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Obituary
Martha Amelia Johnston eldest daughter of William and Rosa Johnston was born near
Rochester, N.Y., Feb 16, 1851, and died in Shannon, Illinois, Feb 7th, 1928. She came to
Freedom township, in Carroll Co., with her parents in 1852. Here she grew to womanhood,
and on Jan. 16th 1873 she was united in marriage to William Hoy. Three children were born
to this union;; Mrs. Rosa Bicksler of Shannon, Mrs. Orpha Woessner, and Wallace Hoy, the
two latter having preceded their mother in death by many years. Her husband died Oct. 3,
1883.
On Dec.24, 1893 she was married to John Lutz of Shannon, Ill., and since that time has
made this place her home. Mr. Lutz died in Nov, 1910. When a young woman (in 1868), she
was baptized and joined the Brethren Church at Arnold's Grove. She continued
steadfast in the faith of the church of her choice throughout the years, and was a devoted
member seldom missing a service if her health permitted her to attend. Besides her
daughter, Mrs. Bicksler, she leaves four sisters and one brother. She also leaves
fourteen grandchildren and ten great grand-children.
Her sickness was of short duration as she had only been ill one week, and it was not
thought her condition was serious until Sunday morning and early Tuesday morning she
passed away at the age of twenty-six(should be seventy six) years, eleven months and
twenty-one days.
Those here from out of town to attend the funeral were Miss Mable Woessner, Mt. Morris,
Paul Bicksler and family, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bicksler and daughters Elain and Virginia of
Rockford, Mr. and Mrs. John Bicksler of Belvidere, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bicksler of White
Water, Wis., Mrs. Ed. Myers, Miss Marina Johnston, Wallace Johnston, James and Brice
Johnston, Mrs. Jessie Artensy, Mr. Metz, Miss mina Meyers, Mary Reed, of Mt. Carroll, Mrs.
Eva Leonard and daughter Margaret, Wm. Johnston and daughter Marion, Rev. and Mrs. Keltner
of Freeport. Mrs. Dave Wolford, Mrs. Mable Hoy, A. Lutz, of Lanark; Ira Lutz, R. M.
Teifer, Beloit, Wis, Mrs. West, Vernon Messner of Mt. Morris.
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