ANNA RICH 1869 - 1926

RICH, MILLER

Posted By: Ann Miller White (email)
Date: 4/25/2004 at 22:45:03

Wayland News – October 28, 1926

MRS. ANNA RICH DIES

Was Former Resident of Wayland

Friends here learned with deep regret of the death of Mrs. Anna Rich, which occurred at her home in Washington early Friday morning. To many of her friends here the announcement of her death came as a surprise as it was not generally known that she was in poor health. However, to her relatives and close friends it was known that she had been suffering for some time with cancer of the stomach and while her death was not entirely unexpected, the news of her passing was a severe shock to her friends here.

Mrs. Rich was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rich and her girlhood days were spent on the farm near Noble. She was married to Joseph G. Rich in 1890 and some time later they purchased the farm northwest of Wayland now owned by C. W. Lute, where Mr. Rich died in 1900. After spending some years on the farm with her children, she moved to Wayland where she remained for some time, later moving to Washington where they have continued to reside.

OBITUARY:

Anna Rich, daughter of Peter and Barbara (Miller) Rich was born December 20, 1869 in Washington County, Iowa. She passed away at her home in Washington, Iowa October 22, 1926 at 5:15 A.M. at the age of 56 years, 10 months, a 2 days.

She was baptized in her youth at the Emmanuel Mennonite church near Noble, Iowa, which church she also joined at that time and in which she remained a member until the end.

She was united in marriage to Joseph G. Rich on January 4, 1890. To this union were born three children: Charles, Bertha, and Lina, all of whom survive to mourn her departure.

She is preceded by her husband on May 2, 1900, by her father, her mother, one sister, and one brother. She leaves to mourn the three children, Lina and Bertha at home, and Charles living on a farm near Crawfordsville, one sister, Mrs. Michael Richard near Wayland, and three half sisters, Mrs. E. E. Eicher, and Mrs. C. K. Schantz, both of Wayland, and Mrs. S. G. Wenger of Donnelson, Iowa, two half brothers, F. G. Rich of near Wayland and W. J. Rich of Newton, Kansas and a host of relatives and friends.

There is no death! The stars go down,
To rise upon some fairer shore;
And bright in heaven’s jeweled crown
They shine forever more.
There is no death! An angel form
Walks oe’r the earth with silent tread;
He bears our best loved things away
And we then call them dead.
But ever near us, though unseen,
The dear immortal spirits tread
For all the boundless universe
Is life—there is no dead.

Funeral services were held on Monday, October 25 at one P.M. from the home in Washington and at 2:30 P.M. from the Emmanuel Mennonite Church near Noble. The services were in charge of her pastor, Rev. H. J. Schrag and Rev. Daniel Graber of the Amish Mennonite Church. Interment was made in the Eicher cemetery near the church.