MUSCATINE COUNTY IOWA REGISTER OF OLD SETTLERS BOOK ONE

Source: REGISTER OF OLD SETTLERS , BOOK One, page 172
submitted by Neal Carter, Aug. 14, 2007

Mrs. L. BLANCH HAWLEY CLARK
Obituary

At her home in Muscatine, Sunday, May 17, 1885, of a complication of diseases, Mrs. L. Blanch Hawley Clark, wife of William A. Clark, and daughter of the late Cyrus Hawley, in her fortieth year.

The community has been in a measure prepared for this painful announcement, by the bulletins from the sick chamber the last two weeks; but it will be difficult for society to realize that Death’s messenger is now speaking, and that Mrs. Clark has passed into the world of spirits.

Deceased, with but unimportant intervals of absence, passed her life in Muscatine. Possessed of a natural amiability of character, and of a mind whose graces corresponded in beauty, she became the early favorite of her school-mates, and maintained this reign over the hearts of her friends in her later social relations. About fourteen years ago she became the bride of Capt. Wm. A. Clark, and in the smiling fortune that has shown upon her subsequent career, she has borne herself with a grace which has made her the still brighter magnet of her circle. For quite a period her health has been delicate, and she has sought various climates for relief and the best medical skill of the country. Three weeks ago the community heard for the first time of her serious indisposition at her home.

We cannot think that death had any terrors for the daughter of Cyrus Hawley. Her heart might very naturally have asked in those last hours, what had heaven to compensate her for this separation from husband and child and her beautiful home? There were few of earth’s daughters so favorably placed for the enjoyment of life, or more happily constituted to appreciate the full fruition of its blessings. But those who know her best are assured that she carried in her heart the reflection of a brighter life than earth has known, and a hope and faith that illumined her pathway to the skies.

Capt. Clark is left with one child, his daughter Kate, aged ten years, with whom to share this irreparable loss. Mrs. Hawley, the mother, and four sisters and a brother, Mrs. Frank Humphreys, Mrs. F. L. Underwood, Mrs. E. S. Holmes, Miss Frances and Cyrus, survive to mourn a beloved daughter and sister.

The funeral will take place from the residence on Cherry street, on Tuesday, May 19, 1885, at 3 p. m.

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