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Mary Jane Sullivan Suits

Birth
Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Death
16 Nov 1915 (aged 64)
Knightstown, Henry County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Knightstown, Henry County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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The Knightstown (IN) Banner, Friday, November 19, 1915
Mrs. Mary J. Suits, aged sixty-four years, whose home was at Ogden, died at the home of her son, George Suits, North Franklin street, Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, of hardening of the arteries following an illness of three months. Her husband, Joseph Suits, and son, George Suits, survive. The funeral will be held at Ogden Christian church, where she held her membership, on Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Interment at Glencove cemetery.

The Knightstown IN) Banner, Friday, December 3, 1915
The long watches of the night are over and she is gone. Gone from her earthy home, gone from the society of those she loved, gone to live with the dear ones over yonder, and with the angels.

Mary Jane Sullivan was born in Guildford [sic] county, N. C., in 1851, and passed to the great beyond, November 16, 1915, at the home of her son in Knightstown, add 64 years, 11 months and 14 days. She was united in marriage to J. L. Suits June 9, 1866 and to this union were born two children: George W. and Mary Elizabeth. The latter preceded her to the better land Dec. 14, 1906 and it was with difficulty that she rallied from the sadness the great loss of her daughter's departure. She leaves a husband, one son and four brothers and two sisters to mourn the death of their loved one.

She united with the M. E. church when about twenty-eight years of age. Some years later she became a member of the Christian church at Dunreith, that church going down, she then identified herself with the New Light of Christian church, at Ogden, and was faithful till death called her. Mary Suits, as she was familiarly known was a lovely christian character and was always faithful to the house of worship as long as her health permitted. Some years ago she was superintendent and a teacher in the Ogden M. E. Sunday School and in later years she served in the same manner in the Christian church to which she was most loyally devoted. As a teacher and leader, her counsel will still be felt among those who knew her best and loved her most. Her willing spirit was always ready to give of her means to the support of the gospel and no sacrifice was too great for her to make for the cause that she loved and most willingly was a help to those in need. Her unflinching faith in the word of God never wavered and her motto was "Not Slothful in business but fervent in spirit, serving the Lord."

Not now, but in the coming years;
It may be in the better land,
We'll read the meaning of our tears,
And then, ah! then, we'll understand.
We'll catch again the broken threads
Of life and finish
What we here begun
And then, yes then! we'll understand.
The Knightstown (IN) Banner, Friday, November 19, 1915
Mrs. Mary J. Suits, aged sixty-four years, whose home was at Ogden, died at the home of her son, George Suits, North Franklin street, Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, of hardening of the arteries following an illness of three months. Her husband, Joseph Suits, and son, George Suits, survive. The funeral will be held at Ogden Christian church, where she held her membership, on Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Interment at Glencove cemetery.

The Knightstown IN) Banner, Friday, December 3, 1915
The long watches of the night are over and she is gone. Gone from her earthy home, gone from the society of those she loved, gone to live with the dear ones over yonder, and with the angels.

Mary Jane Sullivan was born in Guildford [sic] county, N. C., in 1851, and passed to the great beyond, November 16, 1915, at the home of her son in Knightstown, add 64 years, 11 months and 14 days. She was united in marriage to J. L. Suits June 9, 1866 and to this union were born two children: George W. and Mary Elizabeth. The latter preceded her to the better land Dec. 14, 1906 and it was with difficulty that she rallied from the sadness the great loss of her daughter's departure. She leaves a husband, one son and four brothers and two sisters to mourn the death of their loved one.

She united with the M. E. church when about twenty-eight years of age. Some years later she became a member of the Christian church at Dunreith, that church going down, she then identified herself with the New Light of Christian church, at Ogden, and was faithful till death called her. Mary Suits, as she was familiarly known was a lovely christian character and was always faithful to the house of worship as long as her health permitted. Some years ago she was superintendent and a teacher in the Ogden M. E. Sunday School and in later years she served in the same manner in the Christian church to which she was most loyally devoted. As a teacher and leader, her counsel will still be felt among those who knew her best and loved her most. Her willing spirit was always ready to give of her means to the support of the gospel and no sacrifice was too great for her to make for the cause that she loved and most willingly was a help to those in need. Her unflinching faith in the word of God never wavered and her motto was "Not Slothful in business but fervent in spirit, serving the Lord."

Not now, but in the coming years;
It may be in the better land,
We'll read the meaning of our tears,
And then, ah! then, we'll understand.
We'll catch again the broken threads
Of life and finish
What we here begun
And then, yes then! we'll understand.


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