Obituary for Amarine Brittain, Hardin County, Illinois After several weeks suffering from a broken ankle and abscess on the lung, Mrs. Amarine Brittain, wife of Thomas Brittain departed this life Sunday morning @ 2:45 o'clock on October 24, 1915. She was born in Hardin County August 14, 1859. She was united in marriage to the heartbroken husband who now survives her on April 20th. 1883. To this union was born seven children, two having preceded her to that better land. She leaves behind to mourn her departure her husband, five children, a mother, sister and a host of relatives and friends. About thirty years ago she professed faith in Christ and united with the Potter Memorial Church and continued a member of her Presbyterian church until her death. Most of her conscious moments for about ten weeks were spent in shouting and praising God and trying to get her family and friends to make peace with God that they may meet in heaven. She said to her husband a few days before her death, that her sufferings were just and that they were for a purpose. We can see in all those sufferings the Power of God to keep and save. All that loving hands and medical skill could do was done, but she had to go. She was ready and willing to go and she prayed many times that her husband be converted, and if she lived that they might go out into the world and work for God, but now her work on this earth is done, she is at rest, sweet rest. The earthly of the soul has been destroyed and its spirit has been wafted away by angels to God of all life. She was a kind and affectionate wife, a loving mother and a good neighbor. Funeral services were conducted the following day at the Baptist Church by Rev. Wigham, in the presence of a large congregation of relatives and friends, after which her remains were laid to rest in the IOOF Cemetery to await the resurrection. A friend, Essie Hamilton Taken from the Hardin County Independent 11 November 1915 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Wanda Patton Reed