RUTH HANNAH DOBSON departed this life, January 24, l888, at the
residence of her son, JAMES DOBSON in Decatur County, Iowa.  The
deceased was born in Virginia in the year l820.  She embraced the
Christian religion at the age of l6 in the state of Tennessee, joined
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and at her death was a member of the
Christian Church, and died in full hope of a better inheritance.

MOTHER DOBSON leaves two sons and two daughters to mourn her loss.  They
have the sympathy of a large circle of friends.  My acquaintance with
the deceased was but short, but was impressed that she was a kind and
Christian mother.  Our loss was her gain.

The funeral was preached from St. John II, chapter 5, latter clause of
28th verse: Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep from which none ever wakes to
weep.

                                REV. ELIGA TILETSON
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