MRS. MARY C. DAVIS

DAVIS, FUNK, LANTZ, STANDIFER, GOODMAN, MOORE, BEASLEY

Posted By: Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert (email)
Date: 3/1/2002 at 18:28:03

Decatur County Journal
Thursday, December 2, l9l5

MRS. MARY C. DAVIS was born in McLean County,
Kentucky, March 4, l840,
and departed this life at Leon, Iowa,
November 26, l9l5. October l9,
l857, she was maried to JOHN DAVIS, of
Springfield, Illinois. Eight
children were born to this union, namely,
seven daughters and one son.
MRS. DAVIS came with her husband to Davis
County, Iowa in l86l. Soon
after their arrival in Iowa, MRS. DAVIS
yielded her husband as a soldier
to the Union cause. But after enlisting he
was discharged from further
service.

At the close of the war, MRS. DAVIS moved
with her husband to the old
DAVIS homestead near Leon, Iowa, where they
lived happily together until
in October, l896, when the husband preceded
the wife to the mysterious
realm which lies beyond the river of death.
In l89l MRS. DAVIS moved to
Leon, Iowa, where she has made her home ever
since. In l894 she
transferred her church membership to the
Methodist Episcopal Church in
Leon, of which church she remained a faithful
and consistent member
until she went to join the church Triumphant.
While she had been in
feeble health and a sufferer for some time,
there was no dark valley for
her when Jesus came. Her last days were
spent in speaking words of
assurance, cheer and comfort to her loved
ones and those who gathered at
her bedside.

Of the eight children born to this good
woman, six remain to mourn the
loss of their mother. FLORENCE died in
childhood, and ABRAHAM L. in
young manhood. The surviving six daughters
are MRS. FRANCIS FUNK and
MRS. G.L. LANTZ, both of Shenandoah, Iowa;
MRS. EMMA STANDIFER, of Davis
City, Iowa; MRS. EVA GOODMAN, MRS. ELLA
MOORE, and MRS. ALICE BOWMAN who
reside in Leon. These six mourning daughters
are joined in their sorrow
by MRS. ELI BEASLEY, of Osceola, Ia., a
sister of MRS. DAVIS, by
twenty-nine grandchildren, thirteen great
grandchildren, and a large
circle of other relatives and friends. Truly
it may be said that the
seventy-five years of this woman's life meant
much for God and humanity.

She resteth now. No more her breast

Heaves with its weary
breath,

Pain sits no longer on the
brow

Where lies the calm of
death.

Sunk to her rest like a
tired child,

She lies in slumber
deep,

Soft folded in the arms of
Him

Who "giveth His beloved
sleep."

The funeral was conducted by her Pastor, the
Rev. Raoul R. Moser, at the
Methodist Episcopal Church, last Thursday
morning. The burial took
place at the Dunkard Cemetery northeast of
Leon.

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February 28, 2002