Traer Star Clipper, Friday, April 22, 1910 page 1
Mrs. Emma Bliss Morrow - She was born at Sinking Valley, Pennsylvania, February 13, 1853, and died at the family home in north Carroll township, Tama county, Iowa early Sabbath morning April 17, 1910. The deceased was united in marriage with John H. Morrow in March 1872, and together they continued to reside in the locality of the early home in Pennsylvania until February 1881 when they came to Tama county, where they have since resided. The husband and eight living children, Charles, Barry, John, Matthew, Calvin, Frank, Mrs. Frances Bicket, Mrs. Elenor Pearson, and Emma, yet tarry in life under the cloud of this heavy bereavement. The last troublesome sickness of Mrs. Morrow has been of long duration. She has very patiently born up for a very long time under much suffering and a gradual wasting away caused by some complications of heart disease and other ailments. The end came peacefully and without any evidence of a struggle. After loving hands had done all they could on Saturday night she bade the friends good night saying, "pray for me." The transition came in the early morning when she seemed to pass away from the sleep of earthly refreshment to the sleep of her dearest hope—" Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep, from which no one wakes to weep."
The departed has been a lifelong believer in Christ, having united with the Presbyterian church in the old home in Pennsylvania in her early girlhood, and since coming to Iowa she has been a faithful and consistent member of the Tranquillity Presbyterian church. The funeral service was held at the family home, conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. N. Currens, who spoke to the sorrowing relatives and friends concerning "The Escape of the Soul for a Child of the King," Psalms 124:7. Burial was at Buckingham , cemetery, the six sons acting as pallbearers. Many flowers in the sickroom , from a number of friends, before the soul made its escape, and at the last on the casket in rich profusion, are but a suggestive measure—by inference, of the fragrance of a true Christian life which will not return to dust and ashes. " They may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them." All the members of the family were present at the service and the attendance was large from the community and surrounding country. A brother-in-law of the deceased, Mr. Templeton, of Union county, Iowa, and two sisters, Mrs. Wilson and Miss Tussey, were also there with other friends.