Nannie G. Bard 1868-1901

BARD, GAMBLE, COLTON, PARMETER, GREER, JOHNSTON, FOGARTY, TURNER, THOMPSON

Posted By: Beverly Gerdts (email)
Date: 8/16/2021 at 14:14:34

Columbus Gazette, Columbus Junction, Iowa
Thursday, June 13, 1901
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Mrs. Nannie G. Bard, after a long and painful sickness, died on Monday at a few minutes after 12 o'clock. She had been sick for a great many weeks with diabetes, a disease which takes away the strength of the food which is eaten while the body gradually grows weaker, until it finally collapses. She was out in the country last week from Thursday until Saturday, night attended a little reception given by Mrs. J. L. Overholt to the reading club of which she was a member. But on Sunday morning she did not feel well enough to get up, during the middle of the day she was taken much worse, some of the vital organs refusing to do their work. at about 9 o'clock in the evening she became unconscious, and slowly slept her life away.

The funeral services were held at the home of Mrs. Gamble yesterday at 2 o'clock, and a great many of Mrs. Bard's friends came to pay their last respects to her. A choir composed of Mesdames Hall and ? and Messrs. G. W. Murdock and Shellabarger sang several old church hymns, and Rev. Drew, assisted by Rev. Fouse, conducted the services. The remains were laid away in the Columbus City cemetery.

Nannie Gamble was born in Columbus City, Iowa, February 3, 1868, and died June 10, 1901, so she was 35 years, 4 months and 7 days old at the time of her death. She was the sixth child born to Mr. and Mrs. A. Gamble, and nearly all her life she remained closely at home, being for a number of years the main stay of the home and one on whom her mother had learned to lean and depend. At one time she taught in some of the schools near here but not for long. On February 22, ? she was married to Thomas T. Bard and they lived here since, remaining at the Gamble home,when Mrs. Bard felt she was so much needed. She was for many years a member of the Presbyterian church here, and was a young woman of more than usual intelligence and possessed ? good and womanly qualities her being taken is a crushing sorrow to her near ones, especially the mother and the husband, who have, if the common expressions are evidence, the earnest sympathy of all. These two feel the weight of the trial the most.

The pall bearers at the funeral were W. H. Colton, F. K. Parmeter and son Frank, Irving Greer, R. S. Johnston and Fred M. Colton, all related to the deceased. The brothers and sisters are Mrs. Eva Fogarty, Jamestown, North Dakota, Mrs. Kate Turner, of New York, Mrs. Irving Greer, Mrs. F. K. Parmeter and Wm., of Cedar Rapids, J. C. of Kansas City, and Hooker and Ed, of this place. These, with the exception of the first two, were present at the funeral. Others from a distance who were present were Mr. Greer, Mr. Parmeter and son Frank, and Miss Elsie Colton, of Cedar Rapids, Mr. Ed Colton, Mrs. A. O Thompson and W. H. Colton and family of Wapello. Most of these returned to their homes last night. Mrs. Greer expects to remain with her mother several weeks.