The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
Mrs. Emma Arnold Bowman.

Emma Arnold, daughter of Lewis
and Margaret Arnold, was born near
Greencastle, Indiana, August 10,
1913. In 1916 she moved with her
parents to Iowa, the day the state
was admitted to the union. Her
girlhood days were spent at the Ar
mold homestead near Blakesburg,
Monroe county, Iowa. In 1854 she
came to Decatur county to teach
school in the settlement three miles
south of Davis City, known as New
Buda. Here she met Lieut.. Samuel
Bowman, to whom she was married
June 10, 1866. Mr.. and Mrs. Bow
man moved Immediately to their
farm home two miles north of Davis
City, where they resided until De-
cember, 1898, and where their chill
dren, four sons and four daughters
were born to them, all of whom sur
7vive them except the youngest son,
Roy, who died from drowning July
IS, 1896. Since the death of her hus-
hand at Davis City October 10, 1899,
Mrs. Bowman has resided in Leon,
Iowa. She died January 81, 1918,
@at the age of Z l years, months and
6 days. Her illness was of short
duration and the end came painlessly
and without a moments warning.
In company with her husband, she
united with the Presbyterian church
during the residence at Davis City.
Later her membership was transfer
red to Leon.
She is survived by one brother,
r. b. Arnold of Abba, Iowa, one sis
ter, Mrs. S. w. Hurst of Leon. She
4 leaves seven children and eleven
grandchildren. Her children are w.
L. Bowman of King City, Mo-, Mrs
w. A. Brown, of Lincoln, Neb., Dr.
r. A. Bowman, of Leon, Iowa, Mrs
Frank Grimes, of Denison, Iowa, Mrs
p. F. Kopp, of Leon, Iowa, Mrs. T.
S. Duff, of GAINESVILLE, Mo-, and K. d.
Bowman of Omaha, Neb.
A good woman has gone from our
midst. woman who had reached
three score and ten and one, and was
yet not old; for the powers OF mind
and soul did not share in the decline
Of Dhysical strength, and the intense
interest she felt in the life OF the
world kept her spirit young and
strong. A brave soul has passed on;
a soul that had endured great sor-
row, and prevailed; soul that had
learned the mission of pain, and mad
come forth from every trial with
deeper sympathy for the suffering OF
others and serener faith and sub,
liner trust in the eternal love ana
purposes of God.
The summons was unexpected but
it found her house in order; she was
ready to go. She rests from her
labors, but the testimony of her falth
speaks even from the grave In the
passage marked in her Bible where
last she closed the book, 20 grave
where is thy victory, 0 death where
is thy sting" Even those who feel
her loss most deeply may find the
bitterness of grief assuaged in the
contemplation of this life spent IN
loving service and of such a testl-
mony in death. Truly they may
think of her as
Living on as dear
In the love of There, as the love
of Here"
she lived, she loved, she made
her peace with God, she died. This
e the summary of her life. Is it not
the summary of every complete life:
But what word of meaning is hid
den in each brief phrase. Poet and
preacher, philosopher and scientist,
have not been able to sound the
depths of even the least Of these
mysteries, to tell us what it really is
Is live, to love, to know God, or to
leave the house of clay. Each loses
itself in the infinite and touches the
realm of silence.
4 s .aBehold we know not anything,
nut we believe character to be the
one eternal victory, and
1--WE can but trust that good may
fall
At last-far offat last to all
And every winter turn to spring.
strong Son of God, Immortal Love,
B. We that can not see Thy face,
By faith and faith alone embrace, !.
Believing where we can not prove.
- M. Il.