The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1914-06-12
THE DEATH OF
MRS. 7. w. SHOOK


who have sat IN the shadow of great
! bereavement can Justly weigh such
a sorrow as death brings. Those who
have gone down into the valley of
suffering and stood for months by the
side of a loved one, as hope after hope
dropped away "a the petals fall from
fading flower, knows that such an
guish cannot find solace in the ten
derest words.
Mrs. Shook had been suffering for
months with the dreadful disease
Sarcoma, unique in its rarity, and
though her death was not unexpected
the manner in which it came was a
shock 10 the community. Her case
was a hopeless one and submitting
with christian courage to the will OF
the Master it was her request that
she be taken to her girlhood home at
La Jose, Penn, to die. On last Fri
day May 29th, attended by her hus-
band, her mother, Mrs. James Byers,
and her sister, Laura, they left on the
80 train for the east, expecting to be
met by relatives in Chicago and after
a short period of recuperation contin-
ne their journey. Her strength, how
ever, had been over estimated by her.
self and the attending physician and
nurse, for as the train was leaying
Okaton, the second station east, the
tired spirit returned TO Him who gave
it. Amidst what suffering and long
ing for a sight Of old home and dear
ones none will ever know save One,
who Doeth all Things Well"
The body was taken on to Cham
berlain and embalmed ard will be in
tered in the family burial lot at La
Jose, Penn.
This case is the saddest that has
ever fallen to our lot TO chronicle. Less
than year ago Mrs. Shook, in the
full bloom of young womanhood, was
remarkable for appearances Of health
and beauty. But the awful disease
lurking in her system from infancy,
upon the first provocation commenced
it's work of destruction and a% that
expert medical skill. tender hands and
10y ing hearts could do was of no avail
and the young life passed into the JOY
of her Lord. the memory of which
must prove a perpetual inspiration to
those who knew her best. VainIy
cropping after the infinite meanings
we cry: Why should so precious, so
necessary life be taken? The old,
wered till the veil of our mortal vision
be rent by Immortality, and we see.
not as now, darkly, but face to face.
Then also may we behold the heayen-
ly mansion which perhaps she was
called thither, thus early. to help pre-
pare for her loved ones. Her sweet
face made sunshine in a shady place.
A perfect lady at all times-under all
circumstances, she seemed born to
inspire the loye and respect of all who
were 80 fortunate as to be acquainted
WIFI HcT. one was vi an auCcbIDDale
disposition, bright and winning in her
ways so that friendships circle was
to her large one. Among us all she
ranked always as a woman of culture,
refinement, sympathy; kind neigh
Dor, devoted wife and true friend,
and withal a woman of heroic mould
in bravely meeting the stern require
ments and the disappointments of life.
But now TO her the struggle and burd-
en- bearing OF earth is ended, and we
confidently trust that like one who
awakes from troubled dream she
has awakened to see life's endless
morning break and knows herself at
HOME.
She leaves besides her husband and
baby girl, her father and mother, sis
ters and brothers, and host Of friends
to mourn her death. The united SYM
pathy of this community goes out to
the bereaved ones in their hour of
sorrow.
Owing to the absence OF relatives
We are without the necessary particu-
lars to publish complete obituary
hat do Of L.