Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 152, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1913 — Tribute to Aunt Jane. [ARTICLE]

Tribute to Aunt Jane.

Mrs. Tyler was one of the pioneer women of this community, of quiet, almost Quakerish ways in dress and manners. She was not a modern Mary, to sit at the feet of learning, then go forth to astonish the world wdth new ideas. No! Aunt Jane would never have been a suffragette. She was one of the patient serving Martha’s. We, too, echo the words of Billy Sunday, who says he hates to think of the world without the Martha’s. Her toil-worn hands dispensed cheer to all who came, whatever race or creed. Always of retiring manner, the nearest she ever came to publicity was when she used to lead the singling at religious gatherings in the little old log school house, before the days of church organs or trained voices. She had a sweet voice, which reached the heart seldom attained by years of cultured training. Such lives as hers leave their imprint where they are spent, and it will be years before Aunt Jane and Uncle Asa are forgotten in this community. Mrs. E. M. FAIRCHILD.