"Q" Obituraries/Misc, Truro, Ohio Twp, Madison Co, Iowa --------------------------------------------------------------------- A complete listing of obituaries and explaination of origin are in the Index linked to the main page. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Queen, Amanda E. Creger, was born in Madison county, Iowa, Jan. 12th 1861. She was married to T. H. Queen, Nov. 20th, 1878. Died Feb. 10th 1894, aged 33 years and 28 days. The deceased leaves a husband and five children, four boys and one girl. She was a member of the M. E. church and died trusting in her Savior, saying "all is well." Amanda, wife of T. H. Queen, has been suffering from a cancer on the breast for many weeks. For some time her life has been despaired of and all of last week anxious friends were gathered around her bedside expecting every moment the feeble flickering flame of mortal life to go out. Saturday night as the clock was echoing with the ringing of the tenth hour, her weary eyes closed, her restless hand lay quiet, she murmered a faint "good bye" and as the tired child passes away to the strange country of Dreamland, so her sufferings ended, her weary aching head was at rest, she to had passed into a peaceful slumber, they pressed the cold lips, folded the emaciated hands, and said that she was dead. Dead! Gone! Forever lost! No, not forever lost, for she said, as she was departing this life, that the angels had come and were waiting to carry her away to their home in the skies, where now she is waiting for Tom, for the boys, baby Roxy, father, mother, brothers, sister, friends all. And when that family is once more united, it makes no difference where you locate the place or what name you may give it, whether the gates are of jasper or the streets are paved with gold, whether the angels play forever upon harps of a thousand strings, or the grand choir of Heaven sing the Psalms or not, where these congenial spirits meet is Heaven indeed. We wish that we could say something to those left behind to comfort them in this the darkest hour of their life, but alas we can follow our loved ones to the portal of Death - no farther; the cruel gates clang in our faces, our gaze is shut off, we can not know, we can only hope. One by one our dear ones go in at that gate and test the realities of our Christian religion but they never come back to report. We hope, we believe that when our time comes to knock at that portal, we will enter into a fair country and that there we will meet our long lost friends. God grant it so. Queen, Hogan, of Scott Township, one of the pioneers of Madison county, died last Wednesday morning. He was one of the substantial farmers and most honored citizens of the county. (A penciled notation says 1890) Queen, Roxie, Died on Saturday, March 28, 1896, at 4:10 p.m. Roxie Queen, aged 4 years 7 months and 15 days. She was the only daughter of T. H. Queen, was a member of the Junior League, always being at Sunday school and League where she will be greatly missed by all her little associates. She was a child, seemingly too bright for this world and her heavenly father has seen fit to take her away from this world of temptations and sorrow, to be clasped in her mothers' embrace and they together in the bosom of Christ, waiting and watching happily together for their dear ones to follow. The funeral was held on Monday conducted by Rev. DeTar after which her remains were taken to the Young cemetery followed by a large concourse of sympathetic friends where the little flower was planted where Angels will watch it until it shall bloom in Heaven. (A poem follows) Queen, Thomas H., son of Hogan and Martha Runkle Queen, was born in Madison county, Iowa, February 28, 1854, and passed to the Great Beyond, at his home in New Virginia, October 16, 1939, at the age of 85 years, 7 months and 18 days. He grew to manhood, on what is known as Hoosier Prairie, eight miles south of Winterset. He was united in marriage to Miss Amanda Creger, November 20, 1878. To this union were born four sons and one daughter; Oren C., Vernon S., Glendon H., Denzil H., and Roxie E. After their marriage they lived for a time near his parents home on Hoosier Prairie, later moving to Truro where they lived for many years. His wife passed away at Truro, February 10, 1894, and on March 28, 1896 his little daughter, Roxie, passed away. He was united in marriage to Alta Worthing on November 21, 1899, and to this union were born three sons, Twin sons; Ned and Ted, and John. He accepted Christ as his savior in 1894 and united with the Methodist church at Truro, under the pastorate of Reverend Wm. Smith. He with his family moved to New Virginia, about 35 years ago, and they have lived there all that time except two years they lived in Truro. He transferred his membership from the Methodist Church at Truro to the New Virginia Methodist Church soon after moving there. He had a wide circle of friends as he was a stock buyer for many years and traveled over the country. Many of the older people will recall his boyhood home, the old stone house on the Hogan Queen farm, as one of the best homes in the early history of Madison County, and of the post office, Queens Point, with his father, Hogan Queen, as postmaster from 1856 to 1867. Tom was a good citizen, a kind husband and father, and he passed to the Great Beyond with no thought of fear but with a great trust in his God. The last few weeks the lamp of his life has been dropping lower and lower until it went out entirely and the last glimmer has vanished into eternity and the word "finis" has been written to the history of his life. He leaves to mourn his widow, six sons, Vern of Vancouver B.C.; Glen of Des Moines; Ted of Newton; John of Oskaloosa, and Ora and Ned at home, three grandsons and two granddaughters. His son, Denzil passed away in Dallas, Texas about two years ago, and his grandson, Tommy, passed away August 1937. His brothers and sisters passed away several years ago and he was the last one of the family. Funeral services were held from the New Virginia M. E. Church on Wednesday, Oct., 18th, at 2 o'clock conducted by the pastor, Rev. W. W. Watson, with burial in the cemetery east of Truro. ------------------------------------------------------------- UGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organiza- tions or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contri- butor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cay Merryman