from a loose clipping, source unknown 13 March 1898
THE GRIM REAPER
Miss Lizzie Ames.
Lizzie Ames was born in Woodhull, Stuben Co., N. Y. on January 24, 1881. Came with her parents to Antioch when about three years old and has resided here ever since. A bright and beautiful girl, her merry laughter and sunny disposition won for her a host of friends whose sad hearts mingle tears of sympathy and sorrow with the bereaved parents, whose light and joy she was, and whose greatest consolation is found in the thought that a beloved and dutiful daughter has gone to her just reward, universally regretted and beloved by all.
During the early part of last summer it was found necessary to amputate her limb, owing to a cancer which had formed on the bone above the knee, and for several months her friends had lived in the hope that the dread disease had been removed, but early last fall it was found that the disease had only been checked for a time, and hope gave way to fear as her parents and friends realized that, owing to the fact that another amputation could not be performed, it was only a question of time when the end would come, however she was taken to a hospital in Chicago and placed in charge of a specialist but all that medical science could do availed nothing and she was taken home, where she lingered for over two months, hovering between life and death until the end came, Sunday, March 13th, 1898. The funeral was held Tuesday, from the M. E. Church, and the remains laid at rest in the Antioch Cemetery. Lizzie was 17 years, 1 month and 16 days old at the time of her death and was the only daughter of Dr. E. H. and Mrs. Ames, to whom the sincere sympathy of the entire community is extended in this their hour of darkest sorrow.
From a loose clipping, source unknown 13 March 1898
In Memoriam.
The life of Lizzie Ames, which began seventeen years ago in Woodhull, New York, came to a blessed and peaceful close Sunday, March 13, 1898, in her home at Antioch, Ill. Though her life was short, measured by years and days, yet the patience and cheerfulness, the unselfishness and faith unfailing manifested during her long and painful illness made a record of that life most precious to memory.
Trained in a Christian home she early and naturally became seriously thoughtful concerning her relations to God. In January 1894 she was converted and united with the Methodist church on probation. In the spring of the same year she took upon herself the solemn vows of the baptismal covenant, and the following June she was received into the church in full connection.
Her Christian life was as far removed from mere formalism on one hand, as it was from morbid religiousness on the other. She loved every form of innocent enjoyment, and was alike the favorite of her companions and the light of her home. Underneath the exterior gaiety ran a deep and strong current of simple love for God and trust in his goodness. This deepened and enriched her affectional nature and made her exceedingly sympathetic and loving toward her home friends and all with whom she had to do. When her trial came the depth and sincerity of her religious life became more and more manifest.
Just as girlhood was blossoming into womanhood came a grievous affliction, which resulted in the loss of a limb. The fortitude and cheerfulness with which she endured the trial and submitted to the altered conditions of her life were a constant surprise even to those who knew her best. Obliged to depend upon crutches for locomotion yet she never was heard to utter a word of complaint; but with real thankfulness of spirit considered those more unfortunate than herself.
When it was found that the insidious disease was not eradicated, and the lingering painful illness, that resulted in her death, laid hold of her, still her cheerfulness was unfailing, the pain being often borne in silence for the sake of those about her. When she knew she must die she simply said: "God knows best," and in that simple faith, for four weeks of great suffering, looked death in the face without fear or complaint; until her release came. On Tuesday March 15, in the company of a large concourse of friends we laid her poor pain–worn body to rest sorrowing not as do others who have no hope, but looking for the general resurrection.
http://www.historicmillburn.org/Clippings/c1898_03.htm
THE GRIM REAPER
Miss Lizzie Ames.
Lizzie Ames was born in Woodhull, Stuben Co., N. Y. on January 24, 1881. Came with her parents to Antioch when about three years old and has resided here ever since. A bright and beautiful girl, her merry laughter and sunny disposition won for her a host of friends whose sad hearts mingle tears of sympathy and sorrow with the bereaved parents, whose light and joy she was, and whose greatest consolation is found in the thought that a beloved and dutiful daughter has gone to her just reward, universally regretted and beloved by all.
During the early part of last summer it was found necessary to amputate her limb, owing to a cancer which had formed on the bone above the knee, and for several months her friends had lived in the hope that the dread disease had been removed, but early last fall it was found that the disease had only been checked for a time, and hope gave way to fear as her parents and friends realized that, owing to the fact that another amputation could not be performed, it was only a question of time when the end would come, however she was taken to a hospital in Chicago and placed in charge of a specialist but all that medical science could do availed nothing and she was taken home, where she lingered for over two months, hovering between life and death until the end came, Sunday, March 13th, 1898. The funeral was held Tuesday, from the M. E. Church, and the remains laid at rest in the Antioch Cemetery. Lizzie was 17 years, 1 month and 16 days old at the time of her death and was the only daughter of Dr. E. H. and Mrs. Ames, to whom the sincere sympathy of the entire community is extended in this their hour of darkest sorrow.
