Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-09-05
DEATHS.

MOHAN-August 81, 1901, Francis n,
infant son Of Thomas Mohan, aged
months.
LEWIS-At her home in Evans City.
September /, 1901, - daughter OF
Rev. Lewis, aged 6 years.
HALL-At his home in Butler, August
30. 1901, Isaac a. Hall, in his 18th
year.
His remains were taken to Hallston,
Saturday He was the father of Milton
J. Hall and Mrs Sadie Allen of Cherry
twp, and moved to Butler some years
ago.
RAY-At his home in Renfrew, Aug. |
30, 1901, T NJ. Ray, aged IS years.
PEASE-At his home in Butler. Aug. |
90, 1901, Chas Pease, aged 32 years.
The death of this young man Is much I
regretted He leaves wife and three |
small children who were dependent up |
on him. He was industrious and re-
spected and his funeral on Sunday last |
was largely attended.
SNYDER-At her home in Mercer twp, |
Aug. %, '01 Margaret, widow of Philip |
Snyder, decd, aged n years.
She is survived by four sons.
WASHABAUGH-At her home in
Grove City, daughter of DR.. Washa-
baugh formerly of Anandale.
The deceased was grand-chlld OF !
w. P. Braham Of Harrisville.
DOWNEY-At her home, 212 West st
Butler, August 81, 1901 Mrs. j. A. |
Downey.
Her remains were shipped Saturday |
evening to Murrinsville her former
home, for burial.
BRACKEN-At her home on Miffiin ST. |
Butler, Sept. 2, 1901, Sarah daughter
of Edward Bracken, aged years.
Mrs. Bracken is in the hospital suffer
ing with typhoid fever The cause of
the child's death was appendicitis,
Obituary.
Mrs. NORTON WIGToN.
Mrs. Norton Wigton of the West End,
Butler, died at the Hospital, Wednes-
| day, Aug 2S. 1901, after an illness or a
| few DAYS. She died trusting in the
| Lord She was a kind and gentle moth |
er, loving wife and was loved by all
| who knew her. She leaves husband. |
/ four children and host of friends to
mourn her loss.
Mother. thou was mild and lowly;
Gentle as summers breeze;
Pleasant as the dew of evening
AS it floats among the trees.
Dearest mother. thou has left us,
And thy loss we deeply feel,
But It's God who has bereft us,
He can all our sorrows heal.
Yet again we hope to meet thee,
When the days of life are fled
When in Heaven once more to greet |
thee,
yNbara M foraua11 taa~c nro sbQ1
Mrs. E. E. r.
(Oil City Derrick please copy.)
MISS MYRTLE COOPER.
Miss Sarah Myrtle Cooper died |
August Is, 1901 at 4 o'clock in the |
morning at her home in Butler, aged |
% years, 1 month and IA days. She |
was sick only two weeks and in the |
earlier part of her sickness suffered |
greatly. He sickness was infamma
ton of the stomach and bowels and
for several days it seemed to be checked |
and there was hope of her recovery.
But the kope was disappointed and
the anguish of loss was even greater by |
reason of it. She took worse on Wed
nesday evening and gradually, pain
lessly, quietly passed away in the early |
morning of Thursday. She was the
Cooper and the sister Of Rev. John
Cooper of Iowa. and Rev Robert
Cooper of Washington. These with a
younger son James make up the family
that is so sorely bereft.
Religious services were conducted at
the family residence in Butler on Fri
day at 3 p. M, by Rev. r. G. Ferguson
and he following morning her re-
mai,s we're taken by loving friends TO
Hookstown for burial in the Mill Creek
cemetery.
Myrtle entered the preparatory
course in Westminster College in the
fall of 1894 and completed the class
ical course in June 1900. She was a
faithful successful student-in some
scientific lines an enthusiastic student
In these lines she was ambitious am
bilious in the best sense-ambitious to
excel. She had plans reaching into the
future in this life, which good God,
wisely though mysteriously to us, has
seen fit to defeat. Myrtle was mem
Der of the Shiloh U. 2. Church, Of
which her father is the pastor, making
a profession of her faith when but little
girl.
In college she took an active part in
the Christian Associations of the college
and the Second U. p church. Her
kindly sunny way won for her the affec
tion of the young people Of the colnmu
nifty of New Wilmington. During the
two weeks of her illness as loving
friends anxiouslY watched by her bed
side there were many hearts among MS
beating in unison with theirs.
She entered upon school work in s
Butler in Sept. 1900 and it is pleasant I
to note that she won the approval of ,
her employers and the regard of ber ]
pupils in a very large degree. One of
t he Directors who takes deep interest
in the schools spoke to me of her sue
cess as phenomenal. With character :
lstic eagerness she looked toward a con
tinuance of her work in the same place.
But God has determined otherwise and
after a brief illness her life on earth has
closed. Her religion stood her in good
stead in the time of closing. She left
for her absent brother who
was too distant to reach her-messages
IF counsel and cheer, assuring him of
her own happy departure.
Though we take leave of our young
friend with sorrow, our sorrow is not a
nopless one. There is a silver lining to
a very dark cloud. Absence from the
body means at home with the Lord and
these broken ties may be rejoined in the
land in the day Of the Lords
coming.
Mr.. EpITOR-Permit me- through
your paper, to extend to all friends my
own as we'll as the gratitude of all the
of my family for the kind
and help extended us at the
lime of the illness and death of our
lear daughter.
W. J, COOPER.