Meyersdale Republican: Thursday, October 8, 1931 - page 1
Mrs. Louise Livengood, beloved wife of William S. Livengood, postmaster of Meyersdale and publisher of the Meyersdale Republican, passed away at the home of her brother, Victor E. Eisfeller, at 4501 Coral Gables, adjoining the city of Miami, Florida, at 7:15 P.M., Tuesday, September 29th. The cause of her death, broadly stated, was a worn-out heart.
Mrs. Livengood was subject to heart attacks for the last year or two, of increasing severity and frequency, especially since the death of her elder sister, Miss May Eisfeller, from a similar cause last April. After her bereavement last spring, on the advice of her physician that a lower altitude would be beneficial to her health, she spent a month at Virginia Beach, Va., and returned home very much invigorated, the sea air and heavier air pressure at sea level having proved quite restorative.
She continued fairly well during the summer, but as autumn approached her heart again began to trouble her and her physician again urged her to go to the seashore. Accordingly it was arranged that she should go to Florida with her sister-in-law, Mrs. V.E. Eisfeller, and niece, Miss Zilda Eisfeller, who had spent the hot months here at the Livengood home and were returning to their home at Coral Gables by automobile about the first of September, the plan being for Mrs. Livengood to spend several months and possibly the entire winter at the home of her brother and family at Coral Gables.
Started on Last Journey.
Mrs. Livengood left home on her last journey on Sunday afternoon, August 30th, and had proceeded with her companions quite comfortably as fart as Walterboro, South Carolina, where she suffered a severe heart attack, which almost proved fatal, on the night of September 2nd. She became ill at the home of Dr. H. Bowen, a leading physician of Walterboro, where she and her traveling companions were spending the night, and, but for the prompt medical attendance given by Dr. Bowen, would probably have passed out then and there. After giving her first aid, Dr. Bowen placed her in a hospital under the care of special nurses. Her husband, being notified of her critical condition, hastened to her bedside, accompanied by her son-in-law, J.E. Imler.
By Sept. 8th she had recovered sufficiently to resume her journey on board a Pullman train, arriving at Miami on the morning of Sept. 9th and being taken at once to the home of her brother at Coral Gables. Dr. M.H. Tallman, a prominent physician and surgeon of Miami, and a trained nurse were employed to look after her there, and after her first few days in the balmy climate of the southeast coast of Florida her condition was so much improved that her husband and son-in-law returned home assured that she was on the road to recovery.
But several days after their departure for home, Mrs. Livengood had a relapse, a fresh hemorrhage having occurred in the coronary arteries of the heart, and one week after his return home, Mr. Livengood was again hastening to the bedside of his sick wife. He arrived at Coral Gables the second time on Wednesday morning, Sept. 23rd, and then ensued a long sad vigil, for day by day Mrs. Livengood was growing weaker and suffering intensely. She was kept alive only by the injection of powerful heart stimulants, and when at last it became apparent that her suffering was merely being prolonged without hope of recovery, the battle was given up and opiates were administered to induce sleep and relieved her of pain. She was unconscious during her last 24 hours and passed away without a struggle during her last earthly slumber, at 7:15 P.M. Tuesday, September 29th. (Continued on Page 6)
Laid to Rest at Meyersdale.
The bereaved husband had the body embalmed and prepared for burial in Miami and started home with it on board the Havana Special of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad at 9:50 Wednesday night, Sept. 30th, arriving at Washington D.C., at 1:10 A.M., Friday, Oct. 2nd.
The body was removed from the train at Washington and conveyed to Meyersdale in R. Reich & Son's hearse. J.E. Imler and Robert B. Gnagey met Mr. Livengood at the train and brought him home by automobile, arriving here at 7 o'clock Friday morning.
Joe F. Reich had charge of the burial arrangements. Funeral services were held in the late home of the deceased at 3 o'clock, Friday afternoon. The body lay in state in the parlor of the home for several hours before the funeral, and hundreds of sorrowing friends called to take final leave of one whom they loved dearly, and to offer their sympathy to the bereaved family. There was also a wealth of beautiful floral tributes.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Willis E. Ronk, pastor of the Main Street Brethren Church which Mrs. Livengood attended regularly during recent years, since the Episcopal Church, of which she was a member, has not had a pastor nor regular services in Meyersdale for many years. Rev. Ronk was assisted by Rev. B.A. Black, who read the scripture lesson and offered prayer and read a short poetic tribute composed by a very dear friend of Mrs. Livengood, Sara Roberta Getty, of the Cumberland Daily New staff. Rev. Ronk, besides making some consolatory remarks, delivered a beautiful eulogy extolling the life and character of Mrs. Livengood, whom he acclaimed as one of the best beloved and most useful women of the Meyersdale community. Harry M. Cook sand two of Mrs. Livengood's favorite hymns, "Lead Kindly Light" and "Abide with Me, Ye Evening Shades," as part of the funeral services.
