Hostetter - Josephine Kelsey
JOSEPHINE KELSEY HOSTETTER
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review - Wed. March 2, 1932
Ladoga, March 2 -- Mrs. Josephine Christine Kelsey HOSTETTER, long time resident of Montgomery county, died at her home here Tuesday at midnight after a serious illness of seven days. Infirmities of old age caused her death. Mrs. HOSTETTER was born at Stockwell on June 12, 1852, a daughter of Amos and Lydia Elliott KELSEY. She was twice married. Her first marriage at the age of fifteen was to Joseph Corwin MOTE, who was accidentally killed in 1881. On Oct 24, 1886, she was married to Newton J. Hostetter. During her first marriage, Mrs. Hostetter resided in Darlington. Four children were born to this union. They are, Mrs. Edward Rose and Clyde Mote, both of Ladoga and Mrs. Ada MARKEY, of Seattle, Washington. One daughter Stella died at the age of seven years. After her marriage to Mr. Hostetter, she resided at Mace for several years and then moved to Ladoga in 1897. Four years ago she and her husband went to Seattle, Wash. where Mr. Hostetter died on April 9, 1929. She returned home in August, 1930, and has resided here ever since. Another daughter, Mrs. Grace Hostetter Miller, resides in Seattle. Four grandchildren, Hubert and Joseph Markey, Frank Mote of Dayton, OH and Leslie LINN of Birmingham, Ala. and five great grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Ladoga Methodist church, of which Mrs. Hostetter was a member. The services will be conducted by Rev. Stanley HALL, pastor of the church. Internment will take place at the Harshbarger Cemetery, north of Ladoga.-- kbz