OBIT - Alton Evening Telegraph
24 Jan 1884, Thursday
Mrs. John H. Dillon, eldest daughter of John George and Charlotte Wilhelmina (Bartells) Benner of Woodburn, expired at her residence near Fosterburg, on Wednesday morning last. She had been a great sufferer during the last months of her sickness being a very complicated one. But not withstanding she held her ground firmly by faith in the living God. What the experience of her past life and the sentiments of her heart have been may be best shown by the selection of the scripture text and hymns she herself made for the funeral service shortly before her death. The text was taken from the 42nd psalm, versions 1-5. The hymns were: "Fierce and Wild the Storm is Raging", "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and "Go Bury Thy Sorrow."
At one time, when she expected to pass away at any moment, her mother and friends standing about her bed weeping, she said: "Weep not for me, for I am well provided for, but weep for my motherless children." She was consoled, however, as to her children afterward, and expressed her assurance that the Lord would care for them.
The funeral services were very largely attended and took place on Friday noon at the German Presbyterian church of Fosterburg, the pastor conducting the services.
DEATH CERTIFICATE
Cause of death: Pneumonia complicating Brights disease of the kidneys for several months. Pneumonia lasted five days. Information from her death certificate dated 21 Jan 1884 by F. S. Halsey, M.D.
Place of burial: Fosterburg Cemetery, 11 January 1884.
24 Jan 1884, Thursday
Mrs. John H. Dillon, eldest daughter of John George and Charlotte Wilhelmina (Bartells) Benner of Woodburn, expired at her residence near Fosterburg, on Wednesday morning last. She had been a great sufferer during the last months of her sickness being a very complicated one. But not withstanding she held her ground firmly by faith in the living God. What the experience of her past life and the sentiments of her heart have been may be best shown by the selection of the scripture text and hymns she herself made for the funeral service shortly before her death. The text was taken from the 42nd psalm, versions 1-5. The hymns were: "Fierce and Wild the Storm is Raging", "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and "Go Bury Thy Sorrow."
At one time, when she expected to pass away at any moment, her mother and friends standing about her bed weeping, she said: "Weep not for me, for I am well provided for, but weep for my motherless children." She was consoled, however, as to her children afterward, and expressed her assurance that the Lord would care for them.
The funeral services were very largely attended and took place on Friday noon at the German Presbyterian church of Fosterburg, the pastor conducting the services.
DEATH CERTIFICATE
Cause of death: Pneumonia complicating Brights disease of the kidneys for several months. Pneumonia lasted five days. Information from her death certificate dated 21 Jan 1884 by F. S. Halsey, M.D.
Place of burial: Fosterburg Cemetery, 11 January 1884.
OBIT - Alton Evening Telegraph
24 Jan 1884, Thursday
Mrs. John H. Dillon, eldest daughter of John George and Charlotte Wilhelmina (Bartells) Benner of Woodburn, expired at her residence near Fosterburg, on Wednesday morning last. She had been a great sufferer during the last months of her sickness being a very complicated one. But not withstanding she held her ground firmly by faith in the living God. What the experience of her past life and the sentiments of her heart have been may be best shown by the selection of the scripture text and hymns she herself made for the funeral service shortly before her death. The text was taken from the 42nd psalm, versions 1-5. The hymns were: "Fierce and Wild the Storm is Raging", "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and "Go Bury Thy Sorrow."
At one time, when she expected to pass away at any moment, her mother and friends standing about her bed weeping, she said: "Weep not for me, for I am well provided for, but weep for my motherless children." She was consoled, however, as to her children afterward, and expressed her assurance that the Lord would care for them.
The funeral services were very largely attended and took place on Friday noon at the German Presbyterian church of Fosterburg, the pastor conducting the services.
DEATH CERTIFICATE
Cause of death: Pneumonia complicating Brights disease of the kidneys for several months. Pneumonia lasted five days. Information from her death certificate dated 21 Jan 1884 by F. S. Halsey, M.D.
Place of burial: Fosterburg Cemetery, 11 January 1884.
24 Jan 1884, Thursday
Mrs. John H. Dillon, eldest daughter of John George and Charlotte Wilhelmina (Bartells) Benner of Woodburn, expired at her residence near Fosterburg, on Wednesday morning last. She had been a great sufferer during the last months of her sickness being a very complicated one. But not withstanding she held her ground firmly by faith in the living God. What the experience of her past life and the sentiments of her heart have been may be best shown by the selection of the scripture text and hymns she herself made for the funeral service shortly before her death. The text was taken from the 42nd psalm, versions 1-5. The hymns were: "Fierce and Wild the Storm is Raging", "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and "Go Bury Thy Sorrow."
At one time, when she expected to pass away at any moment, her mother and friends standing about her bed weeping, she said: "Weep not for me, for I am well provided for, but weep for my motherless children." She was consoled, however, as to her children afterward, and expressed her assurance that the Lord would care for them.
The funeral services were very largely attended and took place on Friday noon at the German Presbyterian church of Fosterburg, the pastor conducting the services.
DEATH CERTIFICATE
Cause of death: Pneumonia complicating Brights disease of the kidneys for several months. Pneumonia lasted five days. Information from her death certificate dated 21 Jan 1884 by F. S. Halsey, M.D.
Place of burial: Fosterburg Cemetery, 11 January 1884.
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