Raish, Emiline M. 1843-1896

RAISH, ROBINSON

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Date: 2/12/2016 at 21:18:25

Note: She is buried in Riverside Cemetery.

DIED—In Sioux City, November 11, 1896, Emeline, wife of John N. Raish, of Akron, aged 53 years, 5 months, and 27 days.

There few words tell the ending of a life which all who knew the dead wish might have been drawn to a longer span. A faithful wife, kind mother and good friend has departed from earth at the close of a long period of intense suffering. She was carried to Sioux City about five weeks ago to receive special medical skill and careful nursing in the hope that her life might be prolonged, but it was of no avail, and the end which her friends feared came yesterday.

Emeline M. Robinson was born in Cattaraugus county, New York, May 15, 1843, and was united in marriage to John N. Raish, in the same county, December 28, 1858. She and her husband moved to Oshkosh, Wis., in 1861, and from there to Elk Point, S.D., in 1875. In 1884 the family removed to Akron, where they have since resided.

Mr. Raish survives his wife, and there are yet living six of the nine children who were the fruit of their union. These are Henry H., who lives on the home farm near Akron; George W., engaged here with his father in the lumber trade for several years; E. L., now teaching languages in the public schools of Menominee, Wis.; John W., now attending the University of South Dakota, at Vermillion; and Ida M. and Arthur W., who are at home in Akron.

Other surviving relatives of Mrs. Raish are her father, George W. Robinson, and a sister, Mrs. William Kropp, of Elk Point; also anther sister, Mrs. Abbie A. Moyer, of Oshkosh, who will probably be present at the funeral tomorrow, a telegram having been sent her.

The remains of Mrs. Raish were brought to Akron on the morning train from Sioux City. The funeral services will be conducted at the Methodist church tomorrow at 11 a.m. by Rev. George C. Fort, who came up with Mr. Raish today.

She was converted to religion in 1865 at Oshkosh under the ministration of Rev. Geo. H. Haddock, who yielded up his life a martyr in the cause of prohibition that dark night in Sioux City, 1886. An interesting incident in this connection is the fact that a few days before Rev. Haddock’s murder he was visiting the Raish family in Akron, and in his parting conversation, said to them that he had a presentiment that in the struggle which was going on he might lose his life.

Akron Tribune
Thursday, November 12, 1896
Akron, Iowa