Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1896 — OBITUARY. [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY.

Mart L. Clark. The hand of thi reaper, Death, reaches fortkifla this human garden, and plucks from it loved plants. No efforts can stay its ghastly harvest, for on the evmii g of Jan. 26th, 1896 at 5 :30 P. at , amid sorrowing relatives and friends, the grim reaper appear* d and bore away the tender blossom to the waiting arms of her dear mith:r who preceded her to that better land six years ago. Her a*e was 12 years, 9 months. The cause of her death was consumption. Mary was the eldest daughter of H. B. Clark ts Gurdon Ark , but her health being poor in the south, she cau.e to Rensselaer in September to make her home with lu r aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Mackey. Her father brought her here on the advice of the doctor, hoping that a change would be beneficial. Thi funeral services were held Monday morning" at the Christian Church, where she regulary attended Sunday School, and ih .• sympthy of her loving classmates and teacher was attested by their display of floral tributet| The sixth grade of which she was a student, attended in at body. Six boys from her classmates were selected as pail-bearers. Mr. Clarke, the dead child’s father and sister Addie did not arrive untill Tuesday morning, too late to see her alive, but in time to view her remains at Attica where she was laid to rest by her mother. Mary was a kind, gentle and affectionate child, and loved by all who knew her. Her sufferings were terrible, yet she bore them all with remarkible patience. Every thing done to relieve her proved unavailing and death came as a welcome relief. So soon she was called away, So soon her time had come. May she be born for angels wings, For God’s holy will was done. She was not formed for living here, A beautiful flower for the sky. Yet we all loved her so dear, We tbonght she was not born to, die. * Y A Friend.