Funeral Services Held Tuesday of Mrs. Edmon Morrow
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Riverside Baptist Church for Mrs. Edmon Morrow, who passed away March 8.
The service was in charge of Dr. John Harbaugh. Mrs. Paul Chase and Russell Langley sang "There's a Beautiful Garden" and "The Old Rugged Cross". Mrs. Don Major accompanied at the piano.
Burial was in the Tekamah Cemetery.
Margaret Armina Saxton, the daughter of William E. and Mary Saxton, was born on a homestead in the Bertha community in Burt County on January 30, 1875, and departed this life on March 8, 1947, at the age of 72 years, one month and eight days.
The grew to womanhood on the homestead, then moved to Tekamah with her parents. While in Tekamah she followed the profession of dressmaking. Later she moved to the farm north of Tekamah. There she met Edmon Morrow, to whom she married March 12, 1902.
Eight children were born to this union: five daughters, Mrs. Iva Arnold, Mrs. Margaret Hale, Mrs. Mary Hieber, Mrs. Ella McCluskey and Mrs. Florence Jonson; three sons, Glenn, Arthur and Donald.
She joined the Presbyterian church in Tekamah when a young woman and on June 5, 1904, united with the Riverside Baptist Church where she held her membership at the time of her death.
Her husband preceded her in death on January 18, 1928. Since 1939 she has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Mary Hieber.
She was a faithful wife, a devoted mother and esteemed by all who knew her. Although she suffered ill health almost all her life and was confined to a wheel chair for two years, she maintained a cheerful disposition and took an active interest in the lives of her loved ones.
Mrs. Morrow is survived by her eight children: Mrs. Forrest Arnold and Mrs. Floyd Hale of Lyons, Mrs. Wilber Hieber and Mrs. Harold McCluskey of Tekamah, Mrs. Arthur Jonson and Glenn of Richland, Wash. Arthur Morrow of Herman and Donald Morrow of Hooper; also three brothers, Marion, James and Lloyd Saxton, and 20 grandchildren.
Surely she could say with the Apostle Paul, "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith".
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Riverside Baptist Church for Mrs. Edmon Morrow, who passed away March 8.
The service was in charge of Dr. John Harbaugh. Mrs. Paul Chase and Russell Langley sang "There's a Beautiful Garden" and "The Old Rugged Cross". Mrs. Don Major accompanied at the piano.
Burial was in the Tekamah Cemetery.
Margaret Armina Saxton, the daughter of William E. and Mary Saxton, was born on a homestead in the Bertha community in Burt County on January 30, 1875, and departed this life on March 8, 1947, at the age of 72 years, one month and eight days.
The grew to womanhood on the homestead, then moved to Tekamah with her parents. While in Tekamah she followed the profession of dressmaking. Later she moved to the farm north of Tekamah. There she met Edmon Morrow, to whom she married March 12, 1902.
Eight children were born to this union: five daughters, Mrs. Iva Arnold, Mrs. Margaret Hale, Mrs. Mary Hieber, Mrs. Ella McCluskey and Mrs. Florence Jonson; three sons, Glenn, Arthur and Donald.
She joined the Presbyterian church in Tekamah when a young woman and on June 5, 1904, united with the Riverside Baptist Church where she held her membership at the time of her death.
Her husband preceded her in death on January 18, 1928. Since 1939 she has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Mary Hieber.
She was a faithful wife, a devoted mother and esteemed by all who knew her. Although she suffered ill health almost all her life and was confined to a wheel chair for two years, she maintained a cheerful disposition and took an active interest in the lives of her loved ones.
Mrs. Morrow is survived by her eight children: Mrs. Forrest Arnold and Mrs. Floyd Hale of Lyons, Mrs. Wilber Hieber and Mrs. Harold McCluskey of Tekamah, Mrs. Arthur Jonson and Glenn of Richland, Wash. Arthur Morrow of Herman and Donald Morrow of Hooper; also three brothers, Marion, James and Lloyd Saxton, and 20 grandchildren.
Surely she could say with the Apostle Paul, "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith".
