Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1914 — In Memoriam. [ARTICLE]

In Memoriam.

A dark gloom spread over the wlhole community when it was learned that Mrs. Pearl Snyder had passed away Wednesday morning at 2 o’clock. She had suffered intensely ifor the past several days but was thought to be improving until Tuesday evening, when she took a turn lor the worse, 'Which resulted in death.

She was twenty-eight years, one month and twenty-tour days old, was united with the M. E. church in June, 1897, and had lived a consistent Christian life ever since. Only seven years ago the 19th day of last March she was united in marriage to Claude B. Snyder, of this place, whom she leaves with one small’child, Donald, to mourn their loss. She was of an affectionate disposition, bright and winning in her ways, so that friendship’s circle was to her a large one. Indeed, it may be said of her, that “none knew her but to love her.”

Here she played as a child, developed into beautiful girlhood; here she married and helped to establish a home of her own; here her busy life was spent, her battles fought, her faithful service rendered to the world. In this dearest of all places to her she lies down at length to sleep and rest. Beautifully appropriate such a resting place, where her kindred sleep and where a father and mother, two brothers and a host of her lifelong friends remain to gather about the dear form with honest tears of bereavement, to lay her away tenderly in the narrow house from which she will never return.—Coats, Kans., Courant. Deceased was previous to her man riage Miss Pearl Hammond, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hammond, formerly of this county.