Edith Jones Unland 1879-1911

JONES, UNLAND, DAUGHERTY, RIDGEWAY, TROW, RIDGWAY, MORRISON, RANDALL, WHITE

Posted By: Volunteer - Rich Lowe
Date: 11/1/2004 at 15:05:54

Edith Unland.

Edith Lyda Jones, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jones, was born in Bonaparte, Iowa, July 3, 1879. Here she spent a happy childhood, and grew to be a young woman. She took the course in the public school from the primary on through the grades, and graduated with honors, the youngest of a class of fourteen, in the Spring of 1896.

In the spring of 1903 Edith finished the course of the Ruskin business college at Trenton, Mo.

Edith was always an active, enthusiastic member of the Sunday School and Young Peoples’ Society, and she united with the Presbyterian Church under the pastorate of Rev. Scofield.

Edit had a remarkably happy, unselfish disposition, all her short life being full of thoughtful deeds for others. She was always full of energy and ambition, the center of life and good time where ever she was.

April 8, 1906, she was united in marriage to Edgar Earnest Unland, the ceremony taking place at th home of a Methodist minister in Chicago. They lived in Chicago for awhile, but recently have been making their home in New York City.

It was from there a message was received last week saying that Edith was seriously ill, and her mother and daughter sent at once to her. They found her better than they had expected, and sent back word that she was doing very well, but an operation was contemplated, which was successful. He condition was more critical than even her physicians had anticipated, for she died Thursday morning, October 26, 1911, aged a little more than thirty-two years.

She was conscious to the last, and bade her husband, mother and daughter good-bye. Her last words were, “Papa, I am coming home to you.” Her father, Henry Jones, died April 14, 1902.

Her death, coming with such a sudden shock, has almost overwhelmed her relatives, and comes as a calamity to all who knew her.

She leaves to mourn their loss, her husband, Edgar Earnest Unland, her mother, Mrs. Lyda Jones, her daughter, by a previous marriage, Mildren Sylvia Daugherty. She leaves three sisters, Miss Nelle Jones, of Bonaparte, Mrs. J. D. Ridgeway of Trenton, Mo., Mrs. B. A. Trow of Libertyville, and two brothers, Walter E. Jones of Bonaparte, and Harry R. Jones of Farmington, and two aunts, Miss E?la Randall of this place, and Mrs. Sophia R. White of Fredonia, N. Y. Besides these she leaves nieces and nephews, and other relatives and friends who deplore the death of one so young, so gifted, and to whom it seemed the possibilities of this life had no more than begun.

The funeral was held from the home Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. James Clark of Donnellson. The floral offerings were remarkable for their profusion and beauty.

The out of town relatives who were called to attend the funeral of Mrs. Edith Unland were: Edgar E. Unland of New York City; his fathr, E. F. Unland of Pekin, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. B. A.T*ow and Mrs. May Morrison of Libertyville, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Ridgway, Misses Jessie and Margaret and Ross Ridgway of Trenton, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Jones of Farmington.

Source: Entler Scrapbooks, vol. 5, Iowa Historical Library, Iowa City, IA