Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1894 — OBITUARY. [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY.

Della M. Fairchild was born in Keener tp., March 9th, 1875, died at the home of her childhood in DcMotte Feb. 20th, 1894. All of her short life has beenspentin our midst, and her school days in our school. As a child she possessed a winning and amiable disposition; as a pupil studious, punctual and obedient. In that dread battle with consumption she exhibited that same determination of character that ized her life. While she lost the battle and yielded tier iife as its sacrifice, yet we have her example. Strongly Christian in her mature years, and a few days before her death became a member of the visible church, ai d then left us the blessed assurance that she is now a member of the invisible. And while we look upon her vacant chair we say with Tennyson Come away,; for Life and Thought It ere no longer dwell. But in a city glorious— A great aud distant city—have bought A mansion incorruptible. Would she could have stayed with with us.