Obituary for Gertrude Murphy (1875-1897)
No. 097 - Uncited clippings from the "Neva Murphy Hubbard Collection" of Beth Rengers Talken, 1998.


While we have long been aware of the serious illness under which our dear friend has been suffering. Still we were not fully sensible of its dangerous tendency, and of the fears always entertained by those around her that its termination would be fatal. Oh! would that their fears had been without foundation, but I am compelled to know that the worst anticipation has been too mournfully realized, intelligence having reached here last Monday, that "Gertrude, was dead."

The deceased was an intimate friend of the writer, and while visiting here about a year ago made many warm friends who will be pained to learn of her sad demise, for to know Gertrude was to love her. She was a girl who loved her friends, and was a most agreeable and interesting companion at all times.

A short while after returning to her home in Carrollton, Ill., she was taken with hemorrahages [sic] soon followed by comsumption [sic].

Her mother with her moved to Louisiana, Mo., hoping the change might prove beneficial to her daughter's health, but she gradually grew worse her ailment baffling all medical skill until her body, tired and weary, gave up the fight and surrendered her spotless soul to Him who gave it.

She bore her afflictions with the fortitude of a christian, retaining her mental faculities [sic] to her last moments, her last words being "my time has come."

Gertrude was a sweet, noble girl, and the writer feels that in her death she has lost a true personal friend. But while we feel that our loss is great, we know that her gain is greater. The funeral services were conducted at her home on Wednesday morning after which her remains were taken to Clarksville, Pike county, Mo., for interment.

She was born in Lincoln county, Mo., Nov. the 25th, 1875, died Feb'y. 8th, 1897, having spend [sic] only 21 years 2 months and 13 days on this earth.

We extend to the widowed mother and only brother our heartfelt sympathy, and commend them to God, as he alone can heal their sorrow.

        --C.S. [see obituary #97a]


Note regarding clippings from the "Neva Murphy Hubbard Collection":  Neva Murphy Hubbard (1886-1971) lived all of her life in Lincoln County, MO.  She collected a large file of clippings of Lincoln County residents. The majority of the clippings were without citation. Beth Rengers Talken, beneficiary of the collection, has transcribed them for inclusion in our Lincoln County Heritage Records. 


Submitted to HERITAGE PAGES of  LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSOURI by Beth Rengers Talken, 21 September 1998. 

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