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Obitkit Contest-What’s In Your Obituary/Julia Hogston Obit

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This was prompted by Geneabloggers contest OBITKIT™ CONTEST – WHAT’S IN YOUR OBITUARY?
Julia K. Hogston, 100 of Belleville Michigan passed on day unknown only to God place to be determined later.
The cause of death is unto all men there is appointed a time and it was hers.
Julia was born on a cold winter day on the banks of Lake Erie in the town of Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio.
She came as a surprise to her parents as they planned for a pizza party and received an early gift, a month early that is on 3 January 1958. James R. and Dency J. Terrill McCartney welcomed her home a month later after she had gained the weight that was needed for the hospital to release her.

Four years later she welcomed a sister into the fold her name is Patricia Ellen McCartney.
Julia, graduated from John Glenn High School, with the bicentennial class “76” in Westland, Michigan.
It was a cool crisp fall evening on 18 September 1976, Julia, married James E. Hogston. James is the son of Edgar and Lola Burke Hogston. They celebrated their 35+ anniversary this year. They re- visited the place of their honeymoon, The Smokey Mountains.

Mrs. Hogston spent many years raising her children, Jeremy, Jessica, Janice and , James. When times called for it she would work out side of the home. Some of the jobs she held were, Nursing Assistant at Camelot Nursing Home, soft-wares associate at K-Mart and, a retail employee at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.
She was a faithful member Romulus Free Will Baptist Church, where she attended for more than 40 yrs. Julia was part of the worship team and was for many years the treasurer.

She was survived by her Husband James Hogston, her children Jeremy Hogston (Jacki) , grand-daughters Misteana and Alyza Hogston, Mrs. Jessica Ellmore (Tom), Janice Hogston and, James Hogston.

Julia  precedes  her parents James R. McCartney and Dency J. Terrill and, and is preceded by her  in- laws Edgar and Lola Hogston.
Services will be held at Romulus Free Will Baptist Church on… such a day as called for.
Burial afterward will be at (guess we need to get this taken care of, somehow can’t get hubbie to do this one, we do have wills LOL)

A memorial fund has been set in her name at Romulus Free Will Baptist Church.
Christian, Loving Mother and Best Friend

What will your obit look like 😀  Help the family out and get this set before you go!

 

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Thursday Treasure-Butter Dish, Creamer, Celery

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This celery , butter dish and creamer are thought to have belonged to my second great-grandmother Julia Sarah Clark.

I recall my grandmother saying to me in my early teens that one day, sadly that day came as it does for all of us, that this piece would be mine. Grandma told my mother that it belong to grandma, now we are not sure if she meant, her mother or her grandmother. All of us have said to our children grandmother when we were talking about our Mom’s.

Mom will be visiting with her sister later this week and hopefully we will find out exactly who’s it was. At this moment the guess is that it belonged to Julia, this is the grandmother that I was named for.

Julia Sarah Clark was born to William and Delila Citerly Clark  on 24 Nov 1854 in the city Mentor in Lake County, Ohio. Julia died 19 Sep 1928 in Newton Falls, Ohio. Julia married on 1 Oct 1878 to Dr. Wesley Lake Beach who was born on 20 Jun 1844 in Mayfield, Geauga County, Ohio and he died 27 Nov 1917 in Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio.

Treasures come to us in many ways, this is one that I can actually touch, though not often for fear of breaking them, that recall and bring back to us those that have gone on before us.

Happy Hunting!