The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-07-10

table work. If her hand distributed
charity with generosity and lavishness,
strings wide open and he had no re-
grets for any amount of money or time
expended in doing good to the poor.
He has the satisfaction of knowing
that she lived her life in his, and that
his hopes were her hopes and his am
billions were her ambitions. He has
the satisfaction of knowing that those
very deeds of kindness, which have en-
deared her to all our people, were
/ made possible through his success and
| liberality. and that she died loving
him with singleness of affection that
has not been surpassed. No woman
was ever more proud of her children,
no woman was willing to make more
sacrifices for them, or more eager for
their advancement. We feel the utter
inadaqnacy of words to express our
I sympathy for them in this, their great
est sorrow. The announcement OF
Mrs. Romans death reached every por-
ton of our county in incredibly short
space of time and on Monday afternoon
there was gathered here an assembly
the like of which has never before
been brought together here on a SINH
lar occasion.
/
The funeral was held on Monday af-
ternoon at o'clock. At the home the
service was of private character and
only the immediate relatives We're al
lowed to look at the remains as they
lay enveloped in a shroud of flowers
which she so dearly loved. Rev. A. G.
Martyr lead from the Holy Word and
Rev. j. B. Harris offered up prayer of
consonsolation and hope in the desolate
home. At the home were gathered the
/ Woman's Relief Corps, of which she
was the president, the members of the
Eastern Star Of which she was
the worthy matron, and the
Knights of Pythias, of which Mr.. Ro-
mans is an honored member. These
organizations marched to the church
and the body was borne from the house
to the church by the pail bearers. The
pail bearers were S. McHenry, P. E. c.
Lally, Chas. Tabor, T. L. Garrison, j.
L. Mcclellan, Chas. Bullock, o. M.
Criswell and ], P. Conner. The hon
orary pail bearers were B. Brodersen, B.
F. Philbrook, Samuel Luney, L. A.
Sewell, w. j. SERVER, G. L. Caswell,
R. ShawVan, Geo. Richardson, W. G.
Van Ness, J. T. Carey, Theo. Walker,
A. D. Wilson; W. W. Cushman, c. C.
Kemming and Frank Pfarr At the
church the remains were laid
amid perfect bank of flowers
Never before has Denison seen such a
beautiful array of these tokens of affec
tons, but we could not but remember
that all these flowers and ten times their
number would not equal the amount
upon our people, both at the funeral
service, the sick room and the grave
Among the floral offerings We're the
following:
A square and compass, by the Masonic
fraternity
A large wreath of roses from the Demo
cratic State Central Committee.
Star and Crescent by the members of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
A harp by MIR. Sibbert and employees of
Mr., Romans.
large pillow and cut flowers by the
members of the family.
A bunch of white carnations from Mr..
Romans Sunday school class
The star within the wheel, the worthy
matron's emblem of the Eastern Star.
An anchor by Messrs, Hagenow & Kott
large jardinier of American Beauties
by Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Garrison.
Bouquet of Roses and Carnations by
MIR and Mrs. Jno. Mchaelsen, of Council
Bluffs.
bouquet OF roses and terms from the
Episcopal Guild
One hundred and fifty American Beau
ties from MIR. Wilcox florist of Council
Bluffs.
A bunch of roses from r. A. and Louis
Romans and wives.
A bunch of white carnations, tied with
white ribbon by the Woman s Temperance
Union
A beautiful emblematic piece from the
knights of Pythias lodge.
Roses and carnations from Mrs. Eaton,
of Manchester.
Wreath from Mr.. and Mrs. kuehnle.
Red carnations from the Woman's Re
lief Corps,
A bouquet Of Easter lilies Mrs. ]. L.
Mcclellan,
And great quantity of cut flowers from
numerous friends.
1t IS estimated that there were ! 900
in at Al,