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We are pained to announce the sad news of the death of Frankie, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Trumbo. Frankie was about seven years of age, very bright and quick of intelligence, with many winning ways and greatly beloved by her parents, sister, relatives and friends, to whom her death is a sad blow and the untimely ending of a beautiful life full of hope and promise.

She had been ill for some time past, and, altho’ hopes have been established of her recovery, and the parents were thinking of taking her to a milder climate, yet she slowly and steadily failed, and last Saturday morning, about eight o’clock, she breathed her last in the presence of the bereaved family and friends.

The funeral services, which were quite largely attended, took place in the residence at two o’clock P. M. Sunday. Rev. J. Straub, of Marseilles, conducted the services and made a few appropriate and touching remarks. The choir – Mrs. H. B. Williams, Mrs. C. B Hess, Wm. S. Davis, and Chas. Green – sang “Waiting and Watching,” and “Safe in the Arms of Jesus,” two beautiful and appropriate songs.

The pall-bearers were A. W. Ladd, Jesse Makinson, Henry Geduldig, and Wm. Dunnavan. As the earth closed over the last sad remains of little Frankie many tears were shed, but all found consolation in the thought that she was not gone from us forever, but only “gone before.” “Only a few more trials, only a few more tears,” and then we shall join her in that happy land above.¹

1. The Ottawa Republican, Friday, March 14, 1884, p. 8, col. 6.