The manifestations of grief over the passing of Mrs. Livengood by all classes of people were very marked and left no doubt in the minds of those nearest and dearest to her, that her loving kindness and friendly regard for everyone whom she knew or met were appreciated and reciprocated by all who knew her.
The pall-bearers were N.E. Miller, S.B. Philson, W.H. Deeter, J.M. Musser, J.H. Bowman and H.M. Cook. Her body was laid to rest in the family plot in Union cemetery by the side of her sainted mother and sister who passed on before.
Bereaved Relatives.
Mrs. Livengood is mourned by her husband and only daughter, Mrs. Frances Imler; two grandchildren, Jimmy and Louise Imler; four brothers, Harry A. Eisfeller of Meyersdale, Albert G. Eisfeller of Alhambra, California, publisher and editor of the Arcadia (Cal.) Tribune, Victor E. Eisfeller, Coral Gables, Fla., an employee of the Miami Herald, and Phidias M. Eisfeller of Toledo, Ohio, and one sister, Mrs. Charles P. Hulce, of LeGrange, Illinois.
Relatives and friends who came a long way to attend the funeral were: Miss Mary O'Connell, Chicago, Ill.; P.M. Eisfeller and son, Edwin, Toledo, O.; Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Curtin, Jeannette, Pa.; Mrs. A.D. Gnagey and Miss Nancy Livengood, Altoona; Joseph F. Biddle and son, John, publisher and editor, respectively, of the Daily News, Huntingdon, Pa.; Sara Roberta Getty, Daily News, Cumberland, Md.
A great many telegrams and written messages of sympathy have been received by the bereaved family from all parts of the country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Lakes to the Gulf, as Mrs. Livengood had a very wide acquaintance and was held in very high esteem wherever she was known.
Biographical Sketch.
Louise Elizabeth Eisfeller, second daughter and fourth child of Henry and Anna Margaret (Loeffler) Eisfeller, was born February 26, 1863, at Frankentrost, Michigan, where her father at the time of her birth was pastor of a German Lutheran congregation. During her infancy she lived with her parents for brief periods at Brownsville, O.; Frostburg, Md.; Wellersberg and Berlin, Pa., and at the age of 6 years came with them to Meyersdale where she grew to womanhood. In 1883 the family removed to Adrian, Mich., and she lived subsequently for brief periods in Ashland, O., Chicago, Ill., and Toledo, O., being married in the last named city on June 22, 1887, to William S. Livengood, at that time a resident of Carleton, Nebraska, where, in association with her brother, Albert G. Eisfeller, he was engaged in publishing and editing the Carleton Weekly Times.
As a bride she accompanied her husband to Carleton, Neb., where they commenced housekeeping, but six weeks later moved to Pasadena, California, where her husband obtained employment on a daily newspaper, the Pasadena Union. In March, 1887, they located in Los Angeles, where Mr. Livengood was employed for seven years as telegraph operator of the Los Angeles Herald, after which he joined the editorial staff of the Los Angeles Times and they continued to live in Los Angeles and they continued to live in Los Angeles until 1905. For the next five years she traveled with her husband and lived for short periods in each of the following cities in which Mr. Livengood was employed in daily newspaper circulation promotion: Seattle, Wash.; Portland, Ore.; San Francisco, Cal.; Fort Worth, Texas; Montgomery, Alabama; Lincoln, Neb.; Duluth, Minn.; Burlington, Iowa; Goshen, Indiana, and Roanoke, Virginia, with occasional returns to Los Angeles.
In all her numerous places of residence her sincere and friendly personality won for her many intimate and delightful friendships which lasted the rest of her life.
Her Last Happy Years.
Finally, in March, 1910, Mr. and Mrs. Livengood came back to Meyersdale, the town in which she spent the happy years of her girlhood, where Mr. Livengood purchased the Meyersdale Republican, and here they settled down to spend the remainder of their lives.
Mrs. Livengood was very happy here, the last 21 years, among the scenes of her
youth and some of the friends of her childhood who still remained here, and many
new friends she acquired after her return. She took an active part in assisting
her husband in managing and editing The Republican and was a great help to him
throughout his business career, being at all times, his inspiration, willing
helpmate and dependable counseller. After her husband became postmaster of
Meyersdale, she assumed a larger share of the work and responsibility in
conducting The Republican and filled the editorial chair until her son-in-law,
J. E. Imler, relieved her of the editorship.
It was in the home, however, that Mrs. Livengood officiated most efficiently. She made home ever a bright and happy one for her family and friends by her loving service and cheerful disposition. Her hospitality was unstinted, and no one hungry or in want was ever turned away from her door. Her home was a social center for her many friends, where all were welcome at all times.
Her public-spiritedness was manifested by her activities as a member and officer of the Meyersdale Civic League, and her interest in the Parent-Teacher Association, the Meyersdale Fair and every other organization for the promotion of the moral and material welfare of her community, county, state or nation. She contributed to every worthy charity according to her ability. She was an earnest Christian and supporter of the church of her choice (Episcopal) and the church with which her husband is affiliated (The Brethren), and a liberal patron of all other churches of the community.
