Resident of Catlin Road Passes Away*

Commercial News 11/19/1928
*Resident of Catlin Road Passes Away
Mrs. Henrietta Smallcomb Pate Had Lived in Same House For 47 Years.
[Commercial News Special]
Catlin, Ill, Nov. 19 - Mrs. Henrietta Treasure Smallcomb Pate, 71, wife of William H. Pate, died at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at her home on the Catlin Road. Heart disease caused death. She had been ill six weeks.
Mrs. Pate was born in New Haven, W. Va., Aug. 1857. When she was a small child she came to Illinois. She joined the Tilton Methodist church in early life. On Oct. 26, 1881, she married William Pate. Since their marriage they have lived in the home, where she died, 47 years.
Besides the husband, she leaves a son and daughter, Oscar Pate, 4 West Thirteenth street, Danville and Mrs. Ethel Spencer, 201 East Third street, Danville. There are three brothers,, Thomas Smallcomb, of Los Angeles, Calf.; David Smallcomb, of San Diego, Calf., and Nelson Smallcomb, of Kearney, Neb. Mrs. Pate's devotion to her home, her children, and her grandchildren was known to many.
Funeral services will be held at the home Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock unless word from relatives changes plans.