Carrye Blanche JOHNSON

JOHNSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/14/2010 at 13:11:19

9 November 1881 -- 27 December 1901

Carrye Blanche Johnson, the second daughter of Mrs. H. H. Johnson, was born in Webster City on Nov. 9, 1881, and passed away at the home of her uncle, Mr. F. B. Johnson, in Hays City, Kansas, on Dec. 27, 1901. When death comes to the aged, in spite of our grief we feel that it is well; and when little children are taken, we are comforted with the thought that they are safe from all the ills and cares of life, and "their angels do always behold the face of Our Father;" but when death comes to the young, who, full of hope and promise, are just ready to begin life in the highest sense of the word, and when it comes to those who are in the prime of life, we, in our blindness, find it more difficult to become reconciled. For several months Blanche had been in poor health and everything that was possible had been done to check the progress of disease. She spent the summer months in the pineries of Minnesota and returned home but little benefited. About eight weeks ago her mother took her to Colorado, and it seemed that while there the disease was checked, but upon her return to her uncle's home in Hays City, Kansas, she gradually grew weaker. She continued to be cheerful and hopeful and seemed to suffer little, if any pain, and on last Friday morning peacefully and quietly she fell asleep. Neither she nor those about her realized that death was near, and it came like a crushing blow to her mother, sister and friends.

The twenty years which she was permitted to live were spent her in the city of her birth. After she received her education and was graduated from the high school with the class of 1900, several of whom were able to be present and participate in the last sad rites. Blanche was the first of their number who " Gone unto that school where she no longer needs our poor protection and Christ himself doth rule." Since completing her school work she had taught two terms of school in the country. Nine years ago she united with the Christian Church of which she has since been a faithful, consistent member. During the last few weeks of her life she took much pleasure in studying her Bible. Hers was a lovely character. Gently, cheerful, her heart filled with goodwill and kindly feeling, she was much loved by her young associates, and will be sadly missed in the social circles where she was best known; and when the light of this young life went out, it left the home, which she so dearly loved , dark indeed, and the mother, sister, aunt who are so bereft will never cease to miss the sweet presence, which for a little time is denied them here, but which they will enjoy once more when they join their loved ones in the better land, for,

" There is no death! What seem so is transition; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death."

The funeral services were held at the Christian Church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and were conducted by Rev. E. E. Kneedy assisted by Rev J.O. Thrush, and in the presence of relatives, teachers, classmates and friends the earthly tabernacle of this fair soul was laid to rest in our city cemetery.

source unknown, Webster City, Iowa
ca December 1901