omaha.

Obituary 3:

Printed in the March 28, 1913 Enterprise, Blair, Nebraska

The death of Mrs. Smith, wife of Dr. Smith, which occurred last Friday at Clarkson hospital in Omaha, caused general sorrow in this city when reported. Very few had heard of her illness and those who knew her personally were greatly shocked when her death was reported. She was taken sick on Monday of last week and the doctors who were called in to diagnose the trouble advised a surgical operation and on Tuesday she was taken to Clarkson hospital in Omaha where she was operated on Wednesday and her death occurred on Friday morning. She leaves to mourn a wife’s love and mother’s and her husband and four children, one boy and three girls, the oldest 13 and the youngest 6 years of age.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

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