Agatha Jane (Cameron) Kelling (1873-1933)

CAMERON, CAMPBELL, JONES, KELLING

Posted By: Eileen Reed
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:46

The Eagle Grove Eagle
Eagle Grove, Iowa
Thursday, December 28, 1933
Page 4, Column 1

Goldfield Section

Last week this paper told of the death of Mrs. Henry Kelling at Ledyard. Following is the obituary as printed in the Bancroft Register:

Agatha Jane Cameron was born Dec. 13, 1873 in Story county and died at her home near Ledyard, Kossuth county, Iowa, Dec. 16, 1933, at the age of 60 years and 3 days. In 1878 she came with her parents to Wright county.

On Nov. 30, 1916, she was untied in marriage to Charles Henry Kelling and came to this home where she passed the rest of her life.

She became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church early in life and was received into the fellowship of the Grant Methodist Episcopal church by transfer, Feb. 13, 1920, by Rev. M. L. Carver. She was as active in church work as her health would permit. In 1932 her health was broken by pneumonia and during the remaining years of her life she was a little more than an invalid.

Surviving her are her husband, her father, John Cameron of Goldfield, two sisters, Mrs. Howard Jones and Mrs. Joseph Campbell of Goldfield, and a host of relatives and friends.

We shall always remember Mrs. Kelling for her ever present cheerfulness. Less than two hours before she fell asleep, she had a smile for those at her bedside. No more fitting words can be used in concluding these remarks than those immortalized by Alfred Tennyson in his

Crossing the Bar

Sunset and evening star
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea!

Funeral services were conducted at the home by the pastor, Rev. George R. McDowell and interment was at Glenwood cemetery at Goldfield.
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The Wright County Monitor
Clarion, Iowa
Thursday, December 28, 1933
Page 14, Column 2

Goldfield

Former Goldfield Resident Is Brought Here for Burial

Mrs. Henry Kelling of Ledyard, passed away at her home on Saturday, Dec. 16 after a serious illness of several months. Mrs. Kelling was well known having grown to womanhood here, being the daughter of John H. Cameron, pioneer resident of this vicinity.

Funeral services were held at Ledyard December 19 with burial being made in the Glenwood cemetery at Goldfield.