Loomis, Catherine A. (Hamilton) 1846 - 1915

LOOMIS, HAMILTON

Posted By: Janice Sowers (email)
Date: 12/22/2006 at 17:38:37

From the Scrapbook of Newspaper Articles by Mrs. Lillian Wheeler

Last Thursday morning about 5 o'clock Mrs. E. H. Loomis passed peacefully away, after a long and trying illness. She was ready and willing to go. She was conscious until a short time before the end and bade her loved ones goodbye. The funeral was held Friday afternoon from the M. E. church.

In recording the death of Mrs. Loomis we record the passing of an old settler, a good mother, a devoted wife, and a stalwart Christian character. Mrs. Loomis had been sick for several weeks and her passing was not a surprise.

The funeral services were conducted in the M. E. church of which she was a member. A large congregation was present. The floral offerings were beautiful. Rev. Dickerson, her pastor, conducted the service, assisted by Rev. Cornelius of the Baptist church and Rev. Harp of the Christian church. Rev. Dickerson spoke from a text found in Rev. 3:12, "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God."

The following is a short sketch of the life of Sister Loomis:

Catherine A. Hamilton born Apr. 10, 1846, in New York City, where she lived until she was nine years old. Then moved with her parents to Howard county, Iowa, living there until Dec. 26, 1870, when she was united in marriage with E. H. Loomis. To this union were born seven children, five of whom are living and were at the bedside when she breathed her last. Charolette died at the age of five and Grace at the age of twenty.

Mrs. Loomis was converted in 1869, then joining the Congregational church with her husband where she remained a member until 1901. After moving to Wakita she placed her letter in the M. E. church, where she lived a sweet, conscientious Christian life.

Her last illness lasted six weeks and she was a great sufferer, which she bore with Christian fortitude, often smiling when in pain. Her suffering did not weaken but strengthened her faith. (Wakita, Okla. Herald, Dec. 22, 1915)