Delaware Co. PAGenWeb Archives - OBITS  - Sarah (nee LAWTON) WHITAKER, 1906

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                          DEATH CLAIMS A PROMINENT
                                 Media Woman
     
                          Chester Times-Chester, PA 
                      Saturday - November 17, 1906, page 3.
 
 
Mrs. Sarah WHITAKER widow of Joshua WHITAKER died at her home, 313 Manchester 
Avenue last evening after a prolonged illness.  She was a woman of rare quality 
endearing herself to all with whom she came in contact by her gentle, unselfish 
disposition, her calm even temperament and her many acts of kindness and 
generosity.  Many in trouble and sorrow came to her and were comforted by her 
words of sympathy and encouragement.  In the sickroom, her tender and helpful 
presence was like a ministering angel.  When death entered the homes of friend 
of neighbor she was ever reading to aid and the bereaved hearts.  She was 
beloved by all who knew her, a good kind neighbor, a devoted wife, and 
affectionate mother, and a consistent Christian.  She was a member of Union M.E. 
Church, where she was an ardent worker and faithful attendant for more than 
fifty years.
 
During her severe illness she bore her suffering with remarkable fortitude, 
conversing cheerfully with her grief stricken family, arranging all her affairs 
with the utmost calmness and serenity, thoughtful to the last for the welfare of 
those around her.  She was fully prepared for the great change, and passed away 
in the “glorious hope of a blessed immortality”.
 
The precious memory of this dear mother will ever live in the hearts of her 
children and grandchildren to whom she was greatly endeared, and they will 
surely “rise up and call her blessed”.  She is survived by one son, George 
WHITAKER, proprietor of the MORTON CHRONICLE, and one daughter, Mrs. Antrim 
SMITH, of Pleasant Hill, who have the sincere sympathy of many friends.
 
Note: Delaware County PA Tombstone images - Old Union Methodist Episcopal 
         Burial Ground - Hinkson's Corner - Wallingford