Dau of SB Smith. Wife of Lowell A Miller. Mother of Edna Gladys, Lola May and Annette Josephine.
Boone County Democrat August 18, 1911
The ways of providence are difficult to fathom and we are often brought face to face with a mystery that seems to us unsolvable and we are forced to bow our heads and say “Thy will, to ours, be done”
Death is sad at any time, but when it takes a loving and devoted wife and mother from her husband and leaves three small children motherless children to the mercies of strangers perhaps, it is sad in the extreme. Such a death occurred in our city again last Thursday afternoon, when at 4:15 o’clock the bright young spirit of Mrs. Bessie Olive Miller, went out to meet its Creator and passed into the great beyond. Her death was caused by acute peritonitis. She had been ill only a few days and her condition was not thought serious until Thursday morning, when she took a sudden turn for the worse and the members of her family then realized that the end was near.
Bessie Olive Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.B. Smith, of 1400 Boone street, was born in Boone March 20, 1881 and passed away at her home, 1625 First street, August 10, 1911. She grew to young womanhood here, attended the public schools and graduated from the High school in 1901. August 4, 1904 she was united in marriage with Lowell A. Miller, who was then a Northwestern fireman but has since been promoted to the position of engineer.
Bessie was ever a genial, bright and lovable girl, popular and beloved by all who knew her, and when she found the man of her choice she accepted the duties of wifehood and motherhood with a simple grace and conscientiousness that endeared her to all.
She leaves to mourn her sad and untimely death her stricken husband and three children, Edna Gladys, aged six years, Lola May,, aged four, and Annett Josephine, aged four months, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.B. Smith, and two brothers, Clyde L. Smith, a machinist for the Illinois Central at Fort Dodge, and Verne B. Smith at home, who have the most earnest sympathy of the entire community in their sad bereavement, May God’s richest blessing and mercy rest upon the bereaved husband and motherless children is the sincere prayer of all.
The funeral services were held from the home at3:00 o’clock Sunday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Chas. Myers of the First M.E. church, of which she had been a faithful member since early girlhood, and attended by a host of sorrowing friends. A quartette, composed of Mrs. Theodore Nelson, Miss Ruth DuBoise, Emil Nelson and Heck Postle, sang “It is not death to die,” “My Jesus as Thou Wilt,” and “Abide with me.” The pallbearers were, H.E. Fry, Theodore Duckworth, Irve Hannum, Chas. D. Merchant, John Daneils and Roy Parr. The remains were followed to their last resting place in East Linwood cemetery, where the casket containing eh last mortal remains of her whom all had loved in life, was tenderly lowered into the ground, heaped and surrounded with beautiful flowers attesting the loving esteem of countless friends.
Boone County Democrat August 18, 1911
The ways of providence are difficult to fathom and we are often brought face to face with a mystery that seems to us unsolvable and we are forced to bow our heads and say “Thy will, to ours, be done”
Death is sad at any time, but when it takes a loving and devoted wife and mother from her husband and leaves three small children motherless children to the mercies of strangers perhaps, it is sad in the extreme. Such a death occurred in our city again last Thursday afternoon, when at 4:15 o’clock the bright young spirit of Mrs. Bessie Olive Miller, went out to meet its Creator and passed into the great beyond. Her death was caused by acute peritonitis. She had been ill only a few days and her condition was not thought serious until Thursday morning, when she took a sudden turn for the worse and the members of her family then realized that the end was near.
Bessie Olive Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.B. Smith, of 1400 Boone street, was born in Boone March 20, 1881 and passed away at her home, 1625 First street, August 10, 1911. She grew to young womanhood here, attended the public schools and graduated from the High school in 1901. August 4, 1904 she was united in marriage with Lowell A. Miller, who was then a Northwestern fireman but has since been promoted to the position of engineer.
Bessie was ever a genial, bright and lovable girl, popular and beloved by all who knew her, and when she found the man of her choice she accepted the duties of wifehood and motherhood with a simple grace and conscientiousness that endeared her to all.
She leaves to mourn her sad and untimely death her stricken husband and three children, Edna Gladys, aged six years, Lola May,, aged four, and Annett Josephine, aged four months, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.B. Smith, and two brothers, Clyde L. Smith, a machinist for the Illinois Central at Fort Dodge, and Verne B. Smith at home, who have the most earnest sympathy of the entire community in their sad bereavement, May God’s richest blessing and mercy rest upon the bereaved husband and motherless children is the sincere prayer of all.
The funeral services were held from the home at3:00 o’clock Sunday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Chas. Myers of the First M.E. church, of which she had been a faithful member since early girlhood, and attended by a host of sorrowing friends. A quartette, composed of Mrs. Theodore Nelson, Miss Ruth DuBoise, Emil Nelson and Heck Postle, sang “It is not death to die,” “My Jesus as Thou Wilt,” and “Abide with me.” The pallbearers were, H.E. Fry, Theodore Duckworth, Irve Hannum, Chas. D. Merchant, John Daneils and Roy Parr. The remains were followed to their last resting place in East Linwood cemetery, where the casket containing eh last mortal remains of her whom all had loved in life, was tenderly lowered into the ground, heaped and surrounded with beautiful flowers attesting the loving esteem of countless friends.
