When told that she had always been
good, she cried, "Oh, no even Jesus
said 'call not me good.' Saved by
grace." The thought remained and a
few moments before her death she
repeated it again, "saved by grace."
Waiting for the arrival of her ab
sent daughter and family all day, she
battled bravely with deatn until she
had seen once more the dear faces
and given the welcome home. Three
hours later, surrounded by all her
children, resting in their arms,
mingled with the sweet incense of a
loving daughter's prayer, her soul as
cended to the God who gave it.
For fifteen years her health had
been failing graduallly, until she was
almost an invalid the greater part of
the time, but her sufferings were
born with patience, her cheerful, sun
sniny nature remaining conqueror.
The end came suddenly at last a turn
for the worse coming the Sunday be
fore her death from which time she
failed rapidly.
The funeral occurred at the house
on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev.
C. D. Belden of Austin preaching the
sermon, choosing his text from
Judges 14:3. His words of comfort
and hope to the living and his beau
tiful eulogy to the dead will long be
remembered by those who listened.
The interment took place in the
family burying place in Greenwood
cemetery. Besides her children she is
survived by one brother, J. H. Simp
son of Monticello, Minn., and two sis
ters, Mrs. R. H. Hinsdell of Elgin,
III., and Mrs. H. P. Bull of Browns
dale, four grandchildren and many
friends.