From a loose clipping, source unknown 13 March 1898
In Memoriam.
The life of Lizzie Ames, which began seventeen years ago in Woodhull, New York, came to a blessed and peaceful close Sunday, March 13, 1898, in her home at Antioch, Ill. Though her life was short, measured by years and days, yet the patience and cheerfulness, the unselfishness and faith unfailing manifested during her long and painful illness made a record of that life most precious to memory.
Trained in a Christian home she early and naturally became seriously thoughtful concerning her relations to God. In January 1894 she was converted and united with the Methodist church on probation. In the spring of the same year she took upon herself the solemn vows of the baptismal covenant, and the following June she was received into the church in full connection.
Her Christian life was as far removed from mere formalism on one hand, as it was from morbid religiousness on the other. She loved every form of innocent enjoyment, and was alike the favorite of her companions and the light of her home. Underneath the exterior gaiety ran a deep and strong current of simple love for God and trust in his goodness. This deepened and enriched her affectional nature and made her exceedingly sympathetic and loving toward her home friends and all with whom she had to do. When her trial came the depth and sincerity of her religious life became more and more manifest.
Just as girlhood was blossoming into womanhood came a grievous affliction, which resulted in the loss of a limb. The fortitude and cheerfulness with which she endured the trial and submitted to the altered conditions of her life were a constant surprise even to those who knew her best. Obliged to depend upon crutches for locomotion yet she never was heard to utter a word of complaint; but with real thankfulness of spirit considered those more unfortunate than herself.
When it was found that the insidious disease was not eradicated, and the lingering painful illness, that resulted in her death, laid hold of her, still her cheerfulness was unfailing, the pain being often borne in silence for the sake of those about her. When she knew she must die she simply said: "God knows best," and in that simple faith, for four weeks of great suffering, looked death in the face without fear or complaint; until her release came. On Tuesday March 15, in the company of a large concourse of friends we laid her poor pain–worn body to rest sorrowing not as do others who have no hope, but looking for the general resurrection.
http://www.historicmillburn.org/Clippings/c1898_03.htm
from a loose clipping, source unknown 13 March 1898
THE GRIM REAPER
Miss Lizzie Ames.
Lizzie Ames was born in Woodhull, Stuben Co., N. Y. on January 24, 1881. Came with her parents to Antioch when about three years old and has resided here ever since. A bright and beautiful girl, her merry laughter and sunny disposition won for her a host of friends whose sad hearts mingle tears of sympathy and sorrow with the bereaved parents, whose light and joy she was, and whose greatest consolation is found in the thought that a beloved and dutiful daughter has gone to her just reward, universally regretted and beloved by all.
During the early part of last summer it was found necessary to amputate her limb, owing to a cancer which had formed on the bone above the knee, and for several months her friends had lived in the hope that the dread disease had been removed, but early last fall it was found that the disease had only been checked for a time, and hope gave way to fear as her parents and friends realized that, owing to the fact that another amputation could not be performed, it was only a question of time when the end would come, however she was taken to a hospital in Chicago and placed in charge of a specialist but all that medical science could do availed nothing and she was taken home, where she lingered for over two months, hovering between life and death until the end came, Sunday, March 13th, 1898. The funeral was held Tuesday, from the M. E. Church, and the remains laid at rest in the Antioch Cemetery. Lizzie was 17 years, 1 month and 16 days old at the time of her death and was the only daughter of Dr. E. H. and Mrs. Ames, to whom the sincere sympathy of the entire community is extended in this their hour of darkest sorrow.
From a loose clipping, source unknown 13 March 1898
In Memoriam.
The life of Lizzie Ames, which began seventeen years ago in Woodhull, New York, came to a blessed and peaceful close Sunday, March 13, 1898, in her home at Antioch, Ill. Though her life was short, measured by years and days, yet the patience and cheerfulness, the unselfishness and faith unfailing manifested during her long and painful illness made a record of that life most precious to memory.
Trained in a Christian home she early and naturally became seriously thoughtful concerning her relations to God. In January 1894 she was converted and united with the Methodist church on probation. In the spring of the same year she took upon herself the solemn vows of the baptismal covenant, and the following June she was received into the church in full connection.
Her Christian life was as far removed from mere formalism on one hand, as it was from morbid religiousness on the other. She loved every form of innocent enjoyment, and was alike the favorite of her companions and the light of her home. Underneath the exterior gaiety ran a deep and strong current of simple love for God and trust in his goodness. This deepened and enriched her affectional nature and made her exceedingly sympathetic and loving toward her home friends and all with whom she had to do. When her trial came the depth and sincerity of her religious life became more and more manifest.
