This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jobe, Jordan, Allison Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1486.1 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. Nov. 30, 1916.--The funeral of Mrs. Thomas Jobe, who died at her home in Sidney last Wednesday, was held Saturday afternoon at the Baptist church. The services were conducted by Elder J.P. Lucas, pastor, of the Christian church of Riverton, assisted by Rev. J.P. Thomas of Sidney. May (sic) Jordan was born in Ohio April 27, 1838, and came with her parents, Nathaniel Jordan and wife, to Jackson county, Iowa, when but a small child. When the gold excitement of '49 swept over the country her father went among the first gold seekers to California, the new Eldorado, where he died of mountain fever the following year. On February 7, 1961, Miss Jordan was married to Thomas H. Jobe of Sidney. The next year the young husband, leaving his wife and a little son three months old, enlisted in Company E, 29th Iowa infantry, and served as a soldier in the Civil War for 18 months. He then returned to Sidney, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying Febraury 26, 1898, at the age of 64. Mr. and Mrs. Jobe were the parents of five children, three of whom are still living: Charles M. of Omaha, Elmer A. of Macedonia, and U.V. of Detroit, Michigan. There are nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren, nearly all of whom were present at the funeral, also the two sons, Charles and Elmer, Mrs. Jobe also leaves two brothers, Nathaniel and Steve Jordan, who live here, and a sister, Mrs. Allison, of Council Bluffs. Another brother, Ike, went west 50 years ago and has not been heard from for some time. Mrs. Jobe's intimate acquaintances speak of her as one of the best of women and the best of neighbors. Her path was not always smooth and easy. She had her share of life's stormy weather, but she was always cheerful and courageous, and always looked on the bright side. She was very industrious and was noted for her generous and unselfish spirit--always doing something for others. She was a member of the Christian church ever since her girlhood days, and a constant reader of her bible and of religous papers, and always interested in church work. She was a lovable character and will be mourned by real friends.