Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, November 8, 1906
With Husband and Baby.
Mrs. Ethel M. [argaret] Williams died at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. A.[braham] Bebout in west Bedford, on Wednesday October 31st, at 7:20 p. m., age 24 years, 6 months and 19 days.
Ethel M. [argaret] Bebout was born in Polk Township, Taylor County, Iowa, April 12, 1882, and all her girlhood life was spent in the vicinity of Bedford.
On January 25th, 1904 she united in marriage to Roy D. [eMay] Williams, a Taylor county boy, and one of the most popular young men in the whole country. After their marriage they moved to a farm near Conway, and for two years their home was an ideal one, at their fireside love, trust and happiness reigned supreme. The young wife possessed all the qualifications that go to make an ideal wife, and the husband was all any woman could desire. Then came their baby boy, John Beryl, who was born Feb. 20, 1905. Life was to them a happy dream, but the rude awakening came only too soon.
In the early part of the present year Mr. and Mrs. Williams decided to move to Colorado. Mr. Williams' father was going, as were other relatives, so it would not be like a move into a strange place; lands there were cheap, and the inducements were alluring. The future indeed looked bright and beautiful. It seemed to them that prosperity and happiness only could come to them in their new home, and the prospects could not have been brighter.
How little we know of the future, and how wise the provisions of the Infinite that prevents us seeing ahead! Only eight short months have passed since they set their faces westward, sad at parting from old friends, but happy in each other's love, ambitious and hopeful. The picture they saw was a happy home on the prairie of the west; the realization, three mounds of earth.
Only a few days after they arrived at their destination, Akron, Colorado, the little babe sickened and died, and two weeks later the husband too was called. His death occurred April 9th.
The widowed and bereft mother then returned to Bedford, bringing with her all that was mortal of loved ones and laid them side by side in the cemetery where she herself was soon to lay.
On April 27th a baby boy was born to her, and she named him Albert Roy. This little one, upon whose face his father never looked and whose mother he will never be able to remember is all that is left of what, had not God in His infinite wisdom otherwise ordained, would have been a happy loving family.
The funeral took place at the Christian church on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Price. Interment was made at Fairview cemetery.
With Husband and Baby.
Mrs. Ethel M. [argaret] Williams died at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. A.[braham] Bebout in west Bedford, on Wednesday October 31st, at 7:20 p. m., age 24 years, 6 months and 19 days.
Ethel M. [argaret] Bebout was born in Polk Township, Taylor County, Iowa, April 12, 1882, and all her girlhood life was spent in the vicinity of Bedford.
On January 25th, 1904 she united in marriage to Roy D. [eMay] Williams, a Taylor county boy, and one of the most popular young men in the whole country. After their marriage they moved to a farm near Conway, and for two years their home was an ideal one, at their fireside love, trust and happiness reigned supreme. The young wife possessed all the qualifications that go to make an ideal wife, and the husband was all any woman could desire. Then came their baby boy, John Beryl, who was born Feb. 20, 1905. Life was to them a happy dream, but the rude awakening came only too soon.
In the early part of the present year Mr. and Mrs. Williams decided to move to Colorado. Mr. Williams' father was going, as were other relatives, so it would not be like a move into a strange place; lands there were cheap, and the inducements were alluring. The future indeed looked bright and beautiful. It seemed to them that prosperity and happiness only could come to them in their new home, and the prospects could not have been brighter.
How little we know of the future, and how wise the provisions of the Infinite that prevents us seeing ahead! Only eight short months have passed since they set their faces westward, sad at parting from old friends, but happy in each other's love, ambitious and hopeful. The picture they saw was a happy home on the prairie of the west; the realization, three mounds of earth.
Only a few days after they arrived at their destination, Akron, Colorado, the little babe sickened and died, and two weeks later the husband too was called. His death occurred April 9th.
The widowed and bereft mother then returned to Bedford, bringing with her all that was mortal of loved ones and laid them side by side in the cemetery where she herself was soon to lay.
On April 27th a baby boy was born to her, and she named him Albert Roy. This little one, upon whose face his father never looked and whose mother he will never be able to remember is all that is left of what, had not God in His infinite wisdom otherwise ordained, would have been a happy loving family.
The funeral took place at the Christian church on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Price. Interment was made at Fairview cemetery.
