George Irwin Powell (1897)

POWELL

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 7/27/2008 at 17:43:20

Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, January 28, 1897
Page 5

A fourteen-year-old son of Mrs. M. Powell, of Scott township, died Tuesday of diphtheria.
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Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, February 11, 1897
Page 5

Obituary

Died, of diphtheria, Friday, January 26th, 1897, George Irwin, the youngest son of Mrs. M. Powell, aged 14 years, 2 months and 2 days.

The family has the sympathy of the entire community in this, their sad bereavement.
The following verses were composed by Grace Grout, a schoolmate of the deceased:

There’s another of our schoolmates

Gone to that bright world above,

Gone to join his Heavenly Master

Where all is peace and joy and love.

How we miss his pleasant smiles

In our school work here below,

But we know that he has gone

Where we all may hope to go.

He has gone from the home circle

Where is left a vacant chair,

But we know we all shall meet him

When we climb the golden stair.

Oh how sadly he’ll be missed

By his many schoolmates dear,

With them his fond heart was united

In the pleasures of last year.

To his mother, sister, brothers,

We extend a kindly hand,

Hoping by their trust in God

They may join that heavenly band.

Note: Burial was made in the Union Chapel South cemetery.

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