Jane Wood
SNYDER, WOOD, JACKSON, DAVIES, BURMINGHAM, CORY
Posted By: CJeanealogy (email)
Date: 5/29/2018 at 23:43:04
The Marion Weekly Sentinel Thursday April 25, 1924
AN OBITUARY.
Brief Sketch of the Life of the Late Mrs. Charles Wood
Mrs. Jane Snyder Wood was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Nov. 15, 1855. At an early age she came with her parents to Iowa where she grew to young womanhood. On April 15, 1876, she was married to Charles P. Wood. With the exception of a few years spent at Creighton, Nebr., Mrs. Wood lived in Marion.
At five o'clock Saturday morning, March 29, after a week's illness she passed away in the home where she had lived twenty-nine years.
Mrs. Wood was the mother of eight children, Etta Grave passed away at the age of six years and just five days later Gilla May died at the age of 16 years. Mrs. Irene Jackson of Seattle, Wash., Samuel G. Wood of Santa Barbara, Calif; Geo. Wood of Marion; Mrs. Elva Belle Davies of Clarion; Miss Goldie Wood, Marion; own, also survive her. They are Ar with her father, survive her. Four grandchildren, whom she loved as her own, also survie her. They are Arline Wood, Genevieve and Kenneth Davies and Charles Arthur Burmingham.
She leaves also a sister, Mrs. Sarah Cory of Marion, three brothers, Jacob H. of Robins, George Lincoln of Chariton, Iowa, and Stephen of Pasadena, California.
Services were conducted at the family home, Sunday, April 5, at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Harry Glenn Finney, D.D., pastor of the Presbyterian church of which Mrs. Wood was a member, had charge. A profusion of flowers marked the love of her many friend. Burial was made in the family lot in Oak Shade cemetery.
Mrs. Charles Wood was one of those women whose portrait is drawn in the Book of Life. There is a chapter entitled, "A Good Woman," near the end of that description is found the true basis of veneration, "A woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised." We fulfill the promise of this scripture when we find comfort in her attitude toward God, the Father. She rejoiced in His goodness to her and hers. Every new day brought new evidence of His loving care and constant provision. Her favorite Psalm was one whose theme is the first line "The Lord is my Shepherd: I shall not want."
We praise her too, for her attitude toward other people. Over the threshold of her life she had written her aim, "The good that I can do." Her home was her castle, and her family her chief delight. But the capaciousness of her motherheart had abundance of room for more than her home and the homes of her children. "I want to be helpful," was the slogan of her life. Jesus had come up into the boat with her and the storms of life were stilled into a great peace. But the peace of Gennesaret was not for the comfort of Jesus and the disciples, but forwarded them to the land where helpful ministries were beckoning. So she sought to serve and to live an applied religion.
We praise her for her calmness in the approach of death. She knew it meant promotion and reunion and bliss beyond compare. The sentiment of her favorite hymn, "Lead Kindly Light," was in her soul and she was unafraid.
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