Haviland, Mrs. Oscar C. (Ethel) 1880-1901

HAVILAND, NELSON

Posted By: Viv Reeves (email)
Date: 2/10/2005 at 10:26:08

From the LeMars Sentinel, Thursday, March 28, 1901, Page 3, Column 4:
Obituary

Died, at the home of her sister, Mrs. A. M. Cutland on Thursday morning, March 21, 1901, of tuberculosis and edema of the lungs, Ethel E., wife of Oscar Haviland, of Seney, aged 20 years, 8 months and 12 days. The funeral was attended by a very large concourse of people at the house on Sunday morning, March 24, Rev. F. W. Wilson, of Cushing, Iowa, officiating. The husband and relatives including her brother and sister from Wisconsin, and a number of friends from Sioux City and other points were present, and the entire audience sympathized with the stricken husband and relatives in the most heartfelt manner. The floral tributes were beautiful and numerous. Among them was a maltese cross from the Epworth League, also a wreath from members of the league and other friends. The bearers were Miss Ida and Sadie Alderson, Miss Bessie March, Miss Bessie Kennedy, Miss Marie McKnight, Miss Emma Becker and six young men as escorts. The young ladies carried white flowers which they cast into the grave as they lowered here to her last resting place.

Rarely has there been seen in our community such evidence of sympathy and loving remembrance as was shown on this sad occasion.

Ethel was the pride of her new home in which she took much interest. She began her christian life on the 18th of January, and continued true to her God through her whole sickness. She has lived in this vicinity for the past five years and had just taken upon herself the cares of a home when disease overtook her and was not relieved from her suffering until last Thursday morning, when God saw fit to call her up higher where sorrow and suffering are not known.

She leaves a husband, age of 24 years, to wend his way through this wide world alone, but with the thought of meeting again and with the encouraging words of his friends, we feel he will be ready to meet whatever may come. She also leaves a father, two sisters and three brothers to whom we extend our heartfelt sympathy.