The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07

| Fourth avenue east at 2:30 o'clock p
M Sunday, May g. Friends of the
| family are invited.
ANKENEY.-Acy David, infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. Presley Ankeney, died
at the home of the parents, two and
one-half miles south of Eddyville,
Wednesday morning at 8 O'Clock, April
80, 1908. He was born January /,
1908, having lived but 3 months and
| ~ days Death was caused by whoop-
| ing cough and complications of other
diseases. Funeral was held from the
house Thursday at one o'clock, con-
Quoted by Rev. Zendt. Interment in
Forest cemetery at Oskaloosa, Iowa.
These parents are heart-stricken over
the double bereavement, having lost
but a short time ago their little daugh-
ter Oracle, who died January IS, 1903.
Both babes were lovely in life and
sweet in death. 90
Alas! how changed that lovely flower,
Which bloomed and cheered our
, hearts. ,....-... ,.,'f'
Fair fleeing comfort of the hours,
How soon we're called apart
From adverse blasts and lowering
storms, ''s.,
This favored soul Is borne;
And with yon bright angelic forms
He lives to die no more.
A ~, ho, ooro 60 ha with ,iotar
His face no more we see,
But our souls will mount to them at
last,
And there our loved ones meet.
HULL.-Oliye NJ. Lafferty was
born at Sharon, Pa, on Oct. Z, 1929.
The family of which she was a mem
Der consisted of six girls, and five
boys. Mr. Geot.W. Lafferty, her
brother, and a well known attorney of
Oskaloosa, is the only surviving mem.
Der of that generous old Pennsylvania
home. In 1847 Miss Lafferty was
united in marriage to Mr.. +. W. Hull,
and for 81 years they have trod life's
pathway together. Three score years
is a long time to be permitted to enjoy
each others companiOnship. They
came to Mahaska county in 1857 with
the great tide of western Immigration.
For a number of years Mr.. Hull was
a farmer, but for thirty years or more
he has worked at the carpenter trade.
Their home was in OskalooSa until
six years ago, when they moved to OF
tumwa to be near the home of their
daughter, Mrs. T. p. Walker, who with
her interesting family reside in that
city. Mrs. Hull united with the
church at an early age and has all
her life been an earnest Christian. AL
ways devoted to her home and family,
she loved the church, and enjoyed her
highest pleasure in its various ser
vices. Six children were born to their
cheerful home: Florin s., Josie H.,
Eva, Ella b., Ida j. and Sadie. or
the six, but two remain to cherish her
life and unselfish devotion to their
best interests,-Mrs. Ella B. Walker
of Ottumwa and Mrs. Josie II. Corbit,
who is a teacher in the city schools
in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Florin was
for several years a druggist in Oska-
loosa The other three died in early
life. All of them are sleeping by her
side in the family lot in Forest ceme-
terry Had Mrs. Hull lived until Oct.
of this year she would have been 10
years of age. For some months time
had been encroaching on the activity
OF both of them and they gave up
their home and took rooms in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs T. p. Walker,
where they received every attention
that love could bestow. After few
days of declining strength, on Sunday
morning, April 26, Mrs. Hull quietly
fell asleep and without any evidence
of the least struggle, she peacefully
passed to the heavenly rest. The
mselfish mother and faithful wife has
closed her well spent life and gone
to her reward Her departure falls
heaviest on the aged husband, now in
his seth year. The family were
among our best citizens, who have
hosts of friends in Oskaloosa. II is
painful to contemplate how the flood
of years" breaks in on these happy
homes and leaves only wreck and
ruin. 1t is one way of teaching JUS
that we were born for a higher des-
tiny and the hand of love is guiding
|all M. Hedge