The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1892-01-18
IN MEMORIAM.

this life last Tuesday morning, Jan.
! 9th, at four O'Clock, was one OF the
most truly noble and magnificent ands
| benevolent women that ever lived IN
this section. She was a devoted wife
and loving mother; a kind friend
and efficient nurse; people, especial
| ly in sickness, turned to and de-
pended upon her for aid, sympathy
and nursing. Mrs. Larson was ma
tive of Denmark and has long been
a resident of Big Meadows, where she
reared a noble family of three boys
and two girls, who are left, together
with the husband and many consan-
guinlous relatives and an extremely
large circle of friends and intimate
acquaintance to mourn her untime-
ly, irrevocable and irretrievable loss.
Mrs. l.. at the time of her death was
visiting Mrs. Rich, a close friend at
Browns Station. The family was
contemplating removal to Reno for
the Winter. The immediate cause of
death was heart failure. The funeral
was conducted from the Big Meadows
school house. Rev. Briggs pro-
nounced the funeral panegyric, which
was touching enough to reach the
heart Of the most obtuse. The text
was the twenty-first verse of the
first chapter of Job, and reads: ''The
Lord gave and the. Lord has taken
away; blessed be the name OF the
Lord" The scripture lesson was the
ninetieth Psalm. The choir, consist
ing of the Misses Annie Bastian,
Mamie Van Reed, Jenkie Gaunt and
Mr.. and Mrs. George Young, with
Mrs. P. N. Marker as organist, rem
dered music appropriate to the occa-
sion. The funeral cortege contained
thirty-fve vehicles and persons on
horseback, representing in all over
one hundred and fifty persons. The
pail bearers were Messrs. Andrew
Westfall, Matt Morrison, L. L.
Downs, Joseph Dumas, Christ. Bas-
tian and John Damn. The clergy
man stated that the deceased had
been brought up in the Lutheran
Church and afterwards baptized in
the Baptist Church. She was ma
tive of Denmark and hftynine years
of age. Among other remarks the
minister proved conclusively that the
Lord, as king, was paramount.
Touching "reminiscences upon the
topic, Mother, were made, and the |
weeping of the congregation was gen.
eral. The thirty first Proverb was
quoted. There is very wall in the |
words that the bereaved ones have
lost wife and mother. She may
never be replaced. The dear, good |
lady has passed away to a better land,
cheered by the knowledge of your
love and affectionate tenderness, con- |
soled by the thought that her teach |
ings have not been in vain and that |
she leaves you behind to tread the |
paths of rectitude and honor. Ever
on high, and as she was devoted to
you in life, so is she devoted to you |
in death. God sustain you under
this affection. Deceased was con-
sistent christian lady and member
of the w. G. T. U. Mrs. Larson
cared for the tomorrow of others,
but not for her own. She lived for
to-day. Some hearts are like wave
less pool-satisfied to hold the image |
of a wondrous star--but hers was full |
of motion, life and freedom; she gave
her utmost thought; she praised all |
generous deeds, applauded the strug- /
Cling, and even those who failed. /
None could fall below her pity and |
none could wander beyond the cir
conference OF her sympathy. To /
her there were no outcasts-they !
were victims. She thought of the
road they had travelled, the thorns
that had pierced their feet, of the |
deserts they had crossed; SO, instead
of scorn, she gave them words of hope |
and all she had she gave. A God |
could do no more. She shielded the |
weak; she attacked the strong; her
heart was as open as the gates OF day; |
she shed kindness as the sun sheds |
light. Ii beyond this heartache and
headache we call living, there is any
reward for the jewellers on earth, the
crown must rest on that golden head
that never conceived an evil thing;
the palm must reach that gentle,
generous hand that was helpful and |
open to all. Let us speak only OF the |
goodness, the charity, the genius of
the deceased. Only flowers should /
be laid on the tomb in life's last pill
low; there should be no thorns. She |
cared not for roads and beaten paths. |
She did not follow in the footsteps of |
others. Her heart went out to all the |
wretched in this weary world, and /
yet she seemed as joyous as though |
Grief and death were nauoht INIT /