Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-07-31
OBITUARIES.
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Gone Home-Mrs. Ann johnson.

spected resident of Grant county
passed into w~ell-earned rest when
Mrs. Ann Johnson of So. Lancaster,
Dreathed her last at ar early morning
hour July 18th, 1918.
n Brady was born March 90.
1929 in the parish of Kiln, County
Gavin, Ireland. She came to Wis
consin in the early days of its his
tory. She was married to Geo. S.
Johnson April %, 1855. From that
time until 1906 they resided on the
widely known Johnson place in Wat
erloo township, a period of over SO
years. There eight children were
born to them and from this home
five were taken by the Reaper whose
name is Death. Mrs. Johnson was a
woman of most kindly nature. Her
home was her shrine. She cared no
thing for the tinsel of society. Yet
IN her community she was known and
beloved for her broad sympathies, her
ever ready help in sickness or trouble
and her genial manners. Her warm
Irish heart was equally responsive
to the joys of the neighborhood or it's
sorrows. The Johnsons kept open
house for all in the older days.
Whether strangers or friends, who
ever crossed the threshold of their
home were participants alike of it's
warmth and hospitality. So closely
was the mothers heart knit with it's
memories and so lear to her were
the old ~habitations, that the severance
told heavily upon her declining years.
Always patient, never saving of self,
with cheerful courage she %endeavored
in the new environments to take up
the common threads of daily life.
But the aged cannot well bear trans
planting. Her spirit pinned for "home.'
She already was weary with the
weight of many years.
Her husband departed this life in
September, 1914. Since that time the
beloved mother slowly declined until
called Home. She was attended to
the last by the faithful, devoted
daughter, Arminda, and son, George.
The eldest on, James A., resides at
Edgely, S.. Dakota. There also sur
vive five grandchildren and three
great grandchildren.
At $50 a. M, 18th inst. brief SER
vices were conducted at the home,
Rev. J. T. Morgan officiating. The
body was taken to Burton where
sleep the husband and departed chill
dren. There frienus and neighbors
: to a number Overlooking the church,
gathered, testimonial of respect and
sympathy. The sermon, most ap-
propriately spoken, was appreciated
by all present.
For all the beautiful tributes man
ifest to their mothers memory-the
singing, the kind helpfulness and the
ricn p~rofusion of flowers both at the
homo in Lancaster and at Burton
the sons and daughter are very very
thankful.
Gone Home! there is a sound OF
resting.
AS weary lips pronounc the word
Forever past all earth's sad long
ings,
Forever present with the Lord.
B. D. S
Tribute-Mrs. Margaret Mcnamara.
ITO live in hearts we leave behind is
not to die"
Margaret Kelly was born Deem
Der 4, 1887, 1t Clare Castle, County
Glare, Ireland. Came to America in
1853 with her parents settling at
Taunton, Mass. She came to Du-
buque, Ia, in 1857 where she met her
future husband, Thomas Mcnamara
to whom she was married July 10,
1859. They came Immediately to Ian
caster settling on Mr.. McNamara's
farm, now the Jos. Bass home. The
union was a very happy one. Nine
children were born, all reaching ma
turity. Their first great sorrow was
the untimely death after a brief ill
ness, of their son Thomas, aged %
years. In 1891 a home was built in
this city where the family has since
resided. The same year another be-
loved son aged Fl was taken from
them. The husband and father fol-
lowed in 1895. Another son, M. j.,
preceded 10 the Great Beyond March
20, 1917. The venerable mother,
bending under the weight o., more
than four score years, followed July
Ii, 1918, leaving to mourn their ir-
reparable loss, her sons John, Pat
rick, Frank, James, and the daugh-
ters, Anna and Margaret. There al
so survive two brothers, Patrick of
New York, and Thomas of Grenada,
Miss, and one half-sister, Mrs. M. j.
Murphy of Massachusetts. All ex-
cept the son Frank, the brother,
Thomas and Mrs. Murphy were in
DIT Tic lul0fdI WHICH, was
held at ST. Clements church in this
city, Tuesday, July 10th, at 10 o'clock
a. m. Mrs. Mcnamara had been a
communicate at the same altar half
a century and the eulogy of her pas
tor, Father Wambold, was most fit
tingly spoken.
'The world is such a different place
when mothers die" And the beloved
mother to whose memory these brief
lines are attributed is most deserv-
ing of more than passing mention.
Hers was a character possessing
more than the ordinary womanly vir-
tues. A life need not be great to be
beautiful. And those who knew her
best say that Mother McNamara's
life was one long benediction to all
who knew her. Coming from associ-
tions of culture and refinement she
readily adapted herself to the crude
environments of pioneer life-sun-
shine, green things growing, the rip
ping of brooks and especially flow
ers all spoke to her a language re-
plete with joy. Not many now are left
III foil of the willing and gentle min