This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: TrischHall Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.downing/1152.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Cass City Chronicle, 10 Apr 1931, page 1 Mrs. M. H. Quick. Mrs. M. H. Quick passed away at her home in Novesta on March 31, 1931, after a severe illness caused by cancer. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W.R. Curtis at the Baptist church in Cass City on Friday, April 3, at three o'clock. Interment was made in Elkland cemetery. Mrs. M. H. Quick was born Oct. 18, 1857, in Saybrook, Ashtabula county, Ohio. She was the second daughter of Hardin C. Downing and Rhoda Ann (nee Bennett) and was named Rosie Alice. She accompanied her parents to Cass City in 1871, and to Palestine, Texas, in 1877. At the latter place on May 10, 1879, she was united in marriage to James a. Sweeney, who died April 29, 1924. In 1927, she was united in marriage to M. H. Quick of Cass City and Novesta. Besides her husband, she leaves the surviving children of the first marriage, Major H. C. Sweeney, Omaha, Nebraska, and Mrs. Margaret A. Simpson of Novesta; her son-in-law, Ebenezer H. Simpson; three grandchildren, Hardin, James, and Francis Simpson; two sisters, Mrs. O. A. Henderick and Mrs. E. S. Henderick, Sr., of Cedar Run; and one brother, W. C. Downing of Newago, Michigan; two brothers-in-law, Thomas Welsh, Toledo, Ohio, and Asa Root of Cass City. Friends and relatives from out of town who came to attend the funeral of Mrs. M. H. Quick were Major H. C. Sweeney of Omaha, Neb., Mrs. Chas. Brancheau and daughter, Frances, Mrs. Enos Cousino and daughter, Elenora, and Kenneth Kenny, all of Toledo, Ohio, Mrs. George Quick and Miss Beatrice Quick of Pontiac, Mr. and Mrs. Quincy Morley of Detroit and Mrs. Olive Taitwell of Bay City. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>