Monona County IA Archives Obituaries.....Wonder, Nettie M. Day August 10, 1937
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MRS. FRED W. WONDER PASSES TO HER REWARD

	Nettie M. Day Wonder was born January 4, 1887, at Plattville, 
Illinois, and died at her home in Onawa, Tuesday evening, August 10, 1937, 
following a lingering illness.
	She was the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Day, of Pullman, 
Washington, but former residents of this community.  With the exception of a 
few years Mrs. Wonder had spent her entire life in and near Onawa.
	On October 6, 1907, at Onawa, she was united in marriage to Fred W. 
Wonder, and to this union was born one son.
	Words fail us when we try to pay a final tribute to one who has been 
so closely associated with our lives the past thirty years, but God has seen 
fit to call this good wife and mother from our midst.  Mrs. Wonder has been a 
patient sufferer for the past few years and everything possible was done that 
loving hands and medical skill could do, but to no avail; and God called her 
very peacefully to that home where there is no pain, no tears, no sorrow.
	She was a member of the First Christian church, of this city, and 
until her health failed, was active within its organizations, but her home was 
her shrine; she loved it, and she lived for her family, and never once failed 
to find comfort and peace with Him who knoweth best, for no brilliancy of 
mind, no beauty of character, no power of wealth can escape this final decree 
that God has written. All of us, regardless of rank or power, must sooner or 
later take that pilgrimage to that “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere”.  This is His 
will.  Then let us be guided by the gentle influence of our loved one who has 
gone on before and gather up the sunbeams that she scattered and weave them 
into Memory’s Golden Chain.  May we be happy that she is with Him who giveth 
His loved ones sleep.
	He sees when their footsteps falter,
	   When their hearts grow weak and faint;
	He knows when their strength is failing,
	   And listens to each complaint;
	He bids them rest for a season
	   For the pathway has grown too steep;
	And, folded in fair green pastures,
	   He giveth His loved ones sleep.

	Like weary and worn-out children
	   That sigh for the daylight close
	He knows that they oft are longing
	   For home and its sweet repose.
	So he calls them in from their labor
	   E’er the shadows round them creep,
	And silently watching o’er them,
	   He giveth His loved ones sleep.

	Weep not that their toils are over,
	   Weep not that their race is run,
	God grant we may rest, and calmly,
	   When our work, like her’s is done.
	‘Till then we would yield with
	   Gladness, our treasure to Him to keep
	And rejoice in the sweet assurance
	   He giveth His loved ones sleep.

	Surviving are the widower, Fred W. Wonder, publisher of the Onawa 
Democrat, one son, William, daughter-in-law, Mrs. William Wonder, one 
grandchild, Fred W., her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Day, of Pullman, Wash., 
two sisters, Miss Grace Day, Pullman, Wash., and Mrs. D. C. Lange, Audubon, 
New Jersey, and one brother, Kenneth Day, Washtaucna, Wash., beside a host of 
other relatives and friends.  Two brothers preceded her in death, Lee, who was 
killed during the World War, and Rex who died in infancy.
	Funeral services will be held at the family home Saturday afternoon at 
2:00 o’clock, with Rev. M. Dwight Walker, of Moorhead, officiating.  Mrs. 
Walter Plinske will bring comfort in song.  Burial will take place in the 
Onawa cemetery.
	“Sleep on dear friend,
	   Nor wake till the morrow;
	God give thee rest
	   And Peace from all sorrow.

(Contributor is guessing that this was from The Onawa Democrat.)



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