Mrs. Agnes Stephany.
The words came over the wire Sunday that Mrs. Agnes Stephany, of Earling, Iowa, was dead. This was hard at first for us to believe, as only a few days ago she was on our streets greeting her friends with a happy good morning. But today all that was mortal of this good woman is at rest in the silent city, where by the side of a devoted husband she now rests in peace.

Mrs. Stephany was found in her chair Sunday morning, where death had claimed her; heart trouble being the cause. She had made preparations for bed and, in her night clothes, sat down in the rocking chair with some papers beside her and was stricken with heart trouble, from which she had been ailing for several years. As she was living alone, no one knew of anything happening until the next morning, when she was found with her head on her breast cold in death, but with the picture of peace on her face, which showed that she had never suffered in the least.

Mrs. Stephany, who was the mother of Mrs. Katie (Stephany) Eden, of Manning, also Peter Stephany, now of Carroll, was known to many of our townspeople, as she made many trips here visiting her children.

She was a faithful member of the Catholic Church not only faithful to her church, but faithful to her friends and believing it was her duty as a Christian to do the will of her Master at all times. After a long, busy and useful life she died as she had lived, honored trusted and loved. She reared her own monument while she lived in the hearts of all who knew her.

Miss Agnes Goeser was born in Johannesburg, Wisconsin, December 5, 1845; was married to John Stephany at Fon du Lac, Wisconsin, in 1865; came to Iowa and settled in Shelby county in the spring of 1882, where her husband worked at his trade, that of carpenter. She was the mother of a large family of children, twelve in number, ten of whom are still living, namely: Sister M. Benedicla, of Chicago; Peter, of Carroll; Mrs. Kathryn Eden and Miss Dora, Manning; Abby Bennett, Panora; Stephen, of Earling; Mrs. Pauline Castor, Council Bluffs; Charles, Rosa and Joe, of Neola. All these are left to mourn the loss of a kind and indulgent mother, besides three brothers and two sisters.

The funeral was held from the Catholic Church at Earling Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by Father J.B. Hummert, of that place, who paid a fitting tribute to her memory. The flowers were beautiful. Well may her children cherish her memory as a precious legacy, and we fain would say a word of comfort to the stricken ones but let our tears flow in sympathy with theirs.