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Obituary.Did!, February 23rd, 1883, Mollie Ilraun, aged 13 yeara; daughter of Mr. and Mm. Philip Braun.This simple announcement would bring a thought of seriousness to all, to those who have loved and lost it brings a fueling of sad* uess, but oh, what anguish to the hearts of father and mother. By her gentle and win* ning ways, her kind and affectionate conduct Mollie had endeared herself to all her associates, while around the hearts of father and mother the tendrils of affection for her bad grown so strong that nothing but death could tear them apart.The sweetest flower that bloometh iu the garden of their hearts was suddenly traus* plauted into the great garden above, where the flowers never (Wde. With bleeding hearts and fast falling tears they laid her away. No one who has not ao sufferred cau fathom the terrible depth of such a sorrow. At most, the journey from the cradle to the grave is short. A long drawn sigh measures the spau of our life, a shudder and it is over. To those who weep we offer our sympathy aud ask to mingle our tear* with theirs. Thle Is all we can do; alas, so powerless are we to “pluck from the heart a rooted sorrow. i A FutitKD.
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Jacksonville Illinois Weekly Courier
Jacksonville, Illinois, US
Wed, Feb 28, 1883
Page 5
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