Funeral Services Held Tuesday of Mrs. Edmon Morrow
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Riverside Baptist Church for Mrs. Edmon Morrow, who passed away March 8.
The service was in charge of Dr. John Harbaugh. Mrs. Paul Chase and Russell Langley sang "There's a Beautiful Garden" and "The Old Rugged Cross". Mrs. Don Major accompanied at the piano.
Burial was in the Tekamah Cemetery.
Margaret Armina Saxton, the daughter of William E. and Mary Saxton, was born on a homestead in the Bertha community in Burt County on January 30, 1875, and departed this life on March 8, 1947, at the age of 72 years, one month and eight days.
The grew to womanhood on the homestead, then moved to Tekamah with her parents. While in Tekamah she followed the profession of dressmaking. Later she moved to the farm north of Tekamah. There she met Edmon Morrow, to whom she married March 12, 1902.
Eight children were born to this union: five daughters, Mrs. Iva Arnold, Mrs. Margaret Hale, Mrs. Mary Hieber, Mrs. Ella McCluskey and Mrs. Florence Jonson; three sons, Glenn, Arthur and Donald.
She joined the Presbyterian church in Tekamah when a young woman and on June 5, 1904, united with the Riverside Baptist Church where she held her membership at the time of her death.
Her husband preceded her in death on January 18, 1928. Since 1939 she has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Mary Hieber.
She was a faithful wife, a devoted mother and esteemed by all who knew her. Although she suffered ill health almost all her life and was confined to a wheel chair for two years, she maintained a cheerful disposition and took an active interest in the lives of her loved ones.
Mrs. Morrow is survived by her eight children: Mrs. Forrest Arnold and Mrs. Floyd Hale of Lyons, Mrs. Wilber Hieber and Mrs. Harold McCluskey of Tekamah, Mrs. Arthur Jonson and Glenn of Richland, Wash. Arthur Morrow of Herman and Donald Morrow of Hooper; also three brothers, Marion, James and Lloyd Saxton, and 20 grandchildren.
Surely she could say with the Apostle Paul, "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith".
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Riverside Baptist Church for Mrs. Edmon Morrow, who passed away March 8.
The service was in charge of Dr. John Harbaugh. Mrs. Paul Chase and Russell Langley sang "There's a Beautiful Garden" and "The Old Rugged Cross". Mrs. Don Major accompanied at the piano.
Burial was in the Tekamah Cemetery.
Margaret Armina Saxton, the daughter of William E. and Mary Saxton, was born on a homestead in the Bertha community in Burt County on January 30, 1875, and departed this life on March 8, 1947, at the age of 72 years, one month and eight days.
The grew to womanhood on the homestead, then moved to Tekamah with her parents. While in Tekamah she followed the profession of dressmaking. Later she moved to the farm north of Tekamah. There she met Edmon Morrow, to whom she married March 12, 1902.
Eight children were born to this union: five daughters, Mrs. Iva Arnold, Mrs. Margaret Hale, Mrs. Mary Hieber, Mrs. Ella McCluskey and Mrs. Florence Jonson; three sons, Glenn, Arthur and Donald.
She joined the Presbyterian church in Tekamah when a young woman and on June 5, 1904, united with the Riverside Baptist Church where she held her membership at the time of her death.
Her husband preceded her in death on January 18, 1928. Since 1939 she has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Mary Hieber.
She was a faithful wife, a devoted mother and esteemed by all who knew her. Although she suffered ill health almost all her life and was confined to a wheel chair for two years, she maintained a cheerful disposition and took an active interest in the lives of her loved ones.
Mrs. Morrow is survived by her eight children: Mrs. Forrest Arnold and Mrs. Floyd Hale of Lyons, Mrs. Wilber Hieber and Mrs. Harold McCluskey of Tekamah, Mrs. Arthur Jonson and Glenn of Richland, Wash. Arthur Morrow of Herman and Donald Morrow of Hooper; also three brothers, Marion, James and Lloyd Saxton, and 20 grandchildren.
Surely she could say with the Apostle Paul, "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith".
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