WAINSCOTT, Margaret Bertha: 1869-1948

MCCULLOUGH, WAINSCOT, PEACOCK, LIMING, RAMBO

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Date: 11/8/2013 at 07:10:09

BERTHA WAINSCOTT
**Handwritten: 48

"How well she fell asleep!
Like some proud river widening toward the sea;
Calmly and gradually, silently and deep
Life Joined Eternity."

Margaret Bertha McCullough was born on a farm north of Douds, Iowa, Oct. 7, 1869. After an illness of four months she passed away at her home in Douds, June 7, 1948 at the age of 78 years and 8 months.

On April 1, 1897, she was married to James William Wainscott who preceded her in death on Sept. 18, 1944. To this union were born four children, Helen M. Peacock of Houston, Tex., Hollis W. and Nellie of Douds and Donald, who passed away at the age of 15 years.

She leaves four grandchildren, Elvin and Robert Peacock of Houston, and Bonnie Lou and Jimmie Wainscott of Douds.

Two sisters, Mrs. Alice Liming and Mrs. L.E. Rambo of Ottumwa, and one brother, J.F. McCullough of Davenport survive. She was preceded in death by four sisters and two brothers.

A member of the Methodist church since early girlhood, she was always actively engaged in its various fields of usefulness. For many years she served as Sunday School superintendent, teacher of young people, and at the time of her death she was an officer in the Woman's Society of Christian Service.

Love of church, home and family were the interests closest to her heart.

A loyal friend and neighbor, a loving mother, she has passed into that

"Quiet haven, where her shattered bark
Harbors secure, 'till the rough storm is passed;
Perhaps a passage overhung with clouds,
But at its entrance a few leagues beyond
Opening to kinder skies and milder suns,
And seas pacific as the soul that seeks him."

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book C, Page 316, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA