Alice Luella Putnam Obituary
New Ipswich Historical Society
January 30, 1924
Fitchburg Sentinel
Alice Luella Putnam Dead
Alice Luella Putnam died Wednesday morning at 3.45, on the anniversary of her birth. She was the daughter of Rufus and Mary I. (Ramsdell) Putnam and was born Jan. 30, 1872, when her parents resided on the so-called Holden farm near Whittemore hill, Later her father purchased and moved to the house formerly owned by Col. George S. Gibson in Gibson village, where she lived at the time of her death. Her education was acquired in her native town and all her years were passed in the town of her birth with the exception of several years that she lived In Suncook, N. H.
She was a devoted daughter, caring for her parents faithfully in their declining years. Her thoughtful and tender solicitude for others endeared her to her friends. She joined the Baptist church when living in Suncook and by letter united with the Baptist church of this town Feb. 10, 1907.
She will be greatly missed by the church, as she was always an interested worker in everything pertaining to the church. At the time of her death she was secretary of the Ladies' Aid society and she had been a member of the Parent-Teacher association. The past few years she had been in declining health, but during the summer and fall her friends were encouraged and thought that she was regaining her former health. She possessed a hopeful, uncomplaining disposition, so that no one fully realized her physical condition, but the past three weeks she had failed rapidly. She was confined to her bed only a few days and the rapid progress of the disease and her death was a shock to her relatives,
friends and to the community. Prof. Fred D. Lane of Ashburnham officiated at the funeral service and spoke very impressively of "Life - what is life?"
Miss Alice L. Putnam leaves one brother Daniel E. Putnam of this town, a sister-in-law, Edith Putnam whom she fondly cherished, and there nephews, Harold, Gerald and George Putnam, a niece, Phoebe L. Putnam. Her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. William Huse and two daughters of Brookline, brother, Daniel E. Putnam Dly[sic] N. H., Carroll Coburn of Milford, N. H. and Daniel Maynard of Temple, attended the funeral; also Mrs. William E. Preston, Mrs. William Corbett and her husband of this town, as well as many friends from the church and town were
present. The bearers were Daniel E., Harold and Gerald Putnam and Daniel Maynard. The body was placed in the receiving tomb in the South cemetery at Smithville, Now Ipswich.
Photo Archives
Four Generations
Grandma Hattie (Harriet), Ethel McKown, Daphne Parker Prescott, Nancy Prescott.
Photo courtesy of Nancy Scott (3/1/2024)
James Roger diary entry
3rd March 1913
Frosty, fair with cold wind, milder at eventide. David choring round in forenoon, taking ashes out Church stove and Hall, fixing wagons, etc. and went for grain, flour, and kerosene in afternoon. I put leaves in henhouses and brought over cabbage from brooder house to cellar. Daniel Maynard and wife called in afternoon. Got letter from Alice today.