OBITUARY.
Clarchie P. Newman, daughter of Elijah and Mary E. Newman, born at Iowa, April 20, 1886. Attended the country school and graduated from Albia High School in the class of 1905. She was converted and united with the United Brethren Church at Selection when about 16 years of age and lived a devoted christian life and a regular attendant of the church when able to go.
On October 25th, 1906 she was united in marriage to Arthur G. Rowles and lived on their farm, near her former home until translated to the Heavenly Mansion, at 9:15 p.m. July [day blank], 1923, at the age of 37 years, two months and 17 days.
Three children was born to this union, Mary Elizabeth 15, Oliver Wendell 11, and Verne 4 years of age. She is also survived by her mother, two brothers, Hershell of Albia and Lloyd of Superior, Wis. All of the above with other near relatives were at her bedside when the spirit took its flight.
She was paralyzed on the left side on March 14th, but with the constant care of her husband and other near ones and good medical skill seemed to be recovering, until Monday June 26 while at the home of a neighbor she became suddenly ill after eating her dinner and grew worse and gradually weaker until the suffering tired body could endure no longer. Other complications, that had been fastening their hold upon her unnoticed baffled the skill of all physicians.
A true christian has been called from the charge of a class of boys in the Albia, United Brethren Sunday School. An affectionate wife from a happy home and a loving and patient mother from the watchful carfe of her children.
The Church will miss a faithful attendant and the community a loved and esteemed member, but all are comforted by the assurance that she has heard the masters call "well down enter thou into the joys of thy Lord."
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. R. R. Percy of the U.B. Church on the lawn at the home at 2:30 p.m. July 9th, who spoke very appropriate and comforting words to the bereaved family and large gathering of relatives, friends and neighbors, from the passage found in Jer. 15-9. "Her sun is gone down while it was yet day."
The pall bearers were from her old school friends and neighbors, and were Miles and Arthur Griffin, Sam and Homer Kirkham, Bert Mock and Gail Hinton, the large concourse and the many beautiful floral offerings gave evidence of the high esteem the deceased was held in the community in which she had spent her life. Interment was made in Oak View Cemetery.
