1894_02_17 The Review (Barnesville MN)
Mrs. F. D. Bell, wife of the Great Northern agent at Barnesville, died yesterday afternoon of consumption. The funeral will be held tomorrow.
1894_02_23 The Review (Barnesville MN)
OBITUARY Mrs. F. D. Bell
Last Sunday at 2 o’clock P.M. from the Congregational church occurred the funeral of Mrs. F. D. Bell. Mrs. Bell passed away very peacefully on the 16th day of February at 2 o’clock P.M. after her long and wasting illness from that dread disease consumption. For months her mind was only a triumph of mind over matter. So wasted had she become that the once rosy woman was scarcely recognizable in her features, and the autopsy of the physicians revealed the fact that both her lungs were all buy gone: yet during all her sickness she never once lost hope and would scarcely allow the slightest reference to her condition. She was cheerful throughout and her departure was like the gradual waning of the day. Mrs. Bell was born in Hillsdale, Mich,. May the 17th, 1858 where she spent her early life until April 19, 1881, when she was married in the very house in which she was born. After spending a short time in Chicago Mr. and Mrs. Bell moved to Barnesville in the fall of 1881 which became their first home and where they have lived ever since excepting 6 months last winter when they went to California with the hope of improving her health. Mrs. Bell was a member of the Episcopal church and was buried according to the services of that church. A touching incident was the fact that the prayer book used was the one presented to her at her marriage by her rector. This furnished the ground for many reflections upon the similarity of the marriage and funeral. The marriage ceremony usher in a new life, so also does the funeral ceremony. In the marriage there is an assurance of happiness and a larger sphere of usefulness, a new world opens before one; so it is to the dying Christian. As the bride leaves the old home there is sadness in the joy of all; so on this side that line which we call death it is with tears we say goodbye; yet we are filled with joy that the Heavenly bridegroom has taken our dear one to the house which he has gone to prepare. We cannot lift the curtain to see what lies behind, but we are assured the there is only joy in waiting for those have been faithful on earth. Earth is only an accident of life. To the Christian it is the breaking of the pitcher that lets the light of life shine forth. Mrs. Bell leaves a husband, two children, three sisters, one brother and a host of friends to cherish her memory, who have the tenderest sympathy of the whole community. H. B.H.
Mrs. F. D. Bell, wife of the Great Northern agent at Barnesville, died yesterday afternoon of consumption. The funeral will be held tomorrow.
1894_02_23 The Review (Barnesville MN)
OBITUARY Mrs. F. D. Bell
Last Sunday at 2 o’clock P.M. from the Congregational church occurred the funeral of Mrs. F. D. Bell. Mrs. Bell passed away very peacefully on the 16th day of February at 2 o’clock P.M. after her long and wasting illness from that dread disease consumption. For months her mind was only a triumph of mind over matter. So wasted had she become that the once rosy woman was scarcely recognizable in her features, and the autopsy of the physicians revealed the fact that both her lungs were all buy gone: yet during all her sickness she never once lost hope and would scarcely allow the slightest reference to her condition. She was cheerful throughout and her departure was like the gradual waning of the day. Mrs. Bell was born in Hillsdale, Mich,. May the 17th, 1858 where she spent her early life until April 19, 1881, when she was married in the very house in which she was born. After spending a short time in Chicago Mr. and Mrs. Bell moved to Barnesville in the fall of 1881 which became their first home and where they have lived ever since excepting 6 months last winter when they went to California with the hope of improving her health. Mrs. Bell was a member of the Episcopal church and was buried according to the services of that church. A touching incident was the fact that the prayer book used was the one presented to her at her marriage by her rector. This furnished the ground for many reflections upon the similarity of the marriage and funeral. The marriage ceremony usher in a new life, so also does the funeral ceremony. In the marriage there is an assurance of happiness and a larger sphere of usefulness, a new world opens before one; so it is to the dying Christian. As the bride leaves the old home there is sadness in the joy of all; so on this side that line which we call death it is with tears we say goodbye; yet we are filled with joy that the Heavenly bridegroom has taken our dear one to the house which he has gone to prepare. We cannot lift the curtain to see what lies behind, but we are assured the there is only joy in waiting for those have been faithful on earth. Earth is only an accident of life. To the Christian it is the breaking of the pitcher that lets the light of life shine forth. Mrs. Bell leaves a husband, two children, three sisters, one brother and a host of friends to cherish her memory, who have the tenderest sympathy of the whole community. H. B.H.
