Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1893 — OBITUARY. [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY.

Hattie (Osborne) Onstott, youngest daughter of Lemual A. and Olive Osborne, was bom in Jasper county, Ind., Aug. 3,1870; died at Rochester, Ind., Aug., 7, 1893, aged 23 years and 4 days. When she was but three years old her father died, and death calling her mothei a year later, she was left an orphan at the age of four, since which time she made her home with her brother. John Osborne, her sister, Mrs. Ella, Cole, until Oct. ’20.-189-2, when she Was- united in the bonds of wedlock with Isaac Onstott. At the age of fifteen she was converted and united with the St. John’s St. M. E. church, of New Albany. She remained, a.faithful member, in full fellowship with that church until Feb. 20, 1893, when she, with her husband, united with the first Baptist church of Rochester, Indiana. As mourners, there are six sisters and two brothers, to - gether with a very large circle of friends here and at other places where she has lived. Her virtues were very striking. Her words moulded in kindness and her deeds were enacted by* loving motives. Her purity of heart enabled her to see the pure and good in others, and thus she lived apart from the false and the evil in this life. None who known have her will forget the sweetness of her position"Beyond those chilling and gloomy skies Beyond death's cloudy portal, — There is a land where beauty never dies And love becomes immortal. ”

MEMORIAL TRIBUTE. To the Rensselaer Daughters of Rebeca Lodge No. 349: We, the special committee to whom was referred the preparation of a memorial tribute to the memory of our beloved Sister, Hattie O nstott of Rochester, do respectfully 'submit the following: Whereas: The Lodge having heard with deep sorrow of the death of our Sister, it is meet and fitting that the Lodge of which she was a faithful and worthy member, and to which she gave such efficient service, shou Id express its sorrow at her death and pay a loving tribute to her memory. Therefore, Resolved; That the stroke of divine providence to which we sub - missively bow, has deprived her family of the sunlight of their household and our order of one of its most honored and respected members. Resolved: That we tender to he r bereaved husband and friends our fraternal sympathy and deep condo - lence in their irreparable loss. Resolved; That these resolutions be spread upon the records of the Lodge, a copy sent to each of the county papers and a copy sent to the bereaved family. -I Rebecca Porter. Committee. •< L. Ida Benjamin ( Anna Hopkins.