Dau of SB Smith. Wife of Lowell A Miller. Mother of Edna Gladys, Lola May and Annette Josephine.
Boone County Democrat August 18, 1911
The ways of providence are difficult to fathom and we are often brought face to face with a mystery that seems to us unsolvable and we are forced to bow our heads and say “Thy will, to ours, be done”
Death is sad at any time, but when it takes a loving and devoted wife and mother from her husband and leaves three small children motherless children to the mercies of strangers perhaps, it is sad in the extreme. Such a death occurred in our city again last Thursday afternoon, when at 4:15 o’clock the bright young spirit of Mrs. Bessie Olive Miller, went out to meet its Creator and passed into the great beyond. Her death was caused by acute peritonitis. She had been ill only a few days and her condition was not thought serious until Thursday morning, when she took a sudden turn for the worse and the members of her family then realized that the end was near.
Bessie Olive Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.B. Smith, of 1400 Boone street, was born in Boone March 20, 1881 and passed away at her home, 1625 First street, August 10, 1911. She grew to young womanhood here, attended the public schools and graduated from the High school in 1901. August 4, 1904 she was united in marriage with Lowell A. Miller, who was then a Northwestern fireman but has since been promoted to the position of engineer.
Bessie was ever a genial, bright and lovable girl, popular and beloved by all who knew her, and when she found the man of her choice she accepted the duties of wifehood and motherhood with a simple grace and conscientiousness that endeared her to all.
She leaves to mourn her sad and untimely death her stricken husband and three children, Edna Gladys, aged six years, Lola May,, aged four, and Annett Josephine, aged four months, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.B. Smith, and two brothers, Clyde L. Smith, a machinist for the Illinois Central at Fort Dodge, and Verne B. Smith at home, who have the most earnest sympathy of the entire community in their sad bereavement, May God’s richest blessing and mercy rest upon the bereaved husband and motherless children is the sincere prayer of all.
The funeral services were held from the home at3:00 o’clock Sunday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Chas. Myers of the First M.E. church, of which she had been a faithful member since early girlhood, and attended by a host of sorrowing friends. A quartette, composed of Mrs. Theodore Nelson, Miss Ruth DuBoise, Emil Nelson and Heck Postle, sang “It is not death to die,” “My Jesus as Thou Wilt,” and “Abide with me.” The pallbearers were, H.E. Fry, Theodore Duckworth, Irve Hannum, Chas. D. Merchant, John Daneils and Roy Parr. The remains were followed to their last resting place in East Linwood cemetery, where the casket containing eh last mortal remains of her whom all had loved in life, was tenderly lowered into the ground, heaped and surrounded with beautiful flowers attesting the loving esteem of countless friends.
Boone County Democrat August 18, 1911
The ways of providence are difficult to fathom and we are often brought face to face with a mystery that seems to us unsolvable and we are forced to bow our heads and say “Thy will, to ours, be done”
Death is sad at any time, but when it takes a loving and devoted wife and mother from her husband and leaves three small children motherless children to the mercies of strangers perhaps, it is sad in the extreme. Such a death occurred in our city again last Thursday afternoon, when at 4:15 o’clock the bright young spirit of Mrs. Bessie Olive Miller, went out to meet its Creator and passed into the great beyond. Her death was caused by acute peritonitis. She had been ill only a few days and her condition was not thought serious until Thursday morning, when she took a sudden turn for the worse and the members of her family then realized that the end was near.
Bessie Olive Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.B. Smith, of 1400 Boone street, was born in Boone March 20, 1881 and passed away at her home, 1625 First street, August 10, 1911. She grew to young womanhood here, attended the public schools and graduated from the High school in 1901. August 4, 1904 she was united in marriage with Lowell A. Miller, who was then a Northwestern fireman but has since been promoted to the position of engineer.
Bessie was ever a genial, bright and lovable girl, popular and beloved by all who knew her, and when she found the man of her choice she accepted the duties of wifehood and motherhood with a simple grace and conscientiousness that endeared her to all.
She leaves to mourn her sad and untimely death her stricken husband and three children, Edna Gladys, aged six years, Lola May,, aged four, and Annett Josephine, aged four months, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.B. Smith, and two brothers, Clyde L. Smith, a machinist for the Illinois Central at Fort Dodge, and Verne B. Smith at home, who have the most earnest sympathy of the entire community in their sad bereavement, May God’s richest blessing and mercy rest upon the bereaved husband and motherless children is the sincere prayer of all.
The funeral services were held from the home at3:00 o’clock Sunday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Chas. Myers of the First M.E. church, of which she had been a faithful member since early girlhood, and attended by a host of sorrowing friends. A quartette, composed of Mrs. Theodore Nelson, Miss Ruth DuBoise, Emil Nelson and Heck Postle, sang “It is not death to die,” “My Jesus as Thou Wilt,” and “Abide with me.” The pallbearers were, H.E. Fry, Theodore Duckworth, Irve Hannum, Chas. D. Merchant, John Daneils and Roy Parr. The remains were followed to their last resting place in East Linwood cemetery, where the casket containing eh last mortal remains of her whom all had loved in life, was tenderly lowered into the ground, heaped and surrounded with beautiful flowers attesting the loving esteem of countless friends.
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