The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-26

and Mrs. Ellsworth make one of til
incest couples to take upon themse
YES the yoke of matrimOny, applyin
for license locally in many n day
, They are only eighteen years Of age
! hut both had the consent of parent
and guardian and the union of heart
and hands has the hearty apprOva
OF friends and relatives. Both ar,
well known young people locally AM
, congratulations are numerous and sin
cere. The bride Is the foster daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Downs ant
a graduate of the city schools. She
has been occupied in a business wa!
since leaving school and has been {
lfayOrite socially in the circle OF he
acquaintance. The groom is the
youngest son of DR.. p. j. Ellsworth
and was born, reared and educated
Ilocally. He is an exemplary young
MAN, industrious and ambitious. He
lis possessed of some means thrOugi
a legacy and is going TO Canada &c
accept a, permanent position that of
fars a splendid opportunity for ad
Ivancement, 49,. r....
| PRESTON. - The funeral of Mrs.
Nellie Blanchard Preston, wife OF
Judge B. w. Preston, Of the Iowa SUI
Ipreme court, was held at ST. James
Episcopal church, of which the de.
ceased was n member, on Wednesday
afternoon. The services were con.
Quoted by the Rector Rev. Thomas
Horton, and the pall-bearers We're w.
y. Phillips Art Oppenheimer, |, w.
Cook, +. e. Smith, Warren Kalbach
and Phil Hoffman,. Interment was
made in Forest cemetery. A feature
| of the music was solo by her long
| time friend and neighb0r, Mrs. John
| A. kalbach, and as the cOrtege left
the church, Nearer My God TO Thee
was played on the chimes. The ser
: vices were largely attended and the
chancel was Il bank of floral offer
! ings, showing the high esteem in
which the deceased was held. Judges
iof the supreme and district courts and
members OF the Mahaska County Bar
attended in body, as did also the
Order Of the Eastern Star and T.. f.. q.
Chapter. The simple prayer service
OF the church was used, with only a
few words of comfort by Rev. Hor-
ton. The occasion was most impress
sive.
Nellie Blanchard was born in the
1860. She Was daughter OF NJ. A.
and Mary. Blanchard both natives OF
Indiana. She was reared in the town
of her birth. Marriage with Byron
w. Preston was celebrated October
&, 1850. After about one year of resi-.
dence at Newton Mr.. and Mrs. Pres
ton went TO Grinnell, where they re-
manned. about three years until com
ing 10 OskaloOsa in 1884, where they
have since resided. Two children
came to the union, Edith, the wife OF
Harry X. Spencer, living at DaVen-
port, and blanchard, student OF the
State University at Iowa City. The
on account of Illness, was
not able to be at the bedside of the
mother in the last, moments, NJ A.
blanchard. father OF the deceased
and the late, Judge L. 6. blanchard,
of OskalOOsa, we're brothers and the
deceased was a cousin Of Mrs. b. o.
Jerrel and Claude Blanchard, Of OS-
Mrs. Preston departed this
life Monday, March 16, 1914, at 1885
o'clock a. m, after an extended per
iOd of suffering, which tended to en-
phasize and to more clearly define
the goodness and n0blenesS OF an eX-
ceptional life The grief and sorrow
everywhere OccasiOned by the pass
ing Of the good woman brings to sur
face the depths TO which the intln.
encp of her life and her personality
have penetrated. Her determination,
her constant .cheerfulness and bright
ness, under all circumstances has
been an incentive to the lives OF
those who have come In contact with
her and to those who may, perhaps,
in passing have received only thee
kindly smile or word OF approval. In
her illness Mrs. Preston endured al
Hicticn that would have overwhelmed
another of less force of character.
While resigned to the end, ii such
must be, Mrs, Preston never ceased
10 hope and to struggle and not un,
til Inconsistencies claimed her in
me hours Immediately preceding dis
solution did her will cease to rule
md to sustain her. The fight for lifel
made by Mrs Preston contains in it.
self a lesson worthy of consideration
as even in her distress her example
points the way. - ..t., Il
Judge PrestOn'S associate members
IF the supreme court of Iowa were all
present for the funeral service, CHIEF
Justice Scott NJ. Ladd, of Sheldon;
Silas NJ. Weaver, of Iowa Falls;
Judge Horace e. Deemer. of Red
Oak; William d. Evans, OF Hampton;
, rank b. Gaynor, of LeMars, and
Winfield S. Winthrow of Mt. Pleas
mt. Among others present from a
distance for the funeral were Mrs.
Hattie Lane, sister OF the deceased.
ieoree w. Preston Of Avoca; Mrs.
+ Clark aud Mrs henry Vaughn,
Mrs Towne and Mrs. Mccaimont, of
les Moines: G. j.. Wilson. of WASH
ngton: C. O. MoClain, j Il. Cross,
Henry Korf and o. +, Myers. attor-
leys of Newton, and Judges .Silwold
md Talbot, of the district bench.
Mrs. Preston was one OF the first
initiates of the Oskaloosa Chapter of
he Order OF the Eastern Stars. chart
red twenty years ago. Following
he institution OF the order, Mr. and
Mrs. Preston and Miss Luna Baugh !
we're the first names added to the
oil and were initiated at the same |
wife of Corwith; A. l.. Preston and
Il Dayton. Ohio; three brOthers Of
Judge Preston, Y. q Preston and
inc