Jackson County KS Archives Obituaries.....SONTAG, Clare S. SIMPKINS September 14, 1922
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The Holton Recorder
Jackson County
Thursday
September 14, 1922

Sontag.
Clare S., daughter of John and Elizabeth SIMPKINS, was born in Illinois,
February 3, 1858. When but a girl with her parents came to Kansas, finally
locating in Clay Center where on November 3, 1885, she was married to Fred
SONTAG. In January of the following year they moved to Holton where they have
mutally shared the joys and burdens of a quiet and a devoted life. Mrs. Sontag
was of a retiring disposition, a good neighbor, a true woman and a faithful
helpmate. About two months ago she took to her bed and gradually grew worse
until the end came on September 7, reaching the age of 64 years, 6 months, 15
days. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband and a number of relatives and
friends.
"O field lie still and rest,
The plowman knoweth best.
O heart, be still and know
Peace is pain's afterglow"
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the undertaking
parlors conducted by Rev. F.A. MUNNEKE. Music was furnished by a quartet
composted of Miss Ellen LOWELL, Mrs. J.D. BENDER, W.J. GLENN, Zara BROWN. Burial
was in the Holton cemtery..


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