The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-08-09

edSt, August o, 1911, dScu % ySoiS, y
months and Is days. Funeral at st.
Mary's church Friday morning at 9
o'clock.
The deceased was born in Ottumwa
and had been resident of Oskaloosa
for a number of years. There are
left to mourn, husband j. H. Morri-
son, three daughters, Evelyn, Marga-
ret and Laura, father, Thomas Gal
lagher, one brother John Gallagher,
one sister, Mrs. M. Gowan of Ottum-
wa, step-mother, two half brothers
and one half sister
MOORE. - Mary Elnor Cole was
born in Ashland county. Ohio, March
%, 1912, and died at her home in Ce-
dar, August 1, 1917, at the age of Is
years, months and days.
When she was six years old she
moved with her parents to Mahaska
county where she received her school
ing. In 1863 her parents moved into
Wapello county, sewn miles north of
Ottumwa, at a place near the Taber
church, where she resided until her
marriage.
She was united in marriage to Rich
ard Wilson Moore, Oct Is, 1866. Their
first home was three miles northwest
of Kirkville. In September, 1868,
! Mr.. and Mrs. Moore moved to Cedar
on the place which is still their home.
The country then was an unsettled
prairie which has since become the
thickly populated agricultural section
it now is.
Five children were born to the
home, of whom only two survive: Mrs.
Belle Votaw and Frank F. Moore,
both Of Cedar. Chas. Cole died at
the age of three years. John w. in
infancy and Hila Vesta, who married
George Steele, died at the age of %
years. Besides the husband and the
two children, there are four brothers,
two granddaughter, three grand
sons, two great grandsons, many more
distant relatives and a great host Of
friends who survive to mourn her
passing.
shock to many, for while her strength
has been failing for some time none
realized the end to be SO near. She
was i'll only few days. But she
was ready to go and approached her
departure from this world with Sc
curity and assurance
When she was II, Mrs. Moore was
converted in a protracted meeting
held in a log school house, where
Newell's class was then meeting. AT
ter few years the class moved it's
meeting place to Kirkville where she
kept her membership until the winter
of ,6S.
At that time she with four others
organized a class at her home in &C.
dar. Rev. d. C. Smith, the pastor at
that time, named the new class Cedar
Chapel. Meetings were held at the
home until the first church was built
at Cedar in 1869. From this small
beginning the church has grown into
, its present state, and its present con-
5 dition is due to those few faithful
children of the Lord who laid the
foundations for others to build on.
After the church was built, the
Sunday school was organized and
Mrs. Moore was chosen as one of the
/ teachers. She continued active as a
teacher until she was 70 years of age,
when i'll health made it no longer pos
sible for her to do that which she
loved so much to do for her Master.
She was charter member of the
f Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
90 and has always been staunch
friend and generous contributor to
the cause of Missions. At the time
of her death she was assisting in the
support of one of our missionaries.
: Miss Kate Ogburn. Mrs. Moore has
/ also borne the responsibilities of
many other church, offices such as
; parsonage trustee, member of the
[ furniture committee, member of the
Sunday school board, performing all
of the duties gladly and we'll While
doing her church work and rearing
, her family she has never been too
busy to help those in need, visiting
the sick and caring for the wants of
those to whom her attention was
called
Her home was always open to those
who called and especially was this
true as regards ministers of the Cos
pei These she was always glad to
meet and many indeed are they who
have enjoyed her Christian hospital.
ity and friendship. With her going
, the church loses one of it's best
friends. Such devotion and loyalty
are rare indeed. and the influence and
power of her life will ever remain as
an inspiration and help to those who
arc left to carry the burden she has
laid down. Earth is indeed richer
for her life and there is distinct
sense of loss in all of our hearts. Her
life has been benediction to the en-
tire community.
The funeral services were held in
the Cedar church Saturday, August