Smyrna times., 1893-02-08
Mrs. Robert D. HofFecker

ln the town where she was horn
where her girlhOod and most of her
married lie were passed, among the
people who had known and loved her
rom her youth, Anna Mansfield Hof.
iecker fell asleep" FEBRUARY /. 18q3
In her fiity-eighth year The younp.
est daughter of Rev. Piner Mansfield
she grew up in home where pietv and
culture united, to develop into rare
symmetry and beauty a Character nat
uIaliy noble and refined. She enjoyed
the best books, the most classical mnsic
Che hnest productions of art, and her
taste and judgement in these DEPART
ments was faultless. In her eighteenth
year, under the ministry of Rev. r. G.
MuTphey, Anna Mansfield united with
the NJ. h. Church, in Smyrna, and i'm
less than two years afterward she be.
came tho vile of Robert ID. Hofecker
editor of The SMYRNA TINES. and
from that time shared, in the truest
sense, her husbands joys aud sorrows
and cares. He's sympathy and helm
were always his, her counsel. as wise
as her companionship, was sweet and in
every vicissitude of life the "beart of
her husband did safely trust in ber.n
10 her children she was the tenderest
ana most devoted mother, counting no
laoor or sacrifice too great for their
goOd, and coveting for them purity of
heart and life rather than any worldly
honor. In February 1887. sickness in
tho form of paralysis, touched her and
the faithful right hand became useless
the busy feet could no longer on ON
swift erraDds of love, and even the
current Ofspeech moved slow. For al.
most SIX years its was hers to prove TO
an VINO knew and loved her the sub.
lime truth that they also serve who
only stand and wait" and to exem.
pllfy, by patience that was the high.
est heroism, her faith in her Heavenly
Fathers loving kindness in the midst
OF deepest trial and suffering.
On January %, she was seized with
sudden and violent illness, and though |
her family aud physician were hOpefnl |
at first that her life might be SHARED |
IL soon became evident that the end |
was near. For her this thought had no |
'errors--she spoke of her death calmly |
almost joyfully, and OF the reunion
WIN loved ones gone before. She
olosSu her eyes upon the sunlight of an
earthly day, to open them upon the
beauties of the city whose inhabitants
snall know mo more death neither
sorrow nor crying, neither shall there
oe any more pain, for the former things
are passed away" V"'ns'
r. Inc funeral took place at her bona
tuesday afternoon, February 7,h o,1S
was largely attended. The sa.''iI anu
Mas Mas conducted by Rev. w w ve ~
wilson, w assisted by Rev. G. G. Ad.,os'
OF o. the Presbyterian Church and uI's' pms
~. a n. Stephenson, Of Smyrna Circ"i, v
According to long standin@ n- aeult'
renewed e recently, Rev. T. G. Mnrnbe"
U. D. OF philadelphia, was pressnt % p"oy; nIj
made the address. It was TSou' t'aa ana
loving tribute to the memorv "a Snu
friend, and it seemed fittino tbo, ~, a
pastor who had received her 6rst vor,s .ne
at the threshold of th. chnrob 'o"s
pronounced the solemn words ,hna anu
made her wife, should utter the na Iaas
tender words Of sorrow and svmno,L '
above her silent form. The bvmns
loved were sung by voices she loved E 80
hear in life, and the sad corteye roo,,e9 "
TO Glenwood Cemetery, where sha Cveu ,vea
laid to rest in hope of a glorious n ;m'
mortality. 7,