Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1919 — Mrs. Charles M. Paxton [ARTICLE]

Mrs. Charles M. Paxton

Mary Donsetta. daughter of D. L. and Elizabeth Jane Richardson, was born in Laporte county, Ind., October 28, 1856, and departed this life April 24, 1919, aged 63 years. 5 months and 24 days. She was united In marriage to Charles M. Paxton August 8, 1875. To this union was born one son and one daughter. In ah early day she united with the Methodist church and was a woman of great faith, which beyond doubt gave her many added years of life. Mrs. Paxton’s religious life expressed itselif in deeds of kindness and of love. Her thoughts were always for others and she was constantly doing things that made those about her happy. The father and one sister preceded her to the great beyond. She leaves to mourn their loss her husband, C. M. Paxton; one daughter, Edith Lonergan, of Sur* rey; one son, Harry W. Paxton, of Hobart; her aged mother, Mrs. D. L. Richardson, of this city; one sister, Mrs. Charles W. Postill, ot this city, and two grandchildren, Marion and Edna Paxton, of Hobart, and a host of relatives and friends. **