Montezuma County CO Archives Obituaries.....Barber, America Josephine March 24, 1903
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Mancos Times Tribune; Friday, March 27, 1903
Mrs. H. M. Barber is Dead.
   On Tuesday morning the spirit of Mrs. H. M. Barber passed peacefully away to 
its eternal home.  Mrs. Barber had been ill only a few days and was not thought 
to be in a very serious condition until a day or so before the very last.     
The local lodge of Woodmen had charge of the funeral.  The services by Rev. O. 
B. Sarber of Durango were impressive and the remains were followed to the grave 
by a large number of sorrowing friends of this good woman who had lived an 
upright life and who did not know how to do an ignoble deed.     Mrs. Barber 
was known and loved far and near for her purity of life, her untiring Christian 
activity, and her tender motherly sympathy for the unfortunate and the 
distressed.  Her entire life was a sweet benediction to all that felt the touch 
of her influence.  The community is much the poorer because of her death.     A 
good woman, true friend, loving and loved wife, devoted mother, a cherished 
neighbor has passed away.     Mrs. Barber was one of the very first settlers of 
this valley.  She leaves a husband, three sons, Everett and Ray Willis and 
Flake Barber, the is now at school in the East, and Mrs. J. R. George to mourn 
her death and to these we have but poor words to offer.  Words are worthless.  
May every comfort be given them.

Additional Comments:
Name is America Josephine Weston, She was born 14 Jan 1855.
She married David Willis 20 Aug 1871 in Mitchell County, Kansas.  He died 15 
June 1881.  Then she married Hirum M. Barber 2 Oct 1882

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