Obituary: Waukesha County, Wisconsin: Ann CARROLL

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Waukesha Plaindealer September 26, 1865

Died

At her residence in Genesee, Sept. 25, 1865, Ann, wife of
Patrick Carroll, aged 55 years and 2 months.

The deceased was a native of Ireland, and a convert to the
Catholic Church.  She was akind and affectionate wife and
mother.  As a member of society, she was unsurpassed.  She
was a good christian, and always took delight in doing works
of benificence.- She was good in the brighest acceptation of
the term.  Good is a positive quality.  Beauty may bloom and
fade, fresh flowers of loveliness may bud, expand and die;
but goodness of heart, we all know, is the key-stone of the
arch, the gem of every perfection, and never loses its
attractive powers.

After the deceased had made peace with her God, and received
the last rites of her church, she breathed a sign of
contentment, and appeared as calm and peaceful as an infant
sleeping on its mother's breast.  It was then that her mind,
free from the agitation and tumult of the passions, was calm
and tranquil, like the still serenity of the evening, when
the busy sound of labor is hushed, and the glare of the
meridian sun has passed away.  Itg was then that she was
ready to sink into a peaceful slumber, again to rise in
brighter splendor, and renew in another world the course
destined for her by the Almight Ruler of the Universe.  A
few hours later and the couch on which she lay, was the
couch of death.