Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-14

In Remembrance-rMS. Frank ElWell
How still the empty rooms her pres
ence blessed;
Untouched the pillow that her dear
| head pressed.
My mourning heart finds no place for
/ its rest
Since she went home"
| Bertha Hernon Elwell, daughter of
John and Mary Hernon, was born at
the family homestead, township of
Cassville, Wis, Nov %, 1890 Her
childhood was passed on the farm.
Later she removed to the village with
her parents and finished the course in
] the Cassville high school, afterward
becoming teacher, successful and
beloved wherever she was employed
She spent two years in Ohio with
sister, after which she returned home
and devoted her time to the loving
care of her aging parents until the
| year 1920, when she was united in
marriage with Frank A. ElweII of
Waterloo. The union was truly one of
| Gods joining together resulting in
all the harmony and joy and peace of
Christian faith and understanding
The young wife was possessed of the
homelOving spirit and had those
traits of truthfulness and frankness,
unselishness and cheerfulness that
made all who knew her best enthus-
iastically devoted to her.
She looked we'll to the ways of her
| household, the great desire of her
heart being to bring joy and comfort
of the best and most enduring kind
into the life of the home. Of a happy,
cheerful mind she could see always
the tiny riffs in the clouds through
which we get glimpses of the invar-
liable "Silver lining" Her soul was
a true mother soul, and her sweet
smile would charm little children
or children grown older But:
! Some natures cannot BEAR all sweet
and lightness,
So God withholds their Joy till after
DEATH"
A year ago happy hopes were blast
ed in the loss of the first-born. But
the hope that springs eternal in the
human breast again wore rosy gar
lands around the future.
Recently symptoms of disease, not
alarming in themselves, but causing
| uneasiness in the minds of those who
loved her, induced Mr.. Elwell to take
his wife to the Finley hospital in Du-
buque that the expectant mother
might have all the protection and
care that love and the skill of doc
tors and trained nurses could pro-
Vide-a loving sister remaining with
her. Suddenly, with hardly a note of
warning, at 40 p. m. Sept 80, 1925,
she passed away. Again sweet antici-
pations are ended-this time in deep
est gloom. The pretty home is desc
late, the devoted husband the aged
mother, the sisters and brothers
treasuring now only the beautiful
memory of the sweet soul gone to
dwell in the house not made with
hands. Who shall say that UP there
in that Home where Christ himself
doth rule, Bertha shall not find sweet
fulfllment of motherhOod's fondest
dreams? The serene stamp of peace
was on her face. Calm, smiling, beau
tiful she lay as if she had lust
dropped into sleep, natures sweet
reStOrer."
mo trembling, sad farewell from her
quivering lips was heard;
So softly she crossed that the quiet
stream was not by a ripple
stirred
She was spared the parting of tears,
she WIS spared the mortal strife;
It was scarcely dying-she only
passed in moment Of endless
life
Weep not for her soft release from
earthly pain and care;
Nor grieve that she reached her home
and rest ere she knew that she
was there
But think of the sweet surprise, the
sudden and strange delight
She felt as she met her Saviors smile.
and walked with Him in white"
From the home near Hurricane, on
Sunday, Oct. 4, the f1Ower-laden cas-
ket was conveyed to the Baptist
church at CassvilIe where at 300 p.
m. a very large concourse of friends
and neighbors gathered to pay last
tribute, Rev. Jennings, pastor of the
NJ E. church, of which Mrs. ElweIl
had been a devoted member, conduct
ing the service. Anna Ortscheid and
Beth Groom sang beautifully: 'In the
Garden" asleep in Jesus" and
''Abide With Me-" with Retha Nc