Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Libhart, Angeline M. 1897
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The Ionia Weekly Standard, Friday, June 4, 1897

On Sunday last, May 30, 1897, there lay asleep in the home of her daughter, 
Mrs. H. R. Wager, an aged mother.  The marks of more than four score years, 
which time had placed upon her brown, were gone; the lines which pain had 
drawn upon the face were effaced; and even the years, which had been so wisely 
and beautifully numbered, had, as it were, rolled backward, and revealed this 
rare life as it was when it shed its fragrance, to rejoice all within its 
reach.  At the same time, there were left upon that face the marks of wisdom 
and self-control that are the wealth of the wife and mother, and which came 
with the knowledge of duty well done from the beginning to the end.  Death, 
over all triumphant, had come, and left no trace, save as with a beautifying 
finger, ennobling while destroying.

She who lay asleep was Mrs. Angeline M. Libhart, wife of H. V. Libhart, who 
preceded her many years ago.  They were among the earliest pioneers of Ionia 
county, widely known for their generosity and hospitality, in the early years 
of pioneer life.

Around her resting place were gathered many friends, come to offer to the 
friends and family condolence and sympathy.  They came with rich offerings of 
flowers—pure and white—emblems of love, and these were scattered over the 
bier, so that she who in life was passionately fond of flowers, was in death 
hidden in a mass of floral beauty.

She was kind and loveable to all, and her old age was graced with bright and 
animated spirits, possessing all the charms and strength of mind and character 
to the very end, leaving blessings for every friend.

To those who are left behind, may the golden thread of destiny still weave in 
and out the sweet memories of the loved one, and at last the threads will be 
gathered up and woven in the loom that makes completeness, the thought so 
beautifully expressed by Longfellow, who says:

God calls our loved ones,
But we lose not wholly;
They live on earth, in thought and deed,
As truly as in heaven.

Rev. George D. Ransom, of Muir, officiated at the funeral services, which were 
most appropriate, the remarks being based upon the text making reference to 
the three score and ten years of man’s life.  The house was filled with many 
friends.  The bearers were N. Kenyon, T. E. Smith, A. M. Willett, P. H. 
Taylor, E. E. Wagar and R. Lee Page.  Interment at Highland Park.


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