Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-24
TO REST BESIDE HER
SON AND DAUGHTER
Body of Mrs. Thomas Fitzpatrick to
Be Taken to Cleveland, o.,
for Burial.
FUNERAL SERVICES YESTERDAY


Funeral services for Mrs. Thomas
fitzpatrick were held at 4 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at her late home,
300 Chicago street, Rev. Z. II.
jerks, pastor of the First Presby-
terian church, officiating.
The following were pallbearers:
Sanford Richardson, Ezra Millard, c..
c. Belden, Harry Doorly. Hal Yates,
W. F. Baxter and Robert CowelI.
The body was taken to the sta
ton Immediately after the services
to be transported to Cleveland, O.,
Mrs. Kilpatrick's former home, for
interment. George Mixter of Rock
Island, ILL.,, Mrs. Kilpatrick's son-in-
law, will accompany the body.
Following is a tribute written by one
who knew her we'll:
The Passing of n Gentle Woman.
Harriet i. Fitzpatrick became the wife
Of Thomas fitzpatrick more than forty
years ago in Cleveland o. Three chill
dren were born to them in that city.
The youngest, a beautiful boy (Charle)
child was grevious bow to the
parents, one indeed from which they
never fully recovered. Mrs. Fitzpatrick
Joined her husband i'm this city some
twenty-seven years ago. coming here
from England. where she had gone for
the benefit of the health of her eldest
daughter. This daughter. Jessie, died
soon after the family came to Omaha.
Ire Nrg, la,
things for the good of this community
and music. art and literature found in
her a cordial patron. She was, we be-
lieve. charter member of the Womans
club. The Young Mems Christian asso-
citation and the Young Womens Chris
tian association received her generous
support.
Her heart went out to the poor and
afflicted everywhere. and she was espe-
cially interested In the old and those of
tender years. Active in the Creche, she
was one OF its directors from the start
ing OF the institution. Many were the
recipients OF her bounty privately, and
these will miss her very much. for It
was her custom to call on many of them
with her husband from time to time. lie
with whom she trod life's pathway viii
ANNi NNis iOAtAg now W me MlSs hll-
patrick had been ailing for some time.
no one expected so sudden an ending.
She attended a lecture on last Friday
Since that time she had gradually grown
weaker and on Sunday she m o. have felt
as she visited with her husband:
Life! we have been long together,
! Through pleasant and through cloudy
weather,
,ITis hard to part when friends are dear;
Perhaps twill cost a sigh or tear:
} Then steal away, give little warning
Choose thin owne time,
say not good night, but in some brighter
cline
/ Bid me good morning!
The only surviving child Florence. mar
ried George d. MiXter of the John Deere
Plow company They reside at Rock
/ Island, where they have a sweet little
daughter who was a great Joy to both
grandparents. How true 1t Is that here
we 'see as through a glass darkly." II
] is comforting to think that now the mys-
] terry is over, and we love to believe that
she was greeted on the other shore with
/ the welcome sound
Mother from the daughter and son
who had gone before.
/ Pilot, how far from home?
/ Not far. not far tonight.
! a flight OF spray, a seabirds flight,
/ 4 flight OF tossing foam,
| And then the lights are out
After all years are not long. nor lives
( the longest that survive. This gentle
/ woman's place In the community will not
be easy to fill. Ever courteous and con
slderate, she had hosts OF friends one
/ OF these friends remarked, IF she ever
thought unkindly she never uttered an
| unkind expression" Omaha was better
for her coming and is poorer for her go.
ing.
Her remains will rest in Lake View
cemetery, Cleveland. o.. by the side OF
those OF her dear daughter, Jessie. anc
her darling son. Charlie. Mrs Kilpat.
rlcks father was at one time mayor OF
Ohio City what Is now Cleveland). III,
remains also. and those OF his wife, rest
= IN the same beautiful spot r. c.