Pickaway-Hocking County OhArchives Obituaries.....Leist, Elizabeth February 26, 1909 ************************************************ 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: Gary Collins glcollins@hughes.net September 10, 2006, 12:59 pm Ottawa (KS) Herald, February 26, 1909 OBITUARY - Elizbeth Leist was born in Pickaway County, Ohio May 4, 1839, and was married to Andrew J. Collins February 14, 1861. They resided in Pickaway County until the fall of 1868 when they moved to Ottawa (Franklin County) Kansas. In the spring of 1869 they moved on their farm seven miles north, where she lived until her death, which occurred Febrary 26, 1909, a little over forty years later of Bright's disease. To their union eight children were born, four sons and four daughters. One son is buried in Colorado, and one son and two daughters are buried in Prairie City Cemetery (Baldwin, Douglas County, KS). She is survived by her husband and four children. Mrs. C.E. Pitzer, Glencoe, Okla.; Mary E. and Andrew J., at home, and John B., of Kansas City, all of whom were at her beside, except Mrs. Pitzer, who was prevented on account of illness. In her early days she was a member of the Lutheran church, but after moving to Kansas she was not a member of any church but has always been on the side of Truth and Justice. Always of a cheerful disposition, she was loved and respected by all who knew her, a great many of whom she had ministered to during her long residence among them. No mother was ever more watchful of the moral natures of her children, or more anxious about their honesty and sobriety. Her funeral services, conducted by the Rev. B.F. Ray, of Baldwin, was largely attended, and she was buried by the side of her three children in Prariie City, there to await the resurrection. Peace to your memory mother, we will greatly miss you. J.B.C (John B. Collins). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/pickaway/obits/leist951ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb