The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-08-03

mer, George and his mother are do
ing nicely.
PIM--The remains of Mrs. John
PIN, who died at Lincoln Nebraska,
Friday morning arrived in Oskaloosa
today and are being cared for at the,
Cheesman Funeral Home where they
may be viewed by friends on Tues
day. The funeral will take place at
White Oak church Wednesday after
noon, August 2, at 230 o'clock, with
interment in White Oak cemetery.
Death came to Mrs. PIN after
lingering illness. The family former
ly resided in Nebraska for a number
of years. Deceased was a sister of
Mrs Mary Douglas, of this city, and
sister-in-law OF Morgan collars, of
White Oak township.
DEWITT RICHMOND. - Married,
Saturday evening, July 20, 1916, at
eight o'clock, at the residence of the
officiating minister, Rev. C. ID. Loehr,
Miss Myrtle Richmond, eldest daugh-
ter of John Richmond of South Sec
ond street, to Henry Dewitt of Oska-
loosa. ..
The wedding was a quiet personal
affair with only near relatives as wit
nesses. Father of the bride and Mrs.
Pulley, her youngest sister stood
with the principals at the altar. Both
bride and groom are excellent people.
Mr.. Dewitt is a painter and they will
make their home in Oskaloosa at No.
| Col Eighth avenue west. Friends eX-
tend congratulations.
| BURDICK.--Fort the benefit of Os'
| kaloosa friends who knew the late
Mrs. Julia A. Burdick during her res
idence here in past years, the partic.
ulars regarding her passing away
may be of interest. Up to about the
10th of July she had been in her u.s.
ual health, taking part in the social
and spiritual interests of the church
| that had been for years the scene of
her life and activity. About this
date, she gave indication of being
weak and debiltated, but this was
thought to be due to the heated con
dition of the weather and as she did
not seem to improve, her daughter,
Mrs, Jay w. Somerville, called in the
family physician and it was then evil
dent that Mrs. Burdick was threat
ened with symptoms of typhoid fever.
This being brought on by a condition
of indigestion,
Her case responded quickly to treat
ment and she was generally supposed
to be improving and on Monday, July
18th, mentioned to, the family and to
the doctor, the fact that II was the
twenty-first anniversary of the de-
cease of her husband, Rev. Chester
f. Burdick, and in her jovial way even
joked with the doctor regarding the
color of his eyes. On Tuesday
morning, a change for the worse took
place and her tongue !thickened up so
that she could hardly talk After the
visit of the doctor, she went to sleep
at about 10.30 a. M, and from this
sleep she never wakened but passed
quietly and without pain to her tinal
reward. Mrs. Somerville and Mrs
Chapman, a intimate friend were
with her when she breathed her last
The funeral services took place at
500 p. m. after the body had laid in
state on Wednesday from 3: 80 to 7:3C
Up. m. for the benefit of her numerous
friends and acquaintances in Wichita
In this service the element of sadness
was almost entirely missing and from
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a devoted Christian life from earth
to glory, was not only emphasized
but was in the spirit of the singing
of the quartette, in the devotional eX
erCises and also embodied in the adj
dress of Dr. Ebright, in whose home
at Anthony, aKnsas, she had visited
only a fe wmonths before. In all
the services were more like a farewell
| ion tf
her taking a long journey and in leaV
ing, she was taking with her the bes
!, wishes and good will of a host o.
friends.
Flowers, those fragrant testlmoni
ais of love and regard, were in anc
about the altar in great variety anc
profusion. Every organization ant
society of st. Paul's Church and many
of the families among her friends
were represented in these blossom!
of hope and cheer, The most last
ing of these were packed with the
casket and were taken on Wednesday
at midnight by DR.. Somerville wher
he left for the Albany, N. Y, Rura
Cemetery, where the body was inter
red. On Saturday, July %, at 1926
a. M, short services were held at the
cemetery chapel and both relative:
and the friends of former years were
present.
Had Mrs. Burdick lived until Sep
tember 9Th, she would have been Z;
years of age. She was born in New
Brunswick, N. j., and was the eldes
daughter of Phineas Carman and
Catherine Morgan Pearsall. The
years of her young girlhood were
spent in Brooklyn, N. Y. and after
her marriage to Rev. C. F. BurdiCk
resided in Albany N. ", and from
that time on to the day of his decease
shared with him all of the expert
ences of a Methodist preachers life
She was an ideal wife and mother and
the interests of her home and church
always received the undivided love
and devotion of her life. After q
long life of service and good deeds
not only her family, but hundreds o.
friends all over the country will re
joice in her having lived and given tC
them a new conception of the joys
and beauties of Christian life.
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