Decatur County Journal
September 9, l904

Died, August l9, l904, aged 3 years, 7 months and l5 days, HELEN LAVINA,
daughter of WILLIAM HENRY and IDA M. PHILLIPS. HELEN was an
affectionate, kind and obedient child; by her gentle disposition she won
the hearts of all who knew her. It is indeed a sore trial for MR. and
MRS. PHILLIPS to be thus called to surrender their lovely child to the
power of death, but they are comforted by the assurance that she has
been called to the beautiful home above prepared for all the redeemed.
May God comfort their hearts in this their sad bereavement.

The funeral was held in the home. Text, "It is Well With the Child"--2
Kings, 4-26. Her remains rest in the Woodmansee Cemetery.
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August l9, 2001