Lydia (Macomber) Coggshall (1847-1902)

MACOMBER, COGGSHALL

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 10/7/2011 at 12:26:45

From Story County Watchman January 10, 1902

Maxwell Tribune: ....Mrs. Lydia Coggshall was born in Dubuque county, Iowa, November 10, 1847, and died in Iowa Center January 5, 1902, aged 55 years, 1 month and 26 days. She leaves husband, two daughters, one sister and two brothers to mourn her departure. The funeral was held on Tuesday after noon in the church at Iowa Center, Rev. B. H. Niebel of Des Moines, preaching ther sermon assisted by Rev. V. Urbino....

From Story County Watchman January 17, 1902

DIED:--Lydia Coggshall (nee) Macomber was born in Dubuque Co. Iowa, November 10, 1947, and died in Iowa Center, iwoa, Sunday, January 5, 1902, age 55 years, 1 month and 26 days. She was a faithful wife, a loving mother and a kind and obliging neighbor always thinking of the comfort of those around her. Everything that anxious hearts and hands could do was done in hopes to check the terrible disease that was eating her life away but in vain. She suffered so much during the last four months of her illness but she bore it all with the patience and resignation of a christian spirit. She leaves a husband, two daughters, one sister and two brothers besides other relatives and friends to mourn her departure. The funeral which was largely attendedwas held on Tuesday afternoon in the Evangelical church at Iowa Center, Iowa, Rev. B. H. Niebel of Des Moines, preaching the sermon assisted by Rev. V. Urbino.

DEAR MOTHER:--
Peaceful by thy silent slumber
Peaceful in the grave so low;
Thou no more wait join our number
Thou no more our love shalt I know.

Dearest mother thou hast left us
Here thy loss we deerly feel
But this God that had bereft us
He can all our sorrows heal.
--CORA