Mrs. Retta (Hutchinson) Paugh ~ of Cambria
Decatur County Journal
Thursday, July 22, l9l5
WILLIAM LOWRY HUTCHINSON was born in the State of Indiana the l4th day
of December, l849. He was the second eldest of seven children born to
ENOCH and KATHERINE HUTCHINSON, three of whom have preceded him to the
other world. He came to Iowa with his parents when only four years old,
the family settling in Decatur County and there, were passed the days of
his boyhood. After his fifteenth year, his lifetime was practically
spent in Wayne County.
MR. HUTCHINSON had been married three times. In l879 he was united in
marriage to MISS SARAH CLARK who died in April of l889; he was united in
marriage to MISS MARY CLARK, sister to his first wife, in the fall of
l889, and she passed away in August of l892; in October of l894 he was
married to MISS EMMA MYERS who survives him.
Early in life MR. HUTCHINSON suffered a sunstroke while at work in the
field and for months he was invalided and it was thought that this
contributed largely to the cause of his death. All through life he had
been a great sufferer and many times his life had been despaired of.
Early in the spring of this year MR. HUTCHINSON's health began to
decline and slowly but surely the end approached until the death angel
mercifully freed him from suffering on the evening of Tuesday, July l3,
l9l5, at the age of sixty-five years, six months and twenty-nine days.
All that medical skill and loving hands could do was done but to no
avail. The immediate cause of death was neuritis.
For many years MR. HUTCHINSON had been engaged in the general
merchandise business and as a business man had been a marked success,
enjoying the confidence and fellowship of both his competitors and his
patrons. For a time MR. HUTCHINSON was engaged in the mercantile
business at High Point in Decatur County, and in which community there
are still many who remember him. More than twenty years ago he was
converted to the Lord and as a member of the Methodist Church gave his
life to the Master for service and in that service he had been instant
in season and out of season, proving what is that perfect and holy and
acceptable will of God. His last conscious hours found him much in
prayer and praise unto his Lord and the end found him ready, even
willing, to go and death has accomplished no victory over him.
There are left to mourn his death the devoted wife, one sister, MRS.
RETTA PAUGH, of Cambria, three brothers, J.S., of Cambria; R.M., of
Linneus, Mo., and ENOCH, of Leon, besides a great number of earnest
friends. The body was laid to rest in the Kirby Cemetery.
A good man is gone; faulty no doubt, but never wilfully. He will be
greatly missed. His patient, uncomplaining spirit was an inspiration to
the many who knew and understood his physical condition. We commend his
spirit to the same Lord who gave it and who is able and willing to save
it even to the uttermost. The funeral services were conducted from the
home at ten o'clock Thursday morning, in charge of the Pastor, Rev.
Everett A. Place, assisted by Rev. E.L. Stone of Derby. A large company
was present to pay its last respects, and the floral tributes were
profuse and beautiful. Interment was made at Kirby Cemetery.