JOHN WILLIAM CRAIG

CRAIG

Posted By: Nancee Seifert (email)
Date: 2/19/2010 at 13:54:51

Decatur County Journal
Leon, Iowa
Thursday, February 19, 1914

JOHN WILLIAM, youngest child of W.F. and NETTIE E. CRAIG, was born Feb. 14,
1913. He fell asleep Feb. 10, 1914, at 11:05 p.m., after an illness of nine
days from lung fever. All that loving hands could do was done, but the
Divine Father saw the need of one more bud of promise to the tree of life.
Therefore little JOHN was called. Closer and closer did the petals fold
until the little heart, and mind slept. The happy smile that always
brightened up his angelic little countenance will be missed by father,
mother, four brothers, two sisters, many friends and loved ones. But they
mourn not as those without hope.

Funeral services were held at the Providence Church on the afternoon of Feb.
12, 1914. The sermon was Scriptural reading. Matt. 18:1-12. The text was
taken from 1 Thes. 4:13; 18. The remains were laid to rest in the Hamilton
Cemetery, there to await the call of those who die in Jesus. "They shall
not taste death, for it shall be sweet unto them."

"The family tree is broken,

A little bud has fell.
To moulder back to mother earth,

God doeth all things well.
Look up! the bud is blooming,

In a land all free from care.
God will bring it when he cometh,

To this land made pure and fair.
Not dead, but sweetly swaying,

In the blessed Savior's arm.
And a soft breeze gently whispers,

To us. On and on; on and on."
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Card of thanks ~

To those who so kindly assisted in caring for and administering the last sad
rites to our beloved baby, we tender our heartfelt thanks, and may God's
choicest blessings rest upon them.

Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Craig and Family.
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February 19, 2010
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