Posted on: Hancock Co. Il Obituaries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/HancockObits/418 Surname: Boston, Holland, Spickler, Yetter ------------------------- FUNERAL OF MRS. ALPHA BOSTON IS HELD HERE SUNDAY Services Held at 2:30 at Ostrich Funeral Home Celestia Alpha Holland, youngest daughter of Mildred T. and Alfred L. Holland, was born on a farm southeast of Carthage, Illinois, Aug. 8, 1872, and passed away at her home near Carthage, Friday evening, May 20, 1938, at the age of 66 years. She attended the country school until the age of eleven years, when with her parents she moved to Carthage, where she entered the public schools and completed the course. She attended Carthage College one year, then taught in the rural schools of the county for three years. On Sept. 19, 1895, she was united in marriage to Dr. E. R. Boston, a young dentist of Carthage. To this union were born three children, Minerva Hope dying in infancy, Reubena Mildred, wife of Albert Spickler and Cornelia Frances, wife of Eugene Yetter, who have been the constant joy and comfort of her life. Mrs. Boston was left a widow when her daughters were quite small, but she educated them in the Carthage high school, Carthage College and Gem City Business College. She joined the Methodist church at the age of eleven years, and was baptized in Crooked Creek, now Lamoine river, near the Allen Wilson home, by the Rev. R. A. Brown, her pastor at that time. She lived a sincere Christian life, loyal to the church, and active in the different departments as long as her health permitted. She is survived by the two daughters, who with their husbands, mourn for a dear and loving mother, gone from among them, but not forgotten. Her many friends and neighbors are saddened by her sudden death. She had not been strong for several years. She was so brave and patient that her friends didn’t realize that her life on this earth was so nearly ended. "Not now, but in the coming years,/ . . It may be in that better land, We’ll know the meaning of our tears/ . . And then, ah then, we’ll under-/ . . . stand." Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Ostrich Funeral Home with Rev. R. A. Gordon officiating. Mrs. Kenneth Baxter and Miss Ruth Reu sang "The Lord is My Shepherd" and "Beautiful Garden of Prayer," with Miss Grace Kunkel at the piano. The pallbearers were John Shepherd, W. F. Sponamore, John B. Johnson, Walter Curtiss, Will Lawless and Charles Halk. Interment was in Moss Ridge. Hancock County Historical Society Carthage, Illinois (name and date of newspaper unknown) Link: Bryant Genealogy Web Page URL: <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bryant>