To one and all who sat around the festal board at the country home on February 14, as the celebration of the 64th anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Jerome, it is hard to realize that the sprightly figure of "Mother" Jerome has been consigned to the tomb and that the pleasing voice has been hushed forever. Yet it is even so.
The end came early Monday morning, May 11. It was not unexpected for she has been a sufferer for more than a year, sometimes hoverning near the border, then for a brief space of time her own bright self again. The end came peacefully in the early morning hours and tho regretted by all, none who knew her mourn "as one who cannot be comforted," for she died as she had lived, beloved by all.
The funeral services were held at the M. E. church in Glencoe Tuesday May 12, at 1 o'clock, and were conducted by Rev. J. L. Demaree, pastor of the M.E. church at Perkins. Rev. Demaree had, in his boyhood days, been an inmate of the Jerome home many times during the pioneer days, and, while his discourse was an able argument for the life after death, it was also a largely a personal tribute to the life and character of the deceased. He used the well-known words of the Apostle Paul, "I have finished the fight," etc., as the basis for his discourse.
The church was filled to over flowing with relatives, neighbors and friends who assembled, not out of curiosity, but to pay respect to one whom all loved and respected.
Rev. C. C. Crunewald gave the lst prayer, while Mesdames Kelso and Grunewald sang a pleasing duet and a mixed choir with Miss Mary Bridwell at the piano, sang a number of appropriate selections.
After the services at the church, the remains were escorted to the Stillwater cemetery, where they were laid away with appropriate ceremonies.
"Mother" Jerome was a typical pioneer. Martha "Mattie" Crooks was born in Parke county, Indiana, to James M. and Anna Nevins Crooks, when that county was the frontier. She had always lived the hospitable life of the pioneer mother. The traveler and pilgrim always found not only a welcome but comfort and cheer when he entered her home.
She was the mother of a large family of boys and girls upon whom her life and character has made a wonderful impress.
It is, however, to that aged companion, who now for more than four score years has walked by her side, that the sympathy of all will be extended and he can only find consolation in the fact that he will, in time, find her "Waiting near the eastern gate."
The end came early Monday morning, May 11. It was not unexpected for she has been a sufferer for more than a year, sometimes hoverning near the border, then for a brief space of time her own bright self again. The end came peacefully in the early morning hours and tho regretted by all, none who knew her mourn "as one who cannot be comforted," for she died as she had lived, beloved by all.
The funeral services were held at the M. E. church in Glencoe Tuesday May 12, at 1 o'clock, and were conducted by Rev. J. L. Demaree, pastor of the M.E. church at Perkins. Rev. Demaree had, in his boyhood days, been an inmate of the Jerome home many times during the pioneer days, and, while his discourse was an able argument for the life after death, it was also a largely a personal tribute to the life and character of the deceased. He used the well-known words of the Apostle Paul, "I have finished the fight," etc., as the basis for his discourse.
The church was filled to over flowing with relatives, neighbors and friends who assembled, not out of curiosity, but to pay respect to one whom all loved and respected.
Rev. C. C. Crunewald gave the lst prayer, while Mesdames Kelso and Grunewald sang a pleasing duet and a mixed choir with Miss Mary Bridwell at the piano, sang a number of appropriate selections.
After the services at the church, the remains were escorted to the Stillwater cemetery, where they were laid away with appropriate ceremonies.
"Mother" Jerome was a typical pioneer. Martha "Mattie" Crooks was born in Parke county, Indiana, to James M. and Anna Nevins Crooks, when that county was the frontier. She had always lived the hospitable life of the pioneer mother. The traveler and pilgrim always found not only a welcome but comfort and cheer when he entered her home.
She was the mother of a large family of boys and girls upon whom her life and character has made a wonderful impress.
It is, however, to that aged companion, who now for more than four score years has walked by her side, that the sympathy of all will be extended and he can only find consolation in the fact that he will, in time, find her "Waiting near the eastern gate."
