Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-10-23
MRS. NANCY S. McGONACIEs
EARTHLY LIFE Is ENDED

'' ison1y D. McGOnagIe, 81.
widow Of John w. McGonagle. CivfI
war soldier, passed away Sunday
! morning, Oct. 10, at 4:3O O'Clock.
| at the home of her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Garner
dickinson, near Renrock. Death
/ was due to infirmities. FuneraI
rites were conducted Tuesday after
noon at 1870 o'clock, at the Bristol
presbyterian church, following a
Dr1ef service at her late home near
Cloud, Bristol township. Interment
was In the churchyard cemetery.
| Rev. Charles j. Caller was the min
lister in charge, and read the fol-
| lowing obituary:
Nancy s. McGonagle. daughter OF
Joseph and Mary Reed Mcdonald.
was born in Blue Rock township.
Muskingum county, Ohio, July 13.
1849, and died October 10. 1941
aged 92 years. three months and sfx
days. When about five years of age.
she. with her parents, settled on the
Mcdonald farm in Bristol township.
where she resided until her mar
riage. and then lived on an adjoin-
Ing farm until the fall of 1919.
when she moved to the Mcdonald
rarm, where she had since resided.
On the 18th day of October, 1871.
sne was united in marriage with
John W. McGonagle, who died Jam
uary IL, 1925. They are the parents
OF the following sons and daugh-
ters: George o., of McConnelsville:
Mary Belle Harris, deceased AdelIa
Spratt, of Meigsville township:
Grace Dickinson, of Manchester
township, and Harold McGonagle, of
the nome. One granddaughter, Mrs.
vera snyder, and one great grand
son, George Fl. Bricker of Column
ous, o., also survive. OF her broth
ers and sisters, Matthew, John and
samuel all younger, and Margaret,
Martha and Mary, all older. are de-
| ceased; one brother, Joseph r. Nc
Donald and one sister. Anna Dom
gan, OF San Diego, California, are
now the only remaining members OF
her fathers family.
Hers has been long life at
tended with the usual hard work
| and privations Of living on a farm
and rearing and educating a family.
She has been a sufferer most of her
life. dating from an injury received
when she was about seven years Of
tic in character. Her home was
her realm in which she was deepIv
interested. It was hospitabIe
home; she loved to have and enter
| tain visitors, and her table was al
ways fit for the most critical The
wayfarer always found her and her
| husband ready to lodge him for the
night, and the alms-seeker at their
| door was never sent empty away.
She had no affiliations with any or
ganlzat1on outside of her home. ex-
cept the Bristol PRESBYTERIAN
church, of which she has been a
| faithful member since early girl.
hood
Her kindness and soIicitude on
behalf of her family was constant
| and unlimited, and was repaid in
part at least, by the faithful care
and m1n1stration unto her of her
daughters, and son Harold, with
Whom she made her home.
Last June she went to visit .+
the nome OF her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Garner
DICKINSON, intending to return to
her own home later, but the weight
or years and the insidious develop-
ment or malignant disease sapped
her unusually strong vitality and II
soon became apparent that it was
not Ior ner to return to her beloved
nome and there in the home of her
uaugnter, IN the early dawn of a
DeautlIul october morning of the
pressed sabbath, she was in peace
iul sleep, caught up in the radiant
dawn or the Eternal morning. as if
seems, IN answer to Him who said
come unto me all We that are
weary and heavy laden, and I will
give you rest For her, life's fit
Iul span-that of more than non
ogenerian-but short in the chron-
lcIes o1 tlme-has ended. Her pain
WracKed body is at rest. Her ma.
tient toll-worn hands are folded on
that peaceful breast that harbored
no III TO any one. She was of a
quiet, unassuming, retiring DISPOSE
tlon. In public and in the company
OF others, she sought to efface rath-
er than TO put herself forward. In
nelghborhood dissention, if there
was any, she had no part Neither
the breath OF scandal nor the shafts
OF malice passed her lips or found
nurture in her heart and mind
she was devoted wife a noble
mother, whose children can honest
ly rise up and call her blessed. Nav
her days be remembered and her
ways of gentleness and service be-
come an inspiration to those of us
who are permitted to linger lust a
little while, and then pass on to
that land from whence no traveller
ever returns.-in loving remem-
brance, G. o. McGonagle, Oct 21,
1941
Among those from a distance at
tending the funeral were Mr.. and
Mrs. H. B. Snyder and son, George.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Isom and Mrs.
Grace Beam, all of Columbus Mrs.
Laura Flowers and son Lester Flow
ers and wife of Utica Mrs Amah
McNutt, Kirkersville; Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Trainer, New Concord: Mr..
and Mrs. James Mcdonald and sis
ter, Mrs. Mary Sychs, New Lexing-
ton; Mrs. Laura Carvel and son
Thurman Carvel and wife of Zanes-
vile; Mr.. and Mrs. Spratt and Mrs.
Searight Spratt Station, and Mrs.
Myrta Howell, GAINESVILLE.