The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-10-25
OBITUARY.


visited the family CT Mr.. and Mrs
John Gramelspacher. Thick ant
fast have the shafts fallen upor
their ranks. Again and again ha,
the orderly course Of their family
been interrupted, and they hav,
been caused to pause in the pres
ence of their dead. To this unbid
den guest we must, however reluct
antly, yield time and place. In hil
dread presence all earthly concerns
must retire.
The latest to pay the great debt,
the last to cross the great river, Of
whose shores we can zee but one,
was their daughter, Mrs. Anna
Christina Moutoux, wife of Henry
l.. Moutoux, born June 16, 1870,
died Of heart failure, Thursday, Oc-
tober IL, 1901, at l o'clock p. m,
aged 81 years, 4 months and l day.
Mrs. Moutoux leaves three small
daughters and baby boy to mourn
her untimely end, and to travel
lifes rugged path without q
mothers gentle care.
This young woman was richly er.
dowed with all those more excellent
qualities Of head and heart which
60 to make up the character of a
valued and useful woman, and a
kind and loving mother. She was
a gentle, unassuming woman, full
of practical motherly care, upright,
conscientious, charitable, kind, and
abounding in all those high attri-
butes which belong to the noble
woman. The faithfulness Of hel
friendship was never questioned.
On last Thursday, as her nurse sal
by her bedside and watched over
her, suddenly the light faded from
her eye, and gently gave place tc
the ashen pallor which precedes
and he q ds the everlasting darkness
Her death was sudden, yet she was
prepared. 1t was an easy death
In life she had made no enemies
her kindliness had left her no re
morse, bit crowned her last hours
with blessings. Her motherly wall
in the path Of duty has left valued
example for the emulation of be-
friends and daughters. No con
sciousness Of wrong inflicted, or O
trust betrayed, or obligation undis
charged, or unjust word to be re-
called, could have clouded her eyes
as they gazed upon the eterna
shores whittier she was drifting
She could contemplate the past ant
the future with much serenity O
soul and with true christian insight
Her remains we're tenderly put L
rest with all the care and grace tina
human hand could command, or
Sunday morning, October 20th
Slowly the funeral procession lef
her home and took its silent way tC
St. Joseph's church, where a sol
emn requiem was sung, and many ,
silent prayer offered for the repos,
Of her soul. Ever and anon along
the PROFESSIONS path we're groups
Of people, who had come in their be
reavement to pay the last Offices O
respect to their frie nd and neighbor
Hundreds we're there, and all face.
were dark with grief. With deep
est, gentlest respect and tenderness
the casket was borne to the grave
and then, as the last crumbline
clods were composed over her ashes
the sad and silent mourners retired
with aching hearts to their homes
A gloom was cast over the faces ol
all parents as they stood by, help
less, and saw the mother Of -four
little ones lowered to her final rest.
The confidence, the friendship, the
affection, the love. the sorrow of all
go with her children and her hus-
band. In the hearts Of those pres.
ent her memory will never die.
With these hopes for our friend,
having placed her body in the en-
brace of her mother earth and com.
mended her soul to God, we pay
this last tribute to her memory, and
hold out her upright and viriuous
life for the emulation Of her family
and friends. FRIENDS.
Acknowledgment.
In my great afiliction and sorrow