To one and all who sat around the festal board at the country home on February 14, as the celebration of the 64th anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Jerome, it is hard to realize that the sprightly figure of "Mother" Jerome has been consigned to the tomb and that the pleasing voice has been hushed forever. Yet it is even so.
The end came early Monday morning, May 11. It was not unexpected for she has been a sufferer for more than a year, sometimes hoverning near the border, then for a brief space of time her own bright self again. The end came peacefully in the early morning hours and tho regretted by all, none who knew her mourn "as one who cannot be comforted," for she died as she had lived, beloved by all.
The funeral services were held at the M. E. church in Glencoe Tuesday May 12, at 1 o'clock, and were conducted by Rev. J. L. Demaree, pastor of the M.E. church at Perkins. Rev. Demaree had, in his boyhood days, been an inmate of the Jerome home many times during the pioneer days, and, while his discourse was an able argument for the life after death, it was also a largely a personal tribute to the life and character of the deceased. He used the well-known words of the Apostle Paul, "I have finished the fight," etc., as the basis for his discourse.
The church was filled to over flowing with relatives, neighbors and friends who assembled, not out of curiosity, but to pay respect to one whom all loved and respected.
Rev. C. C. Crunewald gave the lst prayer, while Mesdames Kelso and Grunewald sang a pleasing duet and a mixed choir with Miss Mary Bridwell at the piano, sang a number of appropriate selections.
After the services at the church, the remains were escorted to the Stillwater cemetery, where they were laid away with appropriate ceremonies.
"Mother" Jerome was a typical pioneer. Martha "Mattie" Crooks was born in Parke county, Indiana, to James M. and Anna Nevins Crooks, when that county was the frontier. She had always lived the hospitable life of the pioneer mother. The traveler and pilgrim always found not only a welcome but comfort and cheer when he entered her home.
She was the mother of a large family of boys and girls upon whom her life and character has made a wonderful impress.
It is, however, to that aged companion, who now for more than four score years has walked by her side, that the sympathy of all will be extended and he can only find consolation in the fact that he will, in time, find her "Waiting near the eastern gate."
The end came early Monday morning, May 11. It was not unexpected for she has been a sufferer for more than a year, sometimes hoverning near the border, then for a brief space of time her own bright self again. The end came peacefully in the early morning hours and tho regretted by all, none who knew her mourn "as one who cannot be comforted," for she died as she had lived, beloved by all.
The funeral services were held at the M. E. church in Glencoe Tuesday May 12, at 1 o'clock, and were conducted by Rev. J. L. Demaree, pastor of the M.E. church at Perkins. Rev. Demaree had, in his boyhood days, been an inmate of the Jerome home many times during the pioneer days, and, while his discourse was an able argument for the life after death, it was also a largely a personal tribute to the life and character of the deceased. He used the well-known words of the Apostle Paul, "I have finished the fight," etc., as the basis for his discourse.
The church was filled to over flowing with relatives, neighbors and friends who assembled, not out of curiosity, but to pay respect to one whom all loved and respected.
Rev. C. C. Crunewald gave the lst prayer, while Mesdames Kelso and Grunewald sang a pleasing duet and a mixed choir with Miss Mary Bridwell at the piano, sang a number of appropriate selections.
After the services at the church, the remains were escorted to the Stillwater cemetery, where they were laid away with appropriate ceremonies.
"Mother" Jerome was a typical pioneer. Martha "Mattie" Crooks was born in Parke county, Indiana, to James M. and Anna Nevins Crooks, when that county was the frontier. She had always lived the hospitable life of the pioneer mother. The traveler and pilgrim always found not only a welcome but comfort and cheer when he entered her home.
She was the mother of a large family of boys and girls upon whom her life and character has made a wonderful impress.
It is, however, to that aged companion, who now for more than four score years has walked by her side, that the sympathy of all will be extended and he can only find consolation in the fact that he will, in time, find her "Waiting near the eastern gate."
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