Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-01-18
In Memory OF Her.

Catherine Eckman Crane Hallock,
wife of Mr.. J. A. Hallock, died on
Monday, December 4, 1899, at $40
o'clock p. NJ, aged sixty-two years
and eight months.
Mrs. HalloCk was born at Peters
burg, Highland county, Ohio, and
with her parents moved to Audi
bon county, Iowa, in 1855. On Jan
uary 80, 1860, she was married to our
fellow townsman, ]. A. Hallock.
After their marriage Mr.. and Mrs.
Hallock still continued to reside at
Extra until 1855 when, with their
family, they emigrated to Salida,
Colorado, where they have lived
ever since, being highly honored by
all who knew them.
Mrs. Hallock was the mother of
nine children, six of whom survive
her: Charles L. Hallock. George D.,
John Willis, Frank B., Ida Grace, L.
Raymond. Annie died, at the age
of twenty, in Salida; Kelley Ecknan
and Kitty, aged respectively eigh-
teen months and one year.
Up to few months ago she was
enjoying her usual good health,
but was Frustrated by disease of
the liver which proved fatal.
Mrs. Hallock was of a modest and
retiring disposition; she loved her
home and all it's surroundings; she
loved all her family-her boys and
girls were all the world to her, and
she was in every sense noble
woman, wife, mother. | believe
those three words to be the grand
est in any and all languages, save
God. She did not mingle much in
society or the world; she did not
cultivate and gain a large circle of
friends, but those she had loved
and revered her, because she was so
replete in her nature, in her pure
and exalted womanhood, in her
kindness, gentleness and interest in
her friends and neighbors that her
memory will ever be enShrined as a
precious gem in the hearts of those
| who knew her best. She very easily
grasped the full import of the line:
|" Oh, why should the spirit Of NOR
tai be proud?"
1t is so strange to me that we see
so many good and exhalted quail
ties-we see honor, bravery and in
telligence, we see all that is good
and ennobling in our fellow-men as
we mingle with them during life's
| titful Dream" yet we never go to
him with words of praise or encour-
agement that he might take new life
and new energy in the battle of life
| We sit supinely still until the" King
of Terrors removes them from our
midst; then we shout their praise;
then we tell of the grandeur of their
achievements; then we tell of the
deeds that were as bright as the
| gl1ttering gems that deck the dia.
dem of night, knowing full we'll that
lit is mockery to the glad soul that
is basking in the eternal alteration
of the everything God. Mrs. Hal.
| locks religion consisted in doing
all the good she could in the world
and as little evil as possible. She
had faith in God" Being above all
Beings; Mighty One, whom none
can comprehend or explore! Who
fillest existence with Thyself alone
embracing all, supporting, ruling
o'er-Being whom we call God anc
know no morew
A mother has been stricken by the
icy hand of death. She now sleeps
beneath the glebe in Fairview
Cemetery.
Let those who knew her best emu
late her life, and then all, as she did
can lay life's burden down without
crying: ooh, God! Oh, God thai
it were possible to undo things
done; to call back yesterday; to un
tell things told" Set ibi terra IeYis
A FRIEND.
-Salida, Colorado, Record.