The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-17

a lovely casket and beautiful flowers
to her last resting place. The remains
we're inferred beside her husband at
Prime cemetery. Her sons acted as
pail bearers. The minister touchingly
remarked to the children, "Mother
cared for you when you could not
care for yourselves; now mother can
not care for herself, but you have
tenderly cared for her." Friends
from Pella, Oskaloosa, Lacey, Eddy
vile. and Rose Hill were in attend
ance. The deceased also leaves two
brothers, two sisters and a host of
friends. MRS. p. j. PRIME.
BABY BLACK.
Departed this life at the home of
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. DIV.
Strain, near Colfax, Jasper county,
Iowa, May 6, 1900, at 1915 a. m. For
est Oscar Black, son of o. 7. Black
aged months, 20 days. Baby Black
was sick only three days with dia-
lated stomach. His father, who was
in st. Louis, was wired for at 9:25 a.
M, Saturday, but being delayed he
did not reach home until eleven hours
after the little sufferer had been ut
rest. The mother preceded her little
babe just two months and a-half ago,
and the father and little brother Ray
mond are left to mourn their loss.
Prayer service was conducted by Rev.
Macy, of Colfax, at the Strain home
on Monday evening, then the corpse
was accompanied by father, brother,
grandparents and other relatives to
Leighton, the home of the grandpar-
ents, j. H. Boston and wife, when on
the following day the funeral services
were held at the Leighton Reformed
church, the church where this little
ones mother was a faithful member
from the time she was quite young
until her death. The services were
conducted by Rev. Baumgartel and
the songs were appropriate, touching
End beautiful. The little form was
then taken to Olivet cemetery, borne
by his two grandfathers,w where he was
laid to rest beside his mamma. Little
Forest had been cared for by his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Strain,
and his three aunts almost since mere
infancy, having been left with them
when only five weeks old, while his
mother was taken south in search for
health, but returned after an absence
of three months to live only five weeks
until death claimed her. During these
five weeks the little babe was not well
enough to be brought to his mother,
and she was so sick she could not go
to him, and as a result she did not see
her infant after he was five weeks old.
The loss of this dear little one is
keenly felt by the family and especial
ly by those who so carefully and ten
derby watched over him. His suffer
ing was of short duration but was in
tensely painful. Sickness entered this
home which now is so lonely and sad
June 5, 1899, at which time .T.Black
resigned his position at Peoria, Ill.
to travel for the health of his wife.
After her death he had been back with
the company at st. Louis only one
month and five days when he was
again called home to lay away baby
Forest. A little flower taken from
this world of pain and sorrow and
transplanted in the city beautiful to
be with his mother. What happy
meeting when that mother met her
little babe, now a little angel. No
longer separated are they. Sickness
and suffering have passed and they
can dwell together in the land of rest,
eternal happiness. Deaths prison is
Gods treasury. He gamers His Jew
els there, and His precious things are
mostly hidden in the gloom. Our
loved ones cannot return to us, but
they are reckoning for us to come to
them where we shall meet them in the
sunshine of the everlasting morning,
in the gladness of the bright eternal
home.
zone sweet flower has dropped and
faded,
One sweet infant voice has fed,
One fair brow the grave has shaded
And our baby Forest is upward led
Still there fingers thought of sad
ness,
But our little one is happy now,
Dwelling with his dear mamma in
gladness,
Where the blessed angels bow.
He has gone to heaven before US,
But he waved his little hands,
Pointing to the glories DER us,
In that happy spirit land.