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Hester Ann Moore
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Wife: Hester Ann MOORE died at age 72 Husband: William R. MIKELS died at age 76 1 Mikels, Gertrude, "DAR application" 2 Gertrude Mikels Ogden, DAR Application |
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| from WESTERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, July 17, 1912 |
| Mrs. William R. Mikels |
| Hester Ann Moore, daughter of Edward and Katherine Foster Moore, was born in Warren County, Ind., February 9, 1840. She was reared in the atmosphere of one of the most prosperous Christian homes of that entire region. Her parents were sturdy Methodists who knew the realities of experimental religion. At the early age of nine she was converted and united with Green Hill Church, on the old Montmorenci Circuit, a Church founded and largely maintained by her own kinspeople. After a common school course, she entered Thorntown Academy, in its heyday under the presidency of Charles N. Sims. Later she attended Battle Ground Academy, where she met the Rev. W. R. Mikels, at that time pastor of the local Church, who shortly afterward claimed her for his bride. They were married May 30, 1860, in the beautiful home of her father, and for over fifty years she presided over the parsonages they occupied within the borders of the Northwest Indiana Conference with rare tact and queenly dignity. To them were born six children: Charles L., of Indianapolis, Ind.; Lura Dell, who died during the pastorate at Plymouth, Ind.; Edward Kingsley, who was drowned at Crawfordsville, Ind.; Gertrude, the wife of the Rev. Horace G. Ogden, First Church, Jamestown, N. Y.; Daisie, who married Joseph Edgar Neff, and died in South Bend, Ind., and Grace, the wife of John M. Lammedee, at whose home in Chicago, Ill., her death occurred June 6, 1912. The funeral services were held June 9th, at two o'clock, in First Church, Crawfordsville, Ind. The rev. Dr. L. C. Buckles, a life-long friend of the family, who three months previously conducted the services for her husband, was in charge. He was assisted by the Rev. F. W. Hixson, pastor of the Church; the Rev. Drs. H. A. Gobin, W. H. Hickman, G. W. Switzer, and the Revs. W. P. Mckinsey and W. H. Fertich. The body was laid to rest in the beautiful cemetery in Crawfordsville, beside that of her husband, so recently departed, and of their son, Edward Kingsley. The services were attended by friends and former parishioners from many charges. Mrs. Mikels was a woman of rare gifts and graces. She had a remarkable hold upon young people and led large numbers to Christ and into the Church. She had an especial gift in discovering and developing those who shoed ability in leadership, and every charge served by her husband has one or more strong leaders brought to active service by her influence. She had a passionate interest in education. Every one of her children who attained maturity was a graduate of DePauw University and each married a college graduate. She had a mind of singular penetration. Her intuition, her insight, her wide vision were phenomenal. She was a woman of rare sympathy, and upon any subject was an eloquent and convincing speaker. Although her interest in her home was paramount, she gave much time and attention to the interests of the Church and its enterprises. She was a pioneer in the work of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, and several times represented the Conference at the branch meetings. She made everywhere a deep impression by her superb Christian character, her brilliant conversation, and her consuming zeal for the right. She was a supremely just woman and yet as supremely charitable. These qualities were strangely blended in this loving and beloved mistress of the manse. Those who knew her felt constantly the appeal of her life made to "Grow old along with me: the best is yet to be." |
