The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-11-18

ttFeS n friends 30 perfect had been hel
life here that an appreciative Providence
10th to end It where most lives end. had. in
His wisdom and goodness. co ntinued il
even beyond the allotted three score years
and tea. II had been hers 10 see her
children mature into perfect manhood and
womanhood ; hers to know that such Of
them as were not permitted TO survive her,
had gone where the reward OF Il christian 1
life awaited them hers I witness the
wonderful growth eff a couatry that had in
her life time become one Of the most
powerful nations Of the earth ; hers TO
realize in the fullest and grandest sense
possible to the human understanding the
beauties OF a pure life, the satisfaction that
comes OF duty always and sacredly per-
formed. and the great value and richness
of Gods love. Il is in this world that such
lives as hers are needed, for here they
serve to cleanse and purify what without
them would indeed become an atmosphere
Of ~uncleanliness and impurity. In the bet
ter world she will find only her " good
ness reelected from every face and every
eye.
Mrs. Strawn was born near Harrisburg.
Pa, January 18th, 1888, of Lutheran
parentage. She leaves surviving her, q
large family OF brothers and sisters OF
marked piety, integrity and generally ex
cellence of character, one sister Mary
Magdalen Tedrow who has reached the
ripe age Of SO years, and a brother, John
Boucher, younger than herself. She was
married to jeremiah Strawn, who survives
her. on the 22d day Of May. 1915, in SOM
erset county, Pennsylvania, to which
county her parents had sometime preyi-
ously removed. In 1916 the youthful
couple emigrsted TO Perry county Ohio,
where they continued to reside until 1880,
when they came 10 Illinois, settling in
what was then called Tazwsll county.
Afterwards the district in which their
farm was located became the county of
Putnam. with Hennepin as the county
seat. So sparsely settled was that section
when Mr.. and Mrs. Strawn located there,
that in two months they had become ac-
quainted with every family living within
a radius off0sty miles of their new home.
The senatorial district in which they were
located comprised about one-third of the
state ; the first senator elected after they
arrived being James NJ. Strobe, of Galena.
Their first minister was Mr.. Royal,
Methodist, who was sent there as q mis-
s'o1ary, and whose circuit embraced Chi
cago, Galena and Mackntaw, among ITS
stations. requiring about four weeks to
traverse it. They remained in Putnam
county until some fifteen years ago, when
they chose Ottawa, as the home of their
old age, and where they have since resided.
Over ffty-seven years ago, Mr.. and Mrs.
Strawn together united With the Medtho-
dist church, Of which they have ever since
been active and consistent members. Hand
INLAND they had journeyed together ffty-
nine years, when God required the life He
had so long ago given.
0fthe deceased it may truly be said
that she was loved by ali who knew her.
She was indeed a "mother in Israel"
None can ever name her except in praise,
and lone who follow the example OF her
beautiful life, will fail Of al entrance at
the great gate through which she has tri-
umphantly passed. For her faithful com
panion through so many years, it is not
possible 10 express that sympathy which
every heart must feel. To him there can
be no words of courage so powerful as the
assurance that their separation can at most
be but a short one. In a little while, a very
little while, the white-winged messenger
will come again, and the message it will
bear will be TO him, and its words will be
the sweetest, the most welcome he has
ever heard. for they will be from God,
commanding him to rejoin her who has
but gone before.-OndUa Free Trader.