Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-11-01
A Mother at Rest.

county, Ohio, April 26, 1912, and
moved to Cedar county, Iowa,
with her parents in lS48 when
six years old. Later they moved
to Mahaska county where she
was married May 5, 1859. A
few years later the family came
to Cass county living there until
1881, when they moved to Audi
bon county, where they have
since resided. Seven children.
were born to them, four boys
and three girls, ali of whom
are living and all present to pay
the last token and tribute to her
memory. The funeral took place
at the home, Monday, the SER
vices being conducted by the
Rev. r. w. Matheny, pastor of
the Methodist church. She unit
ed with the Christian church
when fifteen years old and has
been a member of some church
ever since. The husband and
children feel and realize that the
Angel of Death has summoned
another mother, with all the ten
der love and sympathy that fills
a mothers heart and soul, to Him
who gave it and the call has
been answered and the spirit,
freed from the tenement of clay,
has taken its flight to the dis
tant and eternal shores OF time
where an endless future of joy
and happiness and sunshine
sheds halo of peaceful serenity
that far SURPRISES the blessed
happiness of this world. lSatur-
day morning, yet in the silent
hush and stiffness of the dark
ness of the night when the world
seemed to be wrapt in peaceful
slumbers of quiet repose, the
spark of life in moment fled,
leaving those present bowed
down with grief and sorrow
owing to the departure, from
this busy active world of cease
less toll, the one they loved.
Her pathway through life
has been strewn with acts of
charity, deeds of love and SYM
pathy and words of hope and
cheer, so, since she has been
called to rest there need be no
words penned to extol her vir-
tues or to applaud her meritor-
ious career.
Firmness of character was the
beauty of her life. A noble pur-
pose, high resolve and a fond
and tenacious hope threw about
her a potent in influence that fairly
sweetened the sunshine that
emanated from her and compell-
ed the world to say she was a
noble woman, such as endeared
her to her friends and made her
more to her husband who deep
ly mourns her loss than
words can tell, and such to her
boys and girls as can only be ex-
pressed by the respect and
honor they have shown by their
lives, ever striving to fulfill the
noblest missions of their being
as she had taught them from
the earliest hour of their child
hood prattle until they became
men and women grown.
Through life she has cheer
fully and willingly worked and
toiled and sacrificed for herloved
ones, ever fulfilling the higher
and nobler duties of her home.
No word ever passed from her
lips that was intended to be the
hated arrow of malice, given to
cause pang of sorrow to
friend or loved one.
It's needless to say she APP
preciated her friends and that
she honored and respected man
hood and womanhood when
worthy, and by her words and
deeds showed to the world about
her that she was ever ready and
willing to do all in her power to
assist them and make them hap
pier and better. But she has
gone, has passed to rest, to her
reward, to her Redeemer and her
Creator. Her loved ones may
meet, and often will meet, and
mingle their tears of sorrow and
grief together and fondly and
dearly cherish the sweet memo
ries of other days; will ever keep
and sustain herteachings that to
the husband have been an in
SEPARATION of joy and hope and to
the children that which guided
them through their years of
childhood and youth and made
them honored and respected
men and pure and noble women.
To the bereaved, there will
ever be sacred mound of
mother earth, in Arlington Gem
etery where precious thoughts
will often go to a wife and moth
er, the memory of whom will al
ways be sweet and precious and
the teachings given by her in
the past which have helped to
to mould the lives and charac-
tiers of those left to mourn, will
ever help to support and sustain
each and all through the trials
and temptations that may assail
them in the future.
We wait, we pause, we linger,
hoping, trusting, thinking that
some thought that will ex-
press y feeling that is
buried within us, may be I'M
folded but nothing comes, moth
ing returns and with a feeling
of pride for one SO pure and true
and consistent we consign her to
the care of an all wise Creator
with many fond recollections of
the past and bright and cheering
hopes for the future which we
cherish most dearly.
The following are the children
and relatives who We're present
aft tho f,lnaral. Mr. and Mrs