Cordelia "Delia" Hill Morman Hines (1852-1921)
(Mrs. D.G. Morman, Mrs. Hines)
Dies Very Suddenly
The community was greatly saddened yesterday morning when it was learned that Mrs. Delia Hines had dropped dead at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Peter Poirot. Mrs. Hines came down from Chicago last Saturday to visit her daughter and to attend Decoration Day services here, and apparently was in her usual health up [to] the time of her death. She had gone out in the yard about six o'clock yesterday morning and when she was retuning she fell down and when help arrived it was found that life had departed. Heart failure is attributed as the cause of death.Funeral services will be held at the M.E. church in Lowell tomorrow (Friday) at 1 p.m.
The following June 9, 1921, Lowell Tribune obituary appeared on page 1, column 5:
- Cordelia Hill, daughter of William and Mary Hill, was born on a farm south of Lowell April 25, 1853, and passed away very suddenly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Peter Poirot, June 6th, at the age of 68 years, 1 month and 9 days. She lived here until she was a woman grown. April 17, 1872, she was united in marriage to D.G. Morman. To this union was born four children, two of them dying in infancy. She was a woman who had a large acquaintance and was well thought of by all who knew her. For the past number of years she has made her home in Chicago. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Peter Poirot, of Lowell, and Mrs. A.F. Kennedy, of Chicago, and one grand-daughter, Alberta Poirot.
The deceased was a member of the Francis Willard chapter of the O.E.S., the Woman's Relief Corps and the Ladies of the Maccabees.
Funeral services were held at the M.E. church Friday, June 3, at 1 p.m. Rev. C.A. Brown preached the funeral sermon. Interment was made in the Lowell cemetery. The following gentlemen were pall-bearers: James Hill, Earl Taylor, Robert Scritchfield, Lewis Pattee, Simon Hill, George J. Hoevet. Undertaker Williams Sheets had charge of the burial service. The Woman's Relief Corps of Chicago attended the service and performed their ritualistic ceremony at the h . . . [The article ended abruptly in mid-sentence.]
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