Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-06
OBITUARY.

We are again called upon to perform the
painful duty of chronicling the departure
| of a friend to the world beyond. The sub
ject of this notice, Mrs. Ella j., wife OF
Frank Gibson. died at ST. Mary's hospital,
this city, August IL, 1900, after a long i'll.
ness of that terrible disease, consumption.
Deceased was born in Milton, Wis.,, May
q, 1869, where the years of her childhood
and youth we're spent. She was the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Crofts.
She graduated from the high school at
GAINESVILLE, Wis, and later took a course
at a college in Des Moines, Ia. was united
in marriage to Frank Gibson at GAINESVILLE,
June %, l6ga and in the fall of the same
year moved with her husband to Lake
Preston, this state, where they resided
until March of the following year, when
they came to Webster, where they lived
until the time of her death.
Early i'm life Mrs. Gibson became a mem
Der of the NJ. Il. church and 1t was always
her chief JOY TO be associated In church
work, and when anything was to be lone
to advance the cause of Christianity she
was always ready with an active mind
and willing hands. While at Lake Pres
ton she became a member of the w. c. 7.
T., aud I'm that organisation was an earn
est, enthusiastic worker, conducting the
newspaper work for the union in three or
four papers at once, and oftentimes writ
ing the copy when she had TO be propped
up in bed on account of weakness.
She was of a loving, amiable disposition,
hopeful and accomplishing and bore her
suffering with a fortitude and patience
seldom equalled and never excelled.
As the end drew near and she fully
realized her days of life were few she ac-
cepted the condition with a Christian
fortitude wonderful to behold-not a muir
muir, not a complaint, and retained her
mental faculties to the very last moment
of life. She died as she had lived, at peace
with all-her life's work ended, the frail
thread of life was snapped asunder, the
book closed, a pure soul was freed from it's
habiliment of earth and gone to meet it's
Maker, and If ever it could truly be said of
any one well done, thou good and faith
full servant" Mrs. Gibson was that person.
The bereaved husband can ind some
small consolation i'm the fact that all an
ever thoughtful brain, a loving hear and
willing hand could do was lone to make
life during her long illness as happy as
pOSSiDle. Even during tic last lew Weeks
of her illness, when it was known there
was no hope, she was removed 10 the hos
pitai that every possible attention of ex-
pcrienced nurses might be given to relieve
her sufferings. She now sleeps the silent.
peaceful sleep, free from all the trials and
yicissitudes of life, in the state of her
nativity, near the home of her childhood,
on her bier a mountain of flowers, fitting
tributes to the pure, unseifish life she
lived.
The funeral occurred August 10th. We
clip the following account from "a James
willie paper:
The funeral of the late Mrs. +. +. Gibson
of Webster, 5. D., was held from the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. +. Croft.
ZIG Lincoln street, yesterday afternoon at
3 O'Clock. There was "a large attendance
of sorrowing friends and the floral tributes
were beautiful. The funeral services were
conducted by Rev. Sewell of Evansville,
assisted by Rev. w. w. Woodside, and the
song service was rendered by the First
NJ. +. church mixed quartette. The inter
ment was in Oak Hill cemetery, the pail
bearers being John Wilcox, Charles
Hynes, William Spicer and James Horn.