Weinkauf, Martha 1880 - 1902

WEINKAUF

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/22/2024 at 16:07:26

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Jan. 24, 1902, FP, C3

Miss Martha Weinkauf, daughter of Aug. Weinkauf, we understand passed away last Sunday. She had been indisposed for several months, death coming as a relief from her sufferings.

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Jan. 31, 1902, FP, C7

OBITUARY.
WEINKAUF.
Martha, beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Weinkauf, of Albion, died in the home in which she was born, Sunday morning, Jan. 19th, which lacked but eleven days of the twenty-second anniversary of her birth. Her malady was consumption. She was a patient sufferer and many times expressed her willingness to go when her Savior called. She selected the hymns and those she wished to sing at her funeral, and was conscious until she fell into that peaceful sleep from which none ever wake.
She possessed those qualities of head and heart which endeared her to all with whom she came in contact, having a natural musical talent she devoted much time in preparing herself to play the organ in her church. That she was beloved by all who knew her was shown by her funeral which was the largest ever held in this valley since its settlement. Rev. Wagner, her pastor, preached the sermon, and the remains in a most beautiful casket was placed in a flower bedecked tomb in the German Lutheran Cemetery in Granger.

Gently, speak gently the name of our dear one;
Sweetly she’s sleeping—her spirit has flex;
Fast falls the glittering tear drops above her:
Speak her name gently, our Martha is dead.

Closed is the eye that ever beamed brightly,
Hushed is the voice that we all loved so well,
Still is the heart, the dear hands are folded,
She said not to murmer—‘tis well, it is well.

But hark! Hear you not the waving of pinions,
The angel are hastening to welcome her home,
Now she has passed over Life’s flowing river
And the Father hath said, “I have need of thee, come.”

Safe in the arms of the Savior reclining,
We would not recall her, no early she’s blest.

Bright beams the eye of our dear one in heaven
And sweet is her voice at the heavenly gate
Singing “No death not any more weeping
I’ve only passed over to watch and to wait.”
--VAN D.

CARD OF THANKS:
We desire to express our heartfelt thanks to our friends and neighbors for their kind assistance and sympathy during our late great bereavement.
MR. AND MRS. AUGUST WEINKAUF, AND FAMILY