Mrs. Louise Livengood, beloved wife of William S. Livengood, postmaster of Meyersdale and publisher of the Meyersdale Republican, passed away at the home of her brother, Victor E. Eisfeller, at 4501 Coral Gables, adjoining the city of Miami, Florida, at 7:15 P.M., Tuesday, September 29th. The cause of her death, broadly stated, was a worn-out heart.
Mrs. Livengood was subject to heart attacks for the last year or two, of increasing severity and frequency, especially since the death of her elder sister, Miss May Eisfeller, from a similar cause last April. After her bereavement last spring, on the advice of her physician that a lower altitude would be beneficial to her health, she spent a month at Virginia Beach, Va., and returned home very much invigorated, the sea air and heavier air pressure at sea level having proved quite restorative.
She continued fairly well during the summer, but as autumn approached her heart again began to trouble her and her physician again urged her to go to the seashore. Accordingly it was arranged that she should go to Florida with her sister-in-law, Mrs. V.E. Eisfeller, and niece, Miss Zilda Eisfeller, who had spent the hot months here at the Livengood home and were returning to their home at Coral Gables by automobile about the first of September, the plan being for Mrs. Livengood to spend several months and possibly the entire winter at the home of her brother and family at Coral Gables.
Started on Last Journey.
Mrs. Livengood left home on her last journey on Sunday afternoon, August 30th, and had proceeded with her companions quite comfortably as fart as Walterboro, South Carolina, where she suffered a severe heart attack, which almost proved fatal, on the night of September 2nd. She became ill at the home of Dr. H. Bowen, a leading physician of Walterboro, where she and her traveling companions were spending the night, and, but for the prompt medical attendance given by Dr. Bowen, would probably have passed out then and there. After giving her first aid, Dr. Bowen placed her in a hospital under the care of special nurses. Her husband, being notified of her critical condition, hastened to her bedside, accompanied by her son-in-law, J.E. Imler.
By Sept. 8th she had recovered sufficiently to resume her journey on board a Pullman train, arriving at Miami on the morning of Sept. 9th and being taken at once to the home of her brother at Coral Gables. Dr. M.H. Tallman, a prominent physician and surgeon of Miami, and a trained nurse were employed to look after her there, and after her first few days in the balmy climate of the southeast coast of Florida her condition was so much improved that her husband and son-in-law returned home assured that she was on the road to recovery.
But several days after their departure for home, Mrs. Livengood had a relapse, a fresh hemorrhage having occurred in the coronary arteries of the heart, and one week after his return home, Mr. Livengood was again hastening to the bedside of his sick wife. He arrived at Coral Gables the second time on Wednesday morning, Sept. 23rd, and then ensued a long sad vigil, for day by day Mrs. Livengood was growing weaker and suffering intensely. She was kept alive only by the injection of powerful heart stimulants, and when at last it became apparent that her suffering was merely being prolonged without hope of recovery, the battle was given up and opiates were administered to induce sleep and relieved her of pain. She was unconscious during her last 24 hours and passed away without a struggle during her last earthly slumber, at 7:15 P.M. Tuesday, September 29th. (Continued on Page 6)
Laid to Rest at Meyersdale.
The bereaved husband had the body embalmed and prepared for burial in Miami and started home with it on board the Havana Special of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad at 9:50 Wednesday night, Sept. 30th, arriving at Washington D.C., at 1:10 A.M., Friday, Oct. 2nd.
The body was removed from the train at Washington and conveyed to Meyersdale in R. Reich & Son's hearse. J.E. Imler and Robert B. Gnagey met Mr. Livengood at the train and brought him home by automobile, arriving here at 7 o'clock Friday morning.
Joe F. Reich had charge of the burial arrangements. Funeral services were held in the late home of the deceased at 3 o'clock, Friday afternoon. The body lay in state in the parlor of the home for several hours before the funeral, and hundreds of sorrowing friends called to take final leave of one whom they loved dearly, and to offer their sympathy to the bereaved family. There was also a wealth of beautiful floral tributes.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Willis E. Ronk, pastor of the Main Street Brethren Church which Mrs. Livengood attended regularly during recent years, since the Episcopal Church, of which she was a member, has not had a pastor nor regular services in Meyersdale for many years. Rev. Ronk was assisted by Rev. B.A. Black, who read the scripture lesson and offered prayer and read a short poetic tribute composed by a very dear friend of Mrs. Livengood, Sara Roberta Getty, of the Cumberland Daily New staff. Rev. Ronk, besides making some consolatory remarks, delivered a beautiful eulogy extolling the life and character of Mrs. Livengood, whom he acclaimed as one of the best beloved and most useful women of the Meyersdale community. Harry M. Cook sand two of Mrs. Livengood's favorite hymns, "Lead Kindly Light" and "Abide with Me, Ye Evening Shades," as part of the funeral services.
