Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-06-09
Renrock
Death OF Martha COnger

Martha, widow of the late Nei
Conger, died June 4, at the Morgan
county home, from a complication
of ailments. She was about II
years of age, and the only daughter
| Of George and Sarah Jane Kuntz
She was born and lived near here
I the major part of her life. Follow
ing the death of her husband, only
a few months ago, she went to live
with friends at Woodgrove and
Reinersville. 1t was only recently
that she was taken to the county
home. Previous to the death of her
husband, they lived on a farm near
the center Of Brookfield township.
They had no children. One broth
er, William Kuntz, of Bristol town.
ship, survives. Funeral services
and burial were at Renrock, Mon
day at 10 o'clock. The services
were conducted by the pastor, Rev.
w. S. Mowery.
Next to a dance at a funeral, it
seems to us that about the next
most inappropriate thing that we
can think of now is a dance on Me-
mortal day.
a photograph group of 20 persons,
ranging from infants to old age,
taken in 1879, and today only %
are living. In an orchestra of six
only one survives Verify we're
"Going Down the Valley
The last meeting of the grange
seemed to take on new life as the
recently elected lecturer, Mrs. Lura
Dye Dickinson, conducted quite a
spicy program. She was elected to
take the place of Mrs. Lois Ziler,
the family having moved to Cald-
we'll this spring.
In the latter years of our life we
have not been one of those who try
to suppress, or conceal our emo
tions. There are those who think
they have gained a mastery by steel
ing themselves against shedding
tears, or giving vent to their feel
ings, when sorrow overtakes them.
The Apostle Paul says, Rejoice
with them that do rejoice, and weep
with them that weep" The shortest
verse in the Bible tells what Jesus
did at the grave Of Lazarus. They
tell us,-some do,-that if our
faith would measure up to a mus
tard seed, we would not only be
able to "remove Mountains but
We would triumph over all evidence
of sorrow and bereavement. Per-
haps so, we do not know. Aside
from a faith in an all wise God, to
us it seems that but little human
agency can be employed to relieve
the tension of the mind over the
loss of our dear ones, aside from
personal contact with sympathizing
friends and letters of coincidence.
We observed this in our own recent
experience. The truth and senti-
ment of some of these missives rises
and stands pre-eminently in our
minds If the editor will bear with
us, we will quote. 1t was from
"Aunt Minnie" Love of Caldwell
taken from magazine article un
der the heading of death and
Life 1t says: "Regardless of the
fact that death is universal ex-
perience, men have never entirely
prehension concerning it. Such
dread seemingly is as natural as the
fact of death itself. And, even
though we all recognize it's inevita-
bility, we are never ready to accept
it as a fact of our own experience.
When death comes to one we love, |
we are stunned and bewildered by |
the fnality of our loss. And, |
whether we be of little or great |
faith, grief is great and our tears
are free as we sense our loss. The |
fact of faith will not preserve us
from grief Nor should it,