Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1898 — Resolutions of Condolence. [ARTICLE]

Resolutions of Condolence.

We, the committee appointed to draft resolutions of respect to the memory of our sister Elizabeth Warner Bedford, who departed this life Sept. sth 1898, do hereby submit the following. Whereas. The hand of divine providence has removed our beloved sister and, Whereas. There has come to each member of the Corps a sense of personal bereavment, greater than words can describe, therefore be it Resolved. That while we deeply deplore our loss, we are again admonished to be ready at all times to answer the summons, that sooner or later, must come to all. Resolved. That the heartfelt sympathy of the Corps be extended to the husband and family in their irreparable loss. Resolved. That in token of respect for oar departed sister the charter of this Corps be draped in mourning for a period of thirty

days and that these resolutions be entered on the records of this Corps, and a copy be sent to the paper for publication. f Anna A. Perkins, Committee-/ Ella Hopkins, { Cornelia Saylor.