OBIT:

That one knows not the day nor the hour when death comes, was shown by the sudden death of Mrs. Nora Botkin at her home, 116 Cleveland Street. East Columbus at 11:15 p.m., Wednesday, June 28.

Shortly after retiring, she complained of shortness of breath. A physician was hastily summoned but she died before he arrived, having been sick only a few moments. Heart failure was the cause of her death. She was a very stout, robust woman seemingly, and was in her usual good health.

She was of a very jovial disposition and had spent a pleasant evening with a niece that had called. her death was particularly sad from the fact that her youngest daughter, Hattie, died on March 15, last, and a sister, Mrs. Linnie Wagner, died of heart failure very suddenly June 2nd.

Mrs. Nora Tooley Botkin was born April 1, 1869 in Bartholomew County and was married to James Botkin, March 24, 1889. Her entire life had been spent in Bartholomew County.

She was the mother of two daughters, Katie and Hattie. The latter died March 15, last. Early in life she became a member of the M. E. Church, Flatrock, and after she became a resident of East Columbus, she transferred her membership to the M. E Church at that place and was a charter member. She was a regular attendant and an active worker in all departments.

Mrs. Botkin was a woman well liked and expressions of sorrow were heard on every hand over her untimely death. As a member of her household, she will naturally be missed the most, as the eldest daughter, Mrs. Katie McQueen, being married, leaves Mr. Botkin all alone. The sorrow the family and near relatives is almost equaled by the neighbors, who knew her as a true friend and neighbor in every sense of the word. She was beloved by all who knew her and her home, her husband and her children were ever the chief objects of her love and devotion.

The funeral was held from the East Columbus M. E. Church at 2 o'clock, Saturday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. J. W. Weekley. Burial was in the Garland Brook Cemetery.

The Columbus Republican, July 6, 1911