River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-23
DIED.


GLAss.-In this city, Jan. 10. 1896, Mrs.
{. z. Glass, aged % years, 10 months
and 20 days.
Mrs. Glass WIS the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. ID. A. Ostrom. She was born
in Markham, Green Lake Co., Wis, Feb.
p, 1870. Mr.. Ostrom came to River
Falls with his family May 10, 1873, max
ing continuous residence here since
their arrival. Mrs. Glass had been a
resident of this city from child, attend
ing school, where her brightness made
her a favorite, completing course of
studies in the Normal at the age of IL,
| her aptness and sprightly intelligence
enabling her to outstrip in scholarly at
tainments many Of maturer years From
this time she was successful teacher in
the public schools until her marriage to
c. G. Glass, Aug. II, 1892. Their mar
ried life had been replete with happiness
until Death, who neither respects or rec
ognizes the ties of human relationship,
ruthlessly tore the loving young wife
from the embrace of her disconsolate
husband.
The funeral vas held at the residence
Tuesday at o'clock, the services being
conducted by Rev. Mr.. Mcintosh.
Lovely flowers in lavish profusion, silent
and beautiful testimonials of loving
friends, surrounded the still white form.
The house was th-JL I'd with sorrowing
neighbors who C me rev. emily to pay
the last sad rights of respect to the one
universally beloved to mourn for her I'M
timely death, and to manifest as best
reaved friends who were bound to the
deceased By kinship and family ties. Be-
sides the husband, she leaves father
and mother, two sisters and brother TO
mourn her loss.
This is one of those sad, pathetic deaths
that pervades a community with pro-
found and unutterable sympathy. Lou
Ostrom was one of the fairest, the bright
est and the most amiable of girls. Few
of earth's daughters are endowed with
rarer charms of person and of character
loneliness that commands the deathless
love of relatives, the reverent admiration
of friends and acquaintance, and the
idolizing devotion of husband To this
fair young wife life's prospects were ex
ceptionaily beautiful. Surrounded with
loving parents, brother and sisters, al
miring friends as numerous as her ac-
qualntances, husband devoted to graf
ify her every wish, exulting in the bIissful
hope of a new joy that should be per-
petual gladness in the household and for
whose life she gave her Own, vain sac
rifice; when the prospects of happiness in
living were a continuous blessing, sud-
denly this young heart, full of hopeful
ness, ceased its beating; the life radiant
with sunshine and sunny memories and
glowing prospects was extinguished, and
the fair form is covered by the snow.
The hearts of many go out in tenderest
sympathy to the bereaved parents, sisters
and brother and the stricken husband.
Words are totally inadequate to express
the sympathy we all feel for him whose
heat is in the grave with his dead wife.
And even could words express the quail
ity of our sympathy they could bear but
little OF healing balm to the wounded
heart that ''alone knoweth its own bit
terness."
"Leaves have their time to fall
And flowers TO wther by the north winds
breath,
Aud stars TO set; but all,
Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O,
Death -