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EUNICE MALONE OBITUARY, 1907 - Clark County, IL

CLARK COUNTY HERALD
9-JANUARY-1907

   Mrs. Eunice Malone was born in York Township, December 30, 1836, and died at the 
home of her son Perry Poorman, near Fairbanks, Indiana, December 21, 1906, aged 70 
years, lacking 9 days.   In the early years of maidenhood she was married to Perry 
Demitt, who lived but a few years.   One child Thomas was born to them.   He lived to 
manhood but died several years ago.   She was married to Samuel Poorman in 1867.   
Four children were born to this union.   Dennis, who died in infancy, Perry, the son with 
whom she made her home, Mollie who died in early womanhood and Gertrude, widow of 
Perry Bohnstead, residing in Shelburn, Indiana.
   Again death invaded her family and took from her, her husband in 1877, and left her 
with three little helpless children to face the world alone and very limited financially for 
which Mr. Poorman was industrious and upright.   He was a veteran of the civil war and 
severely wounded at Chickamauga and was a constant and many times an intense sufferer 
from that time until his death.   Affliction greatly handicapped him through life.   The 
mother struggled to keep the children with her but stress of circumstances compelled her 
to turn to that great institution of helpfulness to many a weary mother, the soldiers orphan 
home.   And great as was the sacrifice, she forced herself to make it for the good of the 
children and sent them there where they remained except for an occasional vacation until 
the age limit.   She never regretted placing them in the home for it proved a blessing both 
to them and her and certainly the father suffering in behalf of his country entitled them to 
everything they received.   In the spring of 1887, Mrs. Poorman was married to William 
J. Malone, who lived but a few years when she was again left a widow.   From that time 
on she made her home with her son.   Considering the many sorrows through which the 
deceased was called to pass, she was of a remarkably cheerful and pleasant disposition.   
When we remember how often she has stood beside the casket, to take a last look at loved 
ones and stood so many times beside the open grave to which was consigned those so 
near and dear, of many hard fought battles of life, we wondered that the milk of human 
kindness still kept sweet through it all.   It certainly was by Gods grace in her heart made 
manifest in her life.   She was for many years a member of the Methodist church but in 
after years she transferred her membership to Friends Church at West Union.   The body 
was brought to the Brick Cemetery for burial and a funeral sermon was preached in the 
church near there by Rev. Stratton, a Friends minister from Sullivan, Indiana.
   The weather was very inclement yet there was quite a goodly number present to pay the 
last tribute of love and respect to one whom they had known for so many years and to 
sympathize with the bereft family.   May God's blessing rest upon them?   West Union, 
Illinois, December 31, 1906.

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