Mrs. Clara Dragoo, (nee Elliott), wife of W. E. D. Dragoo, was born in Flora, Ill., June 27th, 1861, and died at her home in Wanette, Okla., Nov. 8th, 1915.
She united with the church of Christ at the age of fourteen and had lived a consistent member of that church ever since. Her motto of “Do good” was always in evidence by her actions. She was so good to visit the sick or distressed and administer to their needs in any way she could, always carrying with her a goodly supply of that almost best of medicine—good cheer. “By their fruits you shall know them,” could sincerely be said of her.
Mrs. Dragoo was married to W. E. D. Dragoo on November 10th, 1877. This union was blessed with eight children—six girls and two boys, three of whom, both boys and one girl died in childhood.
She is survived by her husband, five daughters, eight grand-children, and other relatives and a host of friends and neighbors to mourn her loss. But our loss is her gain, as she is through with her sufferings here and is only “asleep in sweet Jesus” to await that “great resurrection morn” when all the saints shall be gathered together and there shall be great rejoicing around that “Great White Throne.”
Mrs. Dragoo realized her condition and knew she could not get well as she had that dreaded bright’s disease with its complications. She was perfectly reconciled to go, while she hated to leave her loved ones here. She talked to her husband, sorrowing with him in his future loneliness; also to her children, trying to comfort them all, and bade them bear up and not grieve so, as her sufferings here were so great and said she was going to rest. She advised with them all about various things she thought best for them to do, even giving instructions as to her clothing and burial.
She had been very poorly all summer and her husband had taken her to different places for her health but it did no good. For more than a month before she died her sufferings were so great they were almost unbearable. All was done for her that could be done by physician, her family and neighbors but all to no avail.
She was a devoted wife and mother, a good neighbor and a true Christian. She was laid to rest November 9th, at Mt. Zion cemetery, five and one-half miles west of Wanette, near her old home, in the presence of a large crowd of relatives and friends, funeral services being conducted by her pastor, Rev. Couch.
We would say to her loved ones here to sorrow not as for those who have no hope, for surely your loss is her eternal gain and, “He knoweth and doeth all things well.”
[poem follows]
The Shawnee Daily Herald (Shawnee, Oklahoma) Tuesday, December 14, 1915, Vol 21, No. 151, page 3, colm 1
She united with the church of Christ at the age of fourteen and had lived a consistent member of that church ever since. Her motto of “Do good” was always in evidence by her actions. She was so good to visit the sick or distressed and administer to their needs in any way she could, always carrying with her a goodly supply of that almost best of medicine—good cheer. “By their fruits you shall know them,” could sincerely be said of her.
Mrs. Dragoo was married to W. E. D. Dragoo on November 10th, 1877. This union was blessed with eight children—six girls and two boys, three of whom, both boys and one girl died in childhood.
She is survived by her husband, five daughters, eight grand-children, and other relatives and a host of friends and neighbors to mourn her loss. But our loss is her gain, as she is through with her sufferings here and is only “asleep in sweet Jesus” to await that “great resurrection morn” when all the saints shall be gathered together and there shall be great rejoicing around that “Great White Throne.”
Mrs. Dragoo realized her condition and knew she could not get well as she had that dreaded bright’s disease with its complications. She was perfectly reconciled to go, while she hated to leave her loved ones here. She talked to her husband, sorrowing with him in his future loneliness; also to her children, trying to comfort them all, and bade them bear up and not grieve so, as her sufferings here were so great and said she was going to rest. She advised with them all about various things she thought best for them to do, even giving instructions as to her clothing and burial.
She had been very poorly all summer and her husband had taken her to different places for her health but it did no good. For more than a month before she died her sufferings were so great they were almost unbearable. All was done for her that could be done by physician, her family and neighbors but all to no avail.
She was a devoted wife and mother, a good neighbor and a true Christian. She was laid to rest November 9th, at Mt. Zion cemetery, five and one-half miles west of Wanette, near her old home, in the presence of a large crowd of relatives and friends, funeral services being conducted by her pastor, Rev. Couch.
We would say to her loved ones here to sorrow not as for those who have no hope, for surely your loss is her eternal gain and, “He knoweth and doeth all things well.”
