Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-03-10
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Remains of Mrs. Dovie Letcher Hersh-
Ter and Babe Are Laid To Rest
In Richmond Cemetery Sunday


The mortal remains of Mrs. Dovie
Ietcher Hershler, wife of Capt Fred
W. Hershler, We're brought back to
her old home in Richmond Sunday and
laid to rest beside loved ones in Rich
mond cemetery. Dean Massie, of
Lexington, conducted the services at
the grave. About a dozen cars full
of friends and loved ones came from
Lexington accompanied the remains
here, and witnessed the last rites. A
friend here, who knew her well, wrote
this about her today:
Death is always accompanied by
sorrow for those who are near the one
passing, whether it be in the old age
When it may be expected, or in child
hood where it is most common, but it
is saddest when it comes from the
fs}eath of young mother in the full
! lush of her usefulness.
Such sense of sorrow overshadow-
ed her friends here last Friday when
the Daily Register announced the
death of Mrs. Dovie Letcher Hershler
in Lexington. She was born here and
lived the longer part of her life in
Richmond. She numbered her friends
by those who knew her. Beautiful in
person, winsome IN manner, highly
educated, she naturally became the
center of her group. She viewed life
ever from joyous angle. Her spirit
was such that it inspired others with
both sense of joy and duty.
Warm-hearted and affectionate by
nature, she became more so by reason
of her beautiful christian character
inspiring her to share not only tht
joys, but the sorrows also of others
The writer knew her from her earl,
childhood, and truly the bearing of tht
child fore-shadowed that of the wo
mon.
She was buried with her babe.-th'
last token of her love,-in the famil!
lot of her people in our cemetery
Sunday afternoon, in the presence c
many friends and under a wealth o
blooms seldom seeA.
She leaves to mourn her loss, but t.
cherish her memory, her husband
Capt. Fred W. Hershler, U. s. Army
five sisters, and many, many friends
To all these the sympathy of our com
munity goes out.
There is no death;
What seems so, is transition
This life of mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life Elysia
Whose portal we call death.
B.
The Danville Advocate said this Q
the death of this beloved young won
an:
While yesterdays Advocate tol
the many friends of the deceased {
her dangerous condition, this commit
nifty suffered great shock, when th
sad news followed shortly after II
death of Dovie Letcher Herschle
wife of Captain Fred w. Herschle
L. S. A. The deceased died IN Il
Good Samaritan Hospital, Lexingto
yesterday afternoon following su
gical operation Monday last. Ever.
thing that medical skill knew towai
sustaining life was contributed Thr'
specialists from Cincinnati were
her bedside for two days and evel
care was rendered to alleviate n
suffering, but all was in vain MI
sHershler was the daughter OF Il
State Col. and Mrs. William r. Letc
er, of Richmond, KY, was one
several sisters widely known for wo
derful beauty. Added to her exceptio
al beauty was a sunny nature, grac
full manners, rare conversational gu
and educational attainments, col
bination that is seldom found, b
were admirably blended in the deces
ed. She won for herself innumeraf
friends, not of the passing kind, 3
warm-hearted and true, the XII
that are now bowed in grief oS
the irreparable loss that is wrent
ing the very heartstrings OF the
left to mourn her untimely departu
Mrs. Herschler spent a number
year in DanviIle holding chair
Woman's College of Kentucky, a
her death comes as a distinct she
to this entire community. She was
lifelong member Of the PresbyteFl
church.