Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-05-23

home Of Mrs. Bessie Stoner.
The domestic science class enter
tanned their parents last Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. J. B. Swinburne of Washington
d. c., is visiting her relatives and
friends at this place.
Mrs. Urmy had an operation at
the hospital in Iowa City last week
and is slowly recovering.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Morgan, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Morgan and Dean Morgan,
of Hopkinton, were at w. B. Morgan s
Sunday.
Tyler Furman was home from Han
over, ILL.,, to spend Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Arbuckle of
Marion, were guests at the John
Wheeler home Thursday, May 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Clark of Scran-
ton, are spending the week with Del
hi friends. 1
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Tharp are parents
of twin girls, born, Tuesday, May Is.
Charles and Roy Stone we're in Ana
mosa Sunday. ...
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Stimson of Mon
ticello, spent Sunday at L. M. Barnes.
Howard Angel had business in
Monticello the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Smith and How
ard, of Hopkinton, spent Sunday at
]. w. Swinburne's.
The following obituary was written
by Mrs. Ray of Humboldt, a dear
friend of the family:
In Memoriam.
Sarah Burley entered this life May
10, 1927, at North Wheatley, England,
and at Humboldt, Iowa, May IA, 1917.
she passed on into a broader, more
beautiful one. The early years of her
life were spent in the land of her
birth, and it was there, on March 20,
1S49, that she was married to John
Swinburne '(of the illustrious house
of Swinburne}. Six years later they
responded to the call of the prairies
and came across the ocean, and still
westward to Illinois, where they re-
manned until 1856, when they moved
to Delhi, Iowa, in which place they
resided until the passing away of Mr..
Swinburne, January 3, 1886. Ten
children were born to, them Of whom
eight are now living, J. B. Swinburne
of Washington, D. c.; Mrs. Mary
Clark of Scranton, Iowa; Mrs. Sarah
Robinson and Mrs. Josephine Rector
of Earlville; J. w. Swinburne, of
Delhi; Mrs. Emma Junkin, of Smith
field, Neb.; A. H. Swinburne, of New
York City, and Mrs. Jennie Savage,
of Humboldt, Iowa; also % grand
children and rs great grand children.
In 1898 our dear Grandma Swim
burne, as she was lovingly called, came
to Humboldt to live with her youngest
daughter Mrs. ]. H. Savage, to whose
tender, loving, watchful care she owed
the last busy, happy, peaceful "a years
of her life, and so closely entwined
were they in affection and sympathy
that life seemed TRANSPORTED in that
soft, tender light Of love, which they
each bore for the other and which
made devoted service sublime. Mrs.
Swinburne had been a living, live
Christian for over II years, joining
the M. E. church at the early age of
10 years and with never a glance
backward, she has ever pressed for
ward, a valiant soldier of Christ, with
no thought of reward other than
the joy of helping in the redemption
of the world and the easing of the
burdens. Her religious thoughts were
sweet and beautiful as hope. She was
as broad minded as Gods love; her
robe of Christian charity covered not
only those of one creed, but all of
the Fathers children. Her religion
was not fanatical zeal, but heavenly
piety warm as the heart of love.
We never heard her utter unkind crit
icism; she seemed to feel that the
great Judge of all was sufficient, and
the injunction Judge Not" was a
Divine command. We often wonder
why we come into this world, for what
purpose, to what good or help to our
fellow-men, and it seems as if we had
not added our mite in any helpful
way. Perhaps she thought so too, but
we know of so much that she has done
her life has been an open book, which
all might read and find inspiration,
and many virtues to
emulate. We all know of her tire
less efforts in behalf of her "Chil-
dren's Home" at Council Bluffs, and
for all the poor or unfortunate ones
that came to her notice, even during
the long months of her last illness.
She was ever planning gifts of her
own varied handiwork for them and
her loved ones, when health and
spring should return. Her keen, ac-
tive mind held the many threads of
current events connected with the
home, church and country, even those
the Mexican and European
and through all the weak,