MARY GRACE LEWIS. GRANVILLE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, NEW YORK.
Mrs. Mary Grace Lewis Hughes, widow of Richard J. Hughes, and beloved mother of Grace H. Roberts, passed away at her home in Granville on Wednesday, January 2nd.She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Robert Griffith of Fair Haven, George W. Roberts, son-in-law and Mrs. Orpha Clemons, grandaughter, and Arthur Clemons.
Mrs. Hughes was born in Bethesda, North Wales, ninety-four years ago and she came to this country as a young child, her parents settling in Fair Haven.
She was united in marriage to Richard J. Hughes in 1881 and lived in Granville for 64 years. She was one of the last of the old Welsh settlers, and ranked among the hardy pioneers whose industry and fortitude contributed so much to our American way of life.
Mrs. Hughes was a member of the Methodist Church. A funeral service was held at McHenry and Roberts Funeral Home on the afternoon of January 5th. The organist, J. Wesley Hughes, played the Largo from the New World Symphony by Anton Dvorak; Contemplation from the Holy City, Gaul; The death of Ase from "Peer Gynt", Greig, and several well known Welsh hymn tunes: Babel, Crug-y-bar, Trewen, Sandon, Moab, Aberystwyth and Ton-y-botel. The Rev. Jasper Steele, pastor of the Methodist Church, conducted the service and he read the twenty-third Psalm and other portions of Scripture, and gave a comforting prayer. He paid a fitting tribute to the Christian life of the deceased.
Internment was in the family plot in Mettowee cemetery. The bearers were Henry Allen, Forest Evans, Llewelyn Jones, Isaac Pritchard, Clarence Purvee and Harry K. Williams.
Mrs. Hughes was possessed of those virtues which endeared her to all. Her cheerful manner and kindly welcome will long be remembered by those who have enjoyed the hospitality of her home.
There was a profusion of floral offerings.
"Bydd myrdd o ryfeddodau
Ar doriad borau wawr,
Pan ddelo plant y tonau
Yn iach o'r cystydd mawr,
Oll yn eu gynau gwynion
Ac ar eu newydd wedd
Yn debyg idd eu Harglwydd
Yn dod i'r lan o'r bedd."