Nemaha County KS Archives Obituaries.....Swerdferger, Mrs Philip (Christeen) Nee Jacobs May 4, 1913
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San Dimas Press Newspaper, California May 15, 1913
(buried in Sabetha, Kanas)
 
Source:  San Dimas Press Newspaper, California May 15, 1913
 
Death of Mrs Philip Swerdferger
 
Mrs Swerdfeger was born in Canada April 26, 1852.  She later moved to Kansas. 
There she was married to Philip Swerdfeger, September 22, 1875.  Her maiden name
was Christeen Jacobs.  For a time they lived in Denver, Colorado, but for the
past five years they have resided in San Dimas, California.  She died May 4,
1913 at 5:50 am. just as the sun was flooding the earth with light, her spirit
took its flight to enter upon the morning of the life eternal.  

  She was the mother of six children, tow of whom are now living.  Dr. E.A.
Swedfeger, of Denver, visited his mother at her home in San Dimas, and hoping to
render her a service and give her the benefit of the best swcientific skill
attainable, brought her to Denver and placed her in a hospital and called in
council surgical specialists in the hope of receiving relief and prolonging her
life; but all to no avail.  He then removed her to his own home where all the
tender ministries of love and homelife could be hers while she lived.

  Her health had been failing for about two years, since January 13th, the
development has been more marked.  Subsequent investigation showed the cause of
her death to be pancreatitis and fatty degeneration of the liver.

  She was an active christina woman of broad and charitable views.  As she moved
from place to place she identified herslf with the church that seemed to afford
her the best opportunities for usefulness.  

  Death to her had no horror; on the contrary, she repeatedly expressed her
desire to close th hard struggle with disease and pain and be at peace on the
other shore.

  She was an active worker in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and in the
Sunday School.

  She was buried by the side of her four babies that had gone before, in the
cemeter at the old hometown, Sabetha, Kansas; and her grave was covered with the
flowers she so much loved, and many of them had been planted by her own hands. 
Thus closed the life of a loving and faithful wife and a true and devoted mother.


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