Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-03
Mrs. Clara COad Field.

wife of DR.. G. w. Field, died at I D.
m. on Monday, March "a, at the fami-
ly home, Humboldt, Iowa, after a few
days illness of pneumonia. The body
was brought to this city for interment,
and before leaving Humboldt funeral
services were held, Rev. NJ. S. Hold
gin, of that city officiating In his
address he said:
SIT is the function of religion, not
to do away with grief, but to take
from it it's sting-tO take from it that
element which leads to despair, that
gnaws at the heart, and drags it down
and will not be COmfOrted. To have
that view of life that makes life and
death necessary compliments of each
other, the one as natural and as ne
cessary and as beautiful as the other
each one perfecting the other, is the
view of life that purities grief, wipes
away the tears from all mourning
eyes and makes it blessed.
'There are few things that come to
us with greater shock, or that are a
Severer trial to our faith in uniVers-
al benefcence, than to see a mother in
the midst of vigorous Joyous life,
suddenly taken from her home and
from the bosom of the family. The
soul of the home seems thus to have
departed.
1--WE feel assured that the impetus
to manhood and WOmanhOOd has been
such in case of these children that
they will not pause, but go onward.
Filled with sorrow and grief they
will be seized with new impulse and
energy to attain to the perfect life
"Clara COad Field was born May
%, 1859, in Mineral Point, Wis. Her
father was Samuel COad, Of Cornwall
England, who came to America early
in life. Mrs. Field was raised and
schOOled at Mineral Point. She was
married to DR.. @. W. Field Oct. 20,
1879. Four children were born to
them, of whom one died in infancy.
The others survive to be a sOlace and
comfort to their father.
"She has lived in Humboldt county
sixteen years, and in this city nearly
five years. She had great loyalty to
friends and family. She was an af-
fectiOnate wife and mother and her
unexpected death creates a great void
in the family, in the church, in the
lodges of which she was faithful
member and in social circles. We all
recall the tireless devotion and tender
SOlicitude with which she nursed her
eldest son following the serious ca
lamity that befell him two years ago.
With this as an index to her charac-
ter we rest content with the assurance
that she is an inhabitant of universe
in which perfect justice prevails.
,"Of him who has so long and so in
timately shared her joys and burdens
we feel assured that his broad philO-
sophy of life, his comprehensive
knowledge of the world, his varied
experiences, all have led him to see
that the law of compensation holds
good,
That nothing walks with aimIess feet
That not one life shall be destroyed
Or cast as rubbish to the void.
When God hath made the pile complete
"While this philosophy, and know
ledge and experience will not prevent
grief on his part, it will take from
that grief all its bitterness, will take
will finally issue in a serene and tran
quill faith--a peaceful looking forward
to that far off divine event toward
WHICH, ULlC NlOIC CICdUIOu LuONcC.
The body arrived here on Thursday
afternoons train, accompanied by
DR.. Field and two sons, Samuel and
Cyril, The daughter, Miss Agnes,
being at the home of her grandmother
Mrs. Samuel Coad, where the last sad
rites were conducted by Rev. John
Hardcastle, pastor of the P. NJ.
church. There was large attendance
of friends and neighbors, attesting to
the deep sympathy for the bereaved
mother, husband and children of the
deceased. Among the floral offerings
was beautiful pillow of fragrant
flowers, sent by the members of the
wOman's auxiliary order of the United
Workmen, of which at the time of Der
death Mrs. Field was chief officer.
The interment was in the family lot in
Graceland.