Reeves, Pearle (Died 1881)

REEVES

Posted By: Viv Reeves (email)
Date: 3/13/2006 at 19:21:19

From the LeMars Sentinel, LeMars, (Plymouth), Iowa, December 22, 1881:

DIED

REEVES--At Warren, Illinois, on Wednesday, December 14th, at 9:30 p. m., Pearle, daughter of T. J. and Jennie L. Reeves, of Seney, Iowa, aged 2 years and 6 months.

The mother was visiting at Warren when the little one received a severe cold resulting in that dreadful disease membraneous croup. All that human effort could do, was done to save her. But Darling Little Pearle was too bright for earth, and God called her hence. The bereaved parents laid her away at Warren, Illinois, on Friday, and returned home Saturday.

So Pearle has gone, our beauty,

Our eldest born, our flower;

But how can we weep for Pearle,

She has but gone for an hour--

Gone for a minute, our daughter,

From this room into the next;

We, too, shall go in a minute,

What time have we to be vext.

Seney, Iowa, Dec. 17th, 1881