This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Etling, Hickey, Bugher, Martin, Wilkerson, Savidge, Kennedy, Languein Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1917.1 Message Board Post: FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. April 5, 1900.--OBITUARY. Died.--At her home in Sidney township, March 30, 1900, Mrs. Thos. J. Etling, aged 55 years, 10 months and 18 days. Josephine K. Hickey was born in Montreal, Canada, May 12. 1844. and in early life removed with her parents to Joliet, Ill., where she grew to womanhood. She was united in marriage to Wm. Bugher, in 1860 and one daughter was born to them. She was re-married in 1871, to Thos. Etling and came to Sidney, where she lived seven years. She then removed to the farm 3 1/2 miles south of Sidney, where she lived at the time of her death. She leaves to mourn her a husband and four children: Mrs. A.S. Martin and Mrs. F. L. Wilkerson, of Coleridge, Neb., H. M. Etling of Sidney, and Mrs. C. F. Savidge, of Tabor, all of whom were with her at the time of her death. Mrs. Etling was one of a family of twelve children, three of whom survive her, two sisters and one brother. Her sisters, Mrs, Kennedy and Mrs. Languein, of Junction City, Kansas, were with her at the time of her death. Her brother, William Hickey, of Independence, Ia., arrived too late for the funeral. She united with the Catholic church early in life and lived in the faith until her death. Her whole life was one of christian faith and good works. She was a devoted wife and mother and empty indeed will be the home without her presence. She was a kind neighbor and faithful friend and will be missed in her community where she has lived so many years. The funeral serivces were conducted at the home by the Rev. Father Bulger, of Shenandoah, and the remains were laid to rest in the Sidney cemetery, followed by a large number of sympathizing friends.