| Mrs. N. A. Stowe died at 5:30 Sunday evening of dropsy, following an illness of over a year's duration. The funeral was held at the house at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Rev. L. H. Camp officiating. The wealth of beautiful flowers and the large attendance at the funeral service showed something of the high esteem of which she was held by all who knew her.
Hattie Hester Collata Halstead was born in Scioto County, near Portsmouth, Ohio, March 22nd, 1870, so was just past 54 years of age at the time of her death. She came to DeSoto, Nebraska, with her parents as a girl of four years and grew to womanhood there. She was married to Niles A. Stowe May 20th , 1893, having one son, Chas. E. Davis, from a former marriage.
She is survived by her husband, one son, Chas. E. Davis, of this city, two brothers, M. Clem Halstead of Barnum, Minn., and George W. Halstead of Everett, Mich., and two sisters, Mrs. C. W. McManigal of Glenwood, Ia., and Mrs. Wm. Allen of this city.
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