The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-07-28
MRS. C. 0. DAWSON NO MORE
DIED AT NOON SATURDAY AZ
TER A LINGERING ILLNESS.
Rev. -Eldridge, in His Sermon, EuIO-
gized Her Loyalty to the Poor
and to the Church


/ Although the death Of Mrs o. c.
Dawson, which occurred at 1900
/ O'Clock Saturday. July %, at her COM
Portable and beautiful home, was not
unexpected, yet the news OF her pass
ing over" was upon every ones lips.
/ She has lived here so long Mary
Dawson was known to so many peo-
pie!
The funeral was held from the
/ home at 10 o'clock Monday forenoon
After the singing of My Jesus, As
Thou Wilt by quartette, Rev. John
| Eldridge OF the Methodist church
preached the sermon. taking his text
from John 1I-11-"OUr friend Laz-
arus sleepeth." At the conclusion
Of the sermon, the quaTtette sang.
abide With Ne
As a beautiful introduction to the
subject matter Of his theme, the
speaker told Of the life that had fall
en- asleep; how loyal Mrs. Dawson had
ever been to all enterprises OF the
church, and how she had been the
friend Of the poor. That was a glow
ing eulOgy in itself for any life, how
ever nObIe-the friend OF the poor
fulfilling the teaching Of the great
Nazarene, Il was an hungred, and ye
gave me meat; was thirsty and ye
Z ~
me"
Our friend" said Rev. Eldridge.
has gone the way Of all the earth.
Death is no respectOr Of persons;
from the beggar TO the millionaire,
the grim reaper is equally unkind-
But after ali. man is evidently in
harmony with his environment and
death is but the sunset Of his life.
The scriptures commonly refer to
death as a falling asleep, which has
for its antithesis, an awakening. The
conception Of the death angel, also
spoken Of in the bible, intimates i'm
mortality, but the absolute demon
stratiOn Of life beyond the grave is i'm
possible to us For reasons perhaps
best known to himself, Jesus did not
let us into all the secrets Of our heav-
emily home. but he comforts US with
these words, In my Fathers house
are many mansions While death
seems to be a process of destruction.
we should not forget that all life ap-
parently springs from death Resur-
rectiOn is everywhere
In the spiritual world sin works
a destruction analogous to death in
the material world But on the other
hand, kindness, love, charity, can new
er die. Would you believe? Then let
US so live that our lives may be as
corner stones, polished after the SINH
litude Of a palace, and in the end
hope for that metamorphOsis into ct
ernaI life
Mrs. DawsOn's eccentricities were
not after her own nature, but were
the result OF her enfeebled health.
The people who knew her best, loved
her most. Her maiden name was
Mary Jane Hymer. She was born
near Mount Sterling, Ill, February
%, 1912, and at the time of her de-
mise was therefore in her sixty-fourth
year
In 1853 she came with her parents
to Kansas, the family settling near
Centralia- A little later she went to
live in Worth county, Missouri. where
on the 23d of October, 1862, she was
married to Osborne c. Dawson. To
them were born six children, three
boys and three girls The three girls
died in childhood, and one son, Edi-
son R, died in 1897, being in his 3Oth
year. In 1887 the family moved to
Sherman county, settling near the
present site Of GOodland- The next
year they built a house in GOOdIand
and since that time this has been the
family home.
In early life Mrs Dawson united
with the Methodist church. After her
marriage she united with the Disci-
pies church, but later with her hus-
band joined the Methodist Episcopal
church, OF which she continued a
member till the day Of her death.
She is survived by her husband and
two sons, Frank Dawson Of West
phalia, Kan, and Alfred Dawson Of
GOOdland, also three sisters and two
brothers.
Nj and Mrs. Frank Dawson Of
Westphalia, Kan. and Miss Gertie
Hymer Of Belle Plain, Kan, a niece Of
the deceased, were present at the
funeral
Burial was made in the family lot
in the GOOdland cemetery