Seward daily gateway., 1930-04-11
BEAUTIFUL SERVICE FOR MRS. M. [. HOLDEN,
 WHO Is LAID TO REST

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 "Iifel we've been long together
 Through pleasant and through cloudy weather;
 'Tls hard to part when friends are dear
 Perhaps twill cost sigh. tear;
 Then steal away, give little warn ing,
 Choose thine own time;
 Say not Goodnight, but in some brighter cline
 Bid me Good Morning"
 Life" by Anna Letitia Barbauld.
 Yesterday afternoon while Sew ard bowed it's head in sorrow, the bereaved husband, children, rela- lives and scores of friends followed the body of Mrs. M. E. Holben to her last resting place in the Seward cemetery. It was one of the most beautiful and solemn of funeral services ever held in the city.
 Services were conducted in Odd Fellows hall shortly after 2 o'clock, with the Rev. E E. ReiSner offlclat- ing and Mir. J. B. Kuhler, sololSt- Every chair in the good-sized hall appeared to be occupied. The beau- tifl casket. resting at the right, was literally blanketed with 3 gor- oeous array of magnificent flowers and floral pieces, last gifts to the loved one from friends and frater- nal orders.
 Following rendition of tender melody by the solist, prayer was offered by Rev Reisner. Mir. Kuhler then rendered in a splendid voice another solo, after which Rev. Reisner chose Psalms 90:9 We spend our years as tale that is told" as his sermon.
 Tn part. he said, Life at it's long est is short story. It is not sob between two eternities. but a con- tinuou5 story, most Of which is be- vond the veil of death. Life is like a story because it's contents are soon told. It Is as bird fluttering in the light before the fire place of a Morse king, and Winging it's way into the darkness because it's nest calls it yonder. At it's longest, life is brief. With the one who is gone, it is the sunset while yet day.
 The years of q man are like a tale that is varied. There is joy and sorrow. Some are short and some are longer. Some are popu- lar, others soon forgotten. Some are filled with scenes of intense liv ing while others flow on in placid peacefulness.
 The years of 3 man like 2 tale leave impression on the observers. Life is like a drama which begins, the curtain rises, the story is un folded with it's heart-aches and it's joys, and the curtain drops again, and people are made better or worse by seeing it. Tn life we are living our own stories.
 Life is like a tale because it must close. It will be a happy ending if we have so lived that we shall have made the world better If we have lived righteously, the parting of the curtain will usher Us into eternal happiness.
 Mans life Is like story because it lives on after he has died. Men like Lincoln and Washington are influencing this generation as much as their own time. Ii our story is to live in the heart and memory Of our friends, it will be because We have done something worth while.
 Life Is like story, that must have a great Inspiration, ii it is to be worth while. The great inspirer oS our lives is Jesus Christ who can even take the dull, unintere5ting life that is failure and make it to live with great impulses and be- come a great blessing. to those about us Greatly has mother blessed her children if she has taught them the value of life at her knees.
 Funeral director P. c. McMullen then asked those who desired to pay their last respects and view the remains of the departed, to pass by the casket. The group of pall- bearers consisting of members ot the Eiks Lodge, J. Osbakkon. Fred Broadwell, J. Bailey, E. Robbins, H Painter and Charlie Sheldon then reverently bore the casket to the waiting auto; the attendance then entering the numerous autonao- piles. The funeral cortege, led by