Milford chronicle., 1919-04-11
IN MEMoRIAM.


earth-even in his silent tomb, Whine
F. Banning, who entered into eterr
rest October II, 1918.
just six months ago today,
My dear husband passed away;
[ He.received a message from above,
And was borne to heaven on wings OF love-
More and more each day miss him
Others think the wound is healed;
Little do they know the SORROW
Deep within my heart concealed.
The time may seem short to others,
But to me there has been long space
Since the day bid farewell to his hano;
And gazed the last look on his sweet iaee'
Oh. it was hard to part with husband
Just why il was we do not know
Except God called for no other,
And he answered I'll 20
You are not forgotten dear husband,
/ Nor will you ever be
As long as life and memory lasts.
| will always remember thee
/ We watched you last to mourn.
loved you but to sigh;
/ That one so good and gifted
Should fade away and die.
We mourn for you dear husband
But not with outward show
/ For the heart that mourns sincerely
Mourns silent and low.
i
Your willing hands shall toll no more;
A faithful husband both loving and kind,
A better husband no one could ind.
know not what you suffered.
never heard you sigh;
l only know you went away
And never said goodbye,
/ often sit and think of you,
When am all alone;
For memory is the only friend,
That grief can call its own.
Ny heart still aches for you dear one,
Your loss / will for ever feel;
You bore your suffering with smiling cheer.
And left wound that will never heal.
Six months have passed. my heart still aches
As time goes on miss you more;
Your memory is as fresh today.
As the hour you passed away.
Sleep on dear husband thy cares are over,
Thy loving face ! see no more
When you breathed your last farewell,
The blow meant more than words can tell.
Ny home is quite another place,
Without the smiles on your dear face;
We watched you day by day until at last
With broken heart saw you pass away.
Dark and dreary is this world without you.
Lonely is our home today;
For the one loved so dearly.
Has forever passed away.
His sufferings now are over,
he where there's no more pain,
And this will be my comfort
Wen meet some day again.
It was indeed shock severe,
To part with one ! loved so dear;
have missed you, oh miss you,
More than any tongue could tell.
The flowers ] lay upon your grave,
May wither and decay;
But the love hold Of my dearest one
Shall never fade away.
Not gone from memory not gone from love-
But gone TO a heavenly home above;
While you rest in peaceful sleep.
Your memory will always keep.
Leaf by leaf the roses fall.
Soul by soul the Savior calls;
Not one but for ALL
We must go when the roll is called.
God took him from me
But never from my heart;
He beckons. ever beckons.
Oh my loved one come TO me.
Deer is the grave in which he is laid,
Sweet is the memory that never shall fade
Heart Of my life is buried deep,
Under the sod where he peacefully sleeps.
oh. for a look on your dear sweet face,
A touch Of your vanished hand;
For a sound of your voice loved 50 well,
That is now in the promised land.
You have left me forever dear husband.
Who loved you better than ali;
lived for you dear while you were here,
You weremy life and ALL
But your memory will be with me ever,
Till we meet on a far distant shore;
And the heart that is broken shah greet you.
On that day when we part no more
Though our ways are far divided,
And cannot clasp your hand
Oh the glory Of thai meeting
When the hands shall clasp again.
What meeting and greeting.
When my loved one / shall see;
He is happy in that presence.
Waving palms of victory.
There is a vacancy in ny home,
Which never can be filled;
God took him from my home
But never from my heart.
In a cold and silent grave
Lies my darling William.
Unknown. forgotten by some may be;
But the grave that holds my darling husband.
Is the dear est spot to me
TO me there comes a memory.
of love that is seldom met
When think of my dear husband,
Whom never shall forget.
mourn for you dear husband.
Who loved you better than all:
And this will be my comfort.
Wen meet some day again.
owed in life in death remembered,
May his soul rest in peace;
zone but not forgotten.
By the one who loved you best.
Fondly loved and sadly misf ed by his
levoted wife, FLORENCE BANNING.