MRS. E. L. GILMORE DEAD

Well-Known Old Resident of the City Succumbs to Paralysis

(Jan. 4, 1912)

   Mrs. Electa L. Gilmore, the venerable mother of Miss Ella Gilmore, and an old and well-known resident of the city, died at 12:35 this afternoon at the Gilmore home, 206 South Third avenue.  Mrs. Gilmore’s death was due to paralysis, with which she was stricken a few weeks ago Wednesday.  The entire left side was involved, and the aged woman had been helpless ever since.  The end came peacefully and was devoid of suffering.

   Electa Louise Thomas was born at East Greene, Chenango county, New York, June 15, 1825.  She spent her girlhood in her native town, and there became the wife of Beriah Copley Gilmore, of Coventry, N. Y., in May, 1842.

   In 1869 Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore came to this city, where Mr. Gilmore died in 1872.  Mrs. Gilmore has made her home with her children since her husband’s death, and the greater part of her life has been spent with her daughter Ella in this city.

   Aside from the daughter with whom she made her home, Mrs. Gilmore is survived by one son, Charles M. Gilmore, of Binghamton, N. Y., and another daughter, Mrs. Cora Lowery-Scott, of Indianapolis.  One other daughter, Mrs. Emma Utz, wife of T. N. Utz, died in Chicago in 1897.  Mrs. Gilmore is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Julia Port-Simmons, who is 84 years old, and Mrs. Almira Ketchum, who is 82, both of Binghamton, N. Y.  Another sister, Mrs. Emeline Tenbrooke, died twenty years ago at Greene, N. Y.  Four grandchildren and two great grandchildren are living.  The grandchildren are John Utz, of Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Anson Willard, of Aberdeen, S. D.; Charles Lowery, of Oklahoma City, and Roscoe Lowery, of Minneapolis.  The great grandchildren are a son and daughter of Charles Lowery.

   Mrs. Gilmore was a lifelong member of the Baptist church, having joined the church at East Greene when a girl.  After coming to Marshalltown she placed her letter with the church here, of which she has been a member for many years.  Mrs. Gilmore was an earnest Christian woman, possessed of a beautiful character, and had endeared herself to many friends during her long residence in the city.

The arrangements for the funeral will not be perfected until some of the relatives living at a distance are heard from.

NOTE:  DATE IS HAND-WRITTEN ON THE ARTICLE.