Champaign County OhArchives Obituaries.....Pence, Louisa (Steinberger) January 16, 1907 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Johnson-Heber gapeachprtnerz@bellsouth.net March 9, 2013, 9:08 am Newspaper abstract Louisa PENCE, daughter of David and Elizabeth STEINBERGER, was born April 3, 1825 on the farm where she has lived for many years, it being the homestead farm of her father and mother, near Urbana, Ohio. Now occupied by her son Thomas PENCE. She departed this life January 16, 1907 at 7 o'clock, aged 81 years, 9 months, 13 days. She was married to Alexander Pence in 1841 when she was about 17 years of age, from which union there were four children, all sons. The first died in infancy. The others are all living. Thomas, the afore said upon her home farm, George in Tulare County, CA and Weldon near Topeka, KS. She was remarkably active for one of her age and was always busy about the work wherever she was. She was with her sister, Mrs Mary A Seitz of Springfield, Ohio and assisted in getting up their family Christmas dinner of 1906 which she enjoyed with them very much. Two of Mrs. Seitz’s grandchildren, James and Lawrence Hedges, living in Chattanooga, TN, failed to get to the regular Christmas dinner, but came a few days afterwards to the great delight of Mrs. Seitz and Aunt Louisa, and they feeling that those grandsons too, must have about as good a dinner as the others had on Christmas day, fell to work arranging it, Aunt Louisa, as always, about in the lead. It was during this effort she became so sick that she was compelled to take to her bed, which was about two weeks before her death, to which she was confined until the last. She was a very patient sufferer, and all this attention paid to her during her last illness that it was possible for her sister to bestow upon her. It seemed extremely befitting that her last days should have been cast with her sister, to whom she had often kindly administered, and now in return it seemed a pleasure for her sister to so kindly and agreeably administer to her every need. She had seemingly from the beginning of her sickness, felt that her end upon earth was near and expressed herself in that way, and that she was ready and willing to make the change. She joined the regular Baptist church at Nettle Creek under its administration by Elder Samuel Williams, the father of its present pastor, 63 years ago, and was at the regular meeting of said church on the first Sunday of December last, which she seemed to enjoy very much, as there it was spoken to her by the present pastor, Elder Thomas Williams, that she was celebrating her 63rd year of membership of said church by her presence at that time. During all those years she never failed to attend all of its meetings if it was possible for her to be present. She was a great lover of her relatives and friends and was always ready and willing to assist those in times of their sickness or distress. She was a very attentive attendee at church services and when the minister would be earnestly dwelling upon the great love, mercy and sacrifice Christ had exhibited and made for poor and lost sinners in order to restore them from under the curse of the law, she was one of the few of the old school order who could not restrain herself from clapping hers hands and crying aloud with joy. This we regard with all evidence that she felt personally of the effect of that great sacrifice and its benefits. Just before she breathed her last, she opened her eyes widely and looked heavenward, seemingly with greatest joy in anticipation of entering that great and peaceful rest prepared for her by her loving Master. She will be greatly missed by all of her family, relatives and friends as her absence causes a void that cannot be filled. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/champaign/obits/p/pence1984gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 4.2 Kb