This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hawker Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1654 Message Board Post: The Pike County Republican Feb. 15, 1928 Death of Mrs. Sarah Hawker Mrs. Sarah Hawker, whose serious illness was noted in this paper last Monday afternoon, Feb. 6, in Hopkintown, Iowa. Death was cause by cerebal hemorrhage. Her son, Dr. W.D. Hawker of St. Louis, and her daughter, Mrs. Adaline Finley of Kansas City, were present, together with the daughter Mrs. Amma Laughlin, in whose home Mrs. Hawker lived. Dr. Charles Hawker of St. Louis was unable to go to his mother because of his own illness. Services were held there on Tuesday afternoon, after which Dr. Hawker and Mrs. W.C. Sommer and son John accompanied the body to Perry. A short service was held at the Sommer home on Thursday. Interment was in the McCord Cemetery. Mrs. Hawker was 77 years and 9 months old at her death. Forty-four years ago she was left a widow with five children to care for and guide to womanhood and manhood. She was a splendid woman and a wise and tender mother. Her lovely character is assuredly one of those included in the expression "the Lord's elect."