Martha Jesse Fletcher obituary 1894

Taken from the Smithville Herald of Sept. 28, 1894

Obituary.

Died. At her home, in Smithville, on the evening of Saturday, Sept. 22nd, 1894, of hemorrhages resulting from typhoid-pneumonia.  Mrs. Martha, wife of G. W. Fletcher, Aged, 31 years.

"The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away; blessed be the name of the Lord."

It seems hard at times to become reconciled to the will of the Lord, and especially when one loses a good, kind, and estimable wife, or a loving mother, as in this case, where Mr. Fletcher has lost as kind and loving a wife as ever man espoused; a good mother, an esteemed neighbor, and one beloved by all who knew her.

She leaves a sorrowing husband, and five little children to mourn her departure from this life.

 

Sorrowing father, try and forget your grief in the performance of the double duty which now devolves on you--that of being both father and mother to your bereaved little ones, Do you miss her? How much more will your children miss the one who was accustomed to minister to their every pleasure and desire. Make their less as light as possible, and may the God of peace lighten you burdens, and smooth the pathway of life for the little ones.

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This scanned clipping from a northwest Missouri newspaper was among the papers of my grandmother.  I wanted to share it with family members interested in genealogy.