Mary Onick Hancock of Dove Creek CO was born to John and Mary Kosanda in Minneapolis MN, on January 7, 1897, Mary was a child of ten when her family moved form Minnesota to Boise City OK, by train where they homesteaded property five miles west of town. On June 15, 1916, Mary married Bill Hancock in Boise City. They moved to Clayton NM, then to Richards CO, where they ranched and farmed until 1938 when they moved to Dove Creek CO. Mary spent her life as a homemaker. Mary and Bill were blessed with ten children, three of whom preceded her in death, Gladys Marie, Verna Nadine, and Grover William.
Left to mourn her death on September 22, 1994 are five sons and two daughters: Robert Hancock of Wickenberg AZ, Allen Hancock, Wilbert Hancock, and Lester Hancock all of Dove Creek CO, Ivan Hancock of Peoria AZ; Dorothy Randolph of Dove Creek CO, and Betty Jones of Redmond WA. 19 grandchildren, 37 great-granchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren; sisters Catherine Mead of Phoenix AZ, Rosetta Barnett of Oklahoma City OK, and Bertha Sanderson of Dove Creek CO.
Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church on September 26,1994 at 2:00 pm. Burial was in the Dove Creek Cemetery.
Her granddaughter delivered the following in her honor; Today we are here to celebrate Grandma's passing from this word to her heavenly home. If there was a blue print with which I would pattern my life, it would be Grandma's life. The author Blaise Pascal writes: "The serene, silent beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world, next to the might of the Spirit of God."
1 Peter 3:3-4 says, "Your beauty should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle quiet spirit."
I believe the reason she was like she was is found in 2 Samuel 22:31, "As for God, His way is perfect. The word of the Lord is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in Him. It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect." I know she took refuge in God and he armed her with strength. As I began to think about what I could say about Grandma, I realized all my memories of her are happy, positive memories. I took out a piece of paper and began to write down things I remembered about her.
She was kind, loving, tender hearted, full of joy, not vain, not boastful, not envious, she rejoiced in the truth, my grandma was the fruits of spirit as in 1 Cor. 13, she loved her garden, she was a seamstress, a wonderful cook, never an unkind word to say about anyone, a hard worker, her sense of humor kept us laughing, she loved Granddad and her children and grandchildren. She was so proud of all of us. But her greatest love in life was the Lord Jesus Christ - she lived her life for him. She loved music - she loved to play the piano and sing. One story I love to tell that reallty epitomizes who grandma was happened when I was three years old. Mom sent me over to Grandma's on an errand. I came right back and told her Grandma wasn't home. She asked me how I knew she wasn't home and I said, "Because if she had been home she would have been singing." Last time I was at Grandma's house when she still had her piano, we sat her at the piano and asked her to play for us. She laughed and said, "I don't play the piano," but she began to play and every song she started turned into Jesus Wonderful Lord.
Printed in the Dove Creek Press 10/1994
Left to mourn her death on September 22, 1994 are five sons and two daughters: Robert Hancock of Wickenberg AZ, Allen Hancock, Wilbert Hancock, and Lester Hancock all of Dove Creek CO, Ivan Hancock of Peoria AZ; Dorothy Randolph of Dove Creek CO, and Betty Jones of Redmond WA. 19 grandchildren, 37 great-granchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren; sisters Catherine Mead of Phoenix AZ, Rosetta Barnett of Oklahoma City OK, and Bertha Sanderson of Dove Creek CO.
Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church on September 26,1994 at 2:00 pm. Burial was in the Dove Creek Cemetery.
Her granddaughter delivered the following in her honor; Today we are here to celebrate Grandma's passing from this word to her heavenly home. If there was a blue print with which I would pattern my life, it would be Grandma's life. The author Blaise Pascal writes: "The serene, silent beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world, next to the might of the Spirit of God."
1 Peter 3:3-4 says, "Your beauty should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle quiet spirit."
I believe the reason she was like she was is found in 2 Samuel 22:31, "As for God, His way is perfect. The word of the Lord is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in Him. It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect." I know she took refuge in God and he armed her with strength. As I began to think about what I could say about Grandma, I realized all my memories of her are happy, positive memories. I took out a piece of paper and began to write down things I remembered about her.
She was kind, loving, tender hearted, full of joy, not vain, not boastful, not envious, she rejoiced in the truth, my grandma was the fruits of spirit as in 1 Cor. 13, she loved her garden, she was a seamstress, a wonderful cook, never an unkind word to say about anyone, a hard worker, her sense of humor kept us laughing, she loved Granddad and her children and grandchildren. She was so proud of all of us. But her greatest love in life was the Lord Jesus Christ - she lived her life for him. She loved music - she loved to play the piano and sing. One story I love to tell that reallty epitomizes who grandma was happened when I was three years old. Mom sent me over to Grandma's on an errand. I came right back and told her Grandma wasn't home. She asked me how I knew she wasn't home and I said, "Because if she had been home she would have been singing." Last time I was at Grandma's house when she still had her piano, we sat her at the piano and asked her to play for us. She laughed and said, "I don't play the piano," but she began to play and every song she started turned into Jesus Wonderful Lord.