Just as girlhood was blossoming into womanhood came a grievous affliction, which resulted in the loss of a limb. The fortitude and cheerfulness with which she endured the trial and submitted to the altered conditions of her life were a constant surprise even to those who knew her best. Obliged to depend upon crutches for locomotion yet she never was heard to utter a word of complaint; but with real thankfulness of spirit considered those more unfortunate than herself.
When it was found that the insidious disease was not eradicated, and the lingering painful illness, that resulted in her death, laid hold of her, still her cheerfulness was unfailing, the pain being often borne in silence for the sake of those about her. When she knew she must die she simply said: "God knows best," and in that simple faith, for four weeks of great suffering, looked death in the face without fear or complaint; until her release came. On Tuesday March 15, in the company of a large concourse of friends we laid her poor pain–worn body to rest sorrowing not as do others who have no hope, but looking for the general resurrection.
http://www.historicmillburn.org/Clippings/c1898_03.htm
THE GRIM REAPER
Miss Lizzie Ames.
Lizzie Ames was born in Woodhull, Stuben Co., N. Y. on January 24, 1881. Came with her parents to Antioch when about three years old and has resided here ever since. A bright and beautiful girl, her merry laughter and sunny disposition won for her a host of friends whose sad hearts mingle tears of sympathy and sorrow with the bereaved parents, whose light and joy she was, and whose greatest consolation is found in the thought that a beloved and dutiful daughter has gone to her just reward, universally regretted and beloved by all.
During the early part of last summer it was found necessary to amputate her limb, owing to a cancer which had formed on the bone above the knee, and for several months her friends had lived in the hope that the dread disease had been removed, but early last fall it was found that the disease had only been checked for a time, and hope gave way to fear as her parents and friends realized that, owing to the fact that another amputation could not be performed, it was only a question of time when the end would come, however she was taken to a hospital in Chicago and placed in charge of a specialist but all that medical science could do availed nothing and she was taken home, where she lingered for over two months, hovering between life and death until the end came, Sunday, March 13th, 1898. The funeral was held Tuesday, from the M. E. Church, and the remains laid at rest in the Antioch Cemetery. Lizzie was 17 years, 1 month and 16 days old at the time of her death and was the only daughter of Dr. E. H. and Mrs. Ames, to whom the sincere sympathy of the entire community is extended in this their hour of darkest sorrow.
From a loose clipping, source unknown 13 March 1898
In Memoriam.
The life of Lizzie Ames, which began seventeen years ago in Woodhull, New York, came to a blessed and peaceful close Sunday, March 13, 1898, in her home at Antioch, Ill. Though her life was short, measured by years and days, yet the patience and cheerfulness, the unselfishness and faith unfailing manifested during her long and painful illness made a record of that life most precious to memory.
Trained in a Christian home she early and naturally became seriously thoughtful concerning her relations to God. In January 1894 she was converted and united with the Methodist church on probation. In the spring of the same year she took upon herself the solemn vows of the baptismal covenant, and the following June she was received into the church in full connection.
Her Christian life was as far removed from mere formalism on one hand, as it was from morbid religiousness on the other. She loved every form of innocent enjoyment, and was alike the favorite of her companions and the light of her home. Underneath the exterior gaiety ran a deep and strong current of simple love for God and trust in his goodness. This deepened and enriched her affectional nature and made her exceedingly sympathetic and loving toward her home friends and all with whom she had to do. When her trial came the depth and sincerity of her religious life became more and more manifest.
Just as girlhood was blossoming into womanhood came a grievous affliction, which resulted in the loss of a limb. The fortitude and cheerfulness with which she endured the trial and submitted to the altered conditions of her life were a constant surprise even to those who knew her best. Obliged to depend upon crutches for locomotion yet she never was heard to utter a word of complaint; but with real thankfulness of spirit considered those more unfortunate than herself.
When it was found that the insidious disease was not eradicated, and the lingering painful illness, that resulted in her death, laid hold of her, still her cheerfulness was unfailing, the pain being often borne in silence for the sake of those about her. When she knew she must die she simply said: "God knows best," and in that simple faith, for four weeks of great suffering, looked death in the face without fear or complaint; until her release came. On Tuesday March 15, in the company of a large concourse of friends we laid her poor pain–worn body to rest sorrowing not as do others who have no hope, but looking for the general resurrection.
http://www.historicmillburn.org/Clippings/c1898_03.htm
Gravesite Details
She is located next to her parents (Dr. Edmund H. and Ellen GRANDY Ames).
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