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Roxie Queen (1896)

QUEEN

Posted By: Cay Merryman (email)
Date: 8/2/2004 at 22:11:19

Newspaper Unknown
March 1896

Roxie Queen died on Saturday, March 28, 1896, at 4:10 p.m.

Roxie Queen, aged 4 years 7 months and 15 days. She was the only daughter of T. H. Queen, was a member of the Junior League, always being at Sunday school and League where she will be greatly missed by all her little associates. She was a child, seemingly too bright for this world and her heavenly father has seen fit to take her away from this world of temptations and sorrow, to be clasped in her mothers' embrace and they together in the bosom of Christ, waiting and watching happily together for their dear ones to follow.

The funeral was held on Monday conducted by Rev. DeTar after which her remains were taken to the Young cemetery followed by a large concourse of sympathetic friends where the little flower was planted where Angels will watch it until it shall bloom in Heaven. (A poem follows)
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The Semi Weekly Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Friday, March 27, 1896
Page 2, Column 4

Truro Enterprise(s)—Today’s Paper.

At this writing (Thursday, at one o’clock) the messenger of death seems to be hovering over two homes in our midst. One is at the home of Mr. Queen, whose daughter Roxie has been at death’s door for the past ten days.

The other is our townsman, C. W. Afflerbach, who was taken sick last Thursday with congestion of the lungs.

The Semi Weekly Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Tuesday, March 31, 1896
Page 1, Column 2

The two parties at or near Truro, whose serious sickness was mentioned in these columns last Friday, have since passed away. Mr. C. W. Afflerbach died Friday, March 27, of congestion of the lungs. The funeral services were held Sunday by Rev. J. T. Detar.

Roxie, the four-year-old and only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Queen, died Sunday afternoon. The funeral services were held Monday afternoon, conducted by the same minister.

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