After months of severe and constant suffering Mrs. Eliza J. GROVES, died of consumption, at the family residence in Beaver, at 6:30 yesterday evening. In her last moments she sank quietly away. Her husband and two daughters were at her bedside when the end came.
She had been suffering more or less from pulmouary trouble for a long while. Some years ago, realizing the serious nature of her condition, and acting upon advice of her physicians, she concluded to seek health resorts in the hope of restoration to health. Accordingly she visited Eureka Springs, and afterwards Colorado Springs and Man___ and points in Arizona, but her efforts to regain health were in vain. In the fall of 1899, she went to San Antonio for a change of climate and medical treatment and came back to Beaver for the last time in the spring of the following year. None of these trips were apparently beneficial except in a temporary way.
In December last her condition became so bad that she could barely sit up at any time and she was henceforth unable to leave her bed. During all her suffering she was tenderly cared for by her loving daughters, and other relatives and friends. All was done that could have been done for her, in the way of care and medical treatment. By skillful treatment, Dr. Munsell who faithfully attended her, did much to prolong her life. But in spite of all that could be accomplished in this way she sank steadily until the thread connecting soul and body was severed.
Mrs. Eliza Jane GROVES was born in Iowa [WRONG], February 13, 1850. While she was a child she removed to Indiana with her parents. There she received her education in the public schools. Her parents died when she was a young woman. On October 9, 1867, she was married to Ansel GROVES. By this union were born three daughters, all of whom are still living, except one daughter, Mrs. Alice HERRON. In 1882 she and her husband moved from Indiana to Girard, Kansas, living there till 1886, when they moved to Benton, in this county. A few years later they moved to Beaver, where she bought the Beaver Hotel which she sold a year and a half ago owing to her poor health.
The deceased was a lady of excellent personal characteristics. She was highly esteemed by those who knew her. In early life she became connected with the Baptist church and later became a member of the organization called the Degree of Honor, a branch of the A. O. U. W. As a wife and mother she was a kind and thoughtful, and her departure occasions the deepest sorrow. She left to mourn her loss a husband and one son, E. W. GROVES, and Mrs. R. H. LOOFBOURROW and Mrs. Dyke BALLINGER, who have the sympathy of the community in their deep bereavement.
The funeral services will be held at the home Saturday morning at 10 o'clock and interment will be made in the Beaver cemetery.
