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.
LYDIA SMITH – OBITUARY.
Miss Lydia Smith died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Lyons, east of this place, on Nov. 6, 1896, aged 31 years and 26 days. Both of her parents, six sisters and other relatives are left to mourn her loss. She was a faithful christian and a consistent member of the M. E. church. During the last few days she had emphasized her faith in God by making all arrangements for her burial and then calmly waiting for the summons which was to call her to that better and brighter world above. The funeral took place last Sunday at Cranberry chapel with burial in Greenville cemetery, being conducted by Rev. T. L. McConnell and the Bucyrus lodge of Good Templars which was in accordance with a request of the deceased.
Another hand is bekoning on,
Another call is given,
And once more glows with angel feet
The path that leads to Heaven.