The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-04-15
MRS. G. H. BYyPASsES AWAY
AT HER CANADIAN HOME

Many friends wsre in attendance at
the obseuuies of,lirs. George H. Bisby,
held from the Risby Memorial Hall on
Sunday at 2:3b o'clock. Although she
died in her p;,latial home in Canada,
her remains were brought here for
burial by tn side of those of her late
husband II the West Winfield ceme-
terry, in tire Bisby plot Immediately in
the rear IF and in plain view of Bisby
Memorial Hall--a magnificent brick
and stone ediiice planned by her late
husband and carried to completion by
her Is a cost Of something like $685.
900 q little over half score Of years
ago. Everything was done concerning
her obseques according to her plans.
y. will be recalled that the Star mon
doned her critical illness in its last
issue, but ere it was in the hands Of
its readers a telegram was received
announcing her death. Our village
trustees at once had bills printed an
nouncing her demise, also the time of
her funeral and all engagements for
the hall were cancelled. According to
her plans which had preceded her, the
remains were taken to Bisby Memoir
ial Hall where, at the time specified in
her request, the funeral was held.
President Of the Village Charles E.
Morgan had the carrying out of her
requests and upon the platform seat
ed with him were Rev. C. H. Donald
son of the Baptist church, Rev. w, H.
Jago of the Methodist Episcopal
church, Supervisor James D. Rogers,
Attorney M. M. Crandall and Rev.
Father Walsh Of st. Joseph's church,
all of whom made fitting remarks in
honor of the beneficent woman who
laid in her beautiful bronze casket be-
fore them surrounded by wreaths Of
fragrant Easter lilies and other
blooming flowers. To the right of the
rostrum sat our village officers, past
and present, while the large audience
sat in reverential attitude. Mrs.
Charles Cumberson sang very effec-
lively two solos selected by Mrs. Bis
by, some Sweetly Solemn Thought"
and "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" The
remains were then taken to the ceme-
terry and laid to rest in the family
plot.
The death of Mrs. Bisby comes to
Winfield as sorrow and loss not
soon to be diminished or obscured. 1t
is grief in which we ali share. We
cannot yet understand why this wo-
man who loved West Winfield and
whom the people all loved for her
friendliness, benevolence and good
ness shall no longer be seen or heard
from. We do know that many will
miss her in countless ways.
By reason of her rare personality
Mrs. Bisby held unique place in our
affections. Sweet and gracious by ma
ture, she won people simply by being
herself. Her rather shy, gentle man
ner was delightfully."- attractive. She
was intensely kind hearted and her re-
lations with others We're graced in
variably by a considerateness and
courtesy which awakened happy re-
Spouse, as all who knew her will tes-
tify. "She was always the same"
The tribute is significant. 1t is sug-
gestive of her character. 1t reminds
us that she was democratic in the
best sense of the word. Her smile,
her sympathy, her help were not for
the few, but for all.
Mrs. Bisby's was a generous spirit
and the community recalls gratefully
her benefactions. She erected Bisby
Memorial Hall as a memorial to her
observation-disclosures a lifelong resident of
Winfield-to whom she was bound by
ties of deepest love. And in Missouri
IT was her purpose to erect similar
hall to the memory of her brother.
And many are the individuals who re.
we're her name, for the aid bestowed,
always quietly, often secretly, in the
times of their need. West Winfield
can never speak of Bisby Memorial
Hall again without thinking of Mrs.
Bisby and-I hope-thanking God for
the good deed, that means so much to
all of us. This labor of love, in which
she spent herself so utterly without
stint, is the very crown of her life.
And now that she sleeps SO quietly
and close to the edifce may the grass
es Irvine lovingly DER her remains as
the gentle zephyrs caress them and
make hallowed the memory she has
left behind her.-West Winfield IN.
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