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Vinton Eagle, May 26, 1891
Sarah Ferguson
From the Obituary.
Sarah A., wife of Ira A. Ferguson, and daughter of John A. and Elizabeth R. Dilling was born Sept. 16, 1863, and died at the home of her parents on the morning of May 19, 1891 at 2 o'clock. She was 27 years, 8 months, and 3 days old. She was married to Ira A. Ferguson Jan 23, 1884. They lived happily together a little over seven years. She leaves one child (little Alta) and many friends to mourn their loss. She was a consistent and faithful member of the church of the United Brethren in Christ for about 9 years; always loyal to her church and punctual in her attendance of public worship. She was just in her prime of life when she was called home. Her husband and herself had just secured a home and were ready to move into it when she was taken down with la grippe which finally went into consumption. While busy looking after her temporal welfare she did not forget that which is of most importance--her spiritual welfare. When the writer visited her during her illness, she said she was ready to die if it was God's will but that she would like to live to raise Alta. Her funeral took place at Prairie Church, and she was buried in the home burying ground. The large concourse of friends who attended the funeral well attested the merit of our departed sister, and the esteem in which she was held by the community. The church could not accommodate all. We may not understand God's providence now but we shall know bye and bye. We know that He knows what is best for us. There is no shadow cast but that has a sun behind it. Death has now thrown his pall over our sister, and the star of her sanctity begins to twinkle brightly before our eyes. The approach of death makes some men gloomy and sombre, but how mildly different was the death of our departed friend. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. Precious and also beautiful, it was to sister Ferguson a blessed experience. She was never so well situated to glorify as in her dying hour, for there she displayed the tenderness of His care. While the eye of the body was closing to the beauties of the earth the eye of the soul was opening to the glories that are to be revealed in heaven.
The bereaved companion and sorrowing friends have the warmest sympathies of all in their severe affliction. --N. W. Burtner.
{Submitter comment: Some obituaries of the people buried in the Prairie United Brethren Cemetery, Sec. 35, Taylor Township.}
HELEN ALETA FERGUSON
VINTON-Helen Aleta Ferguson, 55, rural Vinton, died Sunday, January 22, 1989, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids.
Born January 7, 1924 in Tiffin, she was the daughter of William Guy and Beulah Allen Irvin. She married Mryon Ferguson October 10, 1945, in Iowa City.
A homemaker and farm wife, Mrs. Ferguson was a graduate of a business college in Iowa and a cook at the Vinton Community School. She was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church, Vinton, and a member of the church circle. She was also a member of the Vinton Garden Club.
She is survived by her husband, Myron; step-mother, Edna Goettle, Iowa City; two sons, Michael and wife Lori Ferguson and Patrick Lee and wife Jeanie Ferguson, all of Vinton; two daughters, Mrs. Lorinda (Thomas) McCullough, Des Moines, and Mrs. Karen (Wayne) Rhinehart, Vinton; three sisters, Ethel Chapman, Iowa City, Lucille Crandall, Sam Ramon, CA, and Margaret Chapman, Earlville; one brother, Ralph Irvin, and one half-brother, Guy Irvin both of Iowa City; six grandchildren, Laura and Andrew McCullough, Annette and Teresa Rhinehart and Tshauna and Tanya Ferguson. She was preceded in death by her parents, one still born daughter and one sister, Dorothy Irvin.
Funeral services will be at Wesley United Methodist Church, Vinton, Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 1:30 p.m. Rev. Mark Berbano will be in charge of the service Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery, Vinton.
Friends may call...at the Campbell Russell Funeral Home, Vinton...
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