The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-01-12
OBITUARY.
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ffatner, one OF the OLD settlers,and Tor
many years a resident, of East Hickory
and was born at East Hickory and there
grew TO womanhood. Her life through
girlhood was an uneventful one, there be-
ing connected with it nothing that calls for
special mention because ofanything aside
from the ordinary. Mrs. Woodford had
only the educational advantages afforded
by the time and place in which she lived
but secured very fair common school
education. 1t is certain that she possessed
at the least estimate to be placed upon it
a considerable mental and intellectual
endowment doubt more than the
average. And a regret of her life was the
lack of early and better advantages of an
educational and intellectual character.
And this regret for herself stimulated
great ambition of her life after her mar
riage and after her children were born
that of seeing her children possess better
advantages than had been hers, and Of
seeing them well educated as a result.
|. In carly womanhood she was united in
marriage with John V. Woodford who
survives her. To Mr. and Mrs. Wood
ford were born three children, all living,
aud all present at the burial of their
mother and all favored also with the
satisfaction and privilege of being with
her, and of receiving her farewell words,
previous to her death. They are d. ID.
| Woodford, Esq, practcing attorney in
the State of New York and living in
jamestown Mrs. p. f. Woodford of AS
toria, Oregon. Mrs. Woodford holds the
position of chief clerk and stenographer
in the offices of the Astoria and Column
bia River r. r. This place she has occu-
pied for three years. Previous to this she
occupied a similar position in the Offices
of the Oregon Pacific r. r., now the Or
egon Central and Eastern r. r. and when
this latter road was purchased by the AS
toria and Columbia Co., Mrs. Woodford
was transferred 70 the Astoria Office and
put in the present important and respon-
sible position. Through the kindness of
the Company and their consideration for
the value of her servises she was enabled
to come home to see her mother without
danger of losing her position. In addi-
ton to this, transportation was secured
for her from Astoria to Irvington, Pa,
and return, free, except the cost of eating
and sleeping en- route. She arrived homo
Wednesday before Christmas Katharine
G. Woodford, graduate of Cornell Uni
versity, class of "a, and now Instructor
in English Litera turo and Rhetoric in
Warren. Pa, High School. Miss Wood
ford i'm addition to her work in the High
School has attracted very favorable at
tenuon from the best literary people OF
Warren by her ability as reader, not eX-
actly as an elocutionist, and yet combining
the best qualities of one with a rare pow
er of Interpretation and beauty OF ex-
preston.
About 20 years ago Mrs. Woodford re-
moved to jamestown, N Y, for the pur'
pose of giving her children educational
advantages not possible here, and resid-
ed there, engaged in a small business en-
terprlse, greater part of the time since
A little more than year ago she returned
permanently to East Hickory. Hel
health for some years past had II ot beer
good, but the exercise of strong vii
kept Eer up, and not until within three
: months ago did she yield to falling phys
ical health and call i'm the services of
physician, who, when called, could Civ,
no encouragement.
, Mrs. Woodford possessed a nature anC
character rather difficult to analyze, equal
ly difficult to understand, and sometime
likely to be misunderstood, especially
when viewed superfcially. And no
charity for the dead but justice to her anc
to what she was requires of us if we at
tempt to say aught of her in any way +
at least say this mutch; that she was wo
> man of an afIectionate nature; of a gen
erous disposition; of kind heart
thoughtful for others and omplain
ing. She believed in the right, and hate,
wrong, as she saw it, with an uncompro
missing hostility, and under any guise
q. She was possessed ofa strong, indomit
t able will a determination not easily
= daunted an ardor not easily dampened
@ Her ambition for her children dominat
:, ed her life, and second only to the salts
S faction of having her children with he
o in the closing hours of her lie was tina
d of having succeeded IN the plans she ha,
@ formed for them.
,. As we lay her away in the quiet 81
: lence of the grave some that she love,
will wear heavy hearts, some that love,
II her will be left in sadness; and the word
d once spoken concerning the absence G
3, the living take on deeper and more sol
II emn significance, and we can say of her
n ''she will be missed for her place will b
2. empty"
o Funeral services were held on Sunday
t. Jan. ., at 1870 p. m, Rev. J. E. Hillar
r officiating, at the residence of Caleb Mid
l. dleton, where she had resided since he
,e return 10 East Hickory, and where sh
l. died.
The interment was in the Prather (prI
vate) cemetery on the farm of jaime
T. Henderson. The pail bearers wer
4 James Henderson, Caleb Middleton, I
~ j. Bowman, Judson Clark, Josiah Moore
=. head, Lewis Wilton. Sc
JONATHAN PHILIP LUSHER,
~ Jonathan Philip Lusher was born Apr
,s 20, 1928, near Huntingdon, Blair count,
,e Pa, and died at East Hickory, Pa, Jan
.. 3, 1898, aged 60 years, s months and
,e days.
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