LOUCKS - On the 27th of Feb, 1900, in Elkhart Co., Ind., of apoplexy, Sister Anna (Ramer), wife of Pre. Jonas Loucks, aged 45 years, 11 months, and 18 days. She was in her usual health until about 10 o'clock P.M. the previous evening, when she took suddenly ill, and before 1 o'clock the following morning the messenger of death summoned her away to her eternal reward, she being ill less than three hours. She leaves a sorrowing husband, two sons, three daughters, an aged mother, two brothers and one sister to mourn her early departure, but they mourn not as those who have no hope, for she left the evidence of a living hope in Christ, which is the anchor of the soul. She was a consistent and devoted member of the Mennonite Church for a number of years. She was loved most by those who knew her best, and will be greatly missed in her neighborhood, in the church, and most of all, in the family. She was buried on March 1st in the Yellow Creek grave yard, where, notwithstanding the very inclement weather, the large house was crowded with friends who came to pay the last tribute of respect, which showed the esteem in which she was held. The services were conducted by Jacob B. Gingrich, Henry Weldy and J.W. Christophel, from Mark 14:8, first clause, "She hath done what she could."

Tho' mother dear has left us,
To live with God on high,
We hope again to meet her
In the happy by and by.

That night, when she was taken,
We stood about her bed;
"O, do be good, dear children,"
Were the last words she said.

We mourn, for we're so lonely,
Without our mother dear,
But we'll not murmur, knowing
God sees each falling tear.

Our mother's words we'll cherish,
Her precepts we will prize;
Then, though our bodies perish,
We'll meet her in the skies.