The following obituary was published in the Lockport Daily Journal on Saturday September 8, 1883:
" MRS. LUCY M. STEELE,
wife of CHARLES W. STEELE, Esq., of this city, who for over a year past, has been gradually but surely failing in health, succumbed at last on yesterday afternoon to the inroads of the destroyer, and passed away at the age of 34 years. The funeral will occur from the residence of the deceased at 100 Lock street, on Monday next at 2 P. M. The deceased, who has been a resident of this city for a number of years has during that time gathered around her a large circle of friends drawn into their high regard by her genial and kindly nature, and many there are who will join with her husband and only son, John, in their grief at her demise."
" MRS. LUCY M. STEELE,
wife of CHARLES W. STEELE, Esq., of this city, who for over a year past, has been gradually but surely failing in health, succumbed at last on yesterday afternoon to the inroads of the destroyer, and passed away at the age of 34 years. The funeral will occur from the residence of the deceased at 100 Lock street, on Monday next at 2 P. M. The deceased, who has been a resident of this city for a number of years has during that time gathered around her a large circle of friends drawn into their high regard by her genial and kindly nature, and many there are who will join with her husband and only son, John, in their grief at her demise."
The following obituary was published in the Lockport Daily Journal on Saturday September 8, 1883:
" MRS. LUCY M. STEELE,
wife of CHARLES W. STEELE, Esq., of this city, who for over a year past, has been gradually but surely failing in health, succumbed at last on yesterday afternoon to the inroads of the destroyer, and passed away at the age of 34 years. The funeral will occur from the residence of the deceased at 100 Lock street, on Monday next at 2 P. M. The deceased, who has been a resident of this city for a number of years has during that time gathered around her a large circle of friends drawn into their high regard by her genial and kindly nature, and many there are who will join with her husband and only son, John, in their grief at her demise."
" MRS. LUCY M. STEELE,
wife of CHARLES W. STEELE, Esq., of this city, who for over a year past, has been gradually but surely failing in health, succumbed at last on yesterday afternoon to the inroads of the destroyer, and passed away at the age of 34 years. The funeral will occur from the residence of the deceased at 100 Lock street, on Monday next at 2 P. M. The deceased, who has been a resident of this city for a number of years has during that time gathered around her a large circle of friends drawn into their high regard by her genial and kindly nature, and many there are who will join with her husband and only son, John, in their grief at her demise."
Inscription
This monument is a huge block of gray granite with names on all four sides as follows:
Side 1:
JOHN W. STEELE
1821 - 1882
SOPHRONIA, HIS WIFE
1825 - 1876
GEORGE P., THEIR SON
1847 - 1852
Side 2:
CHARLES W. STEELE
1845-1881
LUCY, HIS WIFE
1846-1883
Side 3:
WILLIAM WALLACE STEELE
1849-1906
LYDIA L., HIS WIFE
1852-1911
MINNIE BELLE, THEIR DAUGHTER
1876-1876
Side 4:
BENJ. F. STEELE
1874-1953
MAE M., HIS WIFE
1874-1962
BENJ. F. JR.
1913-1945
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