Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-09-15
DEATHS.


DIED, at his residence, near Sandy Spring
August 18th, 1882, RICHARD CIssEL, in the
Gath year Of his age.
Departed this life, at home in the village
Of Unity, surrounded by relatives and neigh
bors, at midday on Wednesday, August 30th,
1882, ANN ELIZABETH, aged 81 years and
IS days, daughter Of the late Nelson Sull-
van and beloved wife Of George Zeitler.
Her funeral services were conducted in
the village chapel, Dr. ]. H. Maynard and
Rev. Mr.. Laird officiating. Interment at
Salem church, Brookevlle.
The subject of the above obituary was at
tended throughout long and painful sick
ness by skilled and faithful physicians and
nursed by u husband whose assiduity was
unparalleled. She was a rare exception TO
the fitful complaining of mortality in gen
eral. Afflicted from girlhood with severe
spinal affection, never did parent, brother
or sister ever hear her murmur. During the
past i've years, lying upon her couch an in
valid, at times entirely helpless, again con-
vulsed by death-like swoons and spasms, it
really seemed as II disease had exhausted
its darts and -abashed-ashamed of
the fiery shower that he had leveled against
so fraii a citadel. Returning however with
weapons, at once, more insidiOus and subtle,
he enieebled her pulse and drove the cur
rent of lie from her attenuated body
Throughout this ordeal-long and merci-
less-no murmur escaped her lips, no frown
darkened her brow. There was no shadow
Of repining in the very center of the mid
night gloom that enshrouded her physical
being but with meekness and resigna-
ton practically commemorative of the ex-
ample OF Him, who from the stained cross
on Calvary never lost the loving look from
his dear eyes, even gazing upon the bowling
mob of Pontius PLATE, she closed her weary,
weary eyes in welcomed death. Reared
In our midst, her life enshrouded In suffer-
ing and her death enshrined in meekness,
are well worthy place in our county an
nails. Her meekness Ia suffering and resg-
nation In death should stand as an imper-
ishable monument, TO all mortals, who fall
ter at the trivial asperlties and stand aghast
at the ranking cares of human life; and
the christian beauty of her whole life con-
stitute balm, and make staff for us ap-
preaching tho valley where flows the dark
river. Oh Charon across thy dark rolling
food, no iairer spirit didst thou ever row, or
welcoming angels greet upon the other shore.
Oh mothers across the breadth of this coun-
ty, when your little household bands gather
for the evening prayer tell them how she
lived, how she suffered, how she died, tell
them OF her suffering, meekness and resig-
nation, that her example may remain with
you, and make Its impress upon plastic
minds, thus rolling il onward to fnturity.
You mayhap have seen the tender and
fragile clematis encircle the giant tree, SO
her christian spirit chung to the Rock OF
Agss-the hoary peak Of Salvation. No
mystery in her life. 1t was simply the
clinging OF her spirit To things susceptible
Of more potency than the most tremendous
OF earthly powers. The sun, moon, and
every orb of the sky shall darkle in space,
and be extinguished in the gulf Of naught,
but His love shall endure forever. The sub
ject Of this memoir possessed that. May all
of US reach the same goal by bordering
well our pathways. ID. w. s.