The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-10
LACEY.

The grim rider on the pale white
horse makes such frequent visits to
every community and takes away the
good rs well as the bad. that Il would
seem little was left to he said even
where he has taken one Of the mucl,
loved ones. hut there are rare ones
whose loss causes our words To spring
instinctively with our sympathy and
our tears. and yet ties the tongue
with the thought of inadeuuacy OF
speech.
The death of dear mother Lacey.
which occurred Thursday last. Marcel,
ID, adds another new made grave
which adds Its solemn voice to the
churolls of voices of all the graves of
ilc good. besccching all those lett
hchind $50 live that wien the final
summons comes Ia join that innum.
cradle caravan that travels Ia thuS,
my tic realms, where each shall take
up his chamber In the silent halls oi
death. thou 20 no, like a QUAR-,
slave. scourgcd To his dungeon. hut
sustained and sooilIcd by an unlal.
icring trust. approach thy grave Ike
one Who wraps 'lc drapcry of hi.
couch ah"u, him and lies down Ia
plcasan, dreams.
Mother Lacey lived u beautiful life.
~ a wife she was all that tod IN.
tended: a. a mother size was all that
name implies. and lhc>r brief words
portray HAT where she was. there
was home for him and them on the
liill tops of chcerfulnrs> and scrcnii \
81 high that very seldom did an,
shadows resi- upon II. but nov he and
they vino are thus lWreayrd are tray.
cling In the valley of grief between
the hills, with the longest night and
the shortest day, for u was she, the
dear. Christian mother IN the house,
who made the home, moi always an
easy task Ia do. but when accom-.
plisl'cd she then becomes queen IN
that domain. The night was never
too dark, or the task too great, that
she did not answer the neigiibor' =
call IN the hour Of need.
Mary Jane Patterson was born In
Homney, Virginia, February 10, 1885,
and died al her home In Maitland,
March I'd. 1911. age III years and ~
days.
Sine was married To Judge q. W.
Lacey, January u, 1866. and settled
IN Ohio. They moved to Holt count |.
IN 1857, where they have since resided.
To this union was born four sons and
two daughters. tine son, three years
old, crossed over the river In 1867 To
await the coming Of mother, Prof.
W. u. Lacey, Of Maysyille, Rev. U,G.
Lacey, Of Liichiield, Mimi: !. q.
Lacey, of Oregon, Mrs. Elizabeth 4.
Conway. Of Graham, Mrs. u. +. He'd
den, wife Of Rev. l.. lIcdden, of Pal
myra, Neb,, and their husbands, with
the husband, Judge q. ". Lacey,
were present AT the funeral. There
are eight grandchildren living, two
dead and two great grandchildren.
The funeral services were conducte ed
March I, 1911, from the NJ. T.. churcl,
Of which she has been a faithful MEM
Der since her conversion at ~ years
of aye. Tie services were In charge
of her pastor, Rev. W. Il. Enyeart,
assisted by Rev. j. II. Jones, of the
Presbyterian church. The pastor
spoke comfortingly from I Cor. 1919;
III In this life only we have hope In
Christ. we are of all men most miser.
able" Ills words we're cheering to
the dist racted husband and weeping
children. They stimulated hope Of
that unseen world which had already
received this beautiful soul. The
choir sang Lead Kindly Light"
"Saved by Grace" and Mrs. Mary
Randall Bohart sang, "Face to Face"