Nannie Kirchner 1879-1901

KIRCHNER, BLACK

Posted By: Beverly Gerdts (email)
Date: 8/16/2021 at 08:29:38

Columbus Gazette, Columbus Junction, Iowa
Thursday, April 4, 1901
Page 8

Nannie Black Kirchner is dead. On Monday, March 25, 1901, she sat at the family board and partook of the evening meal. about 10 o'clock she retired, saying she had a peculiar headache. Her mother, ever watchful of the health of her daughter, administered a household remedy. At 11 o'clock she was again at her bedside and Nannie assured her she felt better. Baby Bernard, being restless, her husband said " Lay him close to you and he will go to sleep." In her sweet voice she answered "I will." In a little while she and the babe slept. The little one awoke again, but the mother's eyes were closed forever; the "I will" were her last words. She slept and the death angel kissed her and took her up higher to the "many mansions" of her Heavenly Father. About 11:30 her husband, who was still awake, heard her labored breathing and going quickly to her beside found her unconscious. Her parents were called, physicians and friends summoned, but all their efforts to resuscitate here were of no avail. At 2:10 on the morning of March 26, 1901, her pulses ceased to beat.

She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Black, born near Nichols, Muscatine county, Iowa, May 1, 1879. Early on the year 1896 she and her only sister Clara, joined the M. E. church at Nichols under the ministry of Rev. Alexander Teifer. On June 15, 1896, she was happily married to Bernard A. Kirchner, a prosperous young merchant of Nichols, who had been born and reared there, and there they established a cozy home of their own. It was in this home their little daughter Clara Frances, first saw the light of day on April 25, 1899. When her only sister was so sick, they closed their happy home and went to assist her parents in the care of the invalid. little did they think they would never again reside in their own home. After Clara passed away they acceded to the wish of her parents to remain with them in their loneliness. On March 9, 1901, the 89th anniversary of the birth of her grandfather, Benjamin Black, their little son, Robert Bernard, was born, being only 17 days old when she died.

Nannie was a great favorite with her friends. She blessed the earth with her lovely presence 21 years, 10 months and 25 days. Of three beloved children her parents have only their son, Benjamin H., left to them. The funeral was held from the M. E. church on Thursday afternoon conducted by her pastor, Rev. H. C. Millice. After the services at the church a large number followed the remains to their last resting place beside those of her sister in God's Acre; Clara died just seven months previous. The pall bearers were Fred and Will Schmitt, Bert and Lee Nash, Louis Mapes and Ben Swickard.