The manifestations of grief over the passing of Mrs. Livengood by all classes of people were very marked and left no doubt in the minds of those nearest and dearest to her, that her loving kindness and friendly regard for everyone whom she knew or met were appreciated and reciprocated by all who knew her.
The pall-bearers were N.E. Miller, S.B. Philson, W.H. Deeter, J.M. Musser, J.H. Bowman and H.M. Cook. Her body was laid to rest in the family plot in Union cemetery by the side of her sainted mother and sister who passed on before.
Bereaved Relatives.
Mrs. Livengood is mourned by her husband and only daughter, Mrs. Frances Imler; two grandchildren, Jimmy and Louise Imler; four brothers, Harry A. Eisfeller of Meyersdale, Albert G. Eisfeller of Alhambra, California, publisher and editor of the Arcadia (Cal.) Tribune, Victor E. Eisfeller, Coral Gables, Fla., an employee of the Miami Herald, and Phidias M. Eisfeller of Toledo, Ohio, and one sister, Mrs. Charles P. Hulce, of LeGrange, Illinois.
Relatives and friends who came a long way to attend the funeral were: Miss Mary O'Connell, Chicago, Ill.; P.M. Eisfeller and son, Edwin, Toledo, O.; Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Curtin, Jeannette, Pa.; Mrs. A.D. Gnagey and Miss Nancy Livengood, Altoona; Joseph F. Biddle and son, John, publisher and editor, respectively, of the Daily News, Huntingdon, Pa.; Sara Roberta Getty, Daily News, Cumberland, Md.
A great many telegrams and written messages of sympathy have been received by the bereaved family from all parts of the country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Lakes to the Gulf, as Mrs. Livengood had a very wide acquaintance and was held in very high esteem wherever she was known.
Biographical Sketch.
Louise Elizabeth Eisfeller, second daughter and fourth child of Henry and Anna Margaret (Loeffler) Eisfeller, was born February 26, 1863, at Frankentrost, Michigan, where her father at the time of her birth was pastor of a German Lutheran congregation. During her infancy she lived with her parents for brief periods at Brownsville, O.; Frostburg, Md.; Wellersberg and Berlin, Pa., and at the age of 6 years came with them to Meyersdale where she grew to womanhood. In 1883 the family removed to Adrian, Mich., and she lived subsequently for brief periods in Ashland, O., Chicago, Ill., and Toledo, O., being married in the last named city on June 22, 1887, to William S. Livengood, at that time a resident of Carleton, Nebraska, where, in association with her brother, Albert G. Eisfeller, he was engaged in publishing and editing the Carleton Weekly Times.
As a bride she accompanied her husband to Carleton, Neb., where they commenced housekeeping, but six weeks later moved to Pasadena, California, where her husband obtained employment on a daily newspaper, the Pasadena Union. In March, 1887, they located in Los Angeles, where Mr. Livengood was employed for seven years as telegraph operator of the Los Angeles Herald, after which he joined the editorial staff of the Los Angeles Times and they continued to live in Los Angeles and they continued to live in Los Angeles until 1905. For the next five years she traveled with her husband and lived for short periods in each of the following cities in which Mr. Livengood was employed in daily newspaper circulation promotion: Seattle, Wash.; Portland, Ore.; San Francisco, Cal.; Fort Worth, Texas; Montgomery, Alabama; Lincoln, Neb.; Duluth, Minn.; Burlington, Iowa; Goshen, Indiana, and Roanoke, Virginia, with occasional returns to Los Angeles.
In all her numerous places of residence her sincere and friendly personality won for her many intimate and delightful friendships which lasted the rest of her life.
Her Last Happy Years.
Finally, in March, 1910, Mr. and Mrs. Livengood came back to Meyersdale, the town in which she spent the happy years of her girlhood, where Mr. Livengood purchased the Meyersdale Republican, and here they settled down to spend the remainder of their lives.
Mrs. Livengood was very happy here, the last 21 years, among the scenes of her
youth and some of the friends of her childhood who still remained here, and many
new friends she acquired after her return. She took an active part in assisting
her husband in managing and editing The Republican and was a great help to him
throughout his business career, being at all times, his inspiration, willing
helpmate and dependable counseller. After her husband became postmaster of
Meyersdale, she assumed a larger share of the work and responsibility in
conducting The Republican and filled the editorial chair until her son-in-law,
J. E. Imler, relieved her of the editorship.
It was in the home, however, that Mrs. Livengood officiated most efficiently. She made home ever a bright and happy one for her family and friends by her loving service and cheerful disposition. Her hospitality was unstinted, and no one hungry or in want was ever turned away from her door. Her home was a social center for her many friends, where all were welcome at all times.
Her public-spiritedness was manifested by her activities as a member and officer of the Meyersdale Civic League, and her interest in the Parent-Teacher Association, the Meyersdale Fair and every other organization for the promotion of the moral and material welfare of her community, county, state or nation. She contributed to every worthy charity according to her ability. She was an earnest Christian and supporter of the church of her choice (Episcopal) and the church with which her husband is affiliated (The Brethren), and a liberal patron of all other churches of the community.
