The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-12-12
MEMOIR.

Matilda Henry Druley was born July
passed into that higher life, called
death, from Richmond, Indiana, Dec.
9th, 1911-leaving a stainless record
of 81 years, 5 months, 26 days.
No words are necessary at this hour
to endear her memory to those pre-
sent. Her daily life in this communi-
ty is the greatest eulogy we could
present to those who knew her as
mother, sister or friend Truly she
hath done what she could to make
home happier, the world brighter, the
friendship of earth-life sweeter; and
the Master said 1T is enough, come
up higher and without moments
warning she needed the call and slip
ped away land left us dreaming how
very fair that land must be since she
is there
When little Matilda was only four
years old, and care-free as sun
her widowed mother decided to bring
her four little ones to free America
After slowing voyage of weeks they
landed at Philadelphia, and few
months later found their way to I'm
ion County, Indiana, where they bat
tied with pioneer conditions to carve
home from the miasmatic swamps
of this new state. The children at
tended all the schools they had at
that time, the cabin home was a sort
of self-culture club where these hardy
children of foreign birth developed in
to honorable, intelligent American
citizens.
On October 25th, 1866, Matilda
Henry was married to VIM. H. Druley,
of Boston township, and as the happy
years passed by, three children were
given to the new home-lston E.,
the first born son passed into the life
celestial on August 26th, 1890. He
was followed by her husband, VIM. H.
Druley, on January Is, 1908. While
her only daughter, Minnie L., and her
husband, Douglass Gillispie, and the
four youngest sons, Jesse T. Druley,
with his wife, Pearl, and little Paul
Eye Druley the grandson, were with
the mother to the end of life and are
present today And while we would
not guild their grief with vain words
of cheer, yet we want to say above
the bier of Their Mother and Our
Friend, that her sudden home-going
loses much of its sorrow and agony
because she knew while she yet lived
how much We all loved her. She will
be missed, not only in her home, but
in onfiro cnm rnnnityy
If all for whom she did a friendly
deed should seek now to voice their
gratitude this service would be pro-
longed beyond her desire.
In girlhood she accepted Jesus
Christ as her counselor and friend,
and united with the NJ E. church;
but when the Christian church was
organized in Boston she and her hus-
band transferred their membership to
this church and to it's obligations both
were true until death. Then let US
| emulate her virtues and be reconcil-
ed to our loss in that assurance that
Death is only glad awakening from
| that troubled dream called life" and
| in The Beautiful Isle OF Somewhere
We shall find that the bonds of friend
ship are eternal. and although inter
rupted for moment by the incident
of death. shall be renewed under
cloudless skies, where there is per
| feet rest for the weary one; liberty.
| for the enslaved one; homecoming, for
, the lonely and desolate one; eternal
| life. for the afflicted and discouraged
one; and all our cherished hopes shall
bloom in glad realty, and we shall find
again our loved ones long lost among
the stars.
A Friend.
Zone who loved her).