Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-10-31
OBITUARY.

BRUBAKER.-Mary Elizabeth Brubaber,
daughter of George and Martha McCaughey,
was born in Colum5ianna county, o., Aug.
23rd, 1876; died Oct. 2lst, 1889, of typhoid
fever at Florida, o.; aged ~ years, mo. and
2S days. She was united in marriage to F.
M. Brubaker. April l6, 1868, to these parents
was born three children, one child died in
infancy, while two daughters are still living
and are both lying seriously i'll with the same
fever. Sister Brubaker was a member of the
NJ. E. Church at Florida for over II years;
she having been successful school teacher
in her earlier days and later one of the
brightest correspondents to our county papers
from Florida; she was also secretary Of the
Womens Home Missionary Society which
place she filed so nobly, done all she could
in that direction, and now that it has pleased
the Creator and preserver of all things to re-
move from our presence our beloved sister
and companion, and as we view with sadness
the vacant seat and pay homage to the last
resting place of our beloved companion,
deeply feeling the hand of affiiction, yet hum
bly, bowing to the will of Him who doeth all
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cheerful voice nor join with her in merry
laugh as we did in days goneby How well we
remember but few summers ago when the
flowers budded and blossomed and sent their
fragrance to perfume the balmy mornings of
May that Mollie's ckeeks like the rose then
fresh and promising to bloom for many sum-
mers; but alas, as the wintry winds blew over
L. L.. IL
| faded away to bloom in the city of the living
God, and as we meet together Sabbath after
Sabbath and see the vacant seat that she
once filed it calls to memory the many
pleasant hours we had enjoyed together in
the Sabbath School, sanctuary and social cir
cles; we feel we have lost true friend and
kind neighbor, we can only hope the vacant
chair may be filled by one as worthy. Her
funeral took place at the M. E. Church at
Florida, the Rev. Barker, preacher in charge,
officiating from the scripture found in Mum |
bers, 23d chapter and part of the tenth verse:
"Let me die the death of the righteous and let
my last end be like His" After which the
procession formed with many relatives and
friends and conveyed the remains to the Brey
cemetery two miles north east from Florida. |
and may her remains rest in hope of glorious
resurrection. The bereaved husband and
two loving daughters, though at the point of
death, are with US still and deserve the sym
pathy and prayers of the church. The fami-
ly home has now been wrecked and broken
but may be rebuilt in heaven; may the Lord
sustain the husband in this sad hour of trial
and restore the ones that are so ill, that at
last they may make an unbroken family be-
yond in the sweet by and by.
Motley has gone from this world of care and woe,
To a land of peace and of bliss,
Her trials and sorrows here below,
Are ended and she is at rest. J.W.
To the kind friends who sympathized with
me in my late bereavement and assisted
me in every way they could by lending help
ing hand which was much needed and appre-.
ciated during the late illness and death of my
wife. l return my thanks: and when called
upon to pass through like affiiction may you
find friends as kind, is the wish of,