BLAIR, Mary Maude

BLAIR

Posted By: Nancy (email)
Date: 12/31/2004 at 11:30:04

1901 Morning Sun News-Herald. This is in the upper right hand of a page that is tattered before it was copied onto the film. Parts in parenthesis are what I was able to fill in or not, with ?? notating. I am not related to her and have no further information.

June 20, 1901
Obituary

Miss Mary Maude Blair (was born in ) Morning Sun, November 17, ?? died in this city, June 12, 1901 ??orages of the stomach, aged 12 years, ?? months and 26 days. The deceased had been visiting relatives at Yarmouth the week before her death and came home on Saturday evening feeling very well. She attended the children’s exercises at the Methodist church Sunday morning and in the evening took suddenly ill and from that grew gradually worse. The deceased is survived by her father, mother, three sisters and seven brothers.

The funeral was held from the home Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock and was conducted by Rev. J. P. Nesbit. Interment in the city cemetery.

Dearest daughter, thou has left us,

We thy loss most deeply feel,

But the God who has bereft us,

He can all our sorrows heal.

Yet, again we hope to meet thee

When this day of life is fled;

And in heaven with joy to greet thee

Where no farewell tears are shed.