Elizabeth (Templeton) Urquhart (1924)

TEMPLETON, URQUHART

Posted By: Kent Transier (email)
Date: 8/29/2009 at 12:46:03

Winterset Madisonian
Thursday, 21 February 1924
Page 7, Column 1

Earlham

The funeral of Mrs. Urquhart who died Tuesday, was held at her home, Friday afternoon. Mrs. Urquhart was born in Scotland and was married in that country, where her children, three boys and one girl, were born. It was there that her daughter and husband were laid to rest while she and her sons came to America to make a new home. John, her eldest son, has made a home for his mother for many years, the other sons having homes of their own; Dan at Rodman and the other son at Stuart.

Mrs. Urquhart was a retiring woman, living in a strange country among a strange people, who had only to meet her to love her. This good woman was laid to rest in the Earlham Cemetery to await the resurrection morning, when she will be reunited with the loved ones she had loved and lost a while.
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Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
Thursday, February 14, 1924

Mrs. Urquhart, the little mother of the Urquhart boys, is dead. Tuesday afternoon her tired spirit slipped through the veil just as she had requested her nurse Miss Elma Golightly to do some simple service. A movement of her hand to her lips, a sigh and she was gone. This life of humility and service, uneventful as it was, has much to teach us. An obituary will be given next week.
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Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
Thursday, February 21, 1924

FAITHFUL MOTHER CALLED TO REWARD

The following tribute to the history of Mrs. Elizabeth Urquhart was paid her by Mrs. Harry Foster, who knew the hidden deeps of this unpretentious, yet glorious life as well as any person in the community.

Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel and Agnes Templeton, and wife of David Urquhart, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1843 and passed peacefully away at her home in Earlham, Iowa, on February 12th, 1924. Her childhood was spent in her native land where she brought up her family of one daughter and three sons. Her beloved husband and daughter passed away in Scotland, and in 1890 Mrs. Urquhart came to America to join the three sons who had already sought a new country. A busy life has been hers, helping as useful and willing mothers help, to do the many necessary things for the comfort of their households of industrious sons.

After ten years spent in Illinois and Missouri, she moved to Iowa and there, close to and in Earlham she has since lived.

The two younger boys David and George have made homes for themselves and families, and there she has delighted to occasionally visit and enjoy the daughter-in-law and grandchildren, but to John the oldest son, she has been homemaker and helper.

Gladly and lovingly she has performed this task, constantly she has been here to greet him and never has her cheery welcome failed. With the frugal and kindly nature of her face she has helped as she saw her duty, and that duty has not confined to her home alone.

Mrs. Urquhart was a member of the Free Church (Presbyterian) in Scotland, and while not attending a place of worship here, she has gladly given to help in the advancement of God’s Kingdom.

Retiring and unassuming, she has lived a quiet and useful life and her home was surely her kingdom. Very seldom did she leave its shelter, but she had many neighbors and friends who knew her own worth.

Of keen intellect, yet so quiet, one might wonder at the store of knowledge of this little woman, where fondness for keeping informed even in present day world affairs made grandma Urquhart a bright and interesting old lady. Quick to observe and ready to remark, she proved herself a remarkable woman for her 83 years.

A few days ago she expressed herself as being ready and willing to obey God’s call rather than to remain here to suffer. Till her strength totally failed, she willingly performed the little tasks of love and sacrifice for her son who tenderly helped to care for her, and quietly she laid down her burden leaving her own the memory of a devoted mother.

Funeral services were held at the home at two o’clock, Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Fink, and interment was in Earlham cemetery.

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