The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-04-10
Life History of Late
Mrs. Lucinda Harvey

Murray, has fallen into line in the end
less procession journeying toward
eternity.
| She passed away at the NATURAL
City. CAL. in the great paradise val
ley sanitarium, where everything in
the power of mortal man to do was
done to bring her back to health, but
the ''pallid messenger with the invert-
ed torch" had beckoned her and there
was no chance to postpone the call.
She leaves to mourn her departure
two married children, Frank ]. Har-
vey. living on the Twelve Mile ranch,
and Mrs. Mary E. Harvey Murray, liv-
ing at Parkdale. both well married and
living quiet and contented on desir-
able country ranches
She also leaves two single sons.
Leonard H. Harvey. county assessor,
and James G. Harvey, Just reaching
manhood's estate, both having a good
education and fairly well equipped to
battle with the waves and tides of
fortune.
She was also survived by two sisters.
Mrs. Katherine Ramsey Of Warsaw.
Ind, and Mrs. Minnie Bartlett OF Los
Angeles. Cal.
Lucinda was OF cool. quiet and
steady mold, the direct opposite of her
husband in all phases of oftemperament,
but she always kept rolling things
toward the front, pulling and working
hard. climbing up life's hill. Few
women in the middle walks Of life
have been SO largely responsible for
making their way all the way up from
poverty to easy circumstances as Mrs.
Harvey was. Some are lucky enough
to find wealth, some steal II, some get
it by camoufiage. some have it rolled
to them down the hill of chance by rel
atives who have fallen by the wayside
in life's battle. but she got every bit
Of II by hard knocks.
She was born at Canton, O., July 10,
1866. where she lived until she was
about IL, when she came to Canon
City, and here met Jim" under the
star Of destiny and was married soon
after, starting in life with nothing but
swelled ideals, good health, a willing
nesSto work and plenty of courage.
Early in their matrimonial career
they purchased the little place that
she still owned. at 1112 South Eighth
street. There they established them
selves in small shanty ad began to
bend every effort toward making the
little place a comfortable and ideal
home, which they later accomplished
There they reared three boys and.
one girl to manhood and womanhood,
and not many women can boast of
raising a better family than she.
Three of the boys. all above their ma
jority, neither smoke, chew or drink,
and all Of her children are well started
in life. II this was all that could be
said Of her she would be entitled to
have the sentence: "She made a life
success" written in big letters on
the marble slab above her grave.
But this is not all. She was will
ing to starve II necessary to raise and
educate her children. She, by siren
uous efforts raised Leonard from
hopeless. physical wreck when a little
boy to the man who is now county az
SCISSOR. She was a woman of great
integrity and the highest morality.
She always stood for the uplifting or
humanity. She never forgot. never
maligned and would not hear others
malign a friend. She was first for
her country. then for her family. then
for humanity and then for herself.
She entered the door OF "iife's great
| est adventure death, thinking wholly
OF the welfare of her two younger
sons, whom she yet believed needed
her to plot their ship OF fortune.
| We are inclined to look upon death
as misfortune; 1t generally seems to
come inopportune. Mrs. Harvey was
only in middle life. It naturally
seemed to her that she ought to re.
main to preside over and engineer the
destfnies Of her two youngest sons and
watch them unroll lffe's mysteries.
But who knows. when life goes, why II
goee and where 1t goes7 Who knows?
All we can say Is farewell; all we can
do 10 hope we will meet again,
4 Mrs. Harvey was a Christian, but
she did most Of her worshiping at
home. Her home was her idol. For
It she sacrificed everything else. She
4 was that kind Of Christian who did
not impose her religion upon othars,
but she Was not 4 hypocrite. She fully
believed when she went over the falIa
that she would be picked up on ths
farther shore BY that Great 0atheres
Of the good. Whether she Ma right
| We may some time know. WhsfheS
I she now sits Ia that vast ai5d uotIsy
4 thrcng Of the good and the trus Via
havs gems bsfore, whsthsr ene 6tiIl
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