Platt, Edna Olive (Farrar) 1868 – 1919

FLATT, FARRAR, HALL, ADAMS

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Date: 12/12/2024 at 10:25:23

Source: Cresco Plain Dealer Feb. 7, 1919, P5 C6

OBITUARY.
PLATT.
Edna Olive Farrar, daughter of Wm. H. and Mary M. Farrar was born April 6, 1868, at Fon du Lac, Wis. She died at her home in Cresco, Ia., Feb. 1st, 1919.
With her parents she came to Lime Springs as a child two years old and this place was her home for the major portion of her life. Here she was married to John W. Platt, Oct. 27, 1896.
All the members of her immediate parental family have preceded her in death. He{r} mother died when she was a little girl. Her father died two years ago. One sister Cora, Mrs. Samuel Hall, died in 1896, and the sister Rena, Mrs. H. B. Adams died fifteen years ago. She is survived by two half-brothers, Glenn Farrar of Loma, Montana, and Richard Farrar of Lime Springs.
Her husband is left to mourn the loss of a true wife. While no children were born to their union, there are left those who mourn as those who lose a mother. Her fullest love as a mother was manifested toward George who came into the home as her own child then he was a babe, and who remains to mourn the loss of a mother. Also her niece, Ruth Hall, has been since the death of her own mother loved as the child of the deceased and she remains to cherish this love as a sacred memery{sic}
In her early life the deceased was a member of the Baptist church. Sixteen eyars ago with her husband she entered into the fellowship of the Lime Springs Presbyterian church. She was a faithful member of this church until removing to their Cresco home she and her husband joined the Congregational church.
She was a woman of devout Christian life, eager to help. One of the last of the tasks undertaken in the public life of the church was as teacher of a class of little girls in the Sunday School. This class was devoted to her and her influence with them was most marked. So of her life in general. It was a radiant life. Quiet and unostentatious she revealed a queenly character that was truly potential.
The following was written by a very dear friendof{sic} many years. “Edna was a tender devoted wife and mother; and a true and loyal friend. Those intimately acquainted with her from her early girlhood throughout her entire life felt that “to know her was to love her.” Her consideration for the welfare hnd{sic} happiness of those around her was never lacking. That the future of her boy was uppermost in her thought at parting was evident when mention was recently made of the following little message written by her and found in the frame of the mirror in his room by one who chanced to notice it. She replied, “that is my wish.”
The following is the message:
“That I am wishing sweetly for thee,
That full of sunshine to-day may be;
And through the busy hours whatever betide,
God may keep thee close by his side.”
Rev. Bockoven held a brief service at the home and then at the Presbyterian church, Lime Springs, Burial in Pleasant Hill cemetery, Lime Springs.

CARD OF THANKS.
We desire to return our sincere thanks to all our kind friends and neighbors for their assistance and sympathy during our recent bereavement.
John W.
Geo. W.
Ruth F. Hall

Source: Cresco Plain Dealer Feb. 7, 1919, P8 C1

Mrs. Win Sanborn, of Madison, Wis., came up from Cresco Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mrs. John Platt.

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