Minnie Lorene Shearer (1898-1912)

SHEARER

Posted By: Dennis and Gail Bell (email)
Date: 3/26/2006 at 17:32:43

SHEARER, MINNIE LORENE (1898-1912)

THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, April 25, 1912, page 1, column 1. “OBITUARY – MINNIE L0RENE SHEARER was born in Maxwell, Story county, Iowa May 4, 1898. In 1901 the Shearer family moved to Gilbert, Iowa where they have since resided. She accepted Jesus Christ as her savior in the Gilbert Congregational church on the 11th of February, 1912, and the following Sunday united with the church. She was taken ill about six weeks ago, her trouble deepened and on the 26th day of March she was taken to the Iowa Sanitarium in Nevada, where all that human __ could do, was done to allay her distress. Death won the battle, and she passed out of this life into the great beyond on Tuesday, the 16th day of April, 1912, aged thirteen years, eleven months and twelve days. Funeral services were held at the Congregational church of Gilbert, Thursday, April 18th, Rev. Pardon conducted the services, after which all that was mortal of Minnie was laid to rest in the beautiful cemetery just east of town.
“A beautiful rose blooms for a short time,
The fragrance is wafted by the breeze of time;
Weep not for Minnie is waiting on the golden shore,
For loved ones to come and part never more.” CARD OF THANKS – We wish to thank the many friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us during the sickness and death of our beloved Minnie. May the hand of death touch lightly in your home. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Shearer and family.”