This post was contributed to the Crawford County Chapter of OGS by Kristina Stearley as part of the Florence Siefert Scrapbook in 2010.
The scrapbook is compiled from undated, unidentified newspaper clippings involving events in the lives of Crawford County citizens living in or having connections to New Washington, Tiro, Shelby, Sulphur Springs, Chatfield, Bucyrus, Ashland, Mansfield, and other areas. Only minimal spelling or punctuation corrections were made. Unreadable areas are shown by underlines, dots &/or question marks. This collection has been scanned, “optical character recognized” (OCR’d), proofed, then coded for HTML by volunteers of the Crawford County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. Since the copies are not of the best quality errors may have been made. Please contact us if you find corrections needing to be made or can verify any missing dates which could be added.
Emma Matilda, daughter of John F. and Sibilla Kibler of this place, departed this life on the evening of the 22nd inst. She was born April 1, 1878, in Chatfield township. In her infancy she became, by baptism, a member of the Christian church. In 1880 she came with her parents to New Washington. On the 29th of May, 1892, she was confirmed in St. John’s Ev. Lutheran church by the present pastor. Miss Kibler was mostly at her parental home, assisting in doing housework, yet she will he missed by many friends outside of her home and family. Since the 6th of this month she was bedfast. Death was caused by a complication of inflammatory rheumatism, flying neuralgia and heart trouble. Deceased reached the age of 18 yrs., 3 mos. and 21 das. Besides her sorrow-stricken parents, four brothers–William, Frederick, Louis and Henry–are left to mourn her loss. On Sunday, the 26th inst., the remains were interred in the Lutheran cemetery and services were held, conducted by Rev. Ph. Ebert, a large concourse of people being present. The bereaved parents desire, through the columns of the HERALD, to extend their heartfelt thanks to neighbors and friends who so kindly assisted them during the time of their daughter’s sickness and afterwards. (By request the following lines are published in memory of the late Emma Kibler:)
“THE ONLY ONE.”The voice is hushed, the form is cold,
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The happy smile is gone
Of one who was the only girl,
Alas, – “the only one!”
Four brothers were so proud of her,
Whose vict’ry now is won.
Their only sister – was she not?
Alas – “the only one!”
Yet, if there had been more like her,
They would have given none;
Parents and brothers should have tho’t
Each girl – “the only one.”
Oh, who’ll heal the bleeding wounds?
Thou, Christ, – and Thou, alone,
The propitiation for our sins,
Thou art – “the only One.”
Grant us, thy grace that we who mourn
For this beloved one
May follow her that she may not;
Remain – “the only one.”
