REISNER, Mrs. Emma: Died 1936

REISNER, HEADDING

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Date: 8/15/2014 at 05:53:13

**Handwritten: KEO. REP. 7 MAY 1936

Mrs. Emma Reisner

Mrs. Emma Reisner passed away April 21, 1936, at her home in Centerville, Iowa at the age of 57 years, 6 months and 29 days. She was the youngest daughter of Ira and Sarah Headding, born in Lee County, Iowa, on Sept. 23, 1878. Her father passed on before her in 1883, and her mother in 1916. She was also preceded in death by five sisters, Chelsia, Ophelia, Ocelia, Etna and Viola, and two brothers, Newton and Ira.

Mrs. Reisner spent all her life in Iowa. She was united in marriage to L.H. Reisner in Farmington, Iowa on April 3, 1901.

She was a fine Christian woman and through all the trials of her illness, she never forgot her need of prayer. She prayed often, and made many requests of others to remember her in prayers. She was united with the First Baptist Church, Farmington, when but a young girl, and was later united with the Christian Church of Centerville, Iowa, when she and her husband moved to that place in 1909.

She leaves to mourn her going her husband, L.H. Reisner; four brothers, Bradford Headding, of Chabrallis, Wash.; W.E. Headding, of Oroville, California; Ellis Head(d)ing, of Boulder, Colo.; Wyatt Headding, of Stoneville, S.D.; 28 nieces and nephews, besides a host of friends.

Funeral services were held in the Johnson Funeral Home in Centerville on Thursday, April 23 at 10:00 a.m., conducted by Rev. H.E. Trimble, pastor of the Christian church and that same afternoon in Farmington, Iowa, at the Page Funeral Parlor, by Rev. M.R. Rogers, pastor of the Farmington Baptist Church. The message given by Mr. Rogers was taken from Mrs. Reisner's favorite verse, Rom. 5:1, speaking on, "Peace With God." Her favorite hymns, "Beautiful Garden of Prayer," "Going Down the Valley," and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" were sung at the service.

Burial was in the Farmington cemetery.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book D, Page 85, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA