This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilson, Bartholomew, Rhoades Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1494 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. Feb. 5, 1920. "DEATH CALLS SEVERAL CITIZENS DURING WEEK....Mrs. Thomas I. Wilson...".--As we look upon society we find that death strikes all classes. His strokes fall alike on the feeble and the strong and the valiant, the young and the aged. This self-evident truth was re-emphasized in our midst when word was received at Sidney that Mrs. Thomas I. Wilson, formerly a resident of Sidney, was no more. Angeline Bartholomew, daughter of Levi and Jane Bartholomew, was born in Sidney, Iowa, August 22, 1856, and departed this life while visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. J. Rhoades, in Dinton, Alberta, Canada. She was married to Thomas I. Wilson in Sidney, March 3, 1874. Eight children were born to this union. Two daughters died in infancy. Floy died Decmeber 26, 1911. There remains two sons and three daughters to mourn the loss of the mother, namely, Opal of Larned, Kansas; Earl of Ralston, Nebraska; Mrs. W. J. Rhoades of Dinton, Alberta, Candada; Pheobe of Larned, Kansas; Lulu of Omaha, Nebraska. Mrs. Wilson and her family lived in Sidney until about six years ago. Mr. Wilson died here January 6, 1914. Soon after his death Mrs. Wilson moved to Omaha, going from there to visit her daughter, Mrs. Rhoades, in Canada. She was in poor health at the time she made the trip, but seemed to suffer no inconvenience from the journey. Mrs. Wilson was a member of the Sidney Methodist church. She had joined this church in young womanhood, and on account of failing health had never changed her membership when she moved out of our midst. On account of poor health, Mrs. Wilson had for some time expected the summons to be released from her suffering and be at rest with God. Without fear or doubt she met the last foe of mankind and triumphed over him. Ours is yet the battle and the strife: her's the victory and eternal peace. In our hands we must continue to bear the sword of conflict: her hands hold the palms of victory. We must all tarry a little longer: to her the Lord has said, "Enter into life." Besides her children she has one living brother, William Bartholomew of Miles City, Montana, the only surviving member of her family. They with an extended circle of other friends mourn her departure. The funeral services were held from the Methodist church in Sidney, Wednesday afternoon. Rev. Raoul R. Moser conducted the same. The body was laid to rest in the Sidney Cemetery.