This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reeves, Davis, Borchers, Birkby, Givens, Payne Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4321 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY SUN. May14, 1908. "Mrs. Reeves Called Home".-- The SUN chronicles the death of Mrs. Reeves, beloved wife and companion of Col. B. Reeves, her death occurring at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Davis, at Hamburg, Iowa, Friday evening at 11 o'clock p.m. May 8th 1908. Mrs. Reeves had for two years or more been a sufferer from organic heart disease, which was the casue of her demise after a last sickness of about two months duration. Col. Reeves had recently purchased a fine home in Hamburg in which himself and wife had planned to remove to and were moving there when she was taken so badly sick that she was taken to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Davis. Col. Reeves and wife have been residents of the county for over 40 years and were among the early pioneers, witnessing the growth and development from a wild unsettled state, and have hosts of friends who feel with deep sorrow the loss of Mrs. Reeves. All who knew mother Reeves speak of her as a friend 'indeed' to any friends or sufferer in need, and who always gave largely of her strength and love to her loved ones. The stricken husband, three daughters, Mrs. Davis of Hamburg, Mrs. Borchers and Mrs. Birkby of Nebraska City, Nebraska, two sons, T. B. and B. P. residing near Hamburg, survive to mourn the loss of a beloved wife and loving mother, also two sisters, Mrs. Givens and Mrs. Payne, old residents of the county mourn the loss of a beloved sister, who with many life-time friends hope again to be reunited in love, in that better land where there is no more death or partings, but where there is life everlasting and perfect peace and rest. The funeral services were held at the Davis residence in Hamburg on Monday, May 11, after which interment was made in the Hamburg cemetery. Many old time friends from Sidney desired to attend the funeral, but were prevented by the storm.