The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-03-28

| loving and patient to the end. One
more angel is added to the host OF
heaven, but she lives on in the better
thoughts of those who loved her. In
hope of regaining health she went in
July last to Lyons, Colo, where she
was joined by her husband, Later
they went to Denver, thence to San
Antonio, Texas, where they remained
until her death. The remains were
taken to Seneca, South Dakota, and
laid to rest by the side of her brother
Fred, who preceded her but one short
year.
"Oh! bring us home at last,
Thou Who didst guide when our
morn was bright;
Darkness ia falling fast,
Gather Thy children home before
the night.
o! bring us home at last,
Our Fatherl Bid our weary wan
derings cease.
Uplift the veil o'ercast,
Between our spirits and the home
of peace"
DEATH OF MOTHER IRWIN.
Sully Ledger: Died, at her home in
New Sharon, Tuesday, March II, 1901,
at 3 p. M, Mrs. Eliza Irwin, relict of
the late Robert @ Irwin, aged rs years.
Mother Irwin removed with her hus-
band to Mahaska county, Iowa, in
1850, settling on Skunk river, near
where the Oskaloosa water works
plant is now located, but later they
removed to Oskaloosa where they re-
sided until 1858, when they removed
to farm sis miles west of that town,
where they resided until eight years
ago when they sold their farm and
took up their home at New Sharon.
For upwards of forty years she had
been patient and silent sufferer from
disease, during all of which time she
bravely fought the battle of life, and
when the final end came she was pre-
pared to answer the call of the Mas
ter She was to this writer more than
a mother-in-law, in the usual sense of
the term, it being our good fortune in
early years, shortly after losing our
own mother, to make her acquaint
ance, and to her are we indebted for
much that tended to make life pleas
ant during the years of our young
manhood. Her many acts of kind.
ness, her motherly words of encour-
agement, will ever live in our mem
DRY. Mother Irwin was in many re-
spects the most remarkable woman
we have ever known. Deprived of
her eyesight for upwards of thirty
years, at least 10 the extent of not
b. ing able to read yet she was en-
abled through having others read to
her, 10 keep abreast of the times to
an extent that few women, or even
men, were better posted than she as
to the worlds doings. Her wonder
fully rem rkable memory enabled her
to retain that which che heard and
when the time came for its use all she
had to do to enable her to intelligently
discuss upon almost any topic was to
draw upon memory's storehouse. She
leaves one son, James A. Irwin, of
Oskaloosa, and one daughter, Mrs.
j. w. Jones, of Sully, to mourn their
loss. Vale mother, farewell. You
lived noble life; you fought the bat
Ito bravely and womanly, and are now
enjoying the rest that awaits those of
earth who live as you lived. Peace
to your ashes. Rest, sweet rest, to
your soul.
CARD OF THANKS.
l desire to thank all the kind friends
for their many kind words and acts
of sympathy extended toward me and
mine during our great bereavement
and sorrow; also those who remem-
bered US during my wife's illness,
with flowers and other expressions of
love, and to all who assisted in the
funeral services and helped to cheer
us in our great sorrow.
j. w. McMULLIN.