Daughter of John Lape and Lydia E. Tillet
OLD RESIDENT DIES
Mrs. Samuel Neff, an old settler of Illinois passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dan Peters, Wed. at eleven thirty. She had been sick about three weeks getting worse last Sunday and gradually grew weaker. Mrs. Neff was born in Lancaster Fairfield County Ohio, June 10, 1818. At the age 22 she married Samuel Neff. She become the mother of eleven children, six of whom preceded her to the great beyond. The 5 yet living are Susan, Margaret, Samuel, Daniel and Simon. She moved to Fayette County Ill in 1849. They lived on a farm in Vandalia. During her life her husband and four sons were called to join the north in the war of ‘61 In 1876 her husband died leaving her alone in life. She moved to Sandoval and she lived there practically ever since with her daughter, Mrs. Dan Peters. Mrs. Neff was a great religious worker being a member of the Christan Church. Only feedleness kept her away from all services in recent years. Mrs. Neff lived to be over one hundred years old. She was one of those heroic souls that have by her life made this country great. Thru wealth and proverty, sickness and health, war and peace, she remained true like thousands of others and in loosing her the worlds truly looses one to whom it owes much. One by one the older ones are slipping away from use. Death as the Reaper. Comes And we all must bow. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at the house at 10 A.M. L. O. Byerly will officiate Feb. 3, 1919
OLD RESIDENT DIES
Mrs. Samuel Neff, an old settler of Illinois passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dan Peters, Wed. at eleven thirty. She had been sick about three weeks getting worse last Sunday and gradually grew weaker. Mrs. Neff was born in Lancaster Fairfield County Ohio, June 10, 1818. At the age 22 she married Samuel Neff. She become the mother of eleven children, six of whom preceded her to the great beyond. The 5 yet living are Susan, Margaret, Samuel, Daniel and Simon. She moved to Fayette County Ill in 1849. They lived on a farm in Vandalia. During her life her husband and four sons were called to join the north in the war of ‘61 In 1876 her husband died leaving her alone in life. She moved to Sandoval and she lived there practically ever since with her daughter, Mrs. Dan Peters. Mrs. Neff was a great religious worker being a member of the Christan Church. Only feedleness kept her away from all services in recent years. Mrs. Neff lived to be over one hundred years old. She was one of those heroic souls that have by her life made this country great. Thru wealth and proverty, sickness and health, war and peace, she remained true like thousands of others and in loosing her the worlds truly looses one to whom it owes much. One by one the older ones are slipping away from use. Death as the Reaper. Comes And we all must bow. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at the house at 10 A.M. L. O. Byerly will officiate Feb. 3, 1919
Daughter of John Lape and Lydia E. Tillet
OLD RESIDENT DIES
Mrs. Samuel Neff, an old settler of Illinois passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dan Peters, Wed. at eleven thirty. She had been sick about three weeks getting worse last Sunday and gradually grew weaker. Mrs. Neff was born in Lancaster Fairfield County Ohio, June 10, 1818. At the age 22 she married Samuel Neff. She become the mother of eleven children, six of whom preceded her to the great beyond. The 5 yet living are Susan, Margaret, Samuel, Daniel and Simon. She moved to Fayette County Ill in 1849. They lived on a farm in Vandalia. During her life her husband and four sons were called to join the north in the war of ‘61 In 1876 her husband died leaving her alone in life. She moved to Sandoval and she lived there practically ever since with her daughter, Mrs. Dan Peters. Mrs. Neff was a great religious worker being a member of the Christan Church. Only feedleness kept her away from all services in recent years. Mrs. Neff lived to be over one hundred years old. She was one of those heroic souls that have by her life made this country great. Thru wealth and proverty, sickness and health, war and peace, she remained true like thousands of others and in loosing her the worlds truly looses one to whom it owes much. One by one the older ones are slipping away from use. Death as the Reaper. Comes And we all must bow. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at the house at 10 A.M. L. O. Byerly will officiate Feb. 3, 1919
OLD RESIDENT DIES
Mrs. Samuel Neff, an old settler of Illinois passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dan Peters, Wed. at eleven thirty. She had been sick about three weeks getting worse last Sunday and gradually grew weaker. Mrs. Neff was born in Lancaster Fairfield County Ohio, June 10, 1818. At the age 22 she married Samuel Neff. She become the mother of eleven children, six of whom preceded her to the great beyond. The 5 yet living are Susan, Margaret, Samuel, Daniel and Simon. She moved to Fayette County Ill in 1849. They lived on a farm in Vandalia. During her life her husband and four sons were called to join the north in the war of ‘61 In 1876 her husband died leaving her alone in life. She moved to Sandoval and she lived there practically ever since with her daughter, Mrs. Dan Peters. Mrs. Neff was a great religious worker being a member of the Christan Church. Only feedleness kept her away from all services in recent years. Mrs. Neff lived to be over one hundred years old. She was one of those heroic souls that have by her life made this country great. Thru wealth and proverty, sickness and health, war and peace, she remained true like thousands of others and in loosing her the worlds truly looses one to whom it owes much. One by one the older ones are slipping away from use. Death as the Reaper. Comes And we all must bow. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at the house at 10 A.M. L. O. Byerly will officiate Feb. 3, 1919
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