The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-19
MEETS HER REWARD
Mrs. E. j. Davidson BIDS Farewell to
Earthly Trfafs

/ Yesterday morning at the undertaking
parlors of Director I ". Gill; occurred
the funeral of Mrs. E J. Davidson.
mother Of Mrs va NJ Moore. Of l4l5
North Emporia avenue Mrs. Davidson
arrived in Wichita on the night of the
9Th having made the long and arduous
journey from Palouse, Washington. She
was very feeble when she reached WIoh-
its~ and sank very rapidly. The best Of
medical service was rendered her at the
home Of her daughter, but it was early
seen that hospital attention was neces-
sary, and she was removed TO St. Francis
( hospital in the hopes that immediate re-
lief might be given her. She breathed
her last, however, at Il o'clock Wednes-
Cay night. The funeral services yester-
Gay We're preached by Rev. A. A Parker
OF St. Paurs Methodist church, and the
speaker spoke most comforting words TO
the bereaved mourners, and his touching
eulogy to the deceased left & lasting i'm
preston on the minds and hearts of all
those present. The Stock Yards interests
sent a floral offering Of a beautiful harp
which was richly laden with the most
choice Of hot house flowers The pail
bearers were; Superintendent ". r. Du-
laney, Inspector H c. Tiford, A. D
Spencer. and Mr.. VIM. Bank The re-
mains were conveyed to Maple Grove
cemetery and there Inferred after a brief
grave service. The circumstances sur
rounding the death Of Mrs. Davidson are
peculiarly Ditiful She was Old in years
and suffering with the weight of infrmity
and added to this she had met with a fall
which had augmented her malady. An
internal affliction made this worse and
she left her far off northwest home to
reach Wichita in time to meet her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Moore. On the way here she
suffered great physical pain but her
sanity spirit and her sense Of religious
reliance on another power, prompted her
TO pray that she might be spared long
enough to reach this city. This was
granite dto ier and she smilingly met her
daughter and with resignation which
only pure Christian heart could expert
ence, she bravely met her last fate and
welcomed the Grim Messenger who had
for her the last challenge which surely
must be welcome to those VINO have
faithfully served, and then wait Mrs
Davidson has one son in the Philippines
day befre she was stricken unconscious.
Her latest prayer was for him and taat
the flag ne founght under might never
be dishonored. She has two sons,
daughter and a brother In Minnesota, and
one sister in Indiana Her son-in-Iaw,
Mr.. Eli Moore, has been for the past
eight years the resident inspector at the
Union Stock Yards for the Texas Live
stock Association. and has in Wichita a
host of friends who generously extend to
him and his estimable wife their most
earnest expressions of sympathy in this
their hour of unconsolable grief
Mrs. Davidson was ore Of those
Mothers IN Israel" who have lived life |
of charity and who die dwith her trust /
implicitly stationed in the keeping of her /
Saviour. She is now well released from /
all earthly pains and suffering, and those
who are left behind to weep and TO /
mourn win miss her and her warm smile (
OF eongeniaI friendliness. but they must /
that what is their loss is bound /
10 be her gain.