Valentine Democrat., 1905-11-09
Obituary.

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M. +. Jeffers, about mile ives
of this city, November 4, 1905
and was laid to rest in the GENE
terry west of town Nov. 6. The
funeral services were held in the
Methodist church, conducted by
the pastor, Royal D. Waterman
At the close of the service Mrs,
Morey made a few remarks com.
memorative of the faithfulness OF
the deceased as a member of the
w. G. T. U. The members of
that society attended the funeral
in body.
Mrs. Rebecca S. Holsclaw was
, the tenth child born to Judge DAY.
id and Mrs. Rebecca Conyer in
Dearborn county, Ind, Nov. 20,
1929, and hence lacked only nine
teen days of her seventy-sixth
birthday at the time of her death.
She was married to Rev. S. w.
Holsclaw, Dec. 81, 1919, and
moved to Jennings county, Ind .,
where she lived until the spring of
1854, and then moved to Monroe
county, Iowa, remaining there un-
til April, 1886, when the family
came to Valentine, Neb., where
she has since resided, except three
years that she spent in the par
sonage at Springview. She was
the mother of seven sons and a
daughter. All her children are
living except the eldest son. There
are forty-four grand children and
six great-grand children, and
counting seven grand children by
marriage the whole number of her
family was seventy-two. She was
converted in her sixteenth year
and has been a faithful member of
the church all these years. Her
home was always the home of her
pastors. She greatly assisted her
husband in the building of six
churches, soliciting and collecting
more than 500 for the old church
in Valentine. She also helped to
build up sixteen Methodist So
cieties in Iowa and Nebraska. She |
was faithful wife, good mother,
and a friend of all that was good. |
When her companion and CO.
laborer of these many years on
last Thursday broke into tears,
she said. don't cry, but pray the
Lord for sustaining grace Then
she exhorted him, don't give up
the faith, don't give up the faith"
She said all was we'll with her
soul. She is not dead but gone to
be with God and the loved ones
gone before.
Mrs. HolscIaw's death resulted
after several weeks of intense suf-
fering from injuries received in a
fall from buggy. She is mourn
ed by all and the family have the
sympathy of the entire community.
Kiss me. but do not weep, beloved;
Nay, rather, bless our God
That made SO bright all tie time
The path we together trod;
And doubt not that love thee still,
Wherever may be,
That as in life. each throb that BEATS
Is tru, as steel to thee;
And think that just beyond the veil.
Within another home,
With love and faith that he 'er shall fail
I'll wait for thee to come.
IN MEMORY OF SISTER HOLSCLAW
Dear husband do not greve !Or me,
The time will not be long,
That you and will meet agaia
Around the Heavenly throne,
Dear children, do not mourn.
For mothers gone above,
Has gone to be an angel
Where all is peace and love-
She is not dead but sleeping,
To rise on that glorious morn,
Where each one there can meet her,
If the bleSt Lords will is one
1t is hard to part with mother,
But harder for father still,
The dear one through lies bitter sorrow
VAS comfort and plea ure to him,
But Mothers gone to Heavun,
To wait your coming there;
She will meet you on that happy shore
with lace that is beamng fair.
-MRs. W. 7. BISHOP.