1894_02_17 The Review (Barnesville MN)
Mrs. F. D. Bell, wife of the Great Northern agent at Barnesville, died yesterday afternoon of consumption. The funeral will be held tomorrow.
1894_02_23 The Review (Barnesville MN)
OBITUARY Mrs. F. D. Bell
Last Sunday at 2 o’clock P.M. from the Congregational church occurred the funeral of Mrs. F. D. Bell. Mrs. Bell passed away very peacefully on the 16th day of February at 2 o’clock P.M. after her long and wasting illness from that dread disease consumption. For months her mind was only a triumph of mind over matter. So wasted had she become that the once rosy woman was scarcely recognizable in her features, and the autopsy of the physicians revealed the fact that both her lungs were all buy gone: yet during all her sickness she never once lost hope and would scarcely allow the slightest reference to her condition. She was cheerful throughout and her departure was like the gradual waning of the day. Mrs. Bell was born in Hillsdale, Mich,. May the 17th, 1858 where she spent her early life until April 19, 1881, when she was married in the very house in which she was born. After spending a short time in Chicago Mr. and Mrs. Bell moved to Barnesville in the fall of 1881 which became their first home and where they have lived ever since excepting 6 months last winter when they went to California with the hope of improving her health. Mrs. Bell was a member of the Episcopal church and was buried according to the services of that church. A touching incident was the fact that the prayer book used was the one presented to her at her marriage by her rector. This furnished the ground for many reflections upon the similarity of the marriage and funeral. The marriage ceremony usher in a new life, so also does the funeral ceremony. In the marriage there is an assurance of happiness and a larger sphere of usefulness, a new world opens before one; so it is to the dying Christian. As the bride leaves the old home there is sadness in the joy of all; so on this side that line which we call death it is with tears we say goodbye; yet we are filled with joy that the Heavenly bridegroom has taken our dear one to the house which he has gone to prepare. We cannot lift the curtain to see what lies behind, but we are assured the there is only joy in waiting for those have been faithful on earth. Earth is only an accident of life. To the Christian it is the breaking of the pitcher that lets the light of life shine forth. Mrs. Bell leaves a husband, two children, three sisters, one brother and a host of friends to cherish her memory, who have the tenderest sympathy of the whole community. H. B.H.
Mrs. F. D. Bell, wife of the Great Northern agent at Barnesville, died yesterday afternoon of consumption. The funeral will be held tomorrow.
1894_02_23 The Review (Barnesville MN)
OBITUARY Mrs. F. D. Bell
Last Sunday at 2 o’clock P.M. from the Congregational church occurred the funeral of Mrs. F. D. Bell. Mrs. Bell passed away very peacefully on the 16th day of February at 2 o’clock P.M. after her long and wasting illness from that dread disease consumption. For months her mind was only a triumph of mind over matter. So wasted had she become that the once rosy woman was scarcely recognizable in her features, and the autopsy of the physicians revealed the fact that both her lungs were all buy gone: yet during all her sickness she never once lost hope and would scarcely allow the slightest reference to her condition. She was cheerful throughout and her departure was like the gradual waning of the day. Mrs. Bell was born in Hillsdale, Mich,. May the 17th, 1858 where she spent her early life until April 19, 1881, when she was married in the very house in which she was born. After spending a short time in Chicago Mr. and Mrs. Bell moved to Barnesville in the fall of 1881 which became their first home and where they have lived ever since excepting 6 months last winter when they went to California with the hope of improving her health. Mrs. Bell was a member of the Episcopal church and was buried according to the services of that church. A touching incident was the fact that the prayer book used was the one presented to her at her marriage by her rector. This furnished the ground for many reflections upon the similarity of the marriage and funeral. The marriage ceremony usher in a new life, so also does the funeral ceremony. In the marriage there is an assurance of happiness and a larger sphere of usefulness, a new world opens before one; so it is to the dying Christian. As the bride leaves the old home there is sadness in the joy of all; so on this side that line which we call death it is with tears we say goodbye; yet we are filled with joy that the Heavenly bridegroom has taken our dear one to the house which he has gone to prepare. We cannot lift the curtain to see what lies behind, but we are assured the there is only joy in waiting for those have been faithful on earth. Earth is only an accident of life. To the Christian it is the breaking of the pitcher that lets the light of life shine forth. Mrs. Bell leaves a husband, two children, three sisters, one brother and a host of friends to cherish her memory, who have the tenderest sympathy of the whole community. H. B.H.
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