, 1904-05-18
SWEET
REST To A SOUL euRDENED WITH
MORE THAN HER SHARE OF
LIfE's SUFFERING.
Mrs. Annie Morris hegewaId Called
from the Bed Of Pain to the Life
Beautiful Beyond the Peariy Gates
Game to Wyoming When But
Four Years of Age.

she q been for W weeks. under
treatment for blood poison. The end
came after long hours Of anxious
watching by the members of the fam
lily and the faithful physician. who has
stood beside her bed using every
means he knew to fan back the iiicR
ering flame of life. With the passing
Of Mrs. Hegewald goes from the
sphere OF active life one of the best
and truest women of the city. a good
mother, always a loving and helpful
wife, a constant and earnest Christian.
a shining light in the social world of
the city and a friend to all with whom
she came in contact.
A babe was BORN to Mrs. Hegewald
on the Sd. just two weeks almost to
the hour before death of the mother.
The babe lived about ten hours, and
since it's birth the mother has been
SO i'll that her friends wondered that
she survived even the W. weeks and
fought so brave a fight for the mast
cry over the dread disease. She had
been i'll fer some time before that, but
the final illness was but a fortnight
in duration. although Unreasonable in
suffering and pain.
Annie Morris vas born at Jackson,
O., August 10, 1866, her father being
Thomo, Morris ubo d;od ling cipca
her mother being Mrs. Mary A. Seele
Of this city, 10 70 years OF age. to
whom the loss OF this daughter was a
sad blow. She is mourning and r e
fuses to be comforted. There were
four brothers and two sisters, one
brother and the other sister preceding
her to the world beyond. William Nor
ris, the Oldest of the six, died in the
Philippines two years ago and his
body was buried with military honors
at Vancouver, Wash; the sister, Mrs.
John Edwards. died at Salt Lake about
a year ago and was buried in this city.
Mrs. Hegewald came with her par
ents to Fort Laramie when she was 4
years of age. in 1870, and to Laramie
May "a, 1878, where she has since o n
tinuously resided. On the 10Th of Sep
TENDER, 1887, she vas married to
Charles Hegewald of this city,to whom
were born five children: Carrie. aged
16: Carl. aged IA; Phyllis, aged IL:
Raymond. aged ., and the babe, born
on the Sd of this month. Carrie, Carl,
Phyllis and Raymond survive their
mother and are left with the father to
bear the burden imposed by the Grim
Reaper.
The brothers of Mrs. Hegewald are
Thomas, John "a twin of the deceased
and Oscar Morris. all residents of this
city.
Mrs. Hegewald IA a member of the
Presbyterian church, Mr.. Hegewald be-
longing to the German Lutheran
church. The funeral services will be
by Rev. A. C. Hogbin, Dean Arthur G..
H. Bode and Rev. A. Walton.
The remains were taken this after
loon to the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Erne.t the latter being the sister of
Mr.. Hegewald, where they will remain
until Friday afternoon, being taken at
2:3O that afternoon to the Presbyter-
ian church, where the services will be
held. The following old-time friends
Of the family will act as pall-bearers:
Joseph Lohlein, Sayer Hansen, Alfred
Cook, Jacob Berner, Charles Troeder-
up and M. Schenck. From the church
to the cemetery will be borne all that
remains of the fond wife and loving
mother.
Mrs. Hegewald's standing in the
community is attested in a feeble way
by the number Of societies to which
she belonged, her presence marking a
spirit Of good cheer, her sunny dispo-
sition at all times making her a center
in any Of the gatherings. She was a
member and past officer of Hermion
Temple, Rathbone Sisters; past guar
dian of Wyoming circle. Women of
Woodcraft, a member Of the Birthday
club and the German Birthday club
and often the life of the Ladies' Aid so
ciety of the Presbyterian church, 'hsr
hands being eve ready to help in what
ever good works these societies had
undertaken.
With the death of Annie Hegewa.d
comes a vacant niche in the city's so
cial world hard to fill, and the sorrow
ing husband and weeping children
have the satisfaction of knowing that
the friendship SO manifested in her life
is theirs in her death. May the God Of
heaven have them v 9 in His ter<ier
care is the heartfelt prayer Of a cityful
of mourning any s~ympathizing frienSs.
Swsetheart Broke Her Ribs.
-~ - NJ. q NEn.l1 H.,