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Obituary of Kittie FRANCIS, Clark County, Illinois


Kittie Francis, daughter of Chas. Blundell and wife, was born
in Terre Haute on Feb. 9, 1878.  When she was yet a child, the
family moved to Marshall, which has since been their home.  In
January 1898, Kittie married Will Wallace.  The young couple
had been sweethearts since they were children.  Kittie was a
great favorite with her uncle, Clay Cork, and her aunts, his
sisters, spending a large part of her girlhood days with them.
When, in her last illness, she became so weak as to require
constant attention, she was taken to their old home to receive
the devoted care of her Uncle Clay and Aunt Helen, they being
all who were left there, one of the aunts having married and
the other been called Home.  For several weeks poor Kittie
lingered, growing rapidly weaker till the end came on Monday
evening, May 23, at 7 o'clock.  She had been ailing from some
throat affection for nearly two years, and since last December
has been unable to speak above a whisper.  She was conscious to
the very last and bade farewell to the weeping relatives
surrounding her bedside.  The funeral services were held on
Wednesday last, Rev. Clearwaters officiating, and the remains
interred in the Livingston cemetery.  The beautiful casket was
placed on supports under the trees in the churchyard, and there
the weeping husband, three little children, father, mother,
brothers, sisters, uncle, aunts and other relatives, as well as
hosts of friends looked their last upon the dead.

Kittie became a member of the M. E. Church when about 16 years
of age and remained steadfast in the faith to the end.  To  the
loving uncle and aunt who did so much to make her last days on
earth peaceful and happy, she gave the affection of a daughter.
May the grief of all those who sorrow for her so bitterly be
tempered by the thought that for her all suffering is at an
end, and that in the realms of the blest she watches and waits
for them. 

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