Thanks again Kathy. Below is the obit of Lucy Emily Lessly who was the daughter of my gg grandfather George W. Lessly and his second wife, Augusta Palmer. My own grandfather (Lucy's nephew) wrote that she had been an invalid for years before her death and that she was "about as nearly angelic as anyone I have ever known". > Friday, 30 Aug 1912--MISS LUCY LESSLY DEAD--Again has the Grim Reaper > visited > a Higbee home and claimed as his own one of Higbee's sweetest and best young > ladies--Miss Lucy E. Lessly, who died at the home of her father, G. W. > Lessly, Monday, > August 26, 1912, at about 8 p.m. > She was born in Higbee on August 24, 1884, and was therefore 28 years and > two > days of age. > Fifteen years ago she united with the Christian church under the ministry > of Eld. > Strawn, and had since lived a consistent Christian life, and when able was a > constant > attendant at all the church services. > Her health failed her about four years ago, and she was taken to Colorado, > but to > no purpose, as she seemed to grow worse. After her return home, a change > for the better > took place and her family and friends looked forward to her permanent > recovery. But it > was not to be. Her disease, gastrointestinal tuberculosis, refused to yield > to any and all > treatment, and death came to her as a happy release from her sufferings, > which were > intense, especially in the last few months. > Funeral services were conducted at the home Wednesday by Eld. A. N. > Lindsey, > of Clinton, her former pastor, and the immense assemblage of sorrowing > friends spoke > most eloquently of the esteem in which she was held. > She is survived by her father, three brothers--James, George and Oren, and > one > sister, Miss Annie, who have the sympathy of all in their sad bereavement. > Interment was made in the city cemetery. > >