VOLUME XV.
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PEl{U, NEBRASKA, WENDESDAY, MARCH 17, 192 0.
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OF LOVING FRIENDS
Universal Sorrow Caused by Sudden Death of Miss T ynon.
Mary A. T ynon died at four The s choo l c on1munity was diso'clock Tuesday morning, march 10 tinctly shocked Tuesday morning ofheart failure . Weanesday afterof last week to learn of th e death n oon friends were r equested to of Miss Tynon \ come to the home at fr om two tro Mary Agnes Tyno n. third <laughfive o'cl oc k. The funera l services. ter of William Tynan, died at home which were private, we re he ld early Tuesrlay morning, March 9, Thursday at ten o'clock. of hear t fai lure. ShP. is su r vived It was a time mari e sacred by by her father, s i x si sters and an the whole commun ity. where only b r other , al l of P e ru'or vicinsor row put her stllyin g ha nd upon ity. the busy walk s and d a ily cares of Miss Tynan has spent her e ntir e li fe . . so that loved ones could by life in Preu . having h ee n born on some ac t pay tribu te to the memory the fc1rm just nort h of t 'l wn . Whe n of Ma ry A Tyn on. she was a little ehild the family Tlie old pond e r ed in t hei r memremoved t o Normal ave nue where ory ovPr the gladsome days of her the r emai nd er of h er I ife was s pe nt . you th wh en heal t h and beauty made She entered the primary d e parther young life one swe e t song ; th :! ment of the training schoo l and middle age thought of th e happy eontinued in the school umil ht r hour of thseir acquaintanceship: g raduati on fr om th e N ormal in the youth. of th e kindly s mil e and 1898. She taught f or two years., ~h .: C".t'l .:-w-.:J;' n l'ab:: as--:sh~ n1i-n-ist r·· the latter year in the Syracuse To love one 's fri ends devotedly e rl to t he m in a thousand ways public schools . For the pas t fq urand yet be e ve r ready to serve the The ch il dren stopper! their p lay to teen y ea rs she has been act i ve ly timid stranger seeking help ; to wip e a tear in me mory of the onP a~sJciated with the N o rmal Sc hoo l move serene ly thru the m ~ noto n ous who was nev~r to o busy to attend libra ry as fi rs t assistant. He r ser rletails of daily routine with a to th e ir I i ttl e wants when tht>y vice th e re has been continuous wi th smi le for thosP. who cross or parca me to ask for thei r first books. the exce pti on of th e t ime spent in allel one's p'ith; to be so tilled with On Wednesday a ft ernoon sco r f ~ th e Madison, Wi sconsin, Libra ry the spirit of r eal serv ice that all of friend s from th e commu ni ty a nd School. Last fa ll ~h e was compellth oughts of fawning or flattery are \ school came to pay thei r last trih · ed to ask for leave of absen ce beunconsc ious ly fliminated; to po 3ute and loo k upon th e sweet fa<· • ca use of failin g health. She rese3s th a t price l e~s gift of standing which yet wore til e ever preser t turned ho me from trea tment in an firmly fora principle while exercis"Sleeping, just pt>acefu smile. Omaha hospi t al about th e holiday ing patience wi th a nd sy mpathy sleepi ug," sa id one of the stronf.! time, and p lans were mad e to go f or th ose who cann ot or ·w ill n ot y oung men as he gazed r.hru tt:ar to a Milwaukee sa nita rium. when see th e pri nci p ies , are rar.e gifts, 1stai ned eyes u pon t he face of h1 s dea th overtook her . Her peaceful Mary A. Tynon po!:lse~sed eac h of true fri end as she lay in the ('aSk(' l death was in harm ony with h er these virtues and dai ly e xemplified surround ed by hundreds upon wh ole life . t.hem t oward faculty anrl s tud e nts. hundreds of roses and other fl owe r>Tne m~ mo r y of Molly Tynan's E. L. Ttouse. sent hy loving fri e nd s. "Ye~. life will be tr eas ur e d long by th ose just sleeping and pea ce fu Jly r e!; who love rea litv, truthfulness and ing" a r e the words a ll fe lt as tht.\ serv ice. It was a si nce re and genulinger ed in the last farewe ll wht n ne life . Her speec h and ma nner they see med to hold communi111o we re simple and unaffected and Her Favorite Poem. And afte r that the dark, I with th e one they loved . all her ways were un assuming. Her "Cross ing th e Ra r." ' And may there be no sadness of The day, t oo, see med in harmony virtues were of the generous, un"Sunse t and e vening star with her life. It was one of forced, and const a nt kind . Her 1 I When I e mbark. · t calm days of early sprni•r f participation in the life of family, An d one c I ear ca II or me..n" of 'I For tho fr om out our bourne of quJe ,_ whe n ' the s un see ms to warm tl"be no m oa nl th re d A schoo l and community was so natn th may "' e bar e Time and Place heart of all nature-just the kind ural , so rea~o nable, so well -p r opo rtioned that its e n tirety was much When I put out t o sea. I The flood may bear me far, of day she lovt!d so well. Rut such a tide as moving seems I hope to see my Pilot face t o face. The funeral se rvi ces which wert"' g r eater than lives less free from as leep, When I have crossed the bar." in keeping with the qui e t digni1 .1· exaggeration. Service t o othe rs Too full for sound and foam, How appropriate this poem is of her life, were conducted b r and active th011gh t f or their happi· When that which drew from out f or us at this time, when this last Father F. C. Weis of Nebraska ness was the keynote of her li fe. th e boundless deep great hope has been fulfilled, and City, and Father E. J . Feeney ot What sh e did for the State No rmal Turns aga in home. she has me t that Pilot, who has Auburn. As the hour approach ed can best be appreciated by those "Twilight anci e vening be ll 1 co n llnuc:<l 011 p 011 ,., 11 p 11 ~,;· "· ' I gu id ed her life so perfectly. I IC'o ntlnu{•d o n Fo ul'th P a g-e. )
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