On the 7th of Oct., in Lancaster Township, Stephenson county, Illinois, of the infirmities of old age, Sister Esther Lapp, widow of deacon Samuel Lapp, deceased, aged 77 years, 6 months and 4 days. Buried on the 9th in the Mennonite burying-ground. Funeral services were held by C. C. Snavely in German and E M Shellenberger in English. Text Rev. 13:14. Sister Lapp was the mother of 13 children of whom 10 are living to mourn their loss; but they mourn not as those who have no hope. She was a faithful member of the Mennonite Church; a kind and tender hearted mother; a meek, humble follower of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ: was loved by all who knew her: and her example was worthy of imitation. For the last four years she had been unable to walk, which affliction was caused by paralysis. Since then she had to be taken care of as a child. But she bore her suffering patiently, trusting in the Lord. Her desire was to go home, to be absent from the body and present with the Lord. We rest in the blessed assurance that she has gone to reap the glorious reward which is in store for all those who love the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
"Our mother dear has gone
To her eternal rest,
Amid the heavenly throng
She'll be forever blest.
Her suffering now is o,er,
Her warfare now is ended:
We shall see her here no more,
To God, her soul ascended.
With saints and angels there,
She can praise the Lord her king;
The great reward she,ll share,
And the heavenly anthems sing.
"Gospel Messenger, please copy.
When Esther Long Hershey was born in 1806, in Bertie Bay, Welland, Ontario, Canada, her father, Benjamin Landis Hershey, was 30 and her mother, Nancy Anna Long, was 21. She married Samuel Lapp on 30 November 1824. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 8 October 1883, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Mennonite Cemetery, Stephenson, Illinois, United States.
Jerry Lee Hall
"Our mother dear has gone
To her eternal rest,
Amid the heavenly throng
She'll be forever blest.
Her suffering now is o,er,
Her warfare now is ended:
We shall see her here no more,
To God, her soul ascended.
With saints and angels there,
She can praise the Lord her king;
The great reward she,ll share,
And the heavenly anthems sing.
"Gospel Messenger, please copy.
When Esther Long Hershey was born in 1806, in Bertie Bay, Welland, Ontario, Canada, her father, Benjamin Landis Hershey, was 30 and her mother, Nancy Anna Long, was 21. She married Samuel Lapp on 30 November 1824. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 8 October 1883, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Mennonite Cemetery, Stephenson, Illinois, United States.
Jerry Lee Hall
On the 7th of Oct., in Lancaster Township, Stephenson county, Illinois, of the infirmities of old age, Sister Esther Lapp, widow of deacon Samuel Lapp, deceased, aged 77 years, 6 months and 4 days. Buried on the 9th in the Mennonite burying-ground. Funeral services were held by C. C. Snavely in German and E M Shellenberger in English. Text Rev. 13:14. Sister Lapp was the mother of 13 children of whom 10 are living to mourn their loss; but they mourn not as those who have no hope. She was a faithful member of the Mennonite Church; a kind and tender hearted mother; a meek, humble follower of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ: was loved by all who knew her: and her example was worthy of imitation. For the last four years she had been unable to walk, which affliction was caused by paralysis. Since then she had to be taken care of as a child. But she bore her suffering patiently, trusting in the Lord. Her desire was to go home, to be absent from the body and present with the Lord. We rest in the blessed assurance that she has gone to reap the glorious reward which is in store for all those who love the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
"Our mother dear has gone
To her eternal rest,
Amid the heavenly throng
She'll be forever blest.
Her suffering now is o,er,
Her warfare now is ended:
We shall see her here no more,
To God, her soul ascended.
With saints and angels there,
She can praise the Lord her king;
The great reward she,ll share,
And the heavenly anthems sing.
"Gospel Messenger, please copy.
When Esther Long Hershey was born in 1806, in Bertie Bay, Welland, Ontario, Canada, her father, Benjamin Landis Hershey, was 30 and her mother, Nancy Anna Long, was 21. She married Samuel Lapp on 30 November 1824. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 8 October 1883, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Mennonite Cemetery, Stephenson, Illinois, United States.
Jerry Lee Hall
"Our mother dear has gone
To her eternal rest,
Amid the heavenly throng
She'll be forever blest.
Her suffering now is o,er,
Her warfare now is ended:
We shall see her here no more,
To God, her soul ascended.
With saints and angels there,
She can praise the Lord her king;
The great reward she,ll share,
And the heavenly anthems sing.
"Gospel Messenger, please copy.
When Esther Long Hershey was born in 1806, in Bertie Bay, Welland, Ontario, Canada, her father, Benjamin Landis Hershey, was 30 and her mother, Nancy Anna Long, was 21. She married Samuel Lapp on 30 November 1824. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 8 October 1883, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Mennonite Cemetery, Stephenson, Illinois, United States.
Jerry Lee Hall
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Age: 77 years 6 months 4 days, wife of Samuel Lapp
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