Obituary of Mrs. Lacie BIRCH, Hardin County, Illinois Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Copyright 1999 Wanda Reed Name of Deceased: Mrs. Lacie BIRCH Name of Newspaper: Hardin County Independent Date of Newspaper: 29 February 1940 Mrs. Lacie Birch, wife of Eugene Birch and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hardesty, was born May 25, 1907. Departed this life February 24, 1940. Being at the time of her departure 32 years, 8 months and 29 days. She was united in marriage to Eugene Birch in 1924. To this union were born 8 children, namely Charles Troy, Eugene Frederick, Betty Jean, Wilma, James Roy, Verona, Joan, Bonnie Lou, all whom are yet living except Betty Jean who departed this life an infant. A darling mother, 4 sisters, 3 brothers are left to mourn her departure. We say to them as she would have said, look to Jesus our burden bearer. Lacie was a kind mother and a good neighbor. She was liked by all who knew her and will be greatly missed by her loved ones and neighbors. She was wonderously converted Saturday. Spent lots of time in prayer to talk with her Lord and Savior who had been so precious to her in her last hours. She was humble and submissive to her Savior's will. She longed to be a soul winner for Jesus. Her greatest desire was to see her loving husband a christian father to her darling children. ------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB 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 Reed