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- Grand Forks Herald, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 30 Oct 1904, p 5
Mrs. L. F. Dow's Funeral
It Was Held From Presbyterian Church Saturday Afternoon
The funeral services of Mrs. L. F. Dow were held yesterday afternoon from the First Presbyterian church, and were attended by a concourse of sympathizing friends and neighbors who filled the place to its capacity. The brief but beautiful and very impressive services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Hays, and the deep interest and sad faces in the audience betokened the high esteem and affectionate regard in which Mrs. Dow was universally held. The music rendered by the quartette choir was peculiarly beautiful and expressive as well as appropriate. The sombre casket containing the mortal remains was almost hidden from view by the wealth of floral tributes covering it. The deceased was always a great lover of flowers and there were a great number of floral offerings both from friends here and elsewhere. The pallbearers were Messrs. E. J. Lander, Geo. B. Clifford, F. W. Wilder, A. I. Hunter, W. A. Currie and J. Walker Smith. The remains were followed to their last resting place by a long cortege. A short service was rendered at the cemetery. The grave was lined with choice flowers and the remains were committed to earth and covered, with a profusion of floral tributes.
This was the first death in the family and besides the stricken husband all the five children, two daughters and three sons, and three grandchildren, Lillian May Dow and Edward Parsons Dow, children Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dow, and Chester Robinson Dow, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Dow, were all present at the obsequies.
The death of Mrs. Dow will leave a void in church and social circles of Grand Forks which can not be filled. Although a most devoted wife and of retiring disposition, the deceased was a most earnest worker wherever duty called, and her many beautiful traits and kindly disposition had endeared her to a host of friends, some of whom have known her ever since she came to Grand Forks 19 years ago.
The following, from the Rochester, N. Y., Democrat and Chronicle of Wednesday last, was written by an old friend of Mr. and Mrs. Dow, who knew them years ago in their native state:
Fowlerville, Oct. 25.—This community was greatly shocked last Saturday to learn of the sudden death in Rochester of Mrs. Luman Dow, who had been spending the summer with relatives in Fowlerville. Mrs. Dow had resided for years in North Dakota, but she was greatly beloved here, where her childhood, youth and early married life were passed.
She was the daughter of Orange Sackett, one of the prominent and wealthy pioneers of the Genesee valley. He and his noble wife possessed the sterling qualities of a fine New England ancestry and they founded a beautiful home, long famed for its generous hospitality. It was situated midway between Avon and Fowlerville.
Mrs. Dow was the youngest of their eight children, six of whom still survive. She was born in 1839. In 1864 she married Luman F. Dow, afterwards a member of the firm of B. F. Dow & Co., who for many years were manufacturers of agricultural implements in Fowlerville. Mr. Dow is a civil war veteran. He was one of the first three months' men in the old Thirteenth regiment, after which he helped to raise the 104th regiment, New York volunteers, in which he served as lieutenant and captain.
In 1881 Mr. and Mrs. Dow removed to Peru, Indiana, going a few years later to Grand Forks, N. D., where they had since resided. Mrs. Dow had a wide circle of friends in both these homes of her later life. Five children were born to her, all of whom survive, Horace and Miss May Dow, of Minneapolis, Minn.; Miss Lillian and Charles Dow, of Grand Forks, and Willard Dow, of Petersburg, N. D.
Of her six brothers and sisters, Homer Sackett resides in Rochester, Captain Orange Sackett and Mrs. Daniel Lacq live in Avon, Samuel Sackett lives in part of the home farm, while Mrs. John W. Howe and Miss Cornelia Sackett reside in Fowlerville.
Mrs. Dow was an unusually attractive woman. To the finest traits of character, she united a rarely sunny disposition, enabling her to meet life's vicissitudes with an inspiring cheerfulness. As was the home of her youth so was her own home noted for its hospitality and for the sunshine which always seemed to surround its mistress. It was the headquarters for the young people, and many hearts outside the home circle will ache because that beautiful presence has been forever withdrawn.
Mr. Dow and his daughters reached Rochester this morning, and tomorrow afternoon, after a brief funeral service at Dr. Dow's at 2 o'clock, they start on their sad journey homeward, bearing all that is mortal of the beloved wife and mother to her last resting place in Dakota.
[Transcribed from Newspapers.com image by Chris Sackett]
