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MRS. ANNIEGRARIN, BELOVED PIONEER WOMANOur community was deeply grieved** to hear of the passing of Mrs. Annie Grabin Sunday morning. ' Mrs. Grabin a beloved lady of over 82 summers will be sadly missed by the people of this community.Mrs. Grabin lived an earnest Christian life, and was never happier than when working for her church and those dear to her.To those left to mourn her passing we would like to express words of comfort, but a Mothers love will still be with them and memories of her wonderful life will help to assuage their grief.* A place once filled is now vacant. A voice of ten heard is forever stilled to mortal ears. A form familiar to our eyes will never be seen on earth again, but though her voice is silent in death, and her form absent to mortal yision, yet she is here in the loving memory of a wonderful mother, that can never be forgotten.Obituary; ■ N •Annie Tomash, daughter of Chas, end Theresa Tomash wasv born May in;Bohemia, ^and passed awayat her home in Oxford Sunday niorning, September 25, 1932 at 9 o’dlock.. She came 'to America w her parents at; the early age of four 'years and settled, op;;a farm near Solon. -She has been a- resident ofShe was ‘a faithful member of the Roman Catholic church, loving wife and mother and a loyal neighbor. Her greatest pleasure was her home and family. She had :a kipd word and oving smile for everyone, always thinking of those near and dear tov/Johnson county 78 years.On Nov, , 1877, she was united in marriage to William Henry Grabin, and to this union was born ten children. A son, Christopher and daughter, Flora Agnes, passed away in early childhood, Mr, Grabin preceded her in death on Feb. 26, 1910.She is survived by eight children, Charles of Yale; William of Tiffin Mrs. Wm, Shebetka of Fairfax; John, Frank, Mrs. MiUen Newkirk, Mrs, Frank Floerchinger and Mrs. George Sfwctoh of Oxford, Also sixteengrandchildren and one great gran child; one brother, John Tomash and a sister, Mrs, Agnes Coufals of Cou survive,Grabin spent her entire niar-riijjUfe onva fawn five miles no? ^Oxford, ’ In 1919 . she moved; to Ox* J and lived i here until called inher.ocAbIo\aftemPriovlt;MiHea :U1NWurj ofj tuiSolemn requiem mass was celebrated Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock at. St. Mary’s church, by Rev. H. F. Minefield, assisted by Rev. Father Panoch, and Rev. Father Clem. Interment was ixnade in the Grabin cemetery.. The were six grandsonsof Mrs. Grabin, William Floerchinger, loward Saxton, Woodrow Grabin, Leonard Shebetka, William' Newkirk and' William Grabin. _We cannot think and we will not say That she is dead, she is just away With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand,She had wandered into a better land,And left us thinking how wondrous ; 'fair . ; f ;v.It needs must be, since she lingers . r there.. ■ ' * ;‘' :.-;.v ■And we, oh we who so fondly yearn, Think of her living on, as dear. In the land of there, as the land of hex'e.thlt;enenMtOaraThink of her living on, we say,She is not dead, she is just away, Awy from the eye, but not »the heart She is not away from the betterAnd she lingers near to soothe our painAnd teach us that life and death -are .gain. •She waits on that better shore For the hand-clasp of love and life ever more, . .: CARD OF THANKSWe wish to express our sincere thanks to the neigbbprs and friends who assisted by their kind deeds and loving words, during the illness and death of our beloyed Mother, Wp also vrgnt to thank the ;choit and those who sent floral offerings,^ • J The Children.
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Johnson County Democrat and Oxford Leader
Oxford, Iowa, US
Thu, Sep 29, 1932
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