The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-09-10
PEOPLES FORUM
MRS. BEATTY DIES
Editor Of Tribune:
Dear Sir:

Editor Of Tribune:
Dear Sig:
Mrs George Beatty, o. Sterling,
passed away suddenly Saturday night,
July 2lst She had been a sufferer
from heart attacss for number o
years, but the su6denress Of her GO
ing was 3 shock &c all who knew ana
loved her She had been visiting
friends in Mckenzie and Sterling
during the day and seemed TO De IN
good health without shadow in h r
life, returning home she and her h1s-
band attended 10 the usual farm ana
home duties and prepared to retire
Mrs. Beatty had gone into her roori
and vas lying down when she sud
denly called 10 her husband, George.
get me into the fresh air, quick" He
helped her 20 the window and she
said, "Out doors" those were her last
words. He too-: her out on the porch
and she passed away in his arms
From her first calling &c the end
was barely Is minutes Her husband
tried to get the neiehbors bv phon-
but at that late hour il was
some time before he was heard. a.
last he was heard and then the
neighbors gathered 10 do what was
possible under the circumstances.
Obituary
Mrs George Beatty was born al
Jeddore Harbor, Nova Scotia, Jan
uary oath, 1879. ard when five years
old her parents moved TO Central
City, Iowa. where she lived till she
vas 16, at this time they moved to
Ryan, Iowa, where she met ard mar
ried Mr.. George Beatty when she
was 10. They made their home in and
around Ryan for three years then
moved to Frankfort, S. d. again NOV
ing three years later to Sterling, n.
d. where they have resided since.
Her friends were counted by the
number of folks living in the COM
munity and many are the loving kind
nesses, both in word and deed, by
which her memory shall ever remain
dear to the hearts of Sterling folks,
and. all who knew her. She was an
earnest. sincere and joyous Christian
whose life was SO rich in love for
her God. that it, was revealed in her
love for her ne;ghbor. Few there were
who ever came into her home, or
whose life she touched, if but for a
moment, who were in some way en-
riched by the contact with her. She
lived by the Faith Of the Son of
God" a life that cast such radiant
beams Of joyful love for God and
man that the community will soreiy
miss the tenderness of her character.
When about 80 years of age she was
soundly converted to God, joined the
Meth odist Episcopal Church in Ryan,
Iowa, and faithfully kept her vows,
and labored for and loved her God.
! She was preceded into the realms
of Eternity by baby boy, one month
old, who died number Of years ago,
also a son, Robert Ray Beatty who
died October 21st, 1918, at the age OF
20.
She is survived by her husband,
George Beatty: daughter Belva, IL
years old; her aged mother, Mrs
Mary j. Gllchrist; her. only sister
Mrs. Mary Loomis, all of Sterling
and five brothers, William E. Gil.
christ, Gettysburg, S. D.; John Henry
! Gilchrist, Cloquet, Mimi; Archie A
! Gilchrist. Central City. Iowa; DAME
Gilchrist Sterling; Arthur A. Gil
christ, Paige, \. D.
Services were held in the Commun
ity NJ. E. Church Of Sterling, ane
she was laid to rest beside her BIO!
Ray, IN the Sterling cemetery. =
Precious in the eyes Of the
Lord is the death of His saints"
Psalm 1l6: /:
GEO. BEATTY.