Halstead- Mary Baker


Mary Baker Halstead. Mary Elizabeth Baker, daughter of Edward and Susan
Baker was born in LaGrange county, Ind., March 5, 1856 and departed this
life September 18, 1927, at Angola, Ind. Aged 71 years, 7 months and 13
days. At the age of four years, she moved with her parents to Steuben
county, where they located on a farm five miles west of Angola. When
nineteen years of age, she united with the Christian church of Angola,
and all her life since has lived in the peace and comfort of the
Christian’s hope. She was a devoted reader of the Bible, receiving her
inspiration for daily living from its pages. February 24, 1884, she was
united in marriage to Alexander Halstead at Kinderhook, Mich., and to
this happy union two daughters, Orpha and Elva were born. After their
marriage, they located on a farm near the home of her parents, west of
Angola, moving only once when they purchased a larger farm nearby. Here
they lived until her husband’s sudden death, Sept. 6, 1913. About three
years after her husband’s going, she went to live in the homes of her
two daughters. On Jan. 8, 1919, her daughter, Mrs. Elva Cline of Battle
Creek, Mich., was called into the great beyond, leaving four small
children one a babe of fours months, and for eight years she lived in
that home and gave a mother’s love and tender care to these motherless
children. November 13, 1926, she came to live with her daughter, Mrs.
Orpha Bowerman, in whose household she was the very soul of
self-sacrifice and motherly devotion. Her departure is mourned by her
daughter, Mrs. Emmett Bowerman of Branch county, Michigan; six
grandchildren, Gerald and Vera Bowerman, Wendell, Wayland, Mary
Lorraine, and Elva Cline of Battle Creek, Michigan; two sisters, Mrs.
Susan Crain of Angola; Mrs. Naomi North of LaGrange county, Ind., two
brothers, Edward and Frank Baker of Angola. Besides nieces, nephews and
hosts of sorrowing friend and neighbors.
TO MY MOTHER
God took part of the beauty out of
heaven above.
And part of the kindness from His own
heart of love.
And from the garden of truth he
plucked a tender bit;
He reached out to the sunshine and
part of it.
Then he took all the smiles and gladness
the world ever knew
Blended them all together and
fashioned you.

Funeral services were held at the Klink funeral home, Angola, on
Wednesday, Sept. 21, burial in Circle Hill Cemetery.

Card of Thanks. For the many beautiful flowers and for all those most
kind and considerate services rendered us at the death of our dear
mother and grandmother, we extend our most sincere thanks and
appreciation. Mr. and Mrs. E.M. Bowerman, Gerald Bowerman, Vera
Bowerman.

More particulars of the accident: Witnesses of the accident on the
state line a week ago Sunday in which Mrs. Mary Halstead lost her life,
give some different views of the particulars than those published in
last week’s paper. They report that the car driven by Mr. Keeslar out
of the Emerson driveway was followed by a coupe in which Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Emerson were riding and that the parties were not visiting but
were starting our for church. The view of the highway is obstructed at
the entrance of the driveway by growth. Mr. Keeslar approached the road
at moderate speed and was shifting his gears as he left the drive and
started onto the main road when the car suddenly appeared about fifty
feet ahead of him. He immediately put on the brakes and stopped his car
before the other machine struck his car while passing. All the
witnesses say that it was one of those accidents which happen so quickly
that they seem unavoidable in these days of automobiles.

Submitted by Joey Pedigo
jepedigo@juno.com