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- Kalamazoo Daily Telegraph
May 25, 1887
A telegram was received here Sunday from Prof. Haskell announcing the death of his mother that morning, from congestion of the lungs. She had been ill but four days. Word came by mail Saturday that she was better, but Prof. Haskell left for Ann Arbor that evening, in response to a dispatch. The intelligence was a great shock to her friends here, as most of them had not learned of her illness. Kalamazoo Daily Telegraph May 23, 1887 page 7
The burial of Mrs. Dr. Haskell will take place here tomorrow on the arrival of the day express from the east. Kalamazoo Daily Telegraph May 24, 1887 page 7
The remains of Mrs. Dr. Haskell arrived by the day express this afternoon. Dr. H. and his three sons, W. S., F. D. and Henry coming by the same train. They were met at the station by friends here.
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Kalamazoo Daily Telegraph
May 30, 1887
The Michigan Christian Herald contains a sketch of the late Mrs. Dr. Haskell, whose burial took place here Wednesday. Her maiden name was Elizabeth H. Granger and her marriage to Dr. Haskell occurred 40 years ago next August in Suffield, Conn.
She was connected with prominent families of Providence, Drs. James N. and A. H. Granger. After their marriage Dr. and Mrs. Haskell moved west, following his ordination. Her married life was all passed in Michigan, her husband's three pastorates being, Detroit, four years, Kalamazoo 19 years, Ann Arbor 17.
The sketch in the Herald says of her characteristics; "Though her health had suffered from the sore and lasting grief of burying her only sister, she entered devotedly on the characteristic work of her life, and has made it a large and most dutiful one. She was a model mistress in her household, of strong affections and great self-sacrifice, applying system and energy to her daily cares. She loved to task her skill, and studied to increase it for the enjoyment of her family and the many who came and went at her hospitable doors. "In the church and community she loved to go with her husband in ministries to the poor, the sick, the strangers and friendless, and to mingle in friendly social life. For society life, in the worldly sense, she had no craving, and her conscience had a fineness of edge which would not bear the expense of money, of strength, of healthful habit and spirituality which are incurred in such walks. In religious meetings she was of almost no words, and ever carried a burdened heart from the feeling that she could not meet what many thought her position demanded. But few have 'waited on the Lord without distraction in a deeper heart interest than hers, and kept up a more steady prayerfulness and unnoticed co-working for the advancement of true religion, while her own family have precious recollections of her prayers and teachings and counsels for them and with them. In her correspondence with large number of relatives and friends, maintained regularly through life and often a t great physical cost, she has, beyond many of names known even to fame, been prized as a fruitful-minded helpful and winning christian friend. She has long been the treasurer and solicitor for the Woman's Home Mission society in the church, and nothing more delighted her than cheerful responses to her modest calls, and sending forward her remittances. The missionary periodicals, and the many weekly papers, and many good books— never a poor one— yielded their treasures to the reading habits which the prompt and wise use of time enabled her to maintain,"
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