GARVER, Libby (Thurber) 1848-1892

GARVER, THURBER

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 1/15/2015 at 11:26:24

OBITUARY--

DIED.—Mrs. L. E. Garver, at her home in Inwood, Lyons Co., Iowa, January 15, 1892, aged 43 years.

Libby Thurber Garver was born in Ogle Co., Ill., April 10, 1848. In the year 1854 she moved with her parents to Howard Co., Iowa, where the greater part of her life was spent. She was united in marriage to David C. Garver May 11, 1867. They lived on a farm near Lime Springs until the summer of 1885, when they moved to Inwood, where she has since resided.

In the death of Mrs. Garver the family have lost a loving wife and mother, an aged mother mourns a loving and dutiful daughter, the tie between sister and brother is broken, never to be united in this world, and the community has suffered a loss that cannot be easily replaced. Her strict integrity, her pure unselfishness, her heart and hands ever open to the wants of the needy and distressed, marked her as a faithful friend and neighbor, and wherever she lived her kind and loving deeds left their impress on all with whom she came in contact. That her influence in uplifting and her counsels to the young were wise and strengthening is attested by many. At the time of her death she was an active member of the Presbyterian Church.

A husband and five children are left to mourn her loss.

The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon, and was attended by a large concourse of people. Rev. Oates pronounced the funeral sermon. His heart-felt words were of comfort to the stricken family and received with keen appreciation by all in attendance. His words were appropriate.

The demise of Mrs. Garver casts a shadow over the entire community, and her death is sincerely mourned by all. Her life work was one of nobility, and many are those to whom she has lent willing aid or tendered thoughtful and loving care. She was always the friend of the poor the needy or the oppressed.

She has long cherished the following verses, and they are indicative of the character of her who has gone to that reward consequent upon a well spent life:

Have you found the heavenly lights,
Pass it on!
Souls are going in the night,
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Source: Iowa Plain Dealer January 28, 1892, P3 C4