Obituary of Lillie Ella Fulton, Plainfield, Bremer Co., Ia.

BREMER COUNTY, IOWA
OBITUARIES 1878 - 1984
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	Transcribed by Barb Braun, February 11, 2000.  
	Questions, please Email: seawave8@hotmail.com

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This transcription material was obtained from the Waverly Public Library in a 
loose-leaf notebook entitaled: PLAINFIELD AND BREMER COUNTY IOWA OBITUARIES, 1878-1984.  
Complied by HAROLD BRIGGS.  Includes materials collected by Mrs. CAROLINE HICKS. 
Indexed by LISA GROTE, JANINE FREESE, SALLY SCHWEER, AND ADRIENNE LAWLOR.  
Dated: July, 1984, PATRICIA COFFIE, Director. 

Transcription Note:  There was no indication in the notebook as to the newspaper or 
other publication from which the obituary was obtained.  

(Hand written at the top of the article) July 17, 1885

FULTON. - Lillie Ella Fulton, wife of F. C. Fulton, was born in Clarence, 
Cedar county, Iowa, Aug. 5, 1862, and died in her home at Plainfield, Iowa, 
at 6:30 Friday morning, July 17, 1885, Age 22 years, 9 months and 12 days. 

In 1880 she came to Plainfield making her home mostly with her sister, until 
Oct, 26, 1882, when she was united in marriage with Mr. F. C. Fulton.  Theirs 
was a blessed and happy union, such a one as worth people and true hearts can 
form.  Home, to them, was the purest and happiest place in all the world.  
And she was that kind of a womanly wife, devoted, faithful, patient and 
hopeful that could guild a life, or ornament a home with her pleasing manners 
and gentle ways, until that husband, and home were the goal of all of her 
sacrifices, devotions and hopes.  Her union was a perfect exemplification 
of the highest ideal of home and marriage.  She always had the respect of 
the people, and was kind to all.  For some months disease preyed upon her 
delicate constitution, and with her husband, in whom the very springs of 
her pure life centered, she sought for medical treatment, until all means, 
and care, and skill had been utilized.  But in vein!  Gradually the change 
came on, and on Friday morning at 6:30, July 17, 1885, just as twilight was 
deepening into day and the golden sunlight was flooding earth, making bright 
and beautiful her upward flight, she peacefully and quietly passed away. 

The funeral took place on Sabbath at 10 o'clock a.m. and was attended by a 
large concourse of people such as never before witnessed in Plainfield.  The
funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Francis J. Norton, pastor of the 
Methodist Episcopal church, of Strawberry Point, Iowa, who is a personal friend 
of the family. 
Six young ladies showed their great respect for the deceased, by placing upon 
the casket anchors, crossed, garland and wreaths of the most beautiful flowers, 
tastefully arranged. 

The sermon was based upon the text Isa. 64-6.  "We all do fade as the leaf."  
And was appropriately applied, in thought and illustration, and is to be printed in full. 

After the great concourse of people had viewed the corpse, the funeral cortege 
was formed and moved down main st4reet, enroute to Shell Rock, where in presence 
of relative and friends the interment and final obsequies took place.  Mr. Fulton 
has the profound sympathy of all the people in this deep sorrow and bereavement.  
			"Not learned, save in gracious household ways, 
		Not perfect. Nay, but full of tender wants,
			No angel, but a dearer being, all di ?t
		In angel instinct, breathing Paradise!"
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Transcribed by Barb Braun, February 11, 2000.  Any questions, please Email at:  seawave8@hotmail.com