Esther Lapp was born near Freeport, Ill., Nov. 26, 1848; died Dec. 16, 1910; aged 62 y. 20 d. Her death was caused by a complication of diseases from which she suffered severs pain for a number of days. She bore it all with Christian resignation. She was married to Addison Shelley in 1887, who has gone "to his long home" more than a year ago.
She was the youngest of a family of thirteen children, 5 brothers and 1 sister having preceded her to the spirit world. Five brothers, 1 sister, 4 orphan children and many relatives and friends are left to mourn her departure. She was a faithful member of the Mennonite Church. Services by John Nice of Morrison, Ill., and S. E. Graybill from II Cor. 5:1.
Gospel Herald - Volume III, Number 39 - December 29, 1910 - page 627, 628
She was the youngest of a family of thirteen children, 5 brothers and 1 sister having preceded her to the spirit world. Five brothers, 1 sister, 4 orphan children and many relatives and friends are left to mourn her departure. She was a faithful member of the Mennonite Church. Services by John Nice of Morrison, Ill., and S. E. Graybill from II Cor. 5:1.
Gospel Herald - Volume III, Number 39 - December 29, 1910 - page 627, 628
Esther Lapp was born near Freeport, Ill., Nov. 26, 1848; died Dec. 16, 1910; aged 62 y. 20 d. Her death was caused by a complication of diseases from which she suffered severs pain for a number of days. She bore it all with Christian resignation. She was married to Addison Shelley in 1887, who has gone "to his long home" more than a year ago.
She was the youngest of a family of thirteen children, 5 brothers and 1 sister having preceded her to the spirit world. Five brothers, 1 sister, 4 orphan children and many relatives and friends are left to mourn her departure. She was a faithful member of the Mennonite Church. Services by John Nice of Morrison, Ill., and S. E. Graybill from II Cor. 5:1.
Gospel Herald - Volume III, Number 39 - December 29, 1910 - page 627, 628
She was the youngest of a family of thirteen children, 5 brothers and 1 sister having preceded her to the spirit world. Five brothers, 1 sister, 4 orphan children and many relatives and friends are left to mourn her departure. She was a faithful member of the Mennonite Church. Services by John Nice of Morrison, Ill., and S. E. Graybill from II Cor. 5:1.
Gospel Herald - Volume III, Number 39 - December 29, 1910 - page 627, 628
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