Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1886 — Obituary. [ARTICLE]

Obituary.

Nannie E. Spider, whose maiden name was Strickler, was horn at Massanuiton, Page county, Yir., June Bth 1837, and died in Rensselaer, January 2nd, 188(5, at 11 o’clock p. m. at the age of 48years, (5 months and 24 days. She was the youngest of 13 children, 4 of whom survive her. She vas unitod in marriage, at her native town, on September 18tli 1801, to Thomas J. Spitler, who died in 1875. There was born, as the fruit of this union, five children, four of whom are still living. She joined the Presbyterian church in early life, and continued a consistent member thereof until lier death. She was very firm in her convictions of right, and through the trials of ten years of widowhood, has borne herself as becomes a Christian character; apd has endeavored to inculcate in the minds of her children the truth of Christianity. She was an affectionate wife and a kind and devoted mother, and her place around the fireside cannot b 9 refilled. She was resigned to her fate, and died in the full faith of a hereafter. ***