The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-06-13
Mrs, Edmund Permission.

Robert Theobald. Il native of, Eng
land and Isabella Barnard, Il native
of Prince Edward Island were mar
ried and lived at Middlebury, Wis,
where their family was born which
consisted of seven children: Mary
Jane, William A., Sophie e. Phyllis,
James, Ada Adella. and Edward. Mary
Jane Theobald, Z in whose memory
this obituary is written, was born at
Middlebury, Wis, April 2, 1882 and
grew to wOmanhOOd there. On July
Q, 1870 she was united in marriage
to Edmund Permission, of Argyle, Wis
and there they resided on a farm I'M
til the fall OF 1872, when they drove
across country to Iowa, bringing
with them in a covered wagon, all
their own belongings, the most valu-
able of which was Il. baby girl, Carrie
Bell. who was born at Argyle, and
died at the old Iowa homestead at
the age of nine years. They settled
that fall at the old homestead where
they worked and toiled to make the
home in which she had lived two
miles northeast of Defiance. Here
were born their three sons: Robert,
Ross. and Edward Leroy. In the
year 1883, Aunt Jane became attached
to a bright eyed little girl nine years
old. Lulu Synthia Pratt. who had
been bcreft of her mother and took
her into her home and heart where
Lulu made her home until her mar.
rage to j. A. Walline, of Council
Bluffs. -..r 49,.
Mrs. Permission, kaown to young
and old throughout this community as
Aunt Jane was one OF the early sett
lers in this country. she and her hus-
band having come before the railroad
Of Mrs. Permission did faithfully and
we'll her full duty toward developing
the country. lending helping hand
to the needy and distressed. Aunt
Jane was never affiliated with any
church organization but her life has
been full of the performance of acts
of mercy and her faith was we'll found
in our Savior. VIII lie example she
has tried to follow all her life. To
those who did not know our friend,
few words Of Eulogy would not add
to nor detract from her life and to
those who did know her, and have
lived in her life, no word is necessary
to prove that she was a fricnd to all.
+, Mrs. Permission has not enjoyed the
best of health for several years but
her devotion to her family and home
which she loved so much could not
be complete in her way without her
working for them as long as her
strength would last. Her recent i'll
ness at first bore resemblance to a
former trouble she had had and
while she complained few days a
week beforelast, she would not ad-
nit that she was very i'll. :, She re-
covered sufficiently to be up with her
family on Sunday morning and even
planned on going to see a; brother
at Manila who was not we'll but while
starting on the noon day meal. 9lin-
day morning, she took chill that
would not be qufeted and physician
was called. Monday her condition was
no better and ON advice of the 9physi-
clan, she was taken to the hospital
at Manning where she passed away
Friday evening, June Sth. at $3.50 p,
m. aged IS years, 2 months and 6
days. r' =
She leaves to mourn: her husband,
three sons, her foster daughter. Mrs.
Walline. OF Council Bluffs. four
grandchildren, two brothers, three
sisters, Mrs. Sophia Slagg, of Wash
burn. n. Oak. Mrs. Phyllis Morgan
Of Manila, and Mrs. Ada Adelia Dy-
son. of Boone; one half brother, hav-
ing died in infancy and one grand
daughter, Mildred Adell Pension,
preceded her April Is, 1915. A host