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Mrs. Louise Livengood, beloved wife of William S. Livengood, postmaster of Meyersdale and publisher of the Meyersdale Republican, passed away at the home of her brother, Victor E. Eisfeller, at 4501 Coral Gables, adjoining the city of Miami, Florida, at 7:15 P.M., Tuesday, September 29th. The cause of her death, broadly stated, was a worn-out heart.
Mrs. Livengood was subject to heart attacks for the last year or two, of increasing severity and frequency, especially since the death of her elder sister, Miss May Eisfeller, from a similar cause last April. After her bereavement last spring, on the advice of her physician that a lower altitude would be beneficial to her health, she spent a month at Virginia Beach, Va., and returned home very much invigorated, the sea air and heavier air pressure at sea level having proved quite restorative.
She continued fairly well during the summer, but as autumn approached her heart again began to trouble her and her physician again urged her to go to the seashore. Accordingly it was arranged that she should go to Florida with her sister-in-law, Mrs. V.E. Eisfeller, and niece, Miss Zilda Eisfeller, who had spent the hot months here at the Livengood home and were returning to their home at Coral Gables by automobile about the first of September, the plan being for Mrs. Livengood to spend several months and possibly the entire winter at the home of her brother and family at Coral Gables.
Started on Last Journey.
Mrs. Livengood left home on her last journey on Sunday afternoon, August 30th, and had proceeded with her companions quite comfortably as fart as Walterboro, South Carolina, where she suffered a severe heart attack, which almost proved fatal, on the night of September 2nd. She became ill at the home of Dr. H. Bowen, a leading physician of Walterboro, where she and her traveling companions were spending the night, and, but for the prompt medical attendance given by Dr. Bowen, would probably have passed out then and there. After giving her first aid, Dr. Bowen placed her in a hospital under the care of special nurses. Her husband, being notified of her critical condition, hastened to her bedside, accompanied by her son-in-law, J.E. Imler.
By Sept. 8th she had recovered sufficiently to resume her journey on board a Pullman train, arriving at Miami on the morning of Sept. 9th and being taken at once to the home of her brother at Coral Gables. Dr. M.H. Tallman, a prominent physician and surgeon of Miami, and a trained nurse were employed to look after her there, and after her first few days in the balmy climate of the southeast coast of Florida her condition was so much improved that her husband and son-in-law returned home assured that she was on the road to recovery.
But several days after their departure for home, Mrs. Livengood had a relapse, a fresh hemorrhage having occurred in the coronary arteries of the heart, and one week after his return home, Mr. Livengood was again hastening to the bedside of his sick wife. He arrived at Coral Gables the second time on Wednesday morning, Sept. 23rd, and then ensued a long sad vigil, for day by day Mrs. Livengood was growing weaker and suffering intensely. She was kept alive only by the injection of powerful heart stimulants, and when at last it became apparent that her suffering was merely being prolonged without hope of recovery, the battle was given up and opiates were administered to induce sleep and relieved her of pain. She was unconscious during her last 24 hours and passed away without a struggle during her last earthly slumber, at 7:15 P.M. Tuesday, September 29th. (Continued on Page 6)
Laid to Rest at Meyersdale.
The bereaved husband had the body embalmed and prepared for burial in Miami and started home with it on board the Havana Special of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad at 9:50 Wednesday night, Sept. 30th, arriving at Washington D.C., at 1:10 A.M., Friday, Oct. 2nd.
The body was removed from the train at Washington and conveyed to Meyersdale in R. Reich & Son's hearse. J.E. Imler and Robert B. Gnagey met Mr. Livengood at the train and brought him home by automobile, arriving here at 7 o'clock Friday morning.
Joe F. Reich had charge of the burial arrangements. Funeral services were held in the late home of the deceased at 3 o'clock, Friday afternoon. The body lay in state in the parlor of the home for several hours before the funeral, and hundreds of sorrowing friends called to take final leave of one whom they loved dearly, and to offer their sympathy to the bereaved family. There was also a wealth of beautiful floral tributes.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Willis E. Ronk, pastor of the Main Street Brethren Church which Mrs. Livengood attended regularly during recent years, since the Episcopal Church, of which she was a member, has not had a pastor nor regular services in Meyersdale for many years. Rev. Ronk was assisted by Rev. B.A. Black, who read the scripture lesson and offered prayer and read a short poetic tribute composed by a very dear friend of Mrs. Livengood, Sara Roberta Getty, of the Cumberland Daily New staff. Rev. Ronk, besides making some consolatory remarks, delivered a beautiful eulogy extolling the life and character of Mrs. Livengood, whom he acclaimed as one of the best beloved and most useful women of the Meyersdale community. Harry M. Cook sand two of Mrs. Livengood's favorite hymns, "Lead Kindly Light" and "Abide with Me, Ye Evening Shades," as part of the funeral services.
