Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-03-30
In Memoriam Kate c. Hartman.

In Memoriam Kate c. Hartman.
With the dawning of the beautiful
spring flowers emblems of our own
great resurrection, Kate c. Hartman
passed away on the morning of We'd
nesday, March 22, 1911, at the age
Of 81 years. Kate c. Spurlock was
born in Ray county, Missouri, August
4, 1889, and was married to John P.
Hartman Oil Sept Is. 1875 at Rich
mond, Mo. In 1879 the young couple
crossed the plains overland, and To-
Gated on Camas Prairie, taking up
the first locations and building the
first residence on Shebang creek in
the heart Of the prairie the same year.
The Hartman family are therefore to
be classed as among the real pioneers
Of this section, and during their long
residence they prospered and made
friends.
Hers was bright and beautiful
life, the depth and fneness of which
was known only to those who knew
her best. Her heart was full of SYM
pathy for others, and she ever made
life bright and happy for those around
her or brought within the radius Of
her spiritual efforts. She joined the
Baptist church in early life, always
remained a consistent member, and
was ever at the post of duty comfort
ing sad hearts and living life which
exemplifed the Golden Rule to the
very uttermost. This removal from
earth of one of its best, a beloved
wife, sister and daughter is hard to
understand. 1t is hard to look through
the clouds and see the good of it all;
to see the blessing to come from the
death of one who SO completely filled
her husbands heart and home, for
Gods ways are past finding out, but
we know it is for the best, for there
is divine authority for the statement
that 'the souls of the righteous are
in the hands of God; there shall no
torment touch them,' blessed are
the dead which die in the Lord, they
rest from their labors.
The funeral services were held at
the Baptist church on Saturday under
the services of w. n. Knox, an old
friend of the family who formerly
resided here and who came from Col
dendale for the purpose Of officiating
at the last sad obsequies. A large
assembly of friends were present to
witness the solemn ceremonies over
her moral remains; their hearts burn
ing with sympathy for the bereaved
husband and daughter.
For some time past Mrs. Harri-
man was victim of that dread disease
cancer, and endured her sufferings
with Christian fortitude. In October
last, in company with her husband,
she journeyed to Missouri, and thence
to California in the hope Of obtaining
relief from the malady, but without
/, avail, and few weeks since she re-
, turned to Grangeville knowing that
; her days on earth were numbered
With sublime confidence in the here
after she contemplated the end ano
peacefully passed away.
Her surviving relatives are JOIN
P. Hartman, her husband; Laura
Telcher, her daughter: Mrs. q. "
Keyes, Richmond, Mo-; Mrs. }. Z
: Bowen, Long Beach, Cal; Mrs. "
ID. Wilson and mother, Fresno, Cal.
, "Now we would not have you lg
, norant concerning them that fal
! asleep, that ye sorrow not as the,
:, : that have no hope. For God appoint
= = ed us not unto wrath, but unto TIT
!. obtaining of eternal life; that, whethe
we wake or sleep, we should live to
{ gether with him For whether we live
we live unto the Lord; or whether W
die, we die unto the Lord; whether "
i live, therefore, or die, we ere tn
G Lords.