Susan: Thanks! John Charles Tippet JohnDoeTippet@csi.com P.S. Have you checked out my new web page? What do you think of the new format? ----- Original Message ----- From: SUSAN L DEBRUNNER <S_DEBRUNNER@prodigy.net> To: <BEHYMER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 8:32 PM Subject: Olive Behymer Duckwall > > Hi all! > > Bev suggested I post this to the list, so here goes. Any misspellings are > straight out of the paper.... > > John, I'll try to send you a scanned copy later this week, as is befitting > of the "keeper of the Behymers!" > > ---Susan > > > Olive, second daughter of Michael and Mary Ann Behymer, was born at Locust > Corner, Clermont county, Ohio, September 30, 1848; she died at Locust > Corner, December 4, 1914, aged 66 years, 3 months and 4 days. At the age of > 19 she united with the M.E. church of this place and it need not be said she > ever remained a faithful and useful member of the church of her choice. She > was married to James P. Duckwall, September 14, 1887. After his death in > January, 1906, she bravely assumed the responsibilities, necessary, as a > useful member of the community in which she lived and loved and in which her > entire life has been spent, being born and reared upon the farm, within > sight of the one to which she came when married and where she lived until > her death. She loved her home and made it a home of love and happiness, > where one always received a warm welcome. She was always untiring and > unselfish in her efforts to make others happy and even in her last illness, > when she no longer had strength to take an active part in the affairs of the > household, she was ever interested and ever planning for the comfort and > welfare of others, rather than of herself. She was strong in her > friendships, was ever the sale friend, wise counsellor, of broad judgment, > which balanced her naturally sympathetic nature, yet firm in her beliefs. > She recently remarked to a member of the family that "this is a beautiful > world in which to live--but if I cannot stay longer, it is all right, so > many of my dear ones have gone on and I may follow soon." We will miss her, > but oh! what a precious memory she leaves to the sister, two brothers, > neices, nephews and friends. > "And now when absent, how we'll love, > To call to mind the past, > To count o'er every word she spoke > Before we parted last; > To gather up each look, each act, > And number every smile-- > 'Till we ar elost, amid the gems, > That gleam on memory's isle." > > > > ==== BEHYMER Mailing List ==== > What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other > name would smell as sweet--Shakespeare > Behymer, Beckelhymer, Picklesimer, Hymer, Buclehymer > >