Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-08-21
At Rest-Mrs. Virgil Weisbenner.

"Her sun is gone down while it was
yet day."
Thus it would seem to those who
mourn the loss of a sweet and loving
wife, a dutiful daughter and an ever
willing sister and friend. But God has
a plan for every life and it was His
| good pleasure to take back that which
He had given after a seemingly short
lapse of rs years, 4 months and 2
days.
Mrs. Weisbenner's entire life had
practically been one in search of an
education and she delved deeply into
it's recesses. After her graduation in
1912 from the Lancaster high school,
she attempted to give back in her role
as teacher, some of the wealth of
knowledge she had acquired. For
successive years she cOnscientiOusly
led those whose minds were receptive
! to the lasting things of life.
1t was during this time that Miss
Holzinger met her most attentive and
loyal lover, Mr.. Virgil Weisbenner,
and on Feb. Fl, 1917, they were united
in marriage.
Contented and happy and in the
flower of young ~womanhood, Mrs.
| Weisbenner lived with her husband
during her short married life) on a
farm just east OF Hurricane.
Strange it is that often times we
live lives of many uneventful days
but sooner or later there comes to
each life a day of joy or sorrow in
which one lives through that which
he deemed the impossible. While
relatives and friends were anticipat-
ing her speedy recovery from an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis, news came on
the eighth day of a clothing of blood
in a blood vessel leading to the heart.
No efforts of doctor or nurse could
battle against. Gods reckoning hand
and with a smile she left her loved
ones on the morning of the 18th of
July to clasp the hand of her Mas
ter.
Funeral services were held from
the M. E. church on the following
Monday. Rev. Campbell very fitting
Nv spoke on the "Blessednesses" of
life and gave many words of comfort
to those who came face to face with
the deep experiences of life. Her fav-
orite and requested song, zone Sweet
ly Solemn Thought" was touching
ly rendered. The many beautiful flor
al offerings bespoke the wide range
of loyal friends and were a fitting
tribute to her who was a deep lover
of nature.
We can only say of her that
I'VE are selfish about death,
We count our grief
Far more than we consider her re-
Lef,
Whom the great Reaper gathered in
fhn Shaaf
No more to know the seasons con-
slant change;
And we forget that it means only lift,
Life with all joy, peace, rest and
The victory won, and ended all the
strife
And heaven no longer far away and
strange.
Her test is over and her Easter won,
Waiting till over paradise the sun
Shall rise in majesty and life begin,
Shall grow in glory as perfect day
Moves on. to hold its endless, death
less sway"
She was laid to rest al Hillside GEM
etery.
One brother, Clarence, aged 6
months, 29 days, preceded her to the
heaN emily mduSlOuS. 4uOSC A0Malh
ing to mourn her death are her hus-
band, Virgil Weisbenner. her parents.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Henry Holzfnger: two
married brothers, Ellsworth and Reu-
ben: and two younger sisters, Lillian
and Grace, besides a large number of
relatives and friends.
although / enter not
Yet round about the spot
Oftimes | hover;