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Obit of Myrtle Hill Knapp - Grady County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Sandi Carter   SandKatC@aol.com  9 Apr 2000
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The Verden News
April 20, 1923


Myrtle Hill was born in Washington county, Iowa, August 25th, 1878 moved 
with her parents to Elk county, Kansas when only three years old. It was 
here she grew to young womanhood and at an early age accepted Christ, 
uniting with the First Baptist church of Wichita and lived a pure 
Christian life. On January 2, 1908, she was united in marriage to Guy 
Knapp at Piedmont, Kansas and to this union was born three children, 
Josephene, Olin and Denzile. Josephene proceeding her mother to the 
great beyond some four years ago, being survived by the other two 
children, the husband, together with two sisters, Mrs. O. D. Harris of 
Cement and a Mrs. Glasco of Wichita, Kansas and a brother of Cheroville, 
Kansas. She and her husband moved to their farm home southwest of town a
bout seven years ago where the family have made their home since. She 
died Saturday morning, April 14th, just with the awakening life of 
another day she went to sleep like a tired child. With eyes of faith one 
could see at the dawn of this memorable day an invisable hand wave a 
signal, an in a voice in sofest accent on the morning breeze, announce 
that the gates were open and that God's Angels were awaiting to escort 
her in. She ran the journey of life in 44 yrs., six months and nineteen 
days.

Funeral services were held at the Baptist church here, the Rev. C. W. 
Taylor officiating and paying a beautiful tribute to the memory of [the] 
deceased. The casket was covered with the most beautiful floral designs 
loving hands ever wrought, all of which spoke of peace, purity, 
immortality. At the close of the services an unusually long procession 
followed the funeral car to our silent city. At the open grave we say 
"Farewell", May God's purest angels guard her slumbers.

Gather the robe in final fold
Around the form so still and cold;
Lay on her bosom, pure as snow
The fairest, sweetest flower that grow,
Kiss her and leave her our hearts delight;
Her pain is over, she sleeps tonight.


Submitted by Sandi Carter