Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1920 — MRS. BOWMAN SWITZER DEAD [ARTICLE]

MRS. BOWMAN SWITZER DEAD

POPULAR BARKLEY TOWNSHIP WOMAN DIES AT HOSPITAL. The death of Mrs. Bowman Switzer, a well known resident of Union township, occurred this Monday morning and followed an illness of several weeks. The age of the deceased at the time of her death was 55 years and she had been a resident of Jasper county since early girlhood. Mrs. Switzer had for many years resided with her family on a farm near Aix and had always played a prominent part in the progress of that community. Mrs. Switzer is survived by her husband and five children, Mrs. Jesse Swaim, Mrs. Lloyd Johnson, John, Emmer and Warren, all of this county. Three sisters and three brothers, Mirs. Korah Daniels and Mrs. B. D. McColly, of .this city; Mrs. Frank Ott, of Chicago Heights, Ill.; Rev. J. T. Abbett, of Spokane, Wash.; E. J. Abbett, of Tacoma, Wash.; and John A. Abbett, of InThe funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at ten-thirty o’clock at the Aix church and burial will be made in Weston cemetery.

OBITUARY. Mrs. Mary L. (Abbett Switzer, the beloved wife of George Bowman Switzer, was born in Johnson county, Indiana, June 5, 1864, and died after an illness of three weeks in the Jasper county hospital February 23, 1920, aged 55 years, 8 months and 18 days. She was a daughter of Rev. W. <3. and Sarah A. Abbett, both of whom died some years ago in Jasper county. She was united in marriage to Bowman Switzer April 20, 1890. To them were born five children, two daughters and three sons, all of whom are living in Jasper county. The daughter are Miss Jesse Swaim, and Mrs. .Lloyd Johnson and the sons are John, Emmer and Warren. She leaves besides her husband and children three sisters, Mrs. F. P. Utt, of Chicago Heights, Ill.; Mrs. Korah Daniels and Mrs. B. D. McColly, of Rensselaer; and three brothers, John A. Abbett, of Augusta, Ga.; the Rev. J. T. Abbett, of Portland, Ore., and Edgar J. Abbett, of Tacoma, Wash., besides a host of friends. Mrs. Switzer was a true woman in every relation in life. As a wife she was a helpmeet indeed, fulfiling Soloman’s description of the good woman: “The heart of the 'husband doth safely trust her-—she will do him good and not evfil all of the days of her life—working willingly with her hands.” As a mother she was generous and kind. “She looketh well to the way of the household —her children rise up and call her blessed.” As a neighbor and friend she was sympathetic, helpful and loyal. “Shestretcheth forth her hand to .the poor; yea she reached forth her hand to the needy—many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excelleth them aB.” “There’s weeping on the earth of the loet ’ . , There’s bowing in grief to the ground; • But rejoicing and praise ’mid the sanctified host, For a spirit in Paradise found. The brightness hath passed from the earth. ' Yet a star is new born m the sky. For a soul hath gone home to the land of its birth, Where are pleasures and fullness of joy And a new harp is strong and a new song is given To the breezes that float over the gardens of heaven.”