OBITUARIES: Martha Francis Tait , Wapello County, Iowa   

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Obituaries  from the Blakesburg Excelsior Wapello County, IA  Mar 1925 
Contributed for use in USGENWEB Archives by Martha Richards maseattle@copper.net
Copyright 10/2001

Microfilm from State Historical Society of Iowa Blakesburg (Wapello co, IA) 
Excelsior Newspaper, Jan 1, 1925 (missing issues Aug 6, 13;)  Oct 8, 
1925-Dec 25, 1930  Microfilm from State Historical Society of Iowa

Thurs, April 9, 1925

     Last Friday as the pall of evening shadows lowered over our city the angel of death 
entered the Dr. TAIT home and claimed the spirit of the wife and mother who passed 
peacefully away after an illness of three weeks duration.  Miss Martha Francis STOOPS 
was born April 2, 1851 in Monroe county, Iowa, and departed this life April 3, 1925, age 
74 years and one day.  She was united in marriage to A. M. TAIT February 1883 and to 
them was born one daughter, Ruby.  Mrs. TAIT lived in Monroe county until she with her 
family moved to Blakesburg where she has since resided.  She remembered her Creator in 
the days of her youth and at the age of twelve years she became a christian, united with 
the Church of Christ, remaining a true and consistent member for sixty-two years.  Mrs. 
TAIT was of an unusual quiet and unassuming disposition, a great home body, partial to 
good reading and a great lover of the beauties of natures.  She was an artist of rare ability 
and many are the paintings of favorite portraits, sketches and landscapes adorn the walls 
of the family home, each one in its silent language speakes (sic) of tender memories of 
some particular object or place she admired, or perhaps the face of some who were near 
and dear to her.  No more will she weild (sic) the brush to portray the beauties of this 
place but she has entered into that beautiful realm where the glories of eternal life are a 
reality in that home where Jesus said: "I go to prepare a place for you that where I am 
there ye may be also."
     Funeral services were held at the Church of Christ Sunday afternoon, conducted by  
Rev. R. F. ALLEN, assisted by Rev. Chas. ELLIS of the M. E. Church.  The songs were 
furnished by a male quartet, composed of Messers CHILDS, SCHAEFER, TUBAUGH 
and ABERNATHY with Anna CUNNINGHAM accompanist.  Interment in the Tate 
cemetery west of town
   Thus is the closing chapter of the life of our friend and neighbor who has gone from our 
midst and The Excelsior joins with the entire community in extending sincerest sympathy 
to Dr. TAIT and daughter in the loss of the dear wife and mother.