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, November 8, 1906
With Husband and Baby.
Mrs. Ethel M. [argaret] Williams died at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. A.[braham] Bebout in west Bedford, on Wednesday October 31st, at 7:20 p. m., age 24 years, 6 months and 19 days.
Ethel M. [argaret] Bebout was born in Polk Township, Taylor County, Iowa, April 12, 1882, and all her girlhood life was spent in the vicinity of Bedford.
On January 25th, 1904 she united in marriage to Roy D. [eMay] Williams, a Taylor county boy, and one of the most popular young men in the whole country. After their marriage they moved to a farm near Conway, and for two years their home was an ideal one, at their fireside love, trust and happiness reigned supreme. The young wife possessed all the qualifications that go to make an ideal wife, and the husband was all any woman could desire. Then came their baby boy, John Beryl, who was born Feb. 20, 1905. Life was to them a happy dream, but the rude awakening came only too soon.
In the early part of the present year Mr. and Mrs. Williams decided to move to Colorado. Mr. Williams' father was going, as were other relatives, so it would not be like a move into a strange place; lands there were cheap, and the inducements were alluring. The future indeed looked bright and beautiful. It seemed to them that prosperity and happiness only could come to them in their new home, and the prospects could not have been brighter.
How little we know of the future, and how wise the provisions of the Infinite that prevents us seeing ahead! Only eight short months have passed since they set their faces westward, sad at parting from old friends, but happy in each other's love, ambitious and hopeful. The picture they saw was a happy home on the prairie of the west; the realization, three mounds of earth.
Only a few days after they arrived at their destination, Akron, Colorado, the little babe sickened and died, and two weeks later the husband too was called. His death occurred April 9th.
The widowed and bereft mother then returned to Bedford, bringing with her all that was mortal of loved ones and laid them side by side in the cemetery where she herself was soon to lay.
On April 27th a baby boy was born to her, and she named him Albert Roy. This little one, upon whose face his father never looked and whose mother he will never be able to remember is all that is left of what, had not God in His infinite wisdom otherwise ordained, would have been a happy loving family.
The funeral took place at the Christian church on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Price. Interment was made at Fairview cemetery.
With Husband and Baby.
Mrs. Ethel M. [argaret] Williams died at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. A.[braham] Bebout in west Bedford, on Wednesday October 31st, at 7:20 p. m., age 24 years, 6 months and 19 days.
Ethel M. [argaret] Bebout was born in Polk Township, Taylor County, Iowa, April 12, 1882, and all her girlhood life was spent in the vicinity of Bedford.
On January 25th, 1904 she united in marriage to Roy D. [eMay] Williams, a Taylor county boy, and one of the most popular young men in the whole country. After their marriage they moved to a farm near Conway, and for two years their home was an ideal one, at their fireside love, trust and happiness reigned supreme. The young wife possessed all the qualifications that go to make an ideal wife, and the husband was all any woman could desire. Then came their baby boy, John Beryl, who was born Feb. 20, 1905. Life was to them a happy dream, but the rude awakening came only too soon.
In the early part of the present year Mr. and Mrs. Williams decided to move to Colorado. Mr. Williams' father was going, as were other relatives, so it would not be like a move into a strange place; lands there were cheap, and the inducements were alluring. The future indeed looked bright and beautiful. It seemed to them that prosperity and happiness only could come to them in their new home, and the prospects could not have been brighter.
How little we know of the future, and how wise the provisions of the Infinite that prevents us seeing ahead! Only eight short months have passed since they set their faces westward, sad at parting from old friends, but happy in each other's love, ambitious and hopeful. The picture they saw was a happy home on the prairie of the west; the realization, three mounds of earth.
Only a few days after they arrived at their destination, Akron, Colorado, the little babe sickened and died, and two weeks later the husband too was called. His death occurred April 9th.
The widowed and bereft mother then returned to Bedford, bringing with her all that was mortal of loved ones and laid them side by side in the cemetery where she herself was soon to lay.
On April 27th a baby boy was born to her, and she named him Albert Roy. This little one, upon whose face his father never looked and whose mother he will never be able to remember is all that is left of what, had not God in His infinite wisdom otherwise ordained, would have been a happy loving family.
The funeral took place at the Christian church on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Price. Interment was made at Fairview cemetery.
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