[poem follows]
The Shawnee Daily Herald (Shawnee, Oklahoma) Tuesday, December 14, 1915, Vol 21, No. 151, page 3, colm 1
Mrs. Clara Dragoo, (nee Elliott), wife of W. E. D. Dragoo, was born in Flora, Ill., June 27th, 1861, and died at her home in Wanette, Okla., Nov. 8th, 1915.
She united with the church of Christ at the age of fourteen and had lived a consistent member of that church ever since. Her motto of “Do good” was always in evidence by her actions. She was so good to visit the sick or distressed and administer to their needs in any way she could, always carrying with her a goodly supply of that almost best of medicine—good cheer. “By their fruits you shall know them,” could sincerely be said of her.
Mrs. Dragoo was married to W. E. D. Dragoo on November 10th, 1877. This union was blessed with eight children—six girls and two boys, three of whom, both boys and one girl died in childhood.
She is survived by her husband, five daughters, eight grand-children, and other relatives and a host of friends and neighbors to mourn her loss. But our loss is her gain, as she is through with her sufferings here and is only “asleep in sweet Jesus” to await that “great resurrection morn” when all the saints shall be gathered together and there shall be great rejoicing around that “Great White Throne.”
Mrs. Dragoo realized her condition and knew she could not get well as she had that dreaded bright’s disease with its complications. She was perfectly reconciled to go, while she hated to leave her loved ones here. She talked to her husband, sorrowing with him in his future loneliness; also to her children, trying to comfort them all, and bade them bear up and not grieve so, as her sufferings here were so great and said she was going to rest. She advised with them all about various things she thought best for them to do, even giving instructions as to her clothing and burial.
She had been very poorly all summer and her husband had taken her to different places for her health but it did no good. For more than a month before she died her sufferings were so great they were almost unbearable. All was done for her that could be done by physician, her family and neighbors but all to no avail.
She was a devoted wife and mother, a good neighbor and a true Christian. She was laid to rest November 9th, at Mt. Zion cemetery, five and one-half miles west of Wanette, near her old home, in the presence of a large crowd of relatives and friends, funeral services being conducted by her pastor, Rev. Couch.
We would say to her loved ones here to sorrow not as for those who have no hope, for surely your loss is her eternal gain and, “He knoweth and doeth all things well.”
[poem follows]
The Shawnee Daily Herald (Shawnee, Oklahoma) Tuesday, December 14, 1915, Vol 21, No. 151, page 3, colm 1
She united with the church of Christ at the age of fourteen and had lived a consistent member of that church ever since. Her motto of “Do good” was always in evidence by her actions. She was so good to visit the sick or distressed and administer to their needs in any way she could, always carrying with her a goodly supply of that almost best of medicine—good cheer. “By their fruits you shall know them,” could sincerely be said of her.
Mrs. Dragoo was married to W. E. D. Dragoo on November 10th, 1877. This union was blessed with eight children—six girls and two boys, three of whom, both boys and one girl died in childhood.
She is survived by her husband, five daughters, eight grand-children, and other relatives and a host of friends and neighbors to mourn her loss. But our loss is her gain, as she is through with her sufferings here and is only “asleep in sweet Jesus” to await that “great resurrection morn” when all the saints shall be gathered together and there shall be great rejoicing around that “Great White Throne.”
Mrs. Dragoo realized her condition and knew she could not get well as she had that dreaded bright’s disease with its complications. She was perfectly reconciled to go, while she hated to leave her loved ones here. She talked to her husband, sorrowing with him in his future loneliness; also to her children, trying to comfort them all, and bade them bear up and not grieve so, as her sufferings here were so great and said she was going to rest. She advised with them all about various things she thought best for them to do, even giving instructions as to her clothing and burial.
She had been very poorly all summer and her husband had taken her to different places for her health but it did no good. For more than a month before she died her sufferings were so great they were almost unbearable. All was done for her that could be done by physician, her family and neighbors but all to no avail.
She was a devoted wife and mother, a good neighbor and a true Christian. She was laid to rest November 9th, at Mt. Zion cemetery, five and one-half miles west of Wanette, near her old home, in the presence of a large crowd of relatives and friends, funeral services being conducted by her pastor, Rev. Couch.
We would say to her loved ones here to sorrow not as for those who have no hope, for surely your loss is her eternal gain and, “He knoweth and doeth all things well.”
[poem follows]
The Shawnee Daily Herald (Shawnee, Oklahoma) Tuesday, December 14, 1915, Vol 21, No. 151, page 3, colm 1
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