The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-12-03

Marriage Licenses.

Marriage Licenses.
Following is the list OF marriage ii
censes issued by the clerk since our
last re- ort. y
lNo. Name. Residence. Age
! 625--John Van Zante, Portland o., a
/ Rachel Dofneselaar, Pella. ... 81
| COXE.--Mrs. Fannie Coke, wife o
Herbert L. Coke. died suddenly at hel
home, No 205 North fnird street
Saturday afternoon at five O'Clock
following an illness that had been re
1 garded as critical only within the
| twenty.four hours preceding death
which resulted from rheumatism o.
the heart Mrs. Coke was widely
! known and the announcement of hel
/ death was received with surprise and
4 regret. The grief and the sorrow Of
the husband and the members of the
family are shared by hundreds OF
| friends.
The funeral was held at the home,
No. 205 North Third street, at 13:0O
O'clock Tuesday morning. The
funeral was largely attended, the horIe
being taxed to accommodate all Who
came to pay this last tribute of re.
spect. The service was conducted by
Rev. Alexander McFerran, of the First
Presbyterian church. Special music
was provided by a male quartette,
Fred Jarvis, Roy Kemble, Claire D..
Gordon and j. l. Tony. The pail bear
ers were George Godfrey, of Abba,
Chris winters, Fred Wheeler, W. G.
Jones, T. NJ. Shockley and George
A. Morrow
At the close of the service by the
minister the grand funeral honors of
the Grand Chapter Pythian Sisters
were conferred. Always impressive
and touching they seemed donbly SO
in this instance and the voices OF
singers choked with emotion. @H
The casket rested in a great bank
of the most beautiful flowers, elo-
quent bearers of the sympathy from
the friends of the bereayed. Tribute
was thus paid by the Grand Temple,
Pythian Sisters, the Oskaloosa Tenn
pie, of which Mrs. Coke had been a
charter member, Knights of Pythias
Lodge and the Oskaloosa Woman's
Club
Among those in attendance at the
funeral from a distance were: Mr..
and Mrs George Godfrey, of Abba;
and Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Wilson, of
Des Moines. Mrs. johnson, of Knox.
vile, the representative Of the Grand
Chapter, delayed by a railway con-
necSion, was unable to reach the city
in time for. the funeral services.
The body was taken to Rose Hill,
the funeral party being accompanied
by a number Of carriages. brief
prayer service was conducted at the
home of the parents, Mr.. and Mrs. -.
NJ. Jarvis, upon the arrival of the
party at the Rose Hill home. Inter
ment was made in Rose Hill GENE
terry.
Fannie NJ. Jarvis was born in Rose
Hill, Iowa, December 20. 1866. She
was the daughter of DR.. w. NJ. Jarvis
and wife. prominent pioneer residents
OF Mahaska County, and who yet re
side in Rose Hill. Her girlhood days
were spent in her native village until
November 90, 1856, when she was
united in marriage to Herbert l..
Coke, son of DR.. ]. c. w. Coke, we'll
known minister of the Methodist
church and former pastor in Oska
loosa, now a resident of Los Angeles,
California. The young people went to
Oskaloosa to reside Immediately after
their marriage, where Mr.. Coke was
engaged in business, and with the eS
ception of few years residence in
Kansas, the deceased maze her home
in this city until her death, which oc-
Cured at her home, 207 North Third
Street, Saturday, November 2S, 1908,
aged Al years, II months and s days.
She leaves, besides her sorrowing
husband, father, mother, one sister,
Mrs. Jennie Slocum, of Rose Hill, and
two brothers, Julius Jarvis, OF Smith
Center Kansas, and John Jarvis, OF
Sedan, Kansas.
On account of old age and ill-health,
the parents of the deceased were I'M
able to be present at the last sickness
and death of the daughter, or the fun
eral services at the home in this city,
and for that reason the remains were
taken to the parental home for a short
service in order that the aged par
ents might take a last look at their
beloved dead.
OF a cheerful, happy and viyacious
disposition, Mrs. Coke was the life of
any circle in which she moved, and
could always be counted on to be q
most active member. She was char
ter member of the Oskaloosa Wo-
mans Club, and became a prominent
worker in that body from its incep
ton. She was Recording Secretary of
the organization from 1898 to 1903.
and at the time of her death was a
member OF the Board OF Management
and also Journalist.
The Pythian Sisters will also great
ly miss her services and attendance,
she being most active member of
that order She had served In about