Printed in the Dove Creek Press 10/1994
Mary Onick Hancock of Dove Creek CO was born to John and Mary Kosanda in Minneapolis MN, on January 7, 1897, Mary was a child of ten when her family moved form Minnesota to Boise City OK, by train where they homesteaded property five miles west of town. On June 15, 1916, Mary married Bill Hancock in Boise City. They moved to Clayton NM, then to Richards CO, where they ranched and farmed until 1938 when they moved to Dove Creek CO. Mary spent her life as a homemaker. Mary and Bill were blessed with ten children, three of whom preceded her in death, Gladys Marie, Verna Nadine, and Grover William.
Left to mourn her death on September 22, 1994 are five sons and two daughters: Robert Hancock of Wickenberg AZ, Allen Hancock, Wilbert Hancock, and Lester Hancock all of Dove Creek CO, Ivan Hancock of Peoria AZ; Dorothy Randolph of Dove Creek CO, and Betty Jones of Redmond WA. 19 grandchildren, 37 great-granchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren; sisters Catherine Mead of Phoenix AZ, Rosetta Barnett of Oklahoma City OK, and Bertha Sanderson of Dove Creek CO.
Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church on September 26,1994 at 2:00 pm. Burial was in the Dove Creek Cemetery.
Her granddaughter delivered the following in her honor; Today we are here to celebrate Grandma's passing from this word to her heavenly home. If there was a blue print with which I would pattern my life, it would be Grandma's life. The author Blaise Pascal writes: "The serene, silent beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world, next to the might of the Spirit of God."
1 Peter 3:3-4 says, "Your beauty should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle quiet spirit."
I believe the reason she was like she was is found in 2 Samuel 22:31, "As for God, His way is perfect. The word of the Lord is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in Him. It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect." I know she took refuge in God and he armed her with strength. As I began to think about what I could say about Grandma, I realized all my memories of her are happy, positive memories. I took out a piece of paper and began to write down things I remembered about her.
She was kind, loving, tender hearted, full of joy, not vain, not boastful, not envious, she rejoiced in the truth, my grandma was the fruits of spirit as in 1 Cor. 13, she loved her garden, she was a seamstress, a wonderful cook, never an unkind word to say about anyone, a hard worker, her sense of humor kept us laughing, she loved Granddad and her children and grandchildren. She was so proud of all of us. But her greatest love in life was the Lord Jesus Christ - she lived her life for him. She loved music - she loved to play the piano and sing. One story I love to tell that reallty epitomizes who grandma was happened when I was three years old. Mom sent me over to Grandma's on an errand. I came right back and told her Grandma wasn't home. She asked me how I knew she wasn't home and I said, "Because if she had been home she would have been singing." Last time I was at Grandma's house when she still had her piano, we sat her at the piano and asked her to play for us. She laughed and said, "I don't play the piano," but she began to play and every song she started turned into Jesus Wonderful Lord.
Printed in the Dove Creek Press 10/1994
Left to mourn her death on September 22, 1994 are five sons and two daughters: Robert Hancock of Wickenberg AZ, Allen Hancock, Wilbert Hancock, and Lester Hancock all of Dove Creek CO, Ivan Hancock of Peoria AZ; Dorothy Randolph of Dove Creek CO, and Betty Jones of Redmond WA. 19 grandchildren, 37 great-granchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren; sisters Catherine Mead of Phoenix AZ, Rosetta Barnett of Oklahoma City OK, and Bertha Sanderson of Dove Creek CO.
Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church on September 26,1994 at 2:00 pm. Burial was in the Dove Creek Cemetery.
Her granddaughter delivered the following in her honor; Today we are here to celebrate Grandma's passing from this word to her heavenly home. If there was a blue print with which I would pattern my life, it would be Grandma's life. The author Blaise Pascal writes: "The serene, silent beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world, next to the might of the Spirit of God."
1 Peter 3:3-4 says, "Your beauty should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle quiet spirit."
I believe the reason she was like she was is found in 2 Samuel 22:31, "As for God, His way is perfect. The word of the Lord is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in Him. It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect." I know she took refuge in God and he armed her with strength. As I began to think about what I could say about Grandma, I realized all my memories of her are happy, positive memories. I took out a piece of paper and began to write down things I remembered about her.
She was kind, loving, tender hearted, full of joy, not vain, not boastful, not envious, she rejoiced in the truth, my grandma was the fruits of spirit as in 1 Cor. 13, she loved her garden, she was a seamstress, a wonderful cook, never an unkind word to say about anyone, a hard worker, her sense of humor kept us laughing, she loved Granddad and her children and grandchildren. She was so proud of all of us. But her greatest love in life was the Lord Jesus Christ - she lived her life for him. She loved music - she loved to play the piano and sing. One story I love to tell that reallty epitomizes who grandma was happened when I was three years old. Mom sent me over to Grandma's on an errand. I came right back and told her Grandma wasn't home. She asked me how I knew she wasn't home and I said, "Because if she had been home she would have been singing." Last time I was at Grandma's house when she still had her piano, we sat her at the piano and asked her to play for us. She laughed and said, "I don't play the piano," but she began to play and every song she started turned into Jesus Wonderful Lord.
Printed in the Dove Creek Press 10/1994
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