OBIT: Ella F. (KANE) TRACY, 1886, Dubois, Clearfield County, PA

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An Esteemed Lady Gone.

  The unrelenting death messenger has deprived another family in our 
midst of a loving mother, and husband of a dear wife.  Ella Francis, 
wife of Fred Tracy, died on Monday evening just before 6 o'clock, aged 
32 years, 4 months and 5 days.  Her sickness was of but a few days; she 
was mostly comparatively free from suffering.  On Monday morning, a 
sleep that it was thought would be refreshing, overcame the patient, 
but upon her awakening, it was found that she had not gained the 
strength expected, and at 4 P.M. she became unconscious and remained so 
until the end.  A sister, Miss Julia R. Kane, of St. Mary's, arrived in 
the evening before her death, but was not recognized.
  During Mrs. Tracy's brief sickness, she seemed impressed with the 
idea that she could not recover, and the day of her death called the 
family about her and expressed a wish as to how they should live after 
her departure.  He councelings were those of a Christian wife and 
mother, and are never to be forgotten by those who loved her.
  A family of six bright children, three boys and three girls, all 
under the age of twelve years, the youngest about two weeks old, is 
left to grow to manhood and womanhood without the love of mother.
  The funeral took place on Wednesday at the Catholic Church, of which 
denomination the deceased was a consistent member.  The body was placed 
in a handsome double-topped walnut finished casket, with silver 
mountings.  A cross adorned the head-piece, and a name plate and silver 
vase of flowers were further down on the lid.  The dead lady's parents 
arrived from St. Mary's on Tuesday evening to attend the funeral.

Dubois Courier, Dubois, Pa., August 19, 1886