Etta Morgan Bellows

Etta Bell Bellows died at her home near Fort Scott, Kan., November 6,
1903, being 43 years of age.  She was the wife of Edward Bellows, and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Morgan.  Besides her husband and two
children, and father and mother Morgan, she has four brothers and two
sisters who mourn her loss: F.A. and O.T. of Chicago, Leslie W. of
England, Elmer of Carlisle, Iowa, Clara G. Wilkinson and Alice M.
Wickizer.  Funeral services werer held at her home, after which the
body was taken to Des Moines for burial, where she was laid beside the
grave of a little daughter.  Early in life she became a Christian.  A
faith both strong and beautiful was hers, and emanating from her was
ever an influence inspired and sanctified by truth.  Not a moment's
warning was hers, and she needed not to know, for she was ready, her
house in perfect order.  Seized with a sudden sensation of weariness,
they laid her down.  The eye of mental vision had closed to earthly
scenes.  A few hours her spirit lingered in the clay tabernacle, then
winged to immortal scenes where God clothed her with a body that
pleased him.  For more than thirty-five years this family circle of
father and mother Morgan has been unbroken.  As parents, they lived
for their children, and they have lived to realize the saying, "They
shall rise up and call them blessed."  To them in their California
home, though amidst the floral gardens and ocean breeze, this sorrow
and darkness falls none the less with its awful weight.  May a kind
Providence, who giveth liberally, send grace sufficient for the hour
to those who shall miss her most.
						D.A. WICKIZER

The Christian Evangelist, Dec 10, 1903 (1903 vol.2, p. 791).
Located & typed by Dennis Nicklaus, 1995.