The manifestations of grief over the passing of Mrs. Livengood by all classes of people were very marked and left no doubt in the minds of those nearest and dearest to her, that her loving kindness and friendly regard for everyone whom she knew or met were appreciated and reciprocated by all who knew her.
The pall-bearers were N.E. Miller, S.B. Philson, W.H. Deeter, J.M. Musser, J.H. Bowman and H.M. Cook. Her body was laid to rest in the family plot in Union cemetery by the side of her sainted mother and sister who passed on before.
Bereaved Relatives.
Mrs. Livengood is mourned by her husband and only daughter, Mrs. Frances Imler; two grandchildren, Jimmy and Louise Imler; four brothers, Harry A. Eisfeller of Meyersdale, Albert G. Eisfeller of Alhambra, California, publisher and editor of the Arcadia (Cal.) Tribune, Victor E. Eisfeller, Coral Gables, Fla., an employee of the Miami Herald, and Phidias M. Eisfeller of Toledo, Ohio, and one sister, Mrs. Charles P. Hulce, of LeGrange, Illinois.
Relatives and friends who came a long way to attend the funeral were: Miss Mary O'Connell, Chicago, Ill.; P.M. Eisfeller and son, Edwin, Toledo, O.; Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Curtin, Jeannette, Pa.; Mrs. A.D. Gnagey and Miss Nancy Livengood, Altoona; Joseph F. Biddle and son, John, publisher and editor, respectively, of the Daily News, Huntingdon, Pa.; Sara Roberta Getty, Daily News, Cumberland, Md.
A great many telegrams and written messages of sympathy have been received by the bereaved family from all parts of the country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Lakes to the Gulf, as Mrs. Livengood had a very wide acquaintance and was held in very high esteem wherever she was known.
Biographical Sketch.
Louise Elizabeth Eisfeller, second daughter and fourth child of Henry and Anna Margaret (Loeffler) Eisfeller, was born February 26, 1863, at Frankentrost, Michigan, where her father at the time of her birth was pastor of a German Lutheran congregation. During her infancy she lived with her parents for brief periods at Brownsville, O.; Frostburg, Md.; Wellersberg and Berlin, Pa., and at the age of 6 years came with them to Meyersdale where she grew to womanhood. In 1883 the family removed to Adrian, Mich., and she lived subsequently for brief periods in Ashland, O., Chicago, Ill., and Toledo, O., being married in the last named city on June 22, 1887, to William S. Livengood, at that time a resident of Carleton, Nebraska, where, in association with her brother, Albert G. Eisfeller, he was engaged in publishing and editing the Carleton Weekly Times.
As a bride she accompanied her husband to Carleton, Neb., where they commenced housekeeping, but six weeks later moved to Pasadena, California, where her husband obtained employment on a daily newspaper, the Pasadena Union. In March, 1887, they located in Los Angeles, where Mr. Livengood was employed for seven years as telegraph operator of the Los Angeles Herald, after which he joined the editorial staff of the Los Angeles Times and they continued to live in Los Angeles and they continued to live in Los Angeles until 1905. For the next five years she traveled with her husband and lived for short periods in each of the following cities in which Mr. Livengood was employed in daily newspaper circulation promotion: Seattle, Wash.; Portland, Ore.; San Francisco, Cal.; Fort Worth, Texas; Montgomery, Alabama; Lincoln, Neb.; Duluth, Minn.; Burlington, Iowa; Goshen, Indiana, and Roanoke, Virginia, with occasional returns to Los Angeles.
In all her numerous places of residence her sincere and friendly personality won for her many intimate and delightful friendships which lasted the rest of her life.
Her Last Happy Years.
Finally, in March, 1910, Mr. and Mrs. Livengood came back to Meyersdale, the town in which she spent the happy years of her girlhood, where Mr. Livengood purchased the Meyersdale Republican, and here they settled down to spend the remainder of their lives.
Mrs. Livengood was very happy here, the last 21 years, among the scenes of her
youth and some of the friends of her childhood who still remained here, and many
new friends she acquired after her return. She took an active part in assisting
her husband in managing and editing The Republican and was a great help to him
throughout his business career, being at all times, his inspiration, willing
helpmate and dependable counseller. After her husband became postmaster of
Meyersdale, she assumed a larger share of the work and responsibility in
conducting The Republican and filled the editorial chair until her son-in-law,
J. E. Imler, relieved her of the editorship.
It was in the home, however, that Mrs. Livengood officiated most efficiently. She made home ever a bright and happy one for her family and friends by her loving service and cheerful disposition. Her hospitality was unstinted, and no one hungry or in want was ever turned away from her door. Her home was a social center for her many friends, where all were welcome at all times.
Her public-spiritedness was manifested by her activities as a member and officer of the Meyersdale Civic League, and her interest in the Parent-Teacher Association, the Meyersdale Fair and every other organization for the promotion of the moral and material welfare of her community, county, state or nation. She contributed to every worthy charity according to her ability. She was an earnest Christian and supporter of the church of her choice (Episcopal) and the church with which her husband is affiliated (The Brethren), and a liberal patron of all other churches of the community.
Mrs. Louise Livengood, beloved wife of William S. Livengood, postmaster of Meyersdale and publisher of the Meyersdale Republican, passed away at the home of her brother, Victor E. Eisfeller, at 4501 Coral Gables, adjoining the city of Miami, Florida, at 7:15 P.M., Tuesday, September 29th. The cause of her death, broadly stated, was a worn-out heart.
Mrs. Livengood was subject to heart attacks for the last year or two, of increasing severity and frequency, especially since the death of her elder sister, Miss May Eisfeller, from a similar cause last April. After her bereavement last spring, on the advice of her physician that a lower altitude would be beneficial to her health, she spent a month at Virginia Beach, Va., and returned home very much invigorated, the sea air and heavier air pressure at sea level having proved quite restorative.
She continued fairly well during the summer, but as autumn approached her heart again began to trouble her and her physician again urged her to go to the seashore. Accordingly it was arranged that she should go to Florida with her sister-in-law, Mrs. V.E. Eisfeller, and niece, Miss Zilda Eisfeller, who had spent the hot months here at the Livengood home and were returning to their home at Coral Gables by automobile about the first of September, the plan being for Mrs. Livengood to spend several months and possibly the entire winter at the home of her brother and family at Coral Gables.
Started on Last Journey.
Mrs. Livengood left home on her last journey on Sunday afternoon, August 30th, and had proceeded with her companions quite comfortably as fart as Walterboro, South Carolina, where she suffered a severe heart attack, which almost proved fatal, on the night of September 2nd. She became ill at the home of Dr. H. Bowen, a leading physician of Walterboro, where she and her traveling companions were spending the night, and, but for the prompt medical attendance given by Dr. Bowen, would probably have passed out then and there. After giving her first aid, Dr. Bowen placed her in a hospital under the care of special nurses. Her husband, being notified of her critical condition, hastened to her bedside, accompanied by her son-in-law, J.E. Imler.
By Sept. 8th she had recovered sufficiently to resume her journey on board a Pullman train, arriving at Miami on the morning of Sept. 9th and being taken at once to the home of her brother at Coral Gables. Dr. M.H. Tallman, a prominent physician and surgeon of Miami, and a trained nurse were employed to look after her there, and after her first few days in the balmy climate of the southeast coast of Florida her condition was so much improved that her husband and son-in-law returned home assured that she was on the road to recovery.
But several days after their departure for home, Mrs. Livengood had a relapse, a fresh hemorrhage having occurred in the coronary arteries of the heart, and one week after his return home, Mr. Livengood was again hastening to the bedside of his sick wife. He arrived at Coral Gables the second time on Wednesday morning, Sept. 23rd, and then ensued a long sad vigil, for day by day Mrs. Livengood was growing weaker and suffering intensely. She was kept alive only by the injection of powerful heart stimulants, and when at last it became apparent that her suffering was merely being prolonged without hope of recovery, the battle was given up and opiates were administered to induce sleep and relieved her of pain. She was unconscious during her last 24 hours and passed away without a struggle during her last earthly slumber, at 7:15 P.M. Tuesday, September 29th. (Continued on Page 6)
Laid to Rest at Meyersdale.
The bereaved husband had the body embalmed and prepared for burial in Miami and started home with it on board the Havana Special of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad at 9:50 Wednesday night, Sept. 30th, arriving at Washington D.C., at 1:10 A.M., Friday, Oct. 2nd.
The body was removed from the train at Washington and conveyed to Meyersdale in R. Reich & Son's hearse. J.E. Imler and Robert B. Gnagey met Mr. Livengood at the train and brought him home by automobile, arriving here at 7 o'clock Friday morning.
Joe F. Reich had charge of the burial arrangements. Funeral services were held in the late home of the deceased at 3 o'clock, Friday afternoon. The body lay in state in the parlor of the home for several hours before the funeral, and hundreds of sorrowing friends called to take final leave of one whom they loved dearly, and to offer their sympathy to the bereaved family. There was also a wealth of beautiful floral tributes.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Willis E. Ronk, pastor of the Main Street Brethren Church which Mrs. Livengood attended regularly during recent years, since the Episcopal Church, of which she was a member, has not had a pastor nor regular services in Meyersdale for many years. Rev. Ronk was assisted by Rev. B.A. Black, who read the scripture lesson and offered prayer and read a short poetic tribute composed by a very dear friend of Mrs. Livengood, Sara Roberta Getty, of the Cumberland Daily New staff. Rev. Ronk, besides making some consolatory remarks, delivered a beautiful eulogy extolling the life and character of Mrs. Livengood, whom he acclaimed as one of the best beloved and most useful women of the Meyersdale community. Harry M. Cook sand two of Mrs. Livengood's favorite hymns, "Lead Kindly Light" and "Abide with Me, Ye Evening Shades," as part of the funeral services.
The manifestations of grief over the passing of Mrs. Livengood by all classes of people were very marked and left no doubt in the minds of those nearest and dearest to her, that her loving kindness and friendly regard for everyone whom she knew or met were appreciated and reciprocated by all who knew her.
The pall-bearers were N.E. Miller, S.B. Philson, W.H. Deeter, J.M. Musser, J.H. Bowman and H.M. Cook. Her body was laid to rest in the family plot in Union cemetery by the side of her sainted mother and sister who passed on before.
Bereaved Relatives.
Mrs. Livengood is mourned by her husband and only daughter, Mrs. Frances Imler; two grandchildren, Jimmy and Louise Imler; four brothers, Harry A. Eisfeller of Meyersdale, Albert G. Eisfeller of Alhambra, California, publisher and editor of the Arcadia (Cal.) Tribune, Victor E. Eisfeller, Coral Gables, Fla., an employee of the Miami Herald, and Phidias M. Eisfeller of Toledo, Ohio, and one sister, Mrs. Charles P. Hulce, of LeGrange, Illinois.
Relatives and friends who came a long way to attend the funeral were: Miss Mary O'Connell, Chicago, Ill.; P.M. Eisfeller and son, Edwin, Toledo, O.; Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Curtin, Jeannette, Pa.; Mrs. A.D. Gnagey and Miss Nancy Livengood, Altoona; Joseph F. Biddle and son, John, publisher and editor, respectively, of the Daily News, Huntingdon, Pa.; Sara Roberta Getty, Daily News, Cumberland, Md.
A great many telegrams and written messages of sympathy have been received by the bereaved family from all parts of the country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Lakes to the Gulf, as Mrs. Livengood had a very wide acquaintance and was held in very high esteem wherever she was known.
Biographical Sketch.
Louise Elizabeth Eisfeller, second daughter and fourth child of Henry and Anna Margaret (Loeffler) Eisfeller, was born February 26, 1863, at Frankentrost, Michigan, where her father at the time of her birth was pastor of a German Lutheran congregation. During her infancy she lived with her parents for brief periods at Brownsville, O.; Frostburg, Md.; Wellersberg and Berlin, Pa., and at the age of 6 years came with them to Meyersdale where she grew to womanhood. In 1883 the family removed to Adrian, Mich., and she lived subsequently for brief periods in Ashland, O., Chicago, Ill., and Toledo, O., being married in the last named city on June 22, 1887, to William S. Livengood, at that time a resident of Carleton, Nebraska, where, in association with her brother, Albert G. Eisfeller, he was engaged in publishing and editing the Carleton Weekly Times.
As a bride she accompanied her husband to Carleton, Neb., where they commenced housekeeping, but six weeks later moved to Pasadena, California, where her husband obtained employment on a daily newspaper, the Pasadena Union. In March, 1887, they located in Los Angeles, where Mr. Livengood was employed for seven years as telegraph operator of the Los Angeles Herald, after which he joined the editorial staff of the Los Angeles Times and they continued to live in Los Angeles and they continued to live in Los Angeles until 1905. For the next five years she traveled with her husband and lived for short periods in each of the following cities in which Mr. Livengood was employed in daily newspaper circulation promotion: Seattle, Wash.; Portland, Ore.; San Francisco, Cal.; Fort Worth, Texas; Montgomery, Alabama; Lincoln, Neb.; Duluth, Minn.; Burlington, Iowa; Goshen, Indiana, and Roanoke, Virginia, with occasional returns to Los Angeles.
In all her numerous places of residence her sincere and friendly personality won for her many intimate and delightful friendships which lasted the rest of her life.
Her Last Happy Years.
Finally, in March, 1910, Mr. and Mrs. Livengood came back to Meyersdale, the town in which she spent the happy years of her girlhood, where Mr. Livengood purchased the Meyersdale Republican, and here they settled down to spend the remainder of their lives.
Mrs. Livengood was very happy here, the last 21 years, among the scenes of her
youth and some of the friends of her childhood who still remained here, and many
new friends she acquired after her return. She took an active part in assisting
her husband in managing and editing The Republican and was a great help to him
throughout his business career, being at all times, his inspiration, willing
helpmate and dependable counseller. After her husband became postmaster of
Meyersdale, she assumed a larger share of the work and responsibility in
conducting The Republican and filled the editorial chair until her son-in-law,
J. E. Imler, relieved her of the editorship.
It was in the home, however, that Mrs. Livengood officiated most efficiently. She made home ever a bright and happy one for her family and friends by her loving service and cheerful disposition. Her hospitality was unstinted, and no one hungry or in want was ever turned away from her door. Her home was a social center for her many friends, where all were welcome at all times.
Her public-spiritedness was manifested by her activities as a member and officer of the Meyersdale Civic League, and her interest in the Parent-Teacher Association, the Meyersdale Fair and every other organization for the promotion of the moral and material welfare of her community, county, state or nation. She contributed to every worthy charity according to her ability. She was an earnest Christian and supporter of the church of her choice (Episcopal) and the church with which her husband is affiliated (The Brethren), and a liberal patron of all other churches of the community.
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