The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-07-27
OBITUARY.
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Tarbet,
The death of Mrs. Della Tarbet in
this city last Saturday removes from
the scene of life one of the best
known and most benevolent of Salt
Lakes residents. Since the death of
her husband. many years ago, she
lived with her son, A. H. Tarbet. The
] mutual affection and love of the
mother and child had grown so in
! tense that nothing but the most press
! ing business could keep them apart
During her last illness Mr.. Tarbet
was in New York. When informed of
his mothers illness he returned i'm
mediately, but arrived too late to wit
ness the dying scene. This intensified
his sorrow, as his great wish was to
see her and whisper to her loving
words so often expressed before.
Friends did all that could be done to
make Mrs. Tarbets last hours peace
able and happy. The same friends
helped to remove the burden of A. H
Tarbets grief. After his arrival ar
rangements were made for the flu
neral. which took place on Wednesday
morning from st. Marys church. At
10 O'Clock a solemn requiem mass was
sung by Father Kelly. Bishop Seaman
presiding in the sanctuary. The choir.
under the direction of Miss Nora Glea-
son sang. Bishop Seaman read from
the ritual of prayers of the dead.
Father Kelly, who assisted his lord
ship, paid a last tribute to the de-
ceased, saying:
She is not dead; she sleeDeth."
That was how Christ expressed his |
sympathy when a certain woman had |
lost her only child. The mothers sor-
row was so intense and the mourn
ca
stopped the funeral cortege. and
asked why they wept Being told that
a good mother had lost her only child |
and was disconsolate, He too was
moved to compassion and said: She
is not dead she sleepeth" That is
how the Catholic church views death.
1t IS the beginning of life. and means
eternal rest and happiness. That has
been the faith of the human race since
time began, viz, that the soul, after
it leaves the body, begins to live its
eternal life, for which God created it.
1t nonors the body by bringing it be-
fore the altar, those candles which
YOU see symbolic the light of faith.
Friends, too, follow the example of the
church in honoring the body by pre-
senting flowers and other marks of es-
TEEN. 1t is an instructive. and maybe
4 conscious act of faith in the i'm
mortality of the soul. Is it a delusion
1r superstition? There is no rea.lon {
o think SO. There are hundreds of
'easOnS to think the contrary Hpw {
happy the thoughts how joyous the l
ceilings that spring from this act &f {
attn. she is not dead; she Sleep
.th" We shall see that body glorified
n heaven, and shall understand all
bout the soul and it's mysterious rela- \
ions with the body. !
The deceased reached the venera BILE
-ge of three score and twelve years.
Her life was as simple and innocent as
hat of a child. Truly Christian, her
Ong and edifying life was a prepara-
ion for death, and heaping up treas
res above. She was mother, and the :
My earth treasures she ever spoke of :
vas her children. With all the in =:
tincts and laudable pride of a mother .
he thought there were no children I.
Ike hers. In her last illness she man ::
tested the greatest patience and re- ::
ignation, and after being fortified by ::
he sacraments and realizing that she ::
ad not very long time to live. she ::
-as resigned. She had no regrets in ::
arting with this world. Her treas ::
res, l. e., her children, would surely ::
blow, and the hope of a happy union ::
heaven made her happy. That ::
nought takes the sting away from ::
cath, and its apparent victory When ::
e consider the hope of blissful i'm ::
it is no victory. for in the ::
ords of our Lord, "She is not dead. ::
ut sleeDeth." ::
The pall-bearers were Colonel Wall. Z:
IT. ]. D. Wood, Mr.. p. J. Moran, Mr.
c. Lynch, Major Wilkes, Mr.. Robert
owler, Judge Meyer, Mr.. o. X. Lewis, Il
r. H. H. Tarbet, Mr. ]. G. Doolittle 81
Though there was an understanding 81
lat there would be no flowers, yet
lere was a profusion of them from II