June 1916, Minnesota

On June 3, 1916, my great-grandmother Estella Lucinda Randall (Hower) passed away in Park Rapids, Minnesota.
She died at her home in Park Rapids on a Sunday, the cause of death being heart failure. She had been about the home as usual all day until evening, eating as usual and not complaining of feeling sick. Shortly after the supper hour she was taken suddenly ill and died within an hour. She was 49 years of age.
My great-grandfather, A. C. Johnson, had died in 1900, and Estella had married William Reuben Hower. He was left to care for their ten year-old daughter, Margaret M. Hower.
She was also survived by three children from her earlier marriage to Aaron. C. Johnson. A son, Crist Philip, and two daughters, Clarabelle and my grandmother, Rosella.
The funeral was held at the Baptist church in Park Rapids on Tuesday afternoon, Rev. H.
R. McKee preaching the sermon, and interment was